Alternative Worlds in Hollywood Cinema

James Walters is a Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at the University of Birmingham.

• Chapter 1: 'Establishing Contexts' - Page 15 - James Walters Chapter 2: 'Imagined Worlds' - Page 43 - James Walters Chapter 3: 'Making it Home: The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939) & The Woman in the Window (Fritz Lang, 1944)' - Page 55 - James Walters Chapter 4: 'Return to Innocence: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michael Gondry, 2004)' - Page 81 - James Walters Chapter 5: 'Potential Worlds' - Page 107 - James Walters Chapter 6: 'Reclaiming the Real: It's a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 1946)' - Page 115 - James Walters Chapter 7: 'The Search for Tomorrow: Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993)' - Page 135 - James Walters Chapter 8: 'Other Worlds' - Page 157 - James Walters Chapter 9: 'Life Beyond Reason: Brigadoon (Vincente Minnelli, 1954)' - Page 169 - James Walters Chapter 10: 'Rehearsal Space: Pleasantvile (Gary Ross, 1998)' - Page 191 - James Walters

"The book is very readable ... an important area of film study. The most original aspects of the book are the close readings of the films discussed and how these readings cohere across a single thesis."-Pat Brereton, Dublin City University, author of Hollywood Utopia "Whether they are film buffs or film scholars, readers prepared to engage with the ideas developed by James Walters will come away with some interesting and original insights into the different imagined cinematic worlds constructed by each of the seven films selected for analysis." - Peter Schembri, M/C Reviews