The Story of Film: An Odyssey S1E11 — The Arrival of Multiplexes and Asian Mainstream

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The Story of Film: An Odyssey•Season 1•Episode 11

The Arrival of Multiplexes and Asian Mainstream

7.8/10 · 208 votesNov 12, 201163 min

Ranked #13 of 15 in Season 1•−0.1 vs season avg

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Star Wars, Jaws and The Exorcist created the multiplexes, but they were also innovative. In India the world’s most famous movie star, Amitabh Bachchan, shows how Bollywood was doing new things in the seventies too. And we discover that Bruce Lee movies kick-started the kinetic

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Seasons1

All 1

Season 1 Episodes15

E1 8.1

Birth of the Cinema

E2 8.0

The Hollywood Dream

E3 8.1

The Golden Age of World Cinema

The Arrival of Sound

Post-War Cinema

Sex & Melodrama

European New Wave

New Directors, New Form

E9 8.0

American Cinema of the 70s

E10 7.7

Movies to Change the World

E11 7.8Now viewing

The Arrival of Multiplexes and Asian Mainstream

E12 7.8

Fight the Power: Protest in Film

E13 7.9

New Boundaries: World Cinema in Africa, Asia & Latin America

E14 7.9

New American Independents & The Digital Revolution

E15 7.9

Cinema Today and the Future

Cast2

Mark Cousins

Presenter / Narrator

Mario Cordova

Narrator

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Episode Summary

"The Arrival of Multiplexes and Asian Mainstream" is episode 11 of The Story of Film: An Odyssey season 1. It scored 7.8/10 from 208 votes, ranking #13 of 15 episodes this season (season average 7.9). It aired on November 12, 2011.

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