The God-Father was classed as a Hollywood Blockbuster because it has a load of A-list stars.
It didn't have loads of special effects
Jaws didn't have special/visual effects and was the first event movie
Jaws was character driven and didn't entirely rely on style
Didn't have a simplistic story-line
Merchandise and marketing
HYPE
Star Wars (A New Hope) "defined" the Blockbuster
Beginning of the formulaic film structure
Recession was going on in the UK. People lost their job, didn't have dollar so they stayed at home and watched telly instead.
Teenagers were a profitable audience and were the ones going out to socialise
Before blockbusters came about, cinema attendance went down
Spending money on cinema goes back to the film studios
Multiplex cinemas were invented by American film studios to help lure the audiences back to the cinema. Invested in this idea.
ILM- George Lucas and Steven Spielberg
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