This book demonstrates how government bureaucracy is portrayed in the top ten box office grossing films from 2000-2015. Perhaps unsurprisingly, government is generally portrayed poorly, but individual government bureaucrats are typically depicted positively.

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Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: The Intersection of Film and Government
Chapter 2: The History and Economics of Hollywood
Chapter 3: Audiences, the Influence of Film and Socialization
Chapter 4: Popular Film and its Depiction of Government
Chapter 5: Celluloid Civil Servants
Chapter 6: Prominent Civil Servants on Screen: Cops and Intelligence Officers
Chapter 7: Film, Policy, and Audience Attitudes
Chapter 8: Are They Ready for their Close-Up? Themes and Implications
Appendix I: Films Included in Study
Appendix II: Specific Types of Government Characters
Appendix III: Cop Films Included in Chapter 6
Appendix IV: Total Box Office Receipts, 1929-2016
Appendix V: Number of Cinemas and Screens in the U.S.
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