Your studio. Your stars. Your movies.  Be the Ultimate Hollywood Player!



Behind every box office hit and Hollywood star is a movie mogul who makes it happen.  In The Movies, that mogul is you.  Create your own studio from the ground up.  From script to screen, will your films be smash hits or break the bank?

Imagine you could make any movie you wanted to. Imagine you could pluck someone from obscurity and make him or her the hottest star in Tinseltown. Imagine that you had control of an entire movie studio, competing with others to create a string of box office smashes. Imagine being able to use your judgment alone, deciding whether success lies with epic action pictures or lots of low budget, hammy 'B' movies.

Will the stars you've so lovingly groomed develop monstrous egos - refusing to accept that they are now too old to play the romantic leads that made them famous? You can help, but there are only so many times you can send them to fat farms and plastic surgeons.

Will you watch your movies being shot or do you want to direct the action yourself? Will you decide to innovate and introduce the talkies, color or digital sound before any of your rivals? Or will you let the other studios make the investments, leaving you to jump on the bandwagon if the new technology becomes popular?

Many of the things you've ever read or heard about Hollywood are right here in The Movies - from stars having affairs and hitting the bottle to teams of genius filmmakers creating the box office hit of the year. Movie mogul, talent spotter or film director. You can be one or you can be all three. That's the magic of The Movies.

Be the ultimate Hollywood player - control a Hollywood studio, building it from an empty lot into an entertainment empire.  Design your own studio and run it from the early days of cinema through present day and beyond by managing studio resources, investing in R&D and maximizing box office success by staying one step ahead of the competition.  Choose a script and turn it into a major release.  Pick or crate actors and locations.  Control budgets, build sets, hire and fire at will, settle into the director's chair an film a hit.

• Design your own studio and run it from the early days of cinema through present day and beyond in Story Mode by managing studio resources, investing in RD and maximizing box office success
• Make your own movies - Make movies that appeal to the masses in Story Mode or in Sandbox Mode you can jump into any era and create your dream movie.
• Control the destiny of your cast and crew - Fire and hire them, turn unknowns into movie stars, and take full creative control over script selection and the content of the movies you'll create.
• More than 30 hours of continuous gameplay, thousands of exciting movie characters, and limitless options allow you to vary just about everything
• Show the world your talents - Post your movies to the web for all to see.

• Run the Entire Lot:  Oversee every aspect of your studio, from budgets to the casting couch.
• Watch Your Stars Interact:  Witness romance, drama and back-stabbing between actors, on and off the set.
• Control Your Actors' Looks:  Customize your stars' appearances, from full makeover to plastic surgery.
• Make Movies Your Way:  Choose a script or genre, cast actors, build sets, direct shoots and more.
• Deal with Hollywood Scandals:  Cover-up your stars' misbehaviors, or take charge and cart them off to rehab.
• Become An Industry Legend:  Control a movie studio, building it from an empty lot into an entertainment empire.
• Customize and Control Stars:  Discover and "makeover" unknowns, deal with stars' egos and make or break careers.
• Create Your Own Films:  Shoot movies, from comedies to action hits, then add cool voiceovers and sound effects.
• Share Your Creations Online:  Save your movies to your hard drive, then upload and post them on the Web
  

• Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, XP
• 3D Hardware Accelerator Card requires 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 32MB Hardware T&L capable video card with latest drivers
• Pentium III 600MHz or Athlon XP 1500+ processor or higher
• 256MB of RAM
• 8X CD-ROM drive and latest drivers
• 2.4GB of uncompressed free hard disk space (plus 500MB for Windows swap file)
• 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 16-bit sound card and latest drivers
• 100% Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP compatible mouse, keyboard and latest drivers
• DirectX 9.0c