Hollywood Online is the source for entertaining and informative Interactive Multimedia, covering the latest in movies, home video, television and music.
Material may include Interactive Multimedia Kits, Digital Video Clips, Electronic Magazines, Photo Images, and Production Notes, which can be viewed on Macintosh and Windows computers. These items are available on leading online services such as America Online, CompuServe and eWorld, and on CD-ROM magazines such as NautilusCD and Multimedia World LIVE!.
The company debuted in July 1993 on America Online with interactive movie information for Columbia Pictures' In the Line of Fire. Recent films featured in Hollywood Online's entertainment areas are Wolf, The Mask, Forrest Gump, Speed, Blown Away, and Philadelphia.
Hollywood Online has moved beyond motion pictures, creating and distributing innovative multimedia for CBS/FOX Video's "Dr. Who" series, Virgin Records' "BackBeat" soundtrack and score, and HBO's "Dennis Miller." Additionally, the company is working with NBC Television on the development and expansion of its NBC Online areas on America Online and GEnie.
Hollywood Online is extending its service with searchable video and music databases and is preparing to add direct links to licensed merchandise, and a national theatre locator.
Other features of Hollywood Online include:
* Movie Talk on America Online and Talk About the Movies on eWorld, where members exchange messages relating to current movies, filmmakers, and the film industry.
* Innovative cross-promotions and sweepstakes, with unique prizes supplied by major entertainment companies.
* Special events allowing subscribers to talk online in realtime to entertainment personalities. Recent events have featured David Bowie; Chuck Russell, director of "The Mask"; and David Alan Grier of "Blankman" and "In Living Color."
