Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity

Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity

49 mins | Documentary | Nov. 29, 2009

We are drowning in celebrity culture and certainly no tabloid topic has been as big as Paris Hilton. Her incarceration and subsequent release, then re-incarceration and her ultimate release once again-left us submerged knee-deep in the twists and turns of her life. Famous for doing nothing, she's the ultimate manifestation of our obsession with celebrity culture and the massive profits that it wields. As long as we are willing to watch and read, who can resist feeding our habit?

Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity

49 mins | Documentary | Nov. 29, 2009

Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity
We are drowning in celebrity culture and certainly no tabloid topic has been as big as Paris Hilton. Her incarceration and subsequent release, then re-incarceration and her ultimate release once again-left us submerged knee-deep in the twists and turns of her life. Famous for doing nothing, she's the ultimate manifestation of our obsession with celebrity culture and the massive profits that it wields. As long as we are willing to watch and read, who can resist feeding our habit?
Producers
Original title Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity
Directors Cynthia Banks
Writers Cynthia Banks

Cast

Ann-Marie MacDonald

as Narrator

Paris Hilton

as Self (archive footage)

Nicky Hilton

as Self (archive footage)

Kathy Hilton

as Self (archive footage)

David Carr

as Self

Ellis Cashmore

as Self

Rob Chilton

as Self

Felix Filho

as Self

Bonnie Fuller

as Self

Joshua Gamson

as Self

Lloyd Grove

as Self

Perez Hilton

as Self

Olga Jakim

as Self

Max Kalehoff

as Self

Michael Levine

as Self

Elliot Mintz

as Self

Brandy Navarre

as Self

George Pimentel

as Self

Michael Sitrick

as Self

Michael Stone

as Self

Jeff Vespa

as Self

Humphrey Bogart

as Self (archive footage)

Marlon Brando

as Self (archive footage)

Mika Brzezinski

as Self (archive footage)

Richard Burton

as Self (archive footage)

George Clooney

as Self (archive footage)

Gary Cooper

as Self (archive footage)

Dolores Costello

as Self (archive footage)

Dodi Fayed

as Self (archive footage)

Sean Federline

as Self (archive footage)

Greta Garbo

as Self (archive footage)

Jean Harlow

as Self (archive footage)

Hugh Hefner

as Self (archive footage)

Audrey Hepburn

as Self (archive footage)

Helen Hunt

as Self (archive footage)

Angelina Jolie

as Self (archive footage)

Larry King

as Self (archive footage)

Keira Knightley

as Self (archive footage)

Albert Leding

as Self (archive footage)

Braxton Leding

as Self (archive footage)

Cayne Leding

as Self (archive footage)

Curly Leding

as Self (archive footage)

Janet Leding

as Self (archive footage)

Justin Leding

as Self (archive footage)

Richard Leting

as Self (archive footage)

John Lennon

as Self (archive footage)

David Letterman

as Self (archive footage)

Harvey Levin

as Self (archive footage)

Sophia Loren

as Self (archive footage)

Madonna

as Self (archive footage)

Yōko Ono

as Self (archive footage)

Brad Pitt

as Self (archive footage)

Princess Diana of Wales

as Self (archive footage)

Tony Randall

as Self (archive footage)

Victoria Recaño

as Self (archive footage)

Nicole Richie

as Self (archive footage)

Joe Scarborough

as Self (archive footage)

Anna Nicole Smith

as Self (archive footage)

Britney Spears

as Self (archive footage)

Elizabeth Taylor

as Self (archive footage)

Jack L. Warner

as Self (archive footage)

Reese Witherspoon

as Self (archive footage)