bestseller list for over a year. The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Campbell's venerable xxx INTRODUCTION~SECOND EDITION warhorse of a textbook, suddenly became a hot bestseller after forty years of slow but steady backlist sales. T h e PBS show brought C a m p b e l l s ideas to millions and illuminated the impact of his work on filmmakers such as George Lucas, John Boorman, Steven Spielberg, and George Miller. Suddenly I found a sharp increase in awareness and ac ceptance of Campbell s ideas in Hollywood. M o r e executives and writers were versed in these concepts and interested in learning how to apply them to moviemaking and screenwriting. T h e Hero's Journey model continued to serve me well. It got me through reading and evaluating over ten thousand screenplays for half a dozen studios. It was
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