| Summary: | 碩士 === 元智大學 === 資訊傳播研究所 === 88 === To draw a picture of the development of the domestic distributors for imported foreign films, the purpose of this paper shows how these distributors evolved and why the local market of motion pictures had come to be dominated by an oligopoly of US companies, the so-called “Majors”. This thesis analyses the industry’s structure from 1954 to 1999 the policy of restricting the circulation of foreign films and the transition into global film market. The research concludes that the history of domestic distributors can be divided into three stages：beginning, golden era and decline.
Beginning（1954-1980）：To insure the growth of domestic film industry, Taiwan government constituted policies to restrict the numbers of imported film ,the prints, and screens which exhibited foreign films. These limitations worked as barriers to resist the unbalanced competition. By doing so, the government controlled the access of foreign film industry in the local market.
The second stage is the Golden Era（1980-1988）.Taiwan government deregulated portions of the restrictions and protections as the responses to the MPEA’s requirements of opening Taiwan’s local film market. The vigorous responses that Taiwanese distributors can be related to the prosperity of American indies, and allowed them to import various foreign films. Meanwhile, video technology proposed which rallied the old transaction models and brought a lot of advantages to the local distributors.
The third stage is the Decline（1989-1999）.During this period, the Hollywood Majors dominated worldwide film industry. Taiwan removed almost all of the restrictions ,as a result Taiwan becomes the tenth largest film market in Hollywood’s global box office ranking. With the shortage of films, Taiwanese indies have transformed into exclusive of distribute European films.
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