1.   An American studio bought the film rights and flew Ms. La Plante to Hollywood.

2.   And most of the theaters are multiplexes, owned by subsidiaries of the American studios.

3.   And the same can be said for Godzilla, who after all those years toiling in Japanese pictures gets a foot in the door of a big American studio.

4.   And the expansion of digital television has led to fierce bidding wars for pay-per-view broadcasting rights from American studios.

5.   But now that Vivendi, the parent company of Canal Plus, has taken control of the American studio Universal, the rules of the game may be changing.

6.   But the derivative nature of these films has not stopped American studios from snapping them up.

7.   Indeed, in Cannes, away from the glare of Hollywood and the big American studios that tend to ignore movie festivals, the industry does look global.

8.   Nor are the German, French and Italian producers likely to challenge the dominance of American studios on the world television market.

9.   Not that Sverak or Abraham would refuse to work in the American studio system.

10.   Ray had his difficulties with American studios.