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Call No: 19DIS STE
Author: Stewart, James B.
Source: US
Place: New York
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
PubDate: 2005
PhysDes: xv, 572 p. ; 25 cm.
Subject: WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS; EISNER, MICHAEL; DISNEY, ROY EDWARD; KATZENBERG, JEFFREY; OVITZ, MIKE
Summary: "...Drawing on unprecedented access to both Eisner and Roy Disney, current and former executives and board members, as well as thousands of pages of never-before-seen letters, memos, transcripts, and other documents, James B. Stewart gets to the bottom of mysteries that have enveloped Disney for years: What really caused the rupture with studio chairman Jeffrey Katzenburg, a man who was regarded Eisner as a father but who became his fiercest rival? How could Eisner have so misjudged Michael Ovitz, a man who was not only :the most powerful man in Hollywood" but also his friend, whom he appointed as Disney president and immediately wanted to fire? what caused the break between Eisner and Pixar abruptly abandon its partnership with Disney? Why did Eisner so misturst Roy Disney that he assigned Disney company executives to spy on him? How did Eisner control the Disney board for so long, and what really happened in the fateful board meeting in September 2004, when Eisner played his last cards? ...Stewart describes how Eisner lost his chairmanship, and why he felt obliged to resign as CEO, effective 2006. No other book so thoroughly penetrates the secretive world of the corporate boardroom. Disney War is enthralling tale of one of America's most powerful media and entertainment companies, the people who control it, and those trying to overthrow them. Disney War is an epic achievment. It tells a story that - in its sudden twists, vivid, larger-than-life characters, and thrilling climax - might itself have been the subject of a Disney aminated clasis - except that it's all true." -- BOOK BLURB
Notes: Includes index
ISBN: 0684809931
Contents: Cast member -- Prologue -- Part one: the wonderful world of Disney -- Part two: disenchanted kingdom -- Part three: Disneywar -- Epilogue -- A note on sources -- Acknowledgements -- Index

Call No: PERSONALITY CLIPPINGS FILE; PERSONALITY MICROFILM COLLECTION
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: KATZENBERG, JEFFREY

Call No: 19DRE LAP
Author: LaPorte, Nicole
Source: US
Place: Boston ; New York
Publisher: Mariner Books
PubDate: 2011
PhysDes: xix, 491 pages ; 21 cm
Subject: DREAMWORKS SKG; HOLLYWOOD; PRODUCERS; PRODUCTION CENTRES : HOLLYWOOD; EISNER, MICHAEL; GEFFEN, DAVID; KATZENBERG, JEFFREY; SPIELBERG, STEVEN; AMERICAN BEAUTY (US, Sam Mendes, 1999); AMISTAD (US, Steven Spielberg, 1997); PRINCE OF EGYPT, THE (US, Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner & Simon Wells, 1998); SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (US, Steven Spielberg, 1998); SHREK (US, Kelly Asbury & Andrew Adamson, 2001)
Summary: "For sixty years, the lineup of Hollywood's major studios varied little. Then came the Circus Maximus created by director Steven Spielberg, billionaire David Geffen, and Jeffrey Katzenberg (who gave the world The Lion King). Nothing in decades had approached the excitement surrounding the empire called DreamWorks, where hype, glory, and investors vying to kick in billions gave way to blowups, battles, and betrayals worthy of THE GODFATHER. Nicole LaPorte reveals for the first time the delicious truths of what happened behind the scenes. Readers will feel they are part of the creative calamities of moviemaking as LaPorte's fly-on-the-wall detail shows us Hollywood's bizarre rules of business. We see clashes between the often otherworldly Spielberg's troops and Katzenberg's warriors, the debacles and disasters, but also the Oscar-winning triumphs, such as SAVING PRIVATE RYAN. We see Geffen seducing investors and watch as the studio burns through billions while its rich owners get richer and everybody else suffers. Here is Hollywood - up close, glamorous, and gritty." [TAKEN FROM BOOK BLURB]
Notes: Includes index
ISBN: 9780547520278
Donation: Simon Wincer

Call No: 210.31(73) BAR
Author: Bart, Peter
Edition: 1st ed
Source: US
Place: Los Angeles, CA
Publisher: Renaissance Books
PubDate: c1999
PhysDes: 399 p. ; 24 cm
Subject: HOLLYWOOD; INDUSTRY, FILM. USA; DIRECTORS. USA; PRODUCERS. USA; SCRIPTWRITERS. USA; ACTORS; BASS, RON; BEATTY, WARREN; COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD; COSTNER, KEVIN; EISNER, MICHAEL; Gibson, Mel; GODFATHER [...], THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1972-); KATZENBERG, JEFFREY; NICHOLS, MIKE; NICHOLSON, JACK; OVITZ, MIKE; POLANSKI, ROMAN; REDFORD, ROBERT; RIFKIN, ARNOLD; SCHWARZENEGGER, ARNOLD; SPIELBERG, STEVEN; STALLONE, SYLVESTER; WILDER, BILLY
Summary: "Who killed hollywood? is a passionate love/hate letter to the film industry. In it, Peter Bart pulls together his best columns from Variety and GQ. He groups them, juxtaposes them, and interprets them, outlining in detail the history and inner workings of Hollywood. This could only be done by someone powerful enough to phone any star or head of studio and have his calls taken on the first ring. In story after story, Bart shows how the major studios haver diverted thie energies away from production of the shrewdly crafted pictures that once made the industry powerful. There isn't, for example, much range or innovation in the movies of salable objects- natural disasters, aliens, dinosaurs, ghosts, monsters, or any combination thereof. All are subjects easily parlayed into theme-park environments, action figures, video games, and clothing lines. Similarly, since Jaws twenty years ago, there's been a very short list of acceptable settings. The 1998 Academy Award nominations for best picture all went to films set in Elizabethian times or during World War II. A few years ago it looked as though Pulp Fiction and other independent films were going to save showbiz. Now independent producers like Miramax and New Line have been acquired by the conglomerates. Who and what will resurrect Hollywood? Peter Bart has the answers." - BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes index
ISBN: 1580631169
LON: 21362029