book: “The Men Who Would Be King” by Nicole Laporte

A thorough and fascinating story about Dreamworks and its founders.

Even though the author that seems to have a chip on her shoulder at  times, especially against Jeffrey Katzenberg, it doesn’t even come close to offsetting the fact that the time and energy she put into researching and writing this book has resulted in a ‘must-read’ for anyone interested in the industry.

Excerpts:

  • p 64 – “A chief concern (of investors was) the issue of how three individuals (Jefffrey Katzenberg, David Geffen and Steven Speilberg) each so powerful in their own right would manage as a team… the radically different style of each man was apparent”
  • more to come from pages 70, 90, 108, 118, 124, 136, 142, 146, 148, 152, 160, 178, 256, 288, 302, 356, 390, 392, 396, 406, and 442 (2010 hardcover edition) when this post is updated…

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