The Dream Team: The Rise and Fall of DreamWorks and the Lessons of Hollywood

by Daniel M. Kimmel

Overview

In The Dream Team, Daniel Kimmel investigates why an enterprise with such promise and guided by the celebrity leadership of Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen failed to reach the heights. Was it the company's diffuse management style, or had the industry changed and consolidated so greatly that it was now impossible for new players to break into the ranks?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781566636544
Publisher:	Dee, Ivan R. Publisher
Publication date:	10/12/2006
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.99(w) x 8.65(h) x 0.96(d)

Editorial Reviews

Kimmel is at his most adroit...Kimmel turns movie history into a saga...readable, fascinating history cum analysis...Highly recommended.

Choice Reviews - T. Cripps

A perceptive and richly textured narrative.... A worthwhile read!

James Robert Parish

A genuine page-turner.

Film Review

A brisk read that hits all the high—and low—points of this failed experiment in artistic autonomy.

Fade In Magazine - Allen B. Ury

With plenty of enthusiasm for his subject matter, Daniel M. Kimmel covers the history of Dreamworks and doesn't neglect the animation released by the studio that was going to change Hollywood.

Fps Magazine - René Walling

Combining faultless research with a sure grasp of story telling, Kimmel adds an important chapter to the history of contemporary film.

Brookline Booksmith

Kimmel expertly chronicles the establishment and evolution of DreamWorks.... Did they succeed? The answer will surprise you.

Gary K. Wolf

Smart and concise...a definitive book on the late studio. But it's also an unexpected cracker of a read.

Flickfilosopher.Com - MaryAnn Johanson

[A] glimpse into the complex relationship among three of the industry's most powerful players.

Bostonia - Ian Breen

With plenty of enthusiasm for his subject matter, Daniel M. Kimmel covers the history of Dreamworks and doesn't neglect the animation released by the studio that was going to change Hollywood.

Fps Magazine - René Walling

A brisk read that hits all the high—and low—points of this failed experiment in artistic autonomy.
— Allen B. Ury

Fade in Magazine

Kimmel is at his most adroit...Kimmel turns movie history into a saga...readable, fascinating history cum analysis...Highly recommended.
— T. Cripps, Morgan State University, emeritus

Choice

[A] glimpse into the complex relationship among three of the industry's most powerful players.
— Ian Breen

Bostonia

Kimmel is at his most adroit...Kimmel turns movie history into a saga...readable, fascinating history cum analysis...Highly recommended.
— T. Cripps

CHOICE

A brisk read that hits all the high—and low—points of this failed experiment in artistic autonomy.
— Allen B. Ury

Fade In Magazine

With plenty of enthusiasm for his subject matter, Daniel M. Kimmel covers the history of Dreamworks and doesn't neglect the animation released by the studio that was going to change Hollywood.
— René Walling

Fps Magazine

Smart and concise...a definitive book on the late studio. But it's also an unexpected cracker of a read.
— MaryAnn Johanson

Flickfilosopher.Com

With plenty of enthusiasm for his subject matter, Daniel M. Kimmel covers the history of Dreamworks and doesn't neglect the animation released by the studio that was going to change Hollywood.
—René Walling

fps Magazine

glimpse...into the complex relationship among three of the industry's most poweful players.

Bostonian