Laporte, Nicole.

The men who would be king : an almost epic tale of moguls, movies, and a company called Dreamworks / Nicole Laporte. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010. - xix, 491 p ; 24 cm.



Starting up. The emperor in August ; The end of magic ; Mr. Spielberg will see you now ; Geffen slept here ; The announcement ; E.T., phone home ; Animated characters ; Live action ; Show me the money ; Culture clash ; The unthinkable occurs ; George in Slovakia, Jeffrey in extremis ; The not so long goodbye -- Rolling. Of men and mice ; Slaves to the rhythm ; Saving Spielberg ; Bug wars ; Harvey baby -- Rockin'. Unexpected beauty ; The battle for Oscar ; Nobody's bitch ; Sword fights ; Shreked ; Rock and roll ; Golden glow -- Close-up. The motorcycle diaries ; Harvey II ; What Sinbad wrought ; Naked in public ; In a snicket ; No white suits! ; The Geffen express -- Three-way split.

LaPorte goes behind the hype to reveal how Steven Spielberg, David Geffen, and Jeffrey Katzenberg joined forces to create DreamWorks.

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