DisneyWar

non-fiction by James B. Stewart

Blurb

DisneyWar is an exposé of Michael Eisner's 20-year tenure as Chairman and CEO at The Walt Disney Company by James B. Stewart. The book chronicles the careers and interactions of executives at Disney, including Card Walker, Ron W. Miller, Roy E. Disney, Frank Wells, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Michael Ovitz, Joe Roth, Robert Iger and Stan Kinsey. The book was released in 2005, and was published by Simon & Schuster. Its uniqueness was attributed to the large amount of access allowed to Stewart in putting the book together.
Stewart's book describes some of the following:
Roy E. Disney and Stanley Gold's removal of Disney CEO Ron W. Miller in 1984.
Stan Kinsey's clash with Jeffrey Katzenberg over creating films using computer animation.
The struggle to get Who Framed Roger Rabbit made in time and on budget despite the ambitions of Robert Zemeckis and Richard Williams to make the film bigger and bolder.
Eisner's tension with Frank Wells before Wells's death.
Eisner's friendship-turned-rivalry with Jeffrey Katzenberg.
Eisner's tension with Michael Ovitz during Ovitz's short-lived presidency.

First Published

2005

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