Word: dinos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...figure salaries or distribution deals. "So much money passed through that building, and I don't know where it all went," says Gary DeVore, DEG's former head of production. "I was one of the highest- placed executives and I didn't even know about the deals with Dino's family...
Even fewer people were aware of the myriad deals Dino had concocted for himself. Case in point: De Laurentiis sold the rights to the sequel King Kong Lives to DEG for $21 million shortly before it opened in 1986. When the picture died on impact (estimated receipts: $2 million), De Laurentiis tried to compensate by giving DEG the rights to even more dubious films, some of which hadn't been made...
...assets for $39 million, aims to pursue the charges. De Laurentiis has struck back with a dubious list of $79 million in claims against the company. The producer has blamed everyone but himself for DEG's woes, a version that doesn't play well with Hollywood insiders. "Dino was clearly, unequivocably, unquestionably responsible for what happened to this company," says Stephen Greenwald, DEG's former chairman. "His attempts to evade that responsibility are reprehensible and ludicrous." Greenwald says that De Laurentiis refused to resign unless he received a package of deals worth $110 million. He soon settled...
...pregnant with their second child. Despite DEG's bankruptcy, the couple dwells in a Beverly Hills mansion complete with household staff and, at last count, two Rolls-Royces. And De Laurentiis is pursuing his new films with youthful ebullience. "The world hasn't seen the end of Dino," says MCA president Sidney Sheinberg. "Showmen sometimes miss the pulse of the public, but they generally don't die and disappear...
...could turn De Laurentiis into the comeback kid. His first contender is a $19 million remake of Desperate Hours, the 1955 Humphrey Bogart classic. One ominous sign: the film's director is Michael Cimino, the noted flopmeister, and its star is Mickey Rourke, no big draw. Uh-oh: Has Dino done it again? The title of another forthcoming De Laurentiis production seems to convey his message to anyone who doubts his sheer chutzpah and tenacity: Over My Dead Body...