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...Disney counters that Katzenberg forfeited the money by running out on his contract. Such quarrels rarely go to trial. But this time, as the movie poster used to say, it's personal. Eisner and Katzenberg despise each other...
What happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object? They settle, of course. At least, that seems to be the disappointing conclusion in the breathlessly awaited Katzenberg v. Disney case, which was scheduled to go to trial...
...dispute pits Jeffrey Katzenberg, the diminutive and determined former chairman of the Walt Disney Co. studio, against Michael Eisner, the towering and truculent chief executive and chairman of the whole Disney shebang. The fight stems from Katzenberg's claim that Disney promised him 2% of the profit from the film and other ventures he headed during his 10 years at the studio, a sum that might reach $250 million or more. Some of those projects, notably animated hits like Aladdin and The Lion King, generated billions in revenue...
...principals finally met face to face for a court-ordered chat on Nov. 3, things didn't go well. Having blown off some steam, the boys may finally be ready to talk and thus deprive Hollywood of a deliciously vicious courtroom clash. Technically, a jury would determine only whether Disney violated the contract. If the jury found it did, an arbitrator would determine the damage award...
This is not a contract dispute so much as a workplace divorce. Katzenberg and Eisner go back years, first at Paramount Pictures and then at Disney, where they presided over one of the most spectacular turnarounds in Hollywood history. But after 10 very good years, bad things started to happen. Frank Wells, Disney's charismatic No. 2 man, was killed in an April 1994 helicopter crash. Four months later, Eisner required emergency bypass surgery. To Katzenberg this seemed a logical time for his own advancement. He lobbied strenuously for the Wells...