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De Laurentiis now faces enough doubters to populate a biblical epic. Most of the independent film companies that a bullish Wall Street took public in the mid-1980s -- Cannon, Vestron, New World, Kings Road -- have either passed into bankruptcy or deep financial trouble. But none have burned through as much...
In a 500-film career that spans half a century, the Italian-born De Laurentiis produced a handful of successes that include the Fellini-directed La Strada (1954), Serpico (1974), King Kong (1976) and Conan the Barbarian (1982). But the hits have been overshadowed by hundreds of commercial duds, most...
When he pitched DEG to investors, De Laurentiis promised he would make careful, modestly budgeted pictures. Yet once ensconced at DEG, he refused to share decision-making authority and showed a knack for picking up screenplays that other studios had wisely spurned. For an Old World producer accustomed to making...
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...
De Laurentiis, who left DEG under pressure in 1988, is now struggling to quash the firm's case against him. Carolco Pictures, which has agreed to buy DEG's assets for $39 million, aims to pursue the charges. De Laurentiis has struck back with a dubious list of $79 million...