"Hm, should I produce 'Fahrenheit 9/11'? Nah. It'll flop."

[WilliamPitt]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/11/business/media/11disney.html?hp

Disney Chief to Leave, Setting Off Race for Job
By LAURA M. HOLSON and GERALDINE FABRIKANT

Published: September 11, 2004

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 10 - Michael D. Eisner, who has spent much of the last year fending off challenges to his two-decade reign at the Walt Disney Company, has announced an exit on his own terms, immediately shifting the spotlight from the rancorous debate over his leadership to speculation over who will succeed him.

...creepy stuff in the second paragraph...

Mr. Eisner on Friday endorsed Robert A. Iger, the company's president and former head of the struggling ABC network, as his potential successor. But Hollywood and Wall Street were buzzing about other candidates who might be preferred by the Disney board, including Peter Chernin, the president of the News Corporation; Jeff Bewkes, a top Time Warner executive; and Terry Semel, the chief executive of Yahoo and a former movie executive.

...more...

[proud patriot]

1. buh bye

:hi:

[Swamp Rat]

2. What a chump!

[walldude]

3. Good riddance..

Not to be picky or anything but I believe the Weinstein brothers
exe-produced and Michael Moore produced Fahrenheit 9/11. Eisner refused to distribute the film. The dumb ass thought he would piss off the stockholders. Wonder how they are feeling about a movie that profited over 100 million in it's U.S. release alone.

[smirkymonkey]

4. Ironically, the quote below pretty much sums up Eisner's MO ...

"We have no obligation to make history, We have no obligation to make art. We have no obligation to make a statement. To make money, is our only objective." - Michael Eisner (this was said in a memo he sent out while he worked at Paramount)

Let's just hope the slimeball doesn't turn up in politics.