Animating Pixar | The Benefactor | 1
Business Movers
Wondery
4.7 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 3 November 2022
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Ed Catmull’s dream is to make the first ever computer-animated movie. But in 1986, Ed’s world is turned upside down when tech icon Steve Jobs purchases the animation studio he helped create. As co-founder of Pixar, Ed must fight to protect the integrity of his work, and keep his dream alive.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, prime members, you can listen to business movers add free on Amazon music. |
| 0:05.1 | Download the app today. |
| 0:07.0 | It's February 1985 and Marin County, California, just north of San Francisco. |
| 0:29.6 | At the heart of a 3,000 acre estate stands the secluded home of filmmaker George Lucas's |
| 0:34.6 | production company, Lucasfilm. |
| 0:37.3 | Outside the large Victorian style mansion, the bearded and bespectacled head of Lucasfilm's |
| 0:42.5 | computer division, Ed Catman, waits for a special visitor. |
| 0:45.6 | The man he hopes will save his computer division from extinction. |
| 0:49.8 | Over the past two years, George Lucas has run out of money to fund Ed's graphics department |
| 0:54.2 | and he's ready to sell it off. |
| 0:56.3 | But George's had no luck until recently when the division peaked the interest of the |
| 1:00.7 | famous Apple executive, Steve Jobs. |
| 1:04.0 | So today, Ed hopes he can convince Steve to give them a chance and either buy the division |
| 1:08.4 | for Apple or for himself. |
| 1:12.3 | As Ed goes over his pitch in his head, a limousine pulls into the circular driveway of Skywalker |
| 1:17.3 | Ranch. |
| 1:20.6 | The driver jumps out and opens the door for Steve Jobs. |
| 1:24.0 | As Steve gets out of the car, Ed greets him with a smile. |
| 1:27.4 | Steve, so nice to meet you. |
| 1:29.9 | Well likewise, how was the drive? |
| 1:32.1 | Well, not bad, but I don't have much time, so let's get to it. |
| 1:36.1 | Right, of course, this way. |
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