Disney-Pixar vs Dreamworks | Onward and Upward | 4

Business Wars

Wondery

History, Business, David Brown, Management

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

It’s 2006 and with Pixar part of Disney, Ed Catmull and John Lasseter now face the task of fixing Disney Animation Studios. And they need to fix it fast, because DreamWorks is winning at the box office.

But while they strive to turn Disney Animation from has-been to hero, Hollywood’s other big studios are gearing up to take a bite out of the animated movie pie and that’s only going to dial up the competitive pressure on DreamWorks and Disney-Pixar.

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0:00.0	January 2006, Disney Animation Studios, Burbank, California.
0:18.1	Pixar President Ed Catmull follows the Facilities Manager onto the basement floor.
0:23.4	It's early morning and the studio is deserted.
0:27.2	The Facilities Manager leads Catmull through the rows of desks belonging to Disney's
0:32.4	animators.
0:33.4	Down here, it's mostly animators.
0:35.8	The executive offices are all on the top floor.
0:40.4	Catmull peers at the desks as they stroll past.
0:43.8	They're all neat, tidy and anonymous.
0:47.0	There are no personal belongings or signs of individuality anywhere.
0:52.0	In that worries, Catmull.
0:54.5	Disney announced its takeover of Pixar yesterday.
0:58.0	As part of the deal, Catmull and Pixar creative chief John Lasseter now also run Disney's
1:03.4	troubled animation studio.
1:05.8	So Catmulls here to assess the scale of the challenge they've taken on.
1:11.0	Catmull turns to the Facilities Manager.
1:13.8	You know, at Pixar, everybody gets to personalize their workspace.
1:17.2	They're full of family photos, toys, knickknacks.
1:20.6	The Facilities Manager shrugs.
1:23.1	And folks, different strokes, I guess.
1:26.4	Catmull isn't so sure.
1:28.5	This is supposed to be a place of creativity, a dream factory where animators bring stories
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