Warner Bros. Pictures

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Warner Bros. Pictures 4000 Warner Blvd. Burbank, CA 91522-0001 Phone 818-954-6000 Website www.warnerbros.com Warner Brothers, one of Hollywood's most famous studios, was founded in 1923 by four actual brothers: Jack, Sam, Harry & Albert Warner. The siblings never seemed to get along with each other, but Warner Bros Studios managed to produce some of the most memorable movies in the history of Hollywood, including the world's first "talkie" with Al Jolson, "The Jazz Singer" (1927), "The Adventures Robin Hood" (1938), "Casablanca" (1942), "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (1942), "Cool Hand Luke" (1967), "Deliverance" (1972), "The Exorcist" (1973), "Chariots of Fire" (1981), "Body Heat" (1981), and the current string of "Batman" films. The first Warner Bros studio (where they made "The Jazz Singer") was located in Hollywood, on Sunset Boulevard, in what is now KTLA Television studios. In 1928, with the success of that famous Al Jolson talkie, Warners moved to this 110-acre Burbank lot, in the east San Fernando Valley, and it has been their home now for 70 years. The early stars at Warner Bros included Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, James Cagney, Errol Flynn, John Barrymore, Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Barbara Stanwyck, Dick Powell, George Raft, Loretta Young, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Joan Crawford, Burt Lancaster, Paul Muni, Carole Lombard, Gary Cooper, Dennis Morgan, Peter Lorre, Cary Grant, Henry Fonda, Doris Day, and Rin Tin Tin. Future President Ronald Reagan made his screen debut at Warners, in 1937's "Love in the Air," and he married another Warner's star, actress Jane Wyman. Where M-G-M went in for bright, colorful musicals, Warner Bros preferred black & white, and gritty, realistic dramas. The studio put out numerous top notch gangster films, such as "Little Caesar" (with Edward G. Robinson, 1930), "The Public Enemy" (with James Cagney, 1921), "I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang" (1932), as well as Humphrey Bogart in such classic film noir as "The Maltese Falcon" (1941), "The Big Sleep" (1946) and of course the unforgettable "Casablanca" (1941). They also gave us such Oscar winning dramas as "The Story of Louis Pasteur" (1936), "The Life of Emile Zola" (1937), and "The Treasure of Sierra Madre" (1948). When Warner Bros did give the public musicals, they were usually black and white (such as "42nd Street" and Busby Berkley's "Gold Diggers" films), and were often a bit more cynical than those M-G-M Technicolor spectaculars. It wasn't until the late 1950's that Warner Bros finally favored full color, big time musicals, and then the studio went all out, creating classics such as "Damn Yankees" (1958), "The Music Man" (1962), "Camelot" (1967), and "My Fair Lady" (1964). In later years, Warner Bros. brought us Marlon Brando in "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951), James Dean in "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955), Judy Garland in "A Star is Born" (1954), Paul Newman in "Hud" (1963), Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe?" (1966), Warren Beatty in "Bonnie & Clyde" (1967), Clint Eastwood in "Dirty Harry" (1971), Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman in "All the President's Men" (1976), and Goldie Hawn in "Private Benjamin" (1980). In 1978, when Warner Bros' made the original "Superman" movie (with Christopher Reeve), it held the world record as the most expensive movie ever made in the history of Hollywood. In 2001, the studio broke all records with the opening of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," based on the popular book about a boy wizard. With a $967 million take, it turned out to be the second highest-grossing movie of all time, behind only "Titanic." The next installment, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets," did almost as well, and Warners has six more Harry Potter movies in the works. At the same time, the studio started another hit franchise, with the hugely successful "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, from its New Line division. 2002 saw big successes with "Scooby Doo" and "Austin Powers in Goldmember." Other recent Warner Bros releases have included :"The Last Samurai," "Mystic River," "Looney Tunes: Back in Action," "Rush Hour 2," "Blade II," "The Time Machine," "A Walk To Remember," "A.I.", "Cats & Dogs," "The Perfect Storm," "The Matrix," "The Green Mile," "Eyes Wide Shut," "Any Given Sunday," "Deep Blue Sea," "Three Kings," "The Wild Wild West," "Lost & Found," "Analyze This," "Message in a Bottle," "The Bridges of Madison County," "Outbreak," "Interview With The Vampire," "You've Got Mail," "Practical Magic," "The Avengers," "Lethal Weapon 4," "A Perfect Murder," "Quest for Camelot," "City of Angels," "L.A. Confidential," "U.S. Marshals," "The Postman," "Dangerous Beauty," "Batman And Robin," "Contact," "Conspiracy Theory," "Devil's Advocate," "The Postman," "Mars Attacks," "Space Jam," "A Time To Kill," "Tin Cup," "Eraser," "Twister," "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls," "Heat," "Free Willy II," "The Client," "Natural Born Killers," "The Fugitive," "Dennis the Menace," "The Pelican Brief," and "Unforgiven" - adding big names such as Mel Gibson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sandra Bullock, Harrison Ford, Robert De Niro, Kim Basinger, Keanu Reeves, George Clooney, Meg Ryan, Michael Douglas, Tom Hanks, Nicolas Cage, Jodie Foster, Tommy Lee Jones, Al Pacino, Wesley Snipes, Kevin Costner, Sylvester Stallone, Meryl Streep, Woody Harrelson, Demi Moore, Steven Seagal, Warren Beatty, Robert Duvall, Sharon Stone, Tom Cruise, Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts to the Warner Bros roster. The studio has prospered in television as well. In fact, two of Warner Bros' recent releases, "Maverick" (with Mel Gibson) and "Wyatt Earp" (with Kevin Costner), harken back to the studio's early days in TV. In 1993, Warner Bros ranked as the largest supplier of TV programs in Hollywood, producing hit sitcoms such as "Murphy Brown" and "Full House," as well action programs such as "Lois & Clark: the New Adventures of Superman." For a number of years, Warners shared their Burbank Studios with Columbia Pictures. But Columbia (now part of Sony Pictures) has now moved out of Burbank, and into the old M-G-M Studios in Culver City, leaving Warner Bros as sole owner of the Burbank lot. Fortunately for the public, Warner Bros is one of the major motion picture studios that offers a guided tour of their studios, including their venerable back lot. The catch is that their "VIP Tour" will set you back a hefty $27. One way to get inside part of the historic Warner Bros Studios, however, without forking over hard cash, is simply to attend a free taping of a TV sitcom at the studio. Shows taped live recently at Warner Bros. include "Joey," "Everybody Loves Raymond," "George Lopez," "Two and a Half Men," "What I Like About You.", "Center of the Universe," "Washington Street," "Friends" and "The Drew Carrey Show." and These shows require live studio audiences, and you are admitted into the studio as part of that audience. Just phone "Audiences Unlimited" at (818) 506-0067 and ask them what shows are currently being taped on the Warner Bros. lot. By the way, don't be surprised if your kids recognize the Warner Bros' water tower. In the Steven Spielberg cartoon series "Animaniacs," that's where the Warner brothers - and the Warner sister - live! (Ask your kids to explain...) Update: in January of 2000, it was announced that Warner Bros will be purchased by America Online (AOL), in what will be the largest merger in history. AOL wants to buy Time Warner Inc., which also owns CNN and HBO cable services, and publishes Time, People, Sports Illustrated, Entertainment Weekly and Fortune magazines. AOL already owns Netscape, Compuserve, and Moviefone. The cost of the deal? 163 billion dollars. However, the merger is being opposed by some, including the Disney Company. Getting there: The studio is located at the intersection Olive Avenue, Pass Avenue, and Barham Boulevard, in Burbank (in the San Fernando Valley), just a few blocks southeast of NBC Studios and Disney Studios, and northeast of Universal Studios. / From Universal Studios, take Lankershim Boulevard half a mile north to Riverside Drive. Turn right (east), and take Riverside Drive east (about a mile and a half) to Hollywood Way. Turn right again (south), and take Hollywood Way to the studio gate. / From the Ventura (134) Freeway east, exit on the Pass Avenue offramp. Turn right on Pass Avenue and follow it southeast for about half a mile, to where it intersects with Olive Street next to the studio. Look for the giant movie posters - you can't miss it. Sponsors 1492 Pictures (Production Company) Accomplice Films (Production Company) Alcon Entertainment, LLC (Production Company) Bad Hat Harry Productions (Production Company) The Bedford Falls Company (Production Company) Broken Lizard Industries (Production Company) C3 Entertainment, Inc. (Production Company) Castle Rock Entertainment (Production Company) De Line Pictures (Production Company) Denver and Delilah Films (Production Company) Di Novi Pictures (Production Company) Double Nickel Entertainment (Production Company) Esperanto Films (Production Company) Flower Films, Inc. 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(Production Company) Thunder Road Pictures (Production Company) Village Roadshow Pictures (Production Company) Weed Road Pictures (Production Company) Jerry Weintraub Productions (Production Company) The Wolper Organization (Production Company)Produces Features Staff Jeff Robinov President, Production Steven Papazian President, Physical Production Doug Frank President, Music Operations Patti Connolly Executive VP, Business Affairs Lynn Harris Executive VP, Production Kevin McCormick Executive VP, Theatrical Production Marc Solomon Executive VP, Post Production & Visual Effects Steve Spira Executive VP, Worldwide Business Affairs Courtenay Valenti Executive VP, Production Keith Zajic Executive VP, Business Affairs, Music Musette Buckley Sr. VP, Production Resources Polly Cohen Sr. VP, Production Chris De Faria Sr. VP, Physical Production & Visual Effects Bob Fisher Sr. VP, Financial Investments & Analysis Dan Furie Sr. VP, Business Affairs Jessica Goodman Sr. VP, Production Darren Higman Sr. VP, Music Lora Kennedy Sr. VP, Feature Casting Pam Kirsh Sr. VP/General Counsel, Legal Jodi Levinson Sr. VP, Business Affairs Dan Lin Sr. VP, Production Lisa Margolis Sr. VP, Business & Legal Affairs, Music David Sagal Sr. VP/General Counsel, Business & Legal Affairs Mark Scoon Sr. VP, Physical Production Greg Silverman Sr. VP, Production Sandra Smokler Sr. VP/Deputy General Counsel Frank J. Urioste Sr. VP, Creative William Young Sr. VP, Feature Production Suzi Civita VP, Music Jeffrey Clifford VP, Production Ellen Schwartz VP, Music Development Virginia Tweedy VP, Business Affairs Administration Teresa Wayne VP, Story & Creative Administration

Universal Studios

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Universal Studios 100 Universal City Plaza Universal City, CA 91608 Phone 818-777-1000 Website www.nbcuni.com Even though Universal Studios Hollywood is probably best known today as a theme park (rivaling Disneyland in popularity with tourists), Universal Pictures is actually the largest film and television studio in the world, with 9,000 employees and a long and proud history of film-making. In fact, Universal Studios produced the two of the highest-grossing movies of all time, "E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial," and "Jurassic Park."Founded in 1912 by German immigrant Carl Laemmle, Universal Pictures built their giant hilltop studio in 1915, on the site of a chicken farm. To make a little extra money, they used to charge tourists 25 cents to watch the actual filming of silent movies, with stars such as Lon Chaney and Rudolph Valentino on the sets. But the carnival barker style of the tour guides proved too much of a distraction to the film-makers, and the tours were discontinued. Five decades later, though, the idea was resurrected with a vengeance. Universal was the Hollywood studio responsible for the creation of most of our favorite movie monsters, releasing such original classic horror films as "Frankenstein" (1931) with Boris Karloff, "Dracula" (1931) with Bela Lugosi, & "The Wolf Man" (1941) with Lon Chaney, Jr. The studio gave us W.C. Field's comedies such as "The Bank Dick" (1940) & "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break" (1941), and the rural humor of "The Egg & I" (1947) with Fred MacMurray &Claudette Colbert (plus its "Ma & Pa Kettle" spinoffs with Majorie Main). They gave us the terror of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" (1963), the drama of "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962), and musicals such as "Sweet Charity" (1969) with Shirley MacLaine. They pioneered the disaster film with the "Airport" series (1970 1977), and introduced us to Scott Joplin ragtime in "The Sting" (1973) with Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Universal was the home to the films of Abbott & Costello, Sabu, Deanna Durbin, and Doris Day. Jimmy Stewart made "Harvey" here. Still, Universal never got the same respect as other major studios. when it saw a number of major stars walk away to join other studios after getting their start at Universal.(including Valentino, Bette Davis, Busby Berkeley, Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean) . But all of that changed in 1969 when Universal signed up a talented youngster named Steven Spielberg. Beginning with a made-for-TV movie called "Duel," Spielberg turned out an incredible series of blockbusters that began in 1975 with "Jaws" and lasted through "Schindler's List." (Steven Spielberg's "Amblin" production offices used to be located on the Universal lot, but he recently left Universal to form his own studio, called "DreamWorks.") Other Universal hits have included: "American Graffiti" (1973), "Earthquake" (1974), "Smokey & The Bandit" (1977), "The Deer Hunter" (1978), "The Blues Brothers" (1980), "On Golden Pond" (1981), "Out of Africa" (1985), "Field of Dreams" (1989), the trilogy of "Back to the Future" adventures (1985-1990), and "Backdraft" (1991). Universal released the dinosaur blockbuster "Jurassic Park" in 1993, which surpassed Universal's own "ET" as the most successful movie rental of all time. That same year, they gave us the dramatic "Schindler's List," which won the Best Picture Oscar. In 1997, they topped themselves again with "The Lost World." And sure enough, the Universal theme park has turned most of those films into rides for their giant amusement park. They have also come out with a number of movies based on TV cartoons recently, including "Rocky & Bullwinkle," "Dudley Do-Right" and "The Flintstones in Rock Vegas." In recent years, Universal has released "Along Came Polly," "Peter Pan", "Seabiscuit", "The Cat in the Hat", "American Wedding," "Bruce Almighty," "Meet the Parents," "The Incredible Hulk", "The Grinch," "The Fast & the Furious," "Red Dragon," "The Scorpion King," "The Bourne Identity," "The Mummy Returns," "Hannibal," "Jurassic Park 3," "U-571," "Man on the Moon," "For Love of the Game," "Patch Adams," "Babe: Pig in the City," the remake of "Psycho," "Meet Joe Black," "Bride of Chucky," "Out of Sight," "Primary Colors," "Blues Brothers 2000," "Mercury Rising," "Liar Liar," "Dante's Peak," "Twister," "The Nutty Professor," "Dragonheart," "Waterworld," "12 Monkeys," "Casino," "Casper," "Babe," "Apollo 13," "The Little Rascals" and "The River Wild." Recent Universal films have featured stars such as Meryl Streep, Dustin Hoffman, The Rock, Brendan Fraser, George Clooney, John Travolta, Brad Pitt, Helen Hunt, Eddie Murphy, Will Smith, Jim Carrey, Steve Martin, Bruce Willis, Robert De Niro, Tom Hanks, Jim Carrey, Robin Williams and Kevin Costner. Besides paying to visit the theme park/tour, you can also get into part of the studio as a member of the studio audience to see sitcoms being taped at Universal: recent shows taped there included "Complete Savages," "Crazy For You," "Brothers Keeper," "Payne," "Movie Stars," "Something So Right" and "The Simple Life." Call Audiences Unlimited to see if there's anything taping right now; if so, you can get free tickets to watch the live tapings. Until recently, Universal was owned by MCA Inc., which was purchased in 1995 by the Seagram Company. However, in June of 2000, the Seagram Company (including Universal) was purchased by France's Vivendi for $33.7 billion. (For information about the studio tram tour and Hollywood theme park, see the separate page about tours. - Also see the page about the Universal CityWalk.) Getting there: From Hollywood, take the Hollywood (101) Freeway north to the Lankershim Boulevard offramp. Go east (right) on Lankershim Boulevard one block to the Universal entrance; turn right (south) and follow the signs up the hill to the parking lot. Produces Features Comments Includes Universal Pictures, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Consumer Products Group and Theme Parks Staff Ron Meyer President/COO, Universal Studios Patti Hutton CFO/Executive VP Kenneth L. Kahrs Executive VP, Human Resources Maren Christensen Executive VP/General Counsel Cindy Gardner Sr. VP, Internal Communications, NBC Universal & Corporate Affairs, Universal Studios Keith Gorham Sr. VP, Industrial Relations Paul Pflug Sr. VP, Media Relations, Universal Pictures Mark Wooster Sr. VP, Legal Affairs Nestor Barrero VP, Employment Counsel Stephanie Caprielian VP, Labor Relations Primo Custodio VP, Human Resources Karen Elliott VP, Anti-Piracy Operations Sheldon Kasdan VP/Sr. Labor Counsel Ellen Nichols VP, Human Resources Development Anne Nielsen VP/Sr. Trademark Counsel Ann O'Connor VP, Government Affairs Marc Palotay VP, General Tax Counsel William Phillips Jr. VP, Labor & Legal Affairs Mark Pinkerton VP, Corporate Planning Virginia Tanawong VP, Compensation & Benefits Crystal Wright VP, Legal

Sony Pictures Entertainment

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Sony Pictures Entertainment 10202 W. Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 Phone 310-244-4000 Fax 310-244-2626 Website www.spe.sony.com Sony Pictures Entertainment's global operations encompass motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home video acquisition and distribution, operation of studio facilities, development of new entertainment technologies and distribution of filmed entertainment in 67 countries worldwide. Sony Pictures Studios Sony Pictures Studios offers complete production services supported by the best technology and professional expertise anywhere. Sony Pictures Studios has people, hardware and a working facility conducive to creativity.Sony Pictures Imageworks Imageworks' full service capabilities include a multi-platform digital environment, a comprehensive camera design department with a vast array of motion control and visual effects photographic equipment, film scanning and output, previsualization, an art department, online production, stage space and access to a model shop facility. Sony Dynamic Digital Sound Sony Dynamic Digital Sound (SDDS) is the premier digital sound format for motion picture theatres. With the purest sound and eight truly discrete channels, Sony's SDDS division has developed the preferred format for filmmakers and exhibitors alike. Sony Pictures Studios Post Production Facilities The finest selection of post production facilities are now at Culver City including Scoring, Re-recording, Foley and ADR stages, plus screening rooms, editing and post production facilities. Sony Pictures Feature Film Clip/Still Licensing Sony Pictures Entertainment's Film Clip/Stills Licensing Departments administer the licensing of materials, copyrighted, produced and or distributed by Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures, Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Classics, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Revolution Studios. Sponsors Apostle (Production Company) Avenue Pictures (Production Company) John Baldecchi Productions (Production Company) John Calley Productions (Production Company) Donen/Raimi Company (Production Company) Escape Artists (Production Company) Wendy Finerman Productions (Production Company) Fresh Paint (Production Company) Gracie Films (Production Company) Mandy Films (Production Company) Laurence Mark Productions (Production Company) Original Film (Production Company) Overbrook Entertainment (Production Company) Pariah (Production Company) Red Wagon Entertainment (Production Company) Revolution Studios (Production Company) Paul Schiff Productions (Production Company) Trilogy Entertainment Group (Production Company) Winkler Films (Production Company)Produces Features TV Series Comments See also Columbia Pictures Staff Michael Lynton Chairman/CEO, SPE Amy Pascal Chairman, Motion Picture Group, SPE/Vice Chairman, SPE Jeff Blake Vice Chairman, SPE/Chairman, Worldwide Marketing & Distribution, CTMPG Yair Landau Vice Chairman, SPE/President, Sony Pictures Digital Valerie Van Galder President, Domestic Marketing, CTMPG Beth Berke Executive VP/Chief Administrative Officer David Hendler Executive VP/CFO Leah Weil Executive VP/General Counsel Simon Baker Sr. VP/Corporate Treasurer Sean Carey Sr. VP, Corporate Development Charlie Falcetti Sr. VP/Chief Accounting Officer Karen L. Halby VP Toshino Yuhako VP, Corporate Alliances, SPE Joseph Chianese Assistant Secretary Jared Jussim Assistant Secretary Stephanie Roth Assistant Secretary

Pixar Animation Studios

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Pixar Animation Studios 1200 Park Ave. Emeryville, CA 94608 Phone 510-752-3000 Fax 510-752-3151 Website www.pixar.com Pixar Animation Studios is an Academy Award®-winning computer animation studio with the technical, creative and production capabilities to create a new generation of animated feature films, merchandise and other related products. Pixar's objective is to combine proprietary technology and world-class creative talent to develop computer-animated feature films with memorable characters and heartwarming stories that appeal to audiences of all ages. In partnership with Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar created and produced Toy Story (1995), A Bug's Life (1998), Toy Story 2 (1999), Monsters, Inc. (2001), Finding Nemo (2003) and The Incredibles (2004).Toy Story, released November 22, 1995, reflects more than nine years of creative and technical achievements. The film received tremendous critical acclaim and became the highest grossing film of 1995, generating $362 million in worldwide box office receipts. Toy Story's director and Pixar's executive vice president of creative, John Lasseter, received a Special Achievement Academy Award® for his "inspired leadership of the Pixar Toy Story team resulting in the first feature-length computer animated film." Pixar has since released A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, and The Incredibles. The six films combined have grossed more than $3 billion in worldwide box office receipts, and Pixar now has six of the top grossing animated films of all time. Toy Story 2, at the time of release, broke numerous opening weekend records all over the world and won a Golden Globe award for Best Picture, Musical or Comedy in 1999. In 2001, Pixar released the Academy Award®-winning Monsters, Inc., which reached over $100 million at the domestic box office in just 9 days, faster than any animated film in history at the time of its release. Monsters, Inc.'s opening-weekend gross of $62.6 million marked the largest 3-day opening ever for an animated film, the largest 3-day opening in the history of The Walt Disney Studios, the largest 3-day opening in the history of Pixar Animation Studios, and the sixth-largest opening in industry history - records that Monsters, Inc. held until the release of Finding Nemo. On May 30, 2003, Pixar released Finding Nemo which broke every one of Monsters, Inc.'s opening weekend box office records that had been set only 18-months earlier. Finding Nemo generated $865 million at the global box office and received the Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature Film. Pixar's latest film, The Incredibles was nominated for four Academy Awards® and was awarded with the Oscars® for Best Animated Feature Film and Achievement in Sound Editing. The Incredibles was also nominated for Best Original Screenplay and for Achievement in Sound Mixing. The film was also nominated for the 2004 Golden Globe for Best Picture - Musical or Comedy.Finding Nemo was nominated for four Academy Awards®, including Best Animated Feature Film, Best Original Screenplay, Best Sound Editing and Best Music Score. The film received the Oscar® for Best Animated Feature Film. The film also received a nomination for the 2003 Golden Globe for Best Picture - Musical or Comedy. Monsters, Inc. composer Randy Newman took home the Oscar® for Best Song ("If I Didn't Have You"). Monsters, Inc. also received three Academy Award® nominations: Best Animated Feature Film, Best Sound Editing, and Best Score. Toy Story 2 was honored by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association with a Golden Globe for Best Picture, Musical or Comedy. The film was also chosen as Best Animated Feature by the Broadcast Film Critics Association. And composer Randy Newman garnered a Golden Globe nomination as well as Academy Award® nomination for the Toy Story 2 score. A Bug's Life was chosen as Favorite Family Film by the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards in 1999. Also in 1999, composer Randy Newman won a Grammy for his score on A Bug's Life (Best Instrumental Composition Written For A Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media) and was nominated for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score for A Bug's Life. John Lasseter, Pixar's executive vice president of creative and director of Toy Story, won the Academy Award® for Special Achievement for his "inspired leadership of the Pixar Toy Story team resulting in the first feature-length computer-animated film." Toy Story is also the first and only animated film to receive an Academy Award® nomination for Best Screenplay Written Directly For the Screen. The film also garnered a Golden Globe nomination for Best Picture. At the animation industry's Annie Awards in 1996, Toy Story ran away with all eight top motion-picture honors, winning every Annie Award category in which it was nominated. In addition to winning an award for Best Animated Feature, Pixar also received recognition for: Directing, which went to Toy Story director John Lasseter; Producing, awarded to Ralph Guggenheim and Bonnie Arnold; Writing, received by Andrew Stanton, Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen and Alec Sololow; Production Design, awarded to Ralph Eggleston; Animation, which went to Pete Doctor; and Music, awarded to Randy Newman. Pixar Animation Studios also received a special technical achievement award for the extraordinary advances in three-dimensional, computer-generated animation showcased in Toy Story. The Annie Awards are sponsored by the International Society for Animated Films. For more than fifteen years, Pixar's creative and technical teams have worked closely to produce short films and television commercials using three-dimensional computer animation while continually developing their creative expertise and proprietary technology. In 1986, Pixar's first short film, Luxo Jr., received an Academy Award® nomination for Best Animated Short Film. In 1988, Pixar's short film Tin Toy received an Academy Award® for Best Animated Short Film, and in 1997, Geri's Game received the Academy Award® for Best Animated Short Film. Geri's Game was the first film to incorporate the studio's technology for creating more realistic-looking skin and cloth. In 2002, Pixar's For the Birds received the Academy Award® for Best Animated Short Film, Most recently in 2003 Mike's New Car was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. In total, Pixar employees have been awarded fifteen Academy Awards®. Pixar has also won two Gold Clios in the category of Computer Animation for its commercials, one in 1993 for the Gummi Savers commercial titled "Conga," and one in 1994 for the Listerine commercial titled "Arrows." Produces AnimationProduction Cars Credits Finding Nemo - Mike's New Car - Monsters, Inc. - For the Birds - Toy Story 1&2 - A Bug's Life - Geri's Game - Tin Toy - Red's Dream - Luxo Jr. - Knickknack - Boundin' - The Incredibles Comments Feature and short film computer animation Staff Steven P. Jobs Chairman/CEO Dr. Edwin E. Catmull President Simon Bax Executive VP/CFO John Lasseter Executive VP, Creative Sarah McArthur Executive VP, Production Lois Scali Executive VP/General Counsel

Paramount Pictures Motion Picture Group

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Paramount Pictures Motion Picture Group  5555 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90038-3197 Phone 323-956-5000 Fax 323-862-1204 Website www.paramount.com Paramount offers a variety of resources for your production and post-production needs. Paramount has received three Golden Globe nominations: Terrence Howard (HUSTLE AND FLOW) - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama; Patricia Arquette (MEDIUM) - Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, and EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS - Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy. Terrence Howard has also been nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for the category of Best Male Lead. Sponsors Alphaville (Production Company) Blumhouse Productions (Production Company) Bona Fide Productions (Production Company) Broadway Video Entertainment (Production Company) Carsey-Werner (Production Company) CFP Productions (Production Company) Robert Cort Productions (Production Company) Crystal Sky, LLC (Production Company) C/W Productions (Production Company) Darkwoods Productions (Production Company) Deep River Productions (Production Company) Detour (Production Company) di Bonaventura Pictures, Inc. (Production Company) The Robert Evans Company (Production Company) John Goldwyn Productions (Production Company) Guy Walks Into a Bar (Production Company) Interscope/Shady/Aftermath Films (Production Company) Tom Jacobson Productions (Production Company) The Kerner Entertainment Company (Production Company) Klasky Csupo, Inc. (Production Company) Lakeshore Entertainment Group LLC (Production Company) Michael London Productions (Production Company) The Manhattan Project, Ltd. (Production Company) Misher Films (Production Company) MM Productions (Production Company) MTV Films (Production Company) Nickelodeon Movies (Production Company) Lynda Obst Productions (Production Company) Revelations Entertainment (Production Company) Southern Cross the Dog Productions (Production Company) Trunity, a Mediar Company, a Division of True Mediar, a Unity Corpbopoly (Production Company) Watermark (Production Company) Produces Features Production Mission: Impossible III - The Barnyard - Zodiac - Nacho Libre - Charlotte's Web - Untitled World Trade Center Project Credits Elizabethtown - Get Rich or Die Tryin' - The Weather Man - War of the Worlds - Bad News Bears - Four Brothers - The Honeymooners - Yours, Mine and Ours - Aeon Flux Staff Brad Grey Chairman/CEO, Motion Picture Group, Paramount Pictures Gail Berman President, Paramount Pictures Rob Moore President, Worldwide Marketing, Distribution & Operations Mark Badagliacca Executive VP/CFO William Bernstein Executive VP, Special Projects

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc.

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. 10250 Constellation Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90067 Phone 310-449-3000 Website www.mgm.com Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has long been a classic American icon, its distinguished reputation embodied in its renowned moniker and roaring lion trademark. Since its founding in 1924, the Company has prided itself on creating and shaping cinematic history, delighted audiences worldwide with entertainment of unparalleled distinction. Throughout its existence, MGM has enjoyed memorable successes and overcome difficult obstacles, forging ahead with renewed vigor. Along the way, the Company has evolved and changed to meet the specific demands of modern audiences and maintained its foothold in rapidly emerging technologies, setting the stage for success in a new century of entertainment. Now, 80 years after its birth, MGM remains a major force in the entertainment industry, with a proud heritage, an enduring legacy, and a promising future. Sponsors Apartment 3B Productions (Production Company) Danjaq, LLC (Production Company) Irish DreamTime (Production Company)Produces Features Credits Into the Blue - The Woods - Soul Plane - Barbershop 1&2 - Walking Tall - Die Another Day - Windtalkers - Crocodile Hunter - Original Sin - Legally Blonde 1&2 - Hannibal - Heartbreakers - Autumn in New York - Antitrust - The Thomas Crown Affair - The World Is Not Enough - Supernova - Return to Me - Good Boy - Agent Cody Banks - Out of Time - DeLovely - Wicker Park Staff Harry E. Sloan Chairman/CEO Dan Taylor President Charles Cohen Executive VP Scott Packman Executive VP Jim Packer Executive VP, TV Sales, Worldwide Distribution Bruce Tuchman Executive VP, Domestic & International Channels Joe Patrick Sr. VP, Domestic Distribution

Sunset-Gower Studios

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Sunset-Gower Studios 1438 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, CA. Phone: (323) 467-1001 Built in 1921, this 17-acre Hollywood movie studio was originally the historic Columbia Pictures Studios.It's located right in the heart of "Gower Gulch," near the corner of Gower Street and Sunset Boulevard) - hence the new name. Columbia Pictures was founded in 1920 by Harry & Jack Cohn, and during 50 years on this studio lot Columbia gave us a mixture of B-movies (like the Three Stooges movies) and such classic feature films as Frank Capra's "It Happened One Night" (1939) and his "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1934). Other Columbia gems included "Born Yesterday" (1950), "From Here to Eternity" (1953), "On The Waterfront" (1954), "The Caine Mutiny" (1954), "Picnic" (1955) "Bell, Book & Candle" (1958), "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962), "Bye Bye Birdie" (1963), "Dr. Strangelove," and "Fail Safe" (1964). In later years, they brought us "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967), "Oliver! " (1968), "Funny Girl" (1968). The stars of those films included Marlon Brando, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Jimmy Stewart, Judy Holiday, William Holden, Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Henry Fonda, Sidney Poitier, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Rita Hayworth, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon and Barbra Streisand. Unlike M-G-M, which was a star's studio, Columbia borrowed most of its stars from other studios. When M-G-M wanted to punish their actors, they used to loan their stars to Columbia. In one instance, the honchos at M-G-M thought they were "punishing" a young Clark Gable when they exiled him to Columbia to make a "minor picture" called "It Happened One Night" - the hit movie that made Gable a star. The studio was also deep into television production. Classic 60's TV shows formerly taped at the Sunset-Gower lot include "I Dream of Jeannie" (with Barbara Eden), "Bewitched" (with Elizabeth Montgomery) and "The Flying Nun" (with Sally Field). In 1972, Columbia left its Hollywood studios at Sunset & Gower (to save money) and moved over the hill to the San Fernando Valley, where they shared "Burbank Studios" with Warner Bros. In their new Burbank location, Columbia made "The Last Picture Show" (1971), "The Way We Were" (1973), "Shampoo (1975), "Taxi Driver" (1976), "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977), "Kramer vs. Kramer" (1979), "The China Syndrome" (1979), "The Blue Lagoon" (1980), "Tootsie" (1982), and "The Karate Kid" (1988). The new stars there included Cybill Shepherd, Robert Redford, Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn, Jodie Foster, Robert De Niro, Richard Dreyfuss, Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Fonda, Michael Douglas, and Brooke Shields. The lot also saw its fair share of rock stars back in the 70's, when Elton John used Stage 6 as his base when rehearsing for his "Rock of the Westies" tour, which climaxed with his concert at Dodger Stadium. Other artists on the lot at that time included Frank Zappa, Olivia Newton John, Ringo Starr, Deep Purple, Crosby, Stills & Nash and the group called America. In 1978, Columbia Pictures made the Guinness Book of World Records by paying the highest price ever paid ($9,500,000.) for the rights to the Broadway stage hit "Annie" (which, as it turned out, wasn't the wisest investment in the studio's illustrious history.) But eventually, Columbia was bought by Sony Entertainment of Japan, and they finally settled into the historic M-G-M Studios lot in Culver City, where they remain today, along with Sony's other label, TriStar Pictures. Now that Columbia has moved on, the old studio lot they deserted isn't just sitting idly by. The re-named "Sunset-Gower Studios" no longer has a permanent film production company to call its own (hence the geographical name), but it keeps busy renting out its ample sound stages for assorted television and indie movie productions. The studio employees between 2,500 and 3,000 people, depending upon the time of year. Scenes from the 1993 thriller "Sliver" (with Sharon Stone) were shot here, but Sunset-Gower's primary product is now TV shows. They are currently filming the NBC series "American Dreams" and the HBO series "Six Feet Under" here. In recent years, "American Dreams," "Six Feet Under," "JAG," "Moesha," "Blossom," "Married With Children," "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" and "The John Larroquette Show" were taped at Sunset-Gower. In fact, although Columbia's film division is long gone, their television division remains on the lot. The Sunset-Gower Studios offer no public tour of this historic lot, but sometimes there is a way to get inside the walls, just the same. You will notice when you drive past the studio that there are large posters mounted on the outside walls that advertise television shows that are being taped inside, such as "The Parkers" or the teen comedy "City Guys." The public is invited to the live tapings of these sitcoms when they take place. To find out whether anything is taping there right now, call "Audiences Unlimited", and ask them if there are any free tickets to shows taped at Sunset-Gower. Then you can go inside to watch the TV taping, and walk into the studio which gave us "Gandhi," "A Man For All Seasons" and "Ghostbusters." Update: In December of 2004, it was announced that the Sunset-Gower studio had been purchased by a private equity firm GI Partners (which manages an investment pension fund) for a price of $110 million. Fortunately, there are no plans to tear down the lot, and as of now, production will continue as usual. Getting there: the studio is located on Sunset, just west of Fox and KTLA studios. From Hollywood & Vine, take Vine Street south (two blocks) to Sunset Boulevard. Turn left (east) and go three blocks, to the corner of Sunset & Gower. You will find the gated entrance to the studio just east of Gower, on the right (south) side of Sunset.

DreamWorks SKG

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DreamWorks SKG 1000 Flower St. Glendale, CA 91201 Phone 818-695-5000 Website www.dreamworks.com The most exciting new studio in Hollywood doesn't yet have a studio lot to call its own.DreamWorks SKG was born in October of 1994, the brainchild of a creative trio of industry giants: director Steven Spielberg, former Disney wunderkind Jeffrey Katzenberg, and record industry wiz David Geffen. Spielberg, of course, is the most successful director in history, responsible for such blockbusters as "E.T.," "Jurassic Park," and "Schindler's List." As Disney film chief, Katzenberg greenlighted many of the studio's biggest animated hits, including "The Lion King," "The Little Mermaid," "Aladdin," and "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?." Geffen Records is one of the nation's largest recording labels. The team started the new venture with over $2 billion in capital. The first movie issued by the young studio, "The Peacemaker" (with George Clooney & Nicole Kidman) was not a big hit. But they quickly followed up with "Mouse Hunt" (with Nathan Lane), "Amistad" (with Morgan Freeman & Anthony Hopkins), "Small Soldiers" (with the voice of Tommy Lee Jones), "Paulie" (with Gena Rowlands, Cheech Marin, and Buddy Hackett), and "Deep Impact" (with Robert Duvall and Morgan Freeman). But they didn't have their first blockbuster hit until they released "Saving Private Ryan" (with Tom Hanks) in 1998, critically acclaimed as the most realistic war movie ever made. Subsequent films have included the Oscar-winning Best Picture of 1999, "American Beauty" (with Kevin Spacey), "Galaxy Quest" (with Tim Allen), "Forces of Nature" with Sandra Bullock & Ben Affleck, " "The Haunting" (with Liam Neeson), "What Lies Beneath" (with Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer), Robert Redford's "The Legend of Bagger Vance," with Matt Damon & Will Smith and the blockbuster "Gladiator" (starring Russell Crowe.) More recent releases have included "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" (with Jim Carrey), "Collateral" (with Tom Cruise), "Seabiscuit" (with Tobey Maguire), "House of Sand & Fog," "Win A Date with Tad Hamilton," "The Ring," "Catch Me If You Can" (with Leonardo DiCaprio), "The Time Machine," "Minority Report" (with Tom Cruise), "Road to Perdition" (with Tom Hanks), "A.I.: Artificial Intelligence," "Cast Away" and "Almost Famous." Meanwhile, their animation department turned out their first major animated film, "Prince of Egypt," featuring the voices of Val Kilmer, Sandra Bullock, Danny Glover, Steve Martin, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mel Brooks, Patrick Stewart, Ralph Fiennes, Jeff Goldblum, and Martin Short. Another (computer) animated effort, "Antz," included the voices of Woody Allen, Meryl Streep, Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Jennifer Lopez, John Mahoney and Christopher Walken. And they've since turned out another full-length animated epic: "Road to El Dorado," as well as the claymation hit "Chicken Run" (voiced by Mel Gibson.) But the animation department really hit it big in 2001, when they released the spectacularly popular "Shrek", followed by its huge sequel "Shrek 2". Since then, they've also given us "Shark Tale". On TV, DreamWorks has turned out such weekly shows as "Spin City" (originally starring Michael J. Fox), "Freaks & Geeks" and the less successful "High Incident" and "Ink." More recent TV series include "Las Vegas" and "Father of the Pride". The company also runs DreamWorks Records and Dreamworks Games. Yet they still don't have an actual studio. DreamWorks was planning to build a state-of-the-art studio in the Playa Vista area on the west side of Los Angeles, on the site of the old Hughes Aircraft factory, near Marina Del Rey. It sounded spectacular on paper. The proposed studio would have resembled a 47-acre college campus built around an 8-acre lake, and featuring at least 8 (and perhaps as many as 18) film & TV sound stages (including some in the very hanger where Hughes built his famous Spruce Goose) One would have been the world's largest sound stage (at 42,500 feet.) All in all, they were talking about they're talking about building 1 1/2 million square feet of studio space, highlighted by cutting-edge technology. The much larger Playa Vista masterplan (currently referred to as the "Entertainment, Media & Technology campus") called for an entire community to eventually be built at the 1,087-acre site - a "cultural center for the Westside," as Spielberg put it - including residential neighborhoods with 13,000 new homes, parks, retail stores, museums, churches, and schools. However, progress on the project had been held up for years by environmental protesters who were concerned about preserving the area's wetlands. They finally inked the deal in November of 1998, buying the 47 acres outright for $20 million. Construction was supposed to start in 2000, and at least some of the facilities should have been open by mid-2001. But on July 1, 1999, DreamWorks announced that they were pulling out of the project, citing financial reasons. Whether they will build their studio somewhere else is yet to be decided. (The new DreamWorks studio would have been the first new studio built in the Los Angeles area in 70 years - since Warner Bros built their Burbank studio. But they were beaten to the punch by the new Manhattan Beach Studios, a project which opened in mid-1998 about ten miles to the south of the DreamWorks site.) In the meanwhile, DreamWorks is working out of offices and soundstages at Universal Studios (where Spielberg's Amblin offices were located), as well as a skyscraper next to Universal. Oddly enough, DreamWorks already has a working studio for its animation department! It's a rather spectacular looking building, located right next to Disney's Imagineering headquarters, at 1400 Flower Street, in Glendale. In December of 2005, DreamWorks was purchased by Paramount Studios for $1.6 billion, effectively ending DreamWorks' 11-year run as an independent studio. DreamWorks was never able to produce enough films to cover the high cost of being their own distributors. The move will allow Paramount to increase the number of films it releases each year. Spielberg will stay on as a director & producer and Geffen will be chairman. The two agreed to produce up to six movies this year. In addition, Paramount has the right to distribute DreamWork's future animated features. To pay for the purchase, Paramount plans to sell DreamWorks' library of movie titles for as much as $1 billion. Deals NBC Universal Television StudioSponsors Aardman Animations (Production Company) Jason Hoffs Productions (Production Company) ImageMovers (Production Company) The Jinks/Cohen Company (Production Company) Kurtzman/Orci (Production Company) The Montecito Picture Company (Production Company) Red Hour Films (Production Company) Scamp Films (Production Company) The Zanuck Company (Production Company) Produces Animation Features New Media TV Series Credits Dreamer - Red-Eye - The Island - Madagascar - Shark Tale - Collateral - The Terminal - Anchorman - Almost Famous - American Beauty - A.I. - A Beautiful Mind - Catch Me If You Can - Cast Away - Euro Trip - Gladiator - Minority Report - Old School - The Ring 1&2 - Road to Perdition - Saving Private Ryan - Seabiscuit - Shrek 1&2 - Win a Date with Tad Hamilton - Surviving Christmas Comments New York office: 650 Madison Ave., 22nd Fl., New York, NY 10022, phone: 212-588-6229, fax: 212-588-6233; Universal City office: 100 Universal Plaza, Bldg. 5121, Universal City, CA 91608, phone: 818-733-6227, fax: 818-733-6228 Staff David Geffen Co-Principal Jeffrey Katzenberg Co-Principal Steven Spielberg Co-Principal Helene Hahn Consultant Justin Falvey Co-Head, TV Darryl Frank Co-Head, TV Ann Daly Head, Feature Animation Adam Goodman Head, Theatrical Production David Beaubaire Theatrical Production Michael Grillo Theatrical/Head, Physical Production Marc Haimes Theatrical Production Jeremy Kramer Theatrical Production Andrea McCall Theatrical Production/Head, Story Department Steven Molen Theatrical, Physical Production Grey Rembert Theatrical Production Mark Sourian Theatrical Production Jonathan Berry Creative Executive, TV Lisa Hamilton Feature Development, Literary (Universal City) Sara Roby Feature Development, Literary (NY) Marty Cohen Post Production Ronni Coulter Head, Theatrical Business Affairs Robert Stulberg Head, Theatrical Legal Affairs Jack Bleck Theatrical & TV Business Affairs Tim Connors Theatrical & TV Business Affairs Brian Edwards General Counsel Alison Lima Animation Business/Legal Affairs Rich Shuter TV Business Affairs A.J. Brandenstein Legal Affairs Deborah Chiaramonte Legal Affairs Lindsey Laughlin Legal Affairs

The Walt Disney Company

Movie Studios

The Walt Disney Company 500 S. Buena Vista St. Burbank, CA 91521 Phone 818-560-1000 Website www.disney.com This is Walt Disney Studios, home of the greatest fantasy & animated films ever made. Starting with "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" in 1937 (the first full length animated movie), the list of Disney hits reads like a "Who's Who" of classic animated films: "Pinocchio" (1940), "Fantasia" (1940), "Dumbo" (1941), "Bambi" (1942), "Song of the South" (1946), "Cinderella" (1950), "Alice in Wonderland" (1951), "Peter Pan" (1953), "Lady & the Tramp" (1955), "Sleeping Beauty" (1959), "101 Dalmatians" (1961), "Mary Poppins" (1964), "Jungle Book" (1967), and "The Rescuers" (1977).And that's in addition to Disney's live action adventures ("Treasure Island," "Old Yeller," "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," "Swiss Family Robinson"), his live action comedies ("The Love Bug," "The Absent-Minded Professor," "That Darned Cat"), and such TV hits as "Davy Crockett," "Zorro" and "The Mickey Mouse Club." Walt Disney still holds the Guinness World Record for the most Academy Awards won by any individual - walking away with 31 Oscars. And Disney was the first major movie studio to make programs directly for television (beginning in 1954). The studio went through some lean times following Walt's death in 1966, but in recent years, Disney animation has undergone a glorious renaissance, with such new classics as "The Little Mermaid," "Beauty & the Beast," "Aladdin," "The Lion King," Pocahontas," "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," "Hercules" and "Mulan" joining the Disney roster, together with live action movies such as "Flubber," "Mighty Joe Young," "Angels in the Outfield" and the "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" series. Their last few animated efforts, though, such as "The Emperor's New Groove" and "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" have missed the mark. But their CGI efforts, such as "Tarzan" and "Monsters Inc." have taken up some of the slack until they get back on the classic track. And the recent "Lilo & Stich" has proved a strong success. Meanwhile, Disney's two other divisions, "Touchstone Pictures" and "Hollywood Pictures," have produced a remarkable streak of hits, including "The Sixth Sense," "Down & Out in Beverly Hills," "Three Men and a Baby," "Sister Act" and "Pretty Woman," making them one of the most successful modern studios in Hollywood. (The studio made at least one big mistake, though: they turned down Steven Spielberg in 1982, when he offered them "E.T.: the Extra Terrestrial.") In recent years, the studio has released "The Incredibles," "Ladder 49," "The Village," "The Alamo," "Pirates Of The Caribbean," "Hidalgo," "Open Range," "Finding Nemo", "Freaky Friday," "Sweet Home Alabama," "Lilo & Stitch," "Signs," "Pearl Harbor," "Monsters, Inc.," "The Princess Diaries," "Spy Kids," "In The Bedroom," "The Santa Clause 2", "Bridget Jones' Diary," "crazy/beautiful," "Snow Dogs," "Gone in 60 Seconds," "102 Dalmations," "Coyote Ugly," "Dinosaur," "Fantasia 2000," "Toy Story 2," "Bicentennial Man," "The Talented Mr. Ripley," "Runaway Bride," "Inspector Gadget," "Tarzan," "Life is Beautiful," "My Favorite Martian, "A Civil Action," "Mighty Joe Young," "Shakespeare in Love," "The Waterboy," "Enemy of the State," "Angels In The Outfield," "A Bug's Life," "Armageddon," "Beloved," "The Parent Trap," "Mafia!," "6 Days, 7 Nights," "The Horse Whisperer," "He Got Game," "Good Will Hunting," "Wings of the Dove," "Jackie Brown," "George of the Jungle," "Scream 2," "Face/Off," "Con Air," "The Rock," "Evita," "Ransom," "G.I. Jane," "American Werewolf in Paris," "Starship Troopers," "Phenomenon," "Emma," "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion" and "The English Patient." Disney (Buena Vista) had the largest market share of any studio in 1998, its movies grossing $1.11 billion (edging out Paramount, despite that studio's "Titanic" success.) Disney has also found major success recently in the television world. The studio is currently the second largest provider of prime time TV programming, behind only Warner Bros. In 1995, the Walt Disney Company bought out ABC, the television network which first televised The Wonderful World of Disney. Its biggest recent hit was "Home Improvement," which often topped the ratings charts. But in recent years the studio also found success with sitcoms such as "Ellen," "Blossom" and "Dharma & Greg" Currently, they make "Alias," "Dangerous Housewives" and "According to Jim," among others. But it's not all G-rated anymore at Disney. In 1994, their Hollywood Pictures division released "Color of Night," an erotic thriller not exactly in the Disney tradition. And the Disney studio has also acquired Miramax Pictures, which released such controversial films as "Pulp Fiction," "Sirens," "Wings of the Dove," "Priest" and "Kids." Meanwhile, the coming out of ABC's "Ellen" sparked a boycott of Disney by some Southern Baptists before the show was cancelled. Disney's very first studio (where he made "Snow White" and such early animated shorts as "The Three Little Pigs") was located just east of downtown Los Angeles, at 2719 Hyperion Avenue (near Los Feliz Blvd). They worked out of that tiny studio for 14 years. But it no longer exists - a supermarket now stands on the spot. In 1937, needing to expand, Disney used the profits from "Snow White" to buy 51 acres in Burbank (in the Valley), where he built a state-of-the-art animation studio, next to Warner Bros Studios and NBC Studios. All of Disney's classic animated films since 1939 were created at this Burbank studio. A recent addition to the studio is a large, eccentric, brick & glass building, which faces the main studio gate on the north side of the Disney Studios (at Alameda and Lincoln). It certainly adds "character " to the neighborhood. Seven characters, in fact. Across the south face of the building stand seven 160-foot-tall stone Dwarfs (yes, dwarfs!), arms raised overhead as if holding up the roof. Six of the seven famous dwarfs from Disney's animated classic "Snow White" (Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sneezy, Sleepy, & Bashful) are lined up across the front of the building; the seventh dwarf, little 'Dopey', stands above them, in his oversized clothes, at the apex of the tiled roof. Just across the street from the studio (to the south) is another recent addition to the lot: the new Animation Building, which looks like something out of "Toontown." With its 85-foot-tall Sorcerer's Apprentice hat, red and white stripes, and the word "ANIMATION" in tall letters, the colorful new complex is easy to spot from the Ventura freeway. The new building houses 600 employees; Roy Disney has his office in the hat. But other than these huge dwarfs and the Animation building, Disney Studios a looks a lot like most other Hollywood studios, surrounded by a high wall, with only a few of the usual, factory-like sound stages visible from the street. The only other notable landmark visible from the outside is a tall water tower bearing the Disney logo and the colorful cartoon image of Mickey Mouse. Alas, Disney Studios doesn't offer a studio tour, and no part of the studio is open to the public. Unlike Universal, Disney chose to build his theme park far from his movie studio. So, most people will have to be satisfied with just driving past the studio and admiring the giant dwarfs. ("Giant dwarfs"? Now that's an oxymoron, if ever I've heard one!) But before you despair, there are two roundabout ways to get into Disney Studios (short of getting a job there as an animator): 1. Get tickets to a live taping of one of the few sit-coms that are taped at Disney Studios. Recently, such shows as such as "8 Simple Rules," "My Wife & Kids," "Less Than Perfect" and "Home Improvement" were taped there, Contact "Audiences Unlimited" to see if there are any shows taping there right now. If so, with ticket in hand, you'll be able to breeze past the guarded gates and see at least some part of the fabled studio. 2. I am told that one day a year, in November or December, Disney Studios opens up for an annual Disney's Magic Holiday Faire. It will cost you a $4 to get in, but it will allow you to stroll around most of the studio grounds, plus you'll have an opportunity to buy the hand-made holiday crafts on sale from 250 vendors, pose for photos with Disney costumed characters (and Santa), try your hand at cookie decorating, enjoy food booths, and see Christmas films in the studio's special theatre. Often scheduled for Saturday in November, usually from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the general public. The studio's normal business hours are Mon Fri: 8 AM - 6 PM. (Incidentally, if you would like to see a few mementos from the early Burbank days of Disney Studios, visit the nearby Gordon R. Howard Museum, located at 1015 W. Olive Avenue (at Lomita Street) in Burbank, where you'll find posters, early Disney sketches, animation cells and lots of photos from classic Disney productions.) Getting there: Walt Disney Studios is located in Burbank, right next to NBC Studios (and not far from Warner Bros.). The studio is bordered by Buena Vista Street on the west, Keystone on the east, Alameda Avenue on the north, and Riverside Drive on the south. From the eastbound Ventura (134) Freeway, take the Pass Avenue exit, turn right and go one block south to Alameda Avenue, then turn left (east) on Alameda and go one mile to Disney Studios (at Buena Vista Street). / From the westbound 134, you can get off right at Buena Vista Street, then just turn right (north) past the studio. To reach the giant dwarfs, turn right (east) when you reach Alameda Ave. / From Hollywood, take the Hollywood (101) Freeway north, exit at Barham Boulevard, turn right and go north on Barham (which turns into Olive Street) about two miles, to Riverside Drive. Turn right (east) on Riverside Drive, go less than a mile east, and then turn left (north) on Buena Vista Street. The main gate is on the right. Sponsors Farrell Paura Productions, LLC (Production Company) Harpo Films, Inc. (Production Company) The Jim Henson Company (Production Company) Hyde Park Entertainment (Production Company) Janicek-Marino Creative (Production Company) Junction Entertainment (Production Company) LivePlanet (Production Company) Mandeville Films (Production Company) Vanguard Films/Vanguard Animation (Production Company) Produces Features Staff Robert Iger President/CEO George Bodenheimer Co-Chairman, Disney Media Networks/President, ESPN, Inc. & ABC Sports/Chairman, ESPN Board of Directors Anne Sweeney Co-Chair, Disney Media Networks/President, Disney-ABC Television Group Bob Cavallo Chairman, Buena Vista Music Group Richard Cook Chairman, The Walt Disney Studios Andrew Mooney Chairman, Disney Consumer Products James Rasulo Chairman, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts Andy Bird President, Walt Disney International Nina Jacobson President, Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group David Stainton President, Walt Disney Feature Animation Steve Wadsworth President, Walt Disney Internet Group Alan N. Braverman Sr. Executive VP/General Counsel Thomas O. Staggs Sr. Executive VP/CFO Zenia Mucha Executive VP, Corporate Communications Brent Woodford Sr. VP/Corporate Controller David Caouette VP, Corporate Communications

Columbia Pictures

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Columbia Pictures A Sony Pictures Entertainment Company 10202 W. Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 Phone 310-244-4000 Fax 310-244-2626 Website www.spe.sony.com Sponsors Centropolis Entertainment (Production Company) Michael De Luca Productions (Production Company) Gittes, Inc. (Production Company) The Mark Gordon Company (Production Company) The Hal Lieberman Company (Production Company) O.N.C. Entertainment Inc. (Production Company) Out of the Blue . . . Entertainment (Production Company) Parkway Productions (Production Company) Phoenix Pictures (Production Company) Spyglass Entertainment Group (Production Company) Wonderland Sound and Vision (Production Company) Laura Ziskin Productions (Production Company)Produces Features Comments Includes Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group; See also Sony Pictures Staff Amy Pascal Chairman, Motion Picture Group, SPE Ben Feingold President, CTMPG, SPHE, DVD Distribution Gareth Wigan Vice Chairman, CTMPG Bob Osher COO, CPMPG Doug Belgrad President, Production Matt Tolmach President, Production David Bishop President, Worldwide Brand Integration Strategy Gary Martin President, Columbia Production Administration & SPS Operations Ken Munekata President, SPE-Japan Lia Vollack President, Worldwide Music Robert Geary Sr. Executive VP, Business Affairs & Operations Andrew Gumpert Sr. Executive VP, Business Affairs Amy Baer Executive VP, Production Elizabeth Cantillon Executive VP, Production Andrea Giannetti Executive VP, Production James Honore Executive VP, Post Production Paul Smith Executive VP, Marketing & Distribution, CTMPG Elvis Mitchell Executive Production Consultant (NY) Deborah Schindler Executive Production Consultant (NY) Samuel Dickerman Sr. VP, Production Lori Furie Sr. VP, Production Jon Gibson Sr. VP, Business Affairs Andy Given Sr. VP, Production Administration Jonathan Krauss Sr. VP, Production John Levy Sr. VP, Business Affairs Eileen Lomis Sr. VP, Worldwide Theatrical Financial Administration, CTMPG Iona Macedo Sr. VP, European Production Pilar McCurry Sr. VP, Music Creative Affairs Russ Paris Sr. VP, Post Production Raul Perez Sr. VP, Music Administration Masao Takiyama Sr. VP, SPE-Japan Mark Wyman Sr. VP, Business Affairs Debra Grieco Bergman VP, Production Administration Pete Corral VP, Production Administration Shannon Gaulding VP, Production Mark Horowitz VP, Business Affairs Administration Jonathan Kadin VP, Production Patricia Kendig VP, Worldwide Theatrical Research, CTMPG Donald Kennedy VP, Music Licensing Larry Kohorn VP, Music Business Affairs Adam Moss VP, Production Administration Karen Moy VP, Story Department Rachel O'Connor VP, Production Thomas Stack VP, Business Affairs Contract Administration Rita Zakrzewski VP, Music Publishing

movie studios

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Columbia 10202 W. Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 Columbia Pictures is a Sony Pictures entertainment company...see more Disney 500 S. Buena Vista St. Burbank, CA 91521 This is Walt Disney Studios, home of the greatest fantasy & animated films ever made. Starting with "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" in 1937 (the first full length animated movie), the list of Disney hits reads like a "Who's Who" of classic animated films...see more Dreamworks 1000 Flower St. Glendale, CA 91201 DreamWorks SKG was born in October of 1994, the brainchild of a creative trio of industry giants: director Steven Spielberg, former Disney wunderkind Jeffrey Katzenberg, and record industry wiz David Geffen...see more Gower 1438 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, CA 90027 Built in 1921, this 17-acre Hollywood movie studio was originally the historic Columbia Pictures Studios...see more MGM 10250 Constellation Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90067 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has long been a classic American icon, its distinguished reputation embodied in its renowned moniker and roaring lion trademark...see more Paramount 5555 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90038 Paramount offers resources for your production and post-production needs...see more Pixar 1200 Park Ave. Emeryville, CA 94608 Pixar Animation Studios is an Academy Award®-winning computer animation studio with the technical, creative and production capabilities to create a new generation of animated feature films, merchandise and other related products...see more Sony 10202 W. Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 Sony Pictures Entertainment's global operations encompass motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home video acquisition and distribution, operation of studio facilities, development of new entertainment technologies and distribution of filmed entertainment in 67 countries worldwide...see more Universal 100 Universal City Plaza Universal City, CA 91608 Even though Universal Studios Hollywood is probably best known today as a theme park (rivaling Disneyland in popularity with tourists), Universal Pictures is actually the largest film and television studio in the world...see more Warner Bros. 4000 Warner Blvd. Burbank, CA 91522 Warner Brothers, one of Hollywood's most famous studios, was founded in 1923 by four actual brothers: Jack, Sam, Harry & Albert Warner. The siblings never seemed to get along with each other, but Warner Bros. Studios managed to produce some of the most memorable movies in the history of Hollywood...see more