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...While Bob has remained focused on the Dimension label, which releases the company's more commercial films, Harvey has gone astray. He admits to being distracted, starting in 1999, when he was sidelined with a serious bacterial infection. He became focused on politics, campaigning for Hillary Clinton and Al Gore. But it was Talk magazine that became his white whale. A joint venture between Miramax and Hearst, the talked-about but uncompelling monthly died after less than three years. One Miramax executive says the company lost $27 million. Another says, "Talk was a constant distraction. Harvey wanted it to succeed...
Along the way, the company was acquired by Disney for $60 million, which gave the Weinsteins the clout (and the wallet) to hustle, bully and outspend the competition. Hit Man Harvey and Backroom Bob became as notorious as any WWF tag-team champions. For Harvey, a fearsome tank of a man with the temper and competitive streak of Bobby Knight, screams, threats and smears were simply standard operating procedure. Miramax executives, says a producer, "are like victims of abuse." Harvey became famous for his office tantrums, along with his combative intrusiveness during contract negotiations and his micromanaging of production...
ALTERNATE ENDING In the original movie, bank robbers Joe (Bruce Willis) and Terry (Billy Bob Thornton) and their co-conspirators try to pull off a daring heist. The alternate ending gives a glimpse of each of their lives after the spectacular caper...
...worker at Gore enjoys broad discretion to make minor decisions. Bigger ones--hiring and firing, setting compensation--are made by committees whose members constantly shift with the demands of the business. Anyone can start a new project simply by persuading enough people to go along with the idea. Even Bob Gore, 64, chairman and son of the founders, has his compensation set by a committee...
...could choose anybody in the world to replace me, it would be Bob Rubin,” Stone said. “He’s an absolutely wonderful person with great judgement...