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Sunday, March 13, 2011

DreamWorks & Movie-War Horse

        Director, Steven Spielberg is on a new mission making another incredible movie to add to his hits of awards winning movie titles.   War Horse is projected to be released and in theaters January 13, 2012. This movie is set in the World War I era, and is a story about the love between a boy and his horse.   Albert, the boy, goes on a mission to save his horse, Joey, after his father sells the horse to the British Calvary.  Thus, this movie is bound to strike the audiences many emotions throughout the movie as it sounds very thought-provoking and heart felt.
        Steven Spielberg, is the director of many films produced and made by Dreamworks- A Hollywood Studios motion picture company.   Dreamworks was founded in 1994 by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen to produce, develops, and distributes films, video games, and television programming.    However, in 2005 the company was sold to Viacom, Paramount pictures, and again in 2008 to India's Reliance Group ADA for 1.5 Billion.  Thus, 50% of Dreamworks distribution is owned by Reliance and led by Anil Ambani.  Therefore, the Dreamworks partners include Steven Spielberg, Stacey Snider, and Anai Dhirubhai Ambani Group. Also, Dreamworks has a worldwide distribution deal with Walt Disney who markets and distributes their films.
       
       Dreamworks, has been incredibly successful as in their movie releases, after 2000, brought in over 2 billion dollars worldwide at the box office. Therefore, this movie company has proven to be extremely successful and is a major competitor among the other movie studios.  Dreamworks has an interesting crew of people that runs and organizes the company- all the employees are very talented and experienced within the film industry.        


References:  O'Hara, Helen. (2011, March 11). First look at spielberg's war horse. Retrieved from http://www.empireonline.com

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