| The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company Contributor(s): Price, David A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307278298 ISBN-13: 9780307278296 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2009 Annotation: With a New Afterword by the Author Pixar--with the help of animating genius John Lasseter and Steve Jobs--has become the gold standard of animated filmmaking from the beginning with a short special-effects shot made at Lucasfilm to its present position as the producer of landmark films Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Wall-E, and others. Price writes about the corporate feuds between Lasseter and his former champion Jeffrey Katzenberg, as well as between Jobs and Michael Eisner. And finally Price goes behind the scenes of Pixar's complex relationship with the Walt Disney Company as it transforms itself into the $7.4 billion jewel in the Disney crown. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Corporate & Business History - General - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Performing Arts | Animation (see Also Film - Genres - Animated) |
| Dewey: 384.806 |
| LCCN: 2011292794 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.2" W x 8" (0.75 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year The Pixar Touch is a lively chronicle of Pixar Animation Studios' history and evolution, and the "fraternity of geeks" who shaped it. With the help of animating genius John Lasseter and visionary businessman Steve Jobs, Pixar has become the gold standard of animated filmmaking, beginning with a short special effects shot made at Lucasfilm in 1982 all the way up through the landmark films Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Wall-E, and others. David A. Price goes behind the scenes of the corporate feuds between Lasseter and his former champion, Jeffrey Katzenberg, as well as between Jobs and Michael Eisner. And finally he explores Pixar's complex relationship with the Walt Disney Company as it transformed itself into the $7.4 billion jewel in the Disney crown. With an Updated Epilogue |