Katzenberg on Disney DVD's?

[mickey sparkle]

I just joined this forum....I think this is an awesome site with a lot of intelligent discussion.


Anyway, I really think it's about time the Disney company stopped their continuous eleven-year lynching of Jeffrey Katzenberg (studio chief from 1984-1994) and acknowleged his presence and contribution again in their books and videos, as well as their company history. It's disgraceful how he was completely erased from everything--like he never existed.

He has a lot to do with the renaissance in the 80's and 90's, but if you look at Disney memoribilia he's nowhere to be found. (Not to mention that great oracle of truth SaveDisney.com *sarcasm intended*where he only gets a token mention) I think if enough fans speak up and protest, the way they did with the Roy situation, the company will have to rectify this.

Please understand that I don't know Katzenberg, never met the guy, not related to him at all. I'm just a big fan of Disney and I"ve read a lot about their 1984-1994 stage by researching articles, and Katzenberg was a MAJOR presence at the company during that time , particularly with films and television. And now there's nothing on him. Please, in the interest of intellectual and artistic fulfillment, as well as just plain old right and wrong, let the Disney company know what should be done!

 

[DarkMeasures]

Well you see, Eisner hates Katzenburg with a passion and to add on to that, Katzenburg is CEO of Disney's number one rival, Dreamworks.

 

[mickey sparkle]

Not just Eisner

It wasn't just Eisner who implemented this, but Roy and Stan as well. They were a major reason why Katzenberg fell out of favor with Eisner in the first place, although this is not discussed very much. They both hated him for his devotion to and skill in animation and didn't want him to be linked with Disney in any way--only Roy, the blood relative, should get the credit for the new Golden Age--that was their thinking. It was also Roy who actually edited Katzenberg out of The Making of the Lion King documentary that originally aired on TV, and the version you see on LaserDisc (I'm not sure if it was included on the DVD) is virtually Katzenberg-free. For more on this: http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/02/deadline-finke.php

Also this: http://bear.cba.ufl.edu/karceski/FIN7447/wsj/wsj%20120503.html


Ditto for every other Katzenberg-produced Disney film that has come out on video for the past 11 years, particularly in the past 4--the Aladdin, Lion King, Beauty and the Beast and Pocahontas DVDs (yes, he had a whole lot to do with Pocahontas even though it came out a year after he was gone). And he's not in books, or Disney magazine, or Disney.com at all. So who exactly was running the Disney studios for those first ten "Renaissance" years--the ghost of Walt? Whose idea was it to cut Aladdin's mother out of the original script--Ube Iwerks?

So now Eisner's gone, and Roy's....back. It's quite possible (in fact probable) that the cut-Katzenberg policy will continue for years even though Eisner's gone. If you don't think Roy had anything to do with this, e-mail that website and see if you get any response about this issue and how Roy plans to rectify it. Trust me, you won't.

 

[SpectroMan]

He did many great things for the Disney Co, and I agree that he should have more credit than he already has but not much more. Look what he has done at Dreamworks, hardly nothing. Shrek and Shrek 2 are the only two movies that he has created that have done really well, and these are not even the same greatness as Beauty and the Beast and Lion King.

He does deserve to be mentioned more, but he is not the only person who made Disney Animation a success at that time. It was the group working together that gave Disney their renaissance, not just one man.