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	Michael Eisner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eisner's role in this turnaround, and Disney's growth into one of the leading media firms, is the subject of passionate debate by many historians and Disney fans, though he is generally given the bulk of the credit for transforming Disney into a provider of entertainment.
		On September 30, Eisner resigned both as an executive and as a member of the board of directors, and, severing all formal ties with the company, he waived his contractual rights to perks such as the use of a corporate jet and an office at the company's Burbank headquarters.
		All this is in spite of the fact that Eisner was the largest shareholder at Disney [1], until the terms of the Pixar acquisition deal resulted in Steve Jobs holding that distinction.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Michael_Eisner (1104 words)

	Young Eisner is on his own - The Washington Times: Entertainment - April 08, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Eisner is quick to point out that Hollywood does not invest a fortune in someone just because he's the scion of a town patriarch.
		Eisner went to the movies obsessively, though the notion of becoming a filmmaker did not hit him until his senior year of college.
		Eisner's parents visited the set in Morocco one day, but it was a visit from a proud father wanting to see what his son was doing, not a seasoned executive coming to look over his boy's shoulder, Breck Eisner says.
	www.washtimes.com /entertainment/20050407-012409-9580r.htm (1250 words)

	U-San Bernardino County Sun - Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Director Breck Eisner arrives at Paramount Pictures premiere of "SAHARA" at the Grauman's Chinese Theater on April 4, 2005 in Hollywood, California.
		Eisner, who had helped to develop the adaptation of Cussler's novel with producers Howard and Karen Baldwin, actually stepped away from "Sahara" when he felt he didn't have enough experience to work on a project of this scope.
		Young-looking at 34 and with a quick sense of humor, Eisner concedes that "you have to be driven to make a film like this." Driven, not foolhardy, adds the director, who says he never felt overwhelmed, out of control or in over his head.
	u.sbsun.com /Stories/0,1413,216~24282~2804100,00.html (684 words)

	USATODAY.com - Eisner heir follows dad into show business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		While grateful for a Hollywood upbringing that stoked his interest in filmmaking, Eisner wants to prove he's a director to be taken on his own merits, not just the son of Michael Eisner, modern show business' most famous studio boss.
		Breck Eisner has gotten positive mentions in reviews so far, including from Daily Variety, which said he "shows himself to be a helmer of complex and beautifully staged action sequences with a sure ear for character interplay and an exact eye for glorious wide-screen framing..."
		Eisner's collaborators brushed off the idea that his ancestry had anything to do with landing him the job.
	www.usatoday.com /life/people/2005-04-05-breck-eisner_x.htm?csp=34 (1323 words)

	Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Living / Arts / 'Sahara' director Breck Eisner's out to make a name for himself
		He concedes his pedigree makes him more of a story than other first-time filmmakers, yet Eisner is quick to point out that Hollywood does not invest a fortune in someone just because he's the scion of a town patriarch.
		The oldest of three sons, Eisner grew up in a Hollywood household but recounts a childhood like many others, saying his strongest memories include going to summer camp in Vermont and playing in a youth soccer league.
		Like many teenagers, Eisner went to the movies obsessively, though the notion of becoming a filmmaker did not hit him until his senior year of college.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/living/articles/2005/04/06/sahara_director_breck_eisners_out_to_make_a_name_for_himself (565 words)

	Breck Eisner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He attended the Harvard High School in North Hollywood, CA (now Harvard-Westlake), Georgetown University, and then the film school at USC.
		While at Georgetown Breck directed and co-wrote a student film starring Tobey Chieffo.
		In October 2005, it was announced that Eisner would direct a remake of the classic monster movie Creature from the Black Lagoon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Breck_Eisner (153 words)

	AOL Canada \| Entertainment \| Movies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Eisner had used some of Digital Domain's processors to render images for his film and they suggested he meet with some commercial production houses.
		Eisner's two anti-smoking spots for the California Department of Health Services, Gala Event and Funeral, were selected as Best Spots in back-to-back issues of Adweek.
		Eisner's success in the commercial world opened the door for him to direct the TV movie The Invisible Man (2000) for The Sci-Fi Channel.
	www.tribute.ca /aol/movieinfo/DIRECTOR.asp?id=12001 (294 words)

	Eisner son shoots for own success, behind camera
		Although grateful for a Hollywood upbringing that stoked his interest in filmmaking, Eisner wants to prove he's a director to be taken on his own merits, not just the son of Michael Eisner, modern show business' most famous studio boss.
		He acknowledges his pedigree makes him more of a story than other first-time filmmakers, yet Eisner, 34, is quick to point out that Hollywood does not invest a fortune in someone just because he's the scion of a town patriarch.
		The eldest of three sons, Eisner grew up in a Hollywood household but recounts a childhood like many others, saying his strongest memories include going to summer camp in Vermont and playing in a youth soccer league.
	www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/ae/articles/0410eisner0410.html (821 words)

	A Sound of Thunder
		BRECK EISNER most recently directed the action adventure Sahara, starring Matthew McConaughey and Penelope Cruz.
		In 2000, Eisner directed the Sci-Fi Channel’s comedy thriller The Invisible Man and went on to helm the pilot episode for the Saturn-nominated series of the same name.
		Eisner is a graduate of the USC School of Cinema / Television.
	asoundofthunder.warnerbros.com /eisner.html (112 words)

	Sahara \| The A.V. Club
		It's possible to admire director Breck Eisner for the same reason it's possible to doubt his skills without seeing a frame of Sahara, his theatrical-feature debut.
		As the son of Disney boss Michael Eisner, Breck Eisner must know he has to do a knockout job, or everyone will accuse him of basing his career on his family name.
		Eisner deserves credit for not casting his lot in with the Jerry Bruckheimer-inspired school of smash-cut action incoherence, but he doesn't quite have a handle on the more traditional approach he attempts.
	www.avclub.com /content/node/18655 (440 words)

	Las Vegas Weekly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Eisner is the son of outgoing Disney CEO Michael Eisner, one of the most powerful people in Hollywood, so getting Daddy to install him as the director of a high-profile popcorn flick probably wasn't that hard.
		But Eisner's place as the likely underqualified director is a symptom that underscores the larger disease here: No one seems to know what they're doing, or worse, much care.
		Eisner is clearly going for a swashbuckling, lighthearted adventure approach, but the script is so leaden that it all falls flat.
	www.lasvegasweekly.com /2005/04/07/screen2.html (405 words)

	Shoot: Breck Eisner: that's right, his old man is you-know-who. So what about it? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Eisner's "Mad Dog," for Coors' Zima via Foote, Cone & Belding/San Francisco, aired during the Seinfeld finale and was chosen by USA Today's "Ad Meter" as the #1 spot, with a 9.21 rating (out of 10).
		Talking with Breck Eisner, he makes you feel like an old friend, and it's easy to forget that this exuberant young man is Hollywood royalty.
		Eisner never trades on the family name, though, even going so far as to direct Recon, his USC M.F.A. thesis film, under the name Breck Jones in order to avoid any possible favoritism.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0DUO/is_n42_v39/ai_21238422 (1095 words)

	Breck Eisner Interview by William C. Martell
		Breck was probably both the most talented and easiest to talk to commercial director I interviewed for Shoot (I was trying to connect to the next big film director) so I thought I'd run that five year old interview here...
		Watching Breck Eisner’s reel, it’s hard to believe the spots were directed by the same person.
		Eisner’s Mad Dog spot for Coors Zima via Foote, Cone & Belding, San Francisco aired during the Sienfeld finale and was chosen by USA Today’s Ad Meter as the number one spot with a 9.21 rating (out of 10)
	www.scriptsecrets.net /articles/eisner.htm (1119 words)

	recon: a film starring peter gabriel
		Mind you, poor script and lots of technology is hardly a losing formula at the box office as long as you have enough hype.
		Eisner and Cantor have moved on to several other projects since 1994 and it is hardly surprising that they are steadily making a name for themselves in Hollywood.
		Of course it can't hurt that Breck Eisner happens to be the son of multimillionaire CEO of the Disney corporation, Michael Eisner.
	www.solsburyhill.org /recon.htm (742 words)

	MovieGuide.org - Ted Baehr's Movieguide®
		Eisner just happens to be the talented son of one of Hollywood’s top executives, Michael Eisner of Disney.
		Eisner admitted that all the work took a long time and that he did get tired at times of working on SAHARA so much.
		“Breck was the perfect person to do this movie,” Penelope Cruz said, “because of his energy and what he did with the script.
	www.movieguide.org /index.php?s=articles&id=48 (920 words)

	Sahara (2005)
		The first presents director Breck Eisner on his own as he provides a running, screen-specific chat.
		Eisner dominates the track, though McConaughey becomes noticeably more involved in the discussion during the flick’s second hour.
		Eisner avoids that trap in the other discussion, but the pair here often tell us how much they like various elements.
	www.dvdmg.com /sahara.shtml (2271 words)

	Rocknerd \| Sahara
		Michael Eisner is the kind of person who at his peak probably dined with Rupert "Ubermensch" Murdoch, got him to pick up the bill and then split a hooker or two together over snifters of brandy made from the tears of virgins.
		As the son of the former CEO of Disney I'm sure that Breck Eisner had a lot of hurdles to traverse and obstacles to mount and then surmount in order to follow his dream of becoming a Hollywood director.
		With Sahara, Breck has masterfully achieved the production of a mediocre film, and if that was his objective then we can applaud him for reaching the goals that he set himself.
	rocknerd.org /reviews/05/04/16/0124217.shtml?tid=11 (1621 words)

	Name's Eisner; When Do I Start? - Feb 09, 1998 - E! Online News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		That somebody is Eisner's son, Breck, who went from directing Zima ads to inking a three-picture movie deal with Miramax, according to Daily Variety.
		Breck is a successful commercial director who won that industry's most prestigious award--a Clio--for a Budweiser spot that aired during the '97 Super Bowl.
		Turns out Breck's old "keg bro" Joshua Oppenheimer, who produced Eisner's award-winning student short Recon, is a producer on both Dead and Thunder.
	www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,2516,00.html (538 words)

	Sahara Movie Production Information
		Bringing together all the elements of action-adventure, comedy, and romance is Breck Eisner, who had previously helmed the Emmy Award-winning miniseries "Taken" for the Sci-Fi Channel and executive producer Steven Spielberg.
		After training at USC film school, BRECK EISNER (Director) began directing commercials and was championed by Steven Spielberg, who chose him to direct "Taken" the mini-series Spielberg produced in 2002.
		Eisner has directed television pilots, including "The Invisible Man" in 2000 and "Thoughtcrimes" in 2003.
	www.cusslermen.com /SaharaProductionInformation.htm (8755 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Sahara -- Breck Eisner - DVD - Pan & Scan
		Every bit as rousing and rambunctious as you expect high-adventure yarns to be, this generously appointed adaptation of Clive Cussler's bestseller boasts elaborate action set pieces and exotic locations.
		While there, they rescue humanitarian relief doctor Eva Rojas (Penelope Cruz), who’s been targeted for elimination by a ruthless warlord (Lennie James) and a French industrialist (Lambert Wilson) after threatening to expose their cover-up of a plague spread by contaminated water.
		First-time director Breck Eisner handles the disparate elements of this yarn with surprising sure-footedness; the story unfolds smoothly and in a relatively convincing fashion.
	video.barnesandnoble.com /search/product.asp?EAN=97360513844&userid=PQ0fLK7CSd&cds2Pid=946&linkid=520987 (762 words)

	The CHUD.COM Message Boards - Sahara
		Breck Eisner again proves it's not what you know, but who you know to get a directing gig in this town.
		And Breck Eisner sounds like it was thought up by the KFM guys.
		Also, I heard that Eisner is either the son or cousin or nephew of the infamous Michael, so there you go.
	www.chud.com /forums/printthread.php?t=79035 (3904 words)

	Making Sahara Glow
		Paramount's Sahara, directed by Breck Eisner and starring Matthew McConaughey, is an old-fashioned adventure thriller in which heroic characters, lost and desperate under a brutal desert sun, manage to maintain a charming sense of humor.
		The DP and Eisner wanted to take advantage on film of what McGarvey calls the desert's “harsh sunlight with azure blue skies and high reflectivity off a bleached earth.” But he adds that filmmakers had to wrestle to make sure the sunlight worked for them and not against them.
		Breck agreed with me about the HD rushes, and so, we just started watching the film selects exclusively.
	millimeter.com /mag/video_making_sahara_glow/index.html (3510 words)

	Sahara
		McConaughey and Cruz, who are currently dating, got acquainted during the filming of the current "Sahara" but the on-screen love story between their characters takes a back-seat to increasing body counts and making wisecracks under pressure.
		Under the keep-it-moving direction of Breck Eisner, "Sahara" provides audiences with plenty of action and explosions and reckless derring-do.
		Filmed mostly in Morocco, the first major motion picture directed by the son of Disney mogul Michael Eisner offers exotic scenic vistas and macho hi-jinks, but those looking for credibility are better off at a different movie.
	www.reelmoviecritic.com /rmc/S_2005/sahara.htm (683 words)

	"Sahara 2" Breck Eisner to Follow in Fathers Footsteps by Making Bad Sequels... - MiceChat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Breck Eisner is hoping to make a sequal to themoney losing "Sahara".
		The studio is now run by different management w/ different vision - they'll stay in biz w/ Matthew, Breck might need to move on to his next project...
		I am a neighbor to Clive Cussler and I can assure you that he will spend every last penny he has to make sure that future Dirk Pitt movies are not made by the devils offspring.
	www.micechat.com /forums/showthread.php?t=8859 (1688 words)

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		And, of course, that’s just the kind of woman that Dirk would be interested in —they have great chemistry.
		Bringing together all the elements of action-adventure, comedy, and romance is Breck Eisner, who had previously helmed the Emmy Award-winning mini-series "Taken" for the sci-fi channel and executive producer Steven Spielberg.
		Eisner was attracted to the project by the chance to bring to the screen an unusually strong character relationship and a satisfying, intricate story.
	www.mb.com.ph /issues/2005/03/29/ENTR2005032931551.html (756 words)

	CANOE -- JAM! Movies - Artists - Eisner, Breck: Eisner to direct 'Lagoon' remake
		Director Breck Eisner ("Sahara") is set to helm his second feature film, a remake of "Creature From the Black Lagoon," Variety reports.
		The film will be a present-day update of the 1954 horror flick, which featured the character Gill Man, who terrorized archaeologists exploring in the Amazon.
		Eisner is the son of former Disney chief Michael Eisner, and his other directing credits include a TV segment of "Steven Spielberg Presents Taken," and pilots for "Thought Crimes" and "The Invisible Man."
	jam.canoe.ca /Movies/Artists/E/Eisner_Breck/2005/10/20/1271034-ca.html (188 words)

	'Sahara' sands moved slowly for Baldwins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		With a project this big, needless to say, you don't typically find a first time feature director on board as is the case here with Breck Eisner.
		Eisner's background is in directing commercials and television shows, including Steven Spielberg's 2002 mini-series "Taken." "We met Breck probably in 1995 or '96," Howard said.
		Although the U.S. dollar stretches somewhat in Morocco, he noted, "What made it expensive was (that) we qualified for the U.K. sale-leaseback (tax credit) and in order to do that we had to bring a lot of the crew into Morocco, which added to the expense.
	www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000866693 (2713 words)

	Bangor Publishing Company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		As directed by Michael Eisner's son Breck, in his feature film debut, what quickly becomes clear in "Sahara" is that Eisner may have left his screenwriters out in the sun too long.
		In spite of its long running time and shaky plot points, sometimes "Sahara" is fun, particularly at the end, when Eisner embraces the absurdity of what he has created and cuts loose.
		Some might argue that those scenes are Eisner tipping his hat to Spielberg, but if that's the case, others will argue that he never should have tossed that hat into the ring.
	www.bangornews.com /news/templates/default.aspx?a=111848&template=print-article.htm (930 words)

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