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  Dreamworks Animation Presents - Flushed Away Movie - Featuring the Voices of Hugh Jackman and Kate Winslet - Official ...
Dreamworks Animation Presents - Flushed Away Movie - Featuring the Voices of Hugh Jackman and Kate Winslet
From DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Features, the teams behind the Oscar®-winning hit “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit,” comes the computer-animated comedy “Flushed Away.” Blending Aardman’s trademark style and characterizations with DreamWorks’ state-of-the-art computer animation, “Flushed Away” is a madcap comedy set on and beneath the streets of London.
Roddy is a decidedly upper-crust “society mouse” who lives the life of a beloved pet in a posh Kensington flat.
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  DreamWorks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
DreamWorks, L.L.C., doing business as DreamWorks SKG, is a Big Ten studio based in the United States which develops, produces, and distributes films, video games, and television programming.
DreamWorks Records never lived up to expectations, and was sold in October 2003 to Universal Music Group, which operated the label as DreamWorks Nashville.
The former 2 films were released by Warner Bros. in the U.S. and DreamWorks internationally, and the latter 3 were/will be released by DreamWorks in the U.S. and Warner Bros. internationally.
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 Dreamworks   (Site not responding. Last check: )
DreamWorks was never able to produce enough films to cover the high cost of being their own distributors.
DreamWorks SKG was born in October of 1994, the brainchild of a creative trio of industry giants: director
DreamWorks was planning to build a state-of-the-art studio in the Playa Vista area on the west side of Los Angeles, on the site of the old Hughes Aircraft factory, near Marina Del Rey.
www.seeing-stars.com /Studios/Dreamworks.shtml   (838 words)

  
 DreamWorks SKG: Tutte le informazioni su DreamWorks SKG su Encyclopedia.it   (Site not responding. Last check: )
DreamWorks SKG: Tutte le informazioni su DreamWorks SKG su Encyclopedia.it
La DreamWorks SKG (Spielberg, Katzenberg, Geffen, i tre fondatori) è un importante studio cinematografico americano che sviluppa, produce e distribuisce film, musica, e programmi televisivi.
La "DreamWorks Records" non raggiunse mai i risultati sperati e venne venduta nell'ottobre 2003 alla Universal Music Group, che l'ha rinominata in "DreamWorks Nashville".
www.encyclopedia.it /d/dr/dreamworks_skg.html   (159 words)

  
 DreamWorks Animation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
DreamWorks Animation, L.L.C., doing business as DreamWorks Animation SKG (NYSE: DWA) is an American animation studio, producing primarily feature animated films.
DreamWorks Animation was formed by the merger of the feature animation division of DreamWorks and Pacific Data Images (also known as PDI).
DreamWorks Animation maintains two studios: the original DreamWorks feature animation studio in Glendale, California and the PDI studio in Redwood City, California in the Silicon Valley region.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/DreamWorks_Animation   (421 words)

  
 DreamWorks: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Jeffrey katzenberg (born december 21, 1950 in new york city) is a film producer and co-founder of dreamworks skg....
Shrek 2 is the 2004 sequel to the computer-animated 2001 in film2001 dreamworks pictures filmmovie shrek that was released in the united...
Joseph: king of dreams is an dreamworks animated film based on the story of joseph in the bible....
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 A Nightmare at DreamWorks   (Site not responding. Last check: )
DreamWorks, which had previously predicted a breakeven quarter, now expects to lose 7 cents to 9 cents a share.
In its release, DreamWorks lowered its full-year profit guidance to 80 cents to 90 cents a share, the high end of which left the shares trading at 30 times earnings as of Friday's close.
DreamWorks is voluntarily complying with the SEC probe, which concerns "trading in its securities and the disclosure of its financial results on May 10, 2005."
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 DreamWorks + HP - HTML
So when DreamWorks announced that they would begin work on two new animated features, including Shrek 2, the creative filmmakers knew that whatever they put onscreen would have to be even more technologically breathtaking than the original Shrek.
Today, HP is providing technology solutions throughout the DreamWorks studio, from enabling world-class CG animation with state-of-the-art workstations and servers to creating a rock-solid infrastructure for the company’s critical business systems.
With the help of HP, DreamWorks is pushing the boundaries of creative filmmaking — and making the job of bringing dreams to life a whole lot easier.
www.hp.com /country/us/en/msg/corp/htmldreamworks.html   (320 words)

  
 TurnTo10 - Money - Is Dreamworks' Next Epic An IPO?   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Dreamworks employees, who are likely to get stock options in the IPO, would be big winners.
Dreamworks investors could also get a handsome return, including billionaire Paul Allen, who invested an initial $675 million for a 24.5% stake in 1996.
Don't expect the Dreamworks founders, each of whom has a 20% stake in the studio, to use the IPO to cash out, says a source close to all three.
www.turnto10.com /money/3300938/detail.html   (547 words)

  
 CNN.com - LinuxWorld: Dreamworks fuels open-source movement - August 30, 2001
Ed Leonard, Dreamworks' head of technology, offered a real-world Linux case study where he, like many in the film industry, is pushing to migrate the company's entire film production systems to Linux-based technology.
Dreamworks itself today is composed of more than 250 workstations and a rendering farm comprising more than 1,000 servers, the bulk of which are Linux-based.
But although Dreamworks' team of developers may discover and implement many of the solutions themselves, Leonard said the advantage of open source is that the discoveries will ultimately enter the open-source community, which in turn helps other film makers.
www.cnn.com /2001/TECH/industry/08/30/dreamworks.linux.idg/index.html   (461 words)

  
 DreamWorks ani division to be spun off under Katzenberg   (Site not responding. Last check: )
DreamWorks co-founders Katzenberg and David Geffen are expected to sit on the board of directors, but DreamWorks' third partner, Steven Spielberg, will not serve as an officer of the company, according to a Wednesday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
DreamWorks Animation intends to use $175 million from the offering for acquisitions and to finance its operations, which will include the production of two or more feature films per year.
DreamWorks SKG, created in 1994, was envisioned as an all-encompassing entertainment conglomerate, but it has since has sold off its music and video game units.
www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000581728   (983 words)

  
 NewsForge | The stallion and the penguin: DreamWorks uses Linux to create new animated film
Pacific Data Images (PDI), the animation co-production arm of DreamWorks SKG, is best known for its cutting-edge animated films "Shrek" and "Antz," and it pioneered computer-assisted animation and 3D rendering using high-powered SGI servers and workstations.
DreamWorks says tradigital animation combines the best of two worlds, leveraging the visual power of 3D animation, but at the same time preserving the tradition and art of 2D animation.
DreamWorks also recognized that the areas where Linux didn't meet its needs could be overcome because the source was available and the vendors were willing to help.
www.newsforge.com /os/02/04/24/1643238.shtml?tid=23   (1601 words)

  
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Dreamworks SKG is the studio responsible for the motion picture Amistad, which is the subject of the latest legal battle surrounding the Amistad revolt.
Dreamworks SKG was founded in October 1994 by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen.
Dreamworks has been criticized for not fulfilling the high expectations surrounding the high-powered partnership.
www.law.cornell.edu /background/amistad/dreamworks.html   (341 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Business -- DreamWorks plans to sell shares in animation division this fall
DreamWorks Animation said it will use $175 million of the proceeds for general corporate purposes, including working capital and to repay indebtedness inherited from DreamWorks Studios.
DreamWorks co-founder Steven Spielberg will not be an officer of the new entity.
DreamWorks Animation has lost money in each of the past three years and posted a net loss of $25.9 million in the first quarter of 2004, compared to a loss of $11.9 million in the same period last year, according to the filing.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/business/20040721-1402-ca-dreamworksanimation-ipo.html   (736 words)

  
 DreamWorks label going to UMG in $100 mil deal   (Site not responding. Last check: )
DreamWorks SKG is poised to exit the recording business by selling its music unit to the Universal Music Group in a deal worth nearly $100 million.
DreamWorks Records is a division of DreamWorks SKG, which Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg founded with great fanfare in 1994.
The DreamWorks deal comes only weeks after UMG announced that about 1,350 of its staffers would be let go as part of a cost-cutting effort that would save the company $200 million a year.
www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2015220   (629 words)

  
 CNN.com - Dreamworks near music deal - Oct. 31, 2003
DreamWorks SKG is near a deal to sell DreamWorks Records to Vivendi Universal SA's Universal Music Group for an estimated $100 million, according to a person familiar with the matter.
DreamWorks, formed in 1994 by Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg, is also contemplating the sale of its music publishing arm, the source said.
DreamWorks Records, according to industry insiders, has never risen to the level first envisioned by its founders who installed veteran record industry executive Mo Ostin at the helm.
www.cnn.com /2003/BUSINESS/10/31/dreamworks.reut/index.html   (377 words)

  
 Bigger Problems For DreamWorks, Other Studios - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A confluence of ogrely DVD news pummeled DreamWorks Animation Monday and had Wall Street wailing over big picture woes--like what the studio's second DVD shortfall in two months means for rivals such as the Walt Disney Co. (nyse: DIS - news - people) and Warner Brothers.
DreamWorks revised its break-even forecast for the second quarter to a loss and slashed its full-year profit estimate by at least 20%.
DreamWorks was slapped with a handful of class-action lawsuits after its first revelations.
www.forbes.com /digitalentertainment/2005/07/12/dreamworks-dvd-problems-cx_variety_0712dreamworks.html   (861 words)

  
 'Shrek 3' delay hits DreamWorks - Dec. 9, 2004
But shares of DreamWorks (Research) lost $2.80, or 7 percent, to $37.40 in after-hours trading Wednesday, when the company announced that it had pushed back the release of "Shrek 3" to May 2007 from November 2006.
The news came one day after DreamWorks' chief rival, Pixar Animation Studios (Research), said it also would delay the release of its next computer animation, "Cars." Originally scheduled for Nov. 2005 and jointly produced with The Walt Disney Co., "Cars" will now debut in U.S. theaters in June 2006.
As for financial results, DreamWorks said third-quarter earnings were adjusted to reflect a provision of $7.9 million for income taxes, which the company would have paid had its separation from parent DreamWorks Studios been completed by the end of its third quarter on Sept. 30.
money.cnn.com /2004/12/08/news/midcaps/dreamworks_follow   (834 words)

  
 Animation giant is going public / Bay Area's DreamWorks made 'Shrek 2'
The resulting DreamWorks Animation Inc., to be headed by Hollywood luminary Jeffrey Katzenberg, could produce the movie industry's biggest initial public offering since rival Pixar Animation Studios Inc. had its IPO in November 1995, analysts said.
The new DreamWorks Animation company, which would be based in Glendale, plans to produce two films per year, compared to Pixar's one film per year schedule.
DreamWorks spokesman Andy Spahn would not comment on the SEC registration other than to confirm it was filed.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/07/22/MNGLL7QGK836.DTL&type=movies   (884 words)

  
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Despite that whole "it was an accident!" thing, Viswanathan's book has been pulled from stores, and DreamWorks, which has already received the first draft of the film version's screenplay, has reportedly decided to cut their loses and bury the project.
DreamWorks and Paramount are going whole-hog with this one, bringing not only the footage, but also stars Jamie Foxx and Beyonce Knowles (and her jelly) along to promote the film, which opens in December.
Despite earlier reports that new Dreamworks queen Stacey Snider would have to serve out her full contract at Universal (keeping here there through year's end) before cleaning out her desk, sources say Universal and Paramount (which owns Dreamworks) are working on a settlement to get her out in a matter of weeks.
www.cinematical.com /category/dreamworks   (3590 words)

  
 Viacom Seals Deal to Buy DreamWorks Movie Studio - New York Times
DreamWorks had been in advanced talks with the NBC-Universal unit of General Electric, but told Universal on Friday that if it could not meet Viacom's price, DreamWorks would break off negotiations, according to an executive close to those discussions.
DreamWorks has nine completed films for release next year, among them "Flags of Our Fathers," directed by Clint Eastwood, though one of the films, the musical "Dreamgirls," was financed jointly with Paramount.
Spielberg is not required to make his movies at DreamWorks but has generally made DreamWorks a partner on his projects, including the recent "War of the Worlds," and the coming "Munich," about the hunt to assassinate the Palestinian killers of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972.
www.nytimes.com /2005/12/10/business/10dream.html?ex=1291870800&en=e1ad203108381bdc&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss   (963 words)

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