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Originally Posted by marzoumanian
On a personal note, not a big fan of Eisner. He ran Disney for a long time. From all I have read about him he is difficult to work with. One story I remember reading: He wanted Tom Cruise to pay the role of Henry Hill in the classic movie "Goodfellas." Of course Ray Liotta ended up playing it and did an incredible job.
People do change. It will be interesting to see how this goes in the years ahead.
Peace.
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When Shrek was being filmed, the producer, Jeffrey Katzenberg, had butted heads with Eisner when the two were at Disney, so everything about Lord Farquaad is a dig at Eisner. His castle is based on the one at Disneyland, and Shrek's first impression is "He's compensating for something." Then the name is a corruption of Eisner's behind-his-back nickname, that I can't type here because of forum rules about profanity.
On topic, Jason Zweig once wrote that IPO should stand for "It's Probably Overpriced." I won't be buying, though I wish the buyers good luck.