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Lately DreamWorks SKG has been a wandering tribe. The would-be studio, which made films such as American Beauty and War of the W
Lately DreamWorks SKG has been a wandering tribe. The would-be studio, which made films such as American Beauty and War of the W
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Lately DreamWorks SKG has been a wandering tribe. The would-be studio, which made films such as American Beauty and War of the Worlds, sold itself to Paramount in 2005. When that arrangement fell apart it found new partners in Reliance Big Entertainment, a Hollywood outfit, and Universal Studios. Then it fell out with Universal. So it was rather a surprise when, on February 9th, DreamWorks abruptly found itself in the promised land. Disney, the world’s foremost purveyor of wholesome entertainment, lent it money and agreed to market and distribute its films.
It is a good illustration of how the economic downturn is affecting Hollywood. Until recently executives were boasting that the film business was resistant, perhaps even immune, to recession. The number of cinema tickets sold actually increased during three out of the past four recessions. Box-office receipts so far this year are higher than last year. Admittedly, the share prices of media companies have tumbled—but that is because of the collapse in television and print advertising, and has little to do with Tinseltown.
Yet the downturn has profoundly affected the art of deal-making. Although the breakdown of negotiations between DreamWorks and Universal has been followed by a storm of recriminations, the heart of the problem was that DreamWorks was finding it unexpectedly hard to raise debt. It is hardly alone in that. Two years ago investors were lubricating all sorts of strange alliances and start-ups—Tom Cruise wants to resurrect United Artists? Why not? But now the outside money has all but disappeared. The big studios, the primacy of which was never exactly threatened during the boom years, are now almost the only game in town.
The alliance with DreamWorks is something of an about-turn for Disney. Under Bob Iger, who took over as chief executive in 2005, Disney has culled films that are a less than perfect fit for its family-friendly brand and has concentrated on turning those that are into amusement-park rides, lunch boxes and other spinoffs. This week’s deal will add as many as six films a year to Disney’s pipeline, swelling it by about half. The surge will not happen at once, however: DreamWorks will have to raise more money before it is capable of producing that many.
These days DreamWorks is largely Steven Spielberg’s outfit. Jeffrey Katzenberg(the "K" in SKG)runs DreamWorks Animation, a separate, publicly owned company. David Geffen(the "G")has retired from the studio. The remaining founder spoke warmly of Disney this week, calling it the "birthplace of imagination". He is said to be looking forward to making more family films. Perhaps, but he still looks a little out of place in the magic kingdom.
Mr. Spielberg became America’s best-known, and perhaps best, film director by fusing blockbuster spectacle with an unflinching take on family life. The households even in his PG-rated films are almost uniformly dysfunctional. Think of Richard Dreyfuss flinging plants through the window in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Frances O’Connor abandoning her adopted robot son by the roadside in A. I. or the defeated, self-deluding Christopher Walken in Catch Me If You Can. It is hard to imagine any of them donning Mickey Mouse ears.
It can be inferred from the last two paragraphs that______.
选项
A、Steven Spielberg’s family movies are family-friendly and fit Disney well
B、Steven Spielberg worries about the coming cooperation with Disney
C、Steven Spielberg intends to leave DreamWorks for Disney
D、Steven Spielberg and Disney may need adjustment to cooperate well
答案
D
解析
推理判断题。[D]“要想合作愉快,史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格和迪士尼可能需要做些调整”是正确的,因为文中提到二者的不同,迪士尼追求的是适合全家观看的电影,而斯皮尔伯格所拍的电影里的家庭一般都是畸形的,双方需要进一步协调,才能合作好,故[D]为答案。由第四段第二句…Disney has culled films that are a less than perfect fit for its family-friendly brand…和第六段第二句The households even in his PG—rated films are almost uniformly dysfunctional.可知,斯皮尔伯格的家庭电影风格与迪士尼的family-friendly brand是截然不同的,[A]“史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格的家庭电影都是温馨家庭式的,正适合迪士尼的风格”与之不符,故排除;第五段中提到了DreamWorks的创始人SKG,其中K是Jeffrey Katzenberg,G是David Geffen,可推断第一个S即Steven Spielberg。前两个创始人一个正在经营独立运营的公司,一个已经退休,故第四句中的The remaining founder指的就是Steven Spielberg,也就是第五句中的He—He issaid to be looking forward to making more family films.[B]“史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格对即将与迪士尼展开的合作很是担忧”与之不符,故排除;[C]“史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格将离开梦工厂转向迪士尼”是对两大公司合作的曲解,斯皮尔伯格作为梦工厂一方是与迪士尼合作而非加入迪士尼,[C]与原文不符,故排除。
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