Michael Eisner's Tragic Kingdom - The Man Behind the Mouse (Hardcover)

The recent Los Angeles Times article about the dire situation in which the Walt Disney Company and its embattled superstar chairman and CEO, Michael Eisner, find themselves sets the stage for a tense drama. In Michael Eisner's Tragic Kingdom we get the amazing inside story of the making of the century's biggest mogul--from his reshaping and energizing of failing institution Paramount Pictures-- to king of entertainment's biggest mountain: the Walt Disney Company. In this tale of rollercoaster rise and blood-draining fall, we meet the players: friend and power/compatriot Mike Ovitz who many considered the town's king-fish until his own precipitous fall; David Geffen--multibillionaire mogul who many believe pulls the power-strings from behind the scenes; and Walt Disney's own nephew Roy Disney, who led the charge to knock Eisner from his throne. Find out who had the power in entertainment's fastest town, and who has it now in this uncertain new decade.... In this riveting new Hollywood expose we get a look at the players in a drama that even Hollywood could not have written and see how business is really done in the world's hottest town, all as we're reminded: Be careful who you meet on the way up--you might meet them on the way down!