Hey, Mickey: Buzz Off!

摘要

Akey element in a pixar film is the sometimes con-tentious but ultimately tri-phant bond between two great friends. Buzz and Woody. Sulley and Mike. Marlin and Dory. The same cannot be said of Steve and Michael. The relationship between Pixar CEO Steve Jobs and Disney head Michael Eisner began beautifully, with a 1991 deal that, after the groundbreaking success of "Toy Story," morphed into a five-picture arrangement in which Disney became a 50-50 partner with the upstart northern California studio. As Pixar's computer-graphic (CG) films busted blocks, Disney's traditional animated flicks flopped, and tensions grew between the two headstrong execs. But as time came for renegotiations, most of Hollywood assumed a "Casablanca"-style arm-in-arm fadeout. Why break up a good thing?