Probably no one in modern Hollywood has been responsible for more great movies than Harvey Weinstein. The co-chairman of Miramax, who runs the company with his brother, Bob, all but created the independent-film market with such movies as "sex, lies, and videotape" and Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction." In the past 15 years, Miramax has racked up a staggering 221 Oscar nominations and 15 best-picture nods. That success would seem to afford the Weinsteins permanent job security with their parent company, Disney. It doesn't. Last week the brothers laid off 55 employees, their film slate has shrunk by almost 30 percent, and their future is in jeopardy. "A year from now Miramax will still be around, but the question is whether Harvey and Bob will still be there," says one industry executive. "You can't imagine how much antipathy there is for them. It's going to be a nail-biter."
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