Date: 7th December 2000

Eisner and 'Talent' Partner on Pearl Harbor


Disney Chairman Michael Eisner said Wednesday that the studio had entered into a "really unique" and "particularly unusual" deal with all of its talent involved in the production of its $125-million epic, Pearl Harbor. "The talent was so interested in making Pearl Harbor," Eisner told an analysts conference in London, "that they were willing to enter into a very real partnership with us on it. Every one of them has taken a deferral of their fees. They will not get paid most of their compensation until we first recoup all our costs. In other words, they won't be making big money until we make big money ... and, quite frankly, I think we're all going to do very well." Eisner said he regarded the arrangement as "a meaningful step toward controlling cost."

Source: Studio Briefing