Episode Details
EPISODE INFO
- Released
- December 21, 2021
- Duration
- 1h 57m
- Channel
- Acquired
- Watch on YouTube
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Season 9 ends at the beginning — with the man who changed Hollywood forever and wrote the blueprint for A16Z’s upending of Silicon Valley a generation later, Michael Ovitz and his “Dream Factory”, Creative Artists Agency. From Jurassic Park to Ghostbusters, Back to the Future, Goodfellas, Rain Man, ER, and even the Coca-Cola polar bears... almost nothing in 80s and 90s pop culture didn’t have CAA’s stamp on it. Speaking of dreams, this episode was totally one for us, and we hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we did making it!! *Links:*
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SPEAKERS
David Rosenthal
hostBen Gilbert
host
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Acquired, featuring David Rosenthal and Ben Gilbert, CAA (with Michael Ovitz) explores michael Ovitz on how CAA reshaped Hollywood’s power structure Michael Ovitz recounts how CAA emerged from a philosophical break with William Morris, then rapidly gained leverage by representing elite talent and selling studios complete “packages” (script, director, stars) rather than individual clients or projects.
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