Date: 12/12/05 - Hollywood studio Dreamworks SKG was established 11 years ago to combine the powerful talents of director Steven Spielberg, record mogul David Geffen and former Disney executive Jeffrey Katzenberg...
Hollywood studio Dreamworks SKG was established 11 years ago to combine the powerful talents of director Steven Spielberg, record mogul David Geffen and former Disney executive Jeffrey Katzenberg. On Monday, Paramount Pictures agreed to purchase its fledgling rival for $1.6bn (£914m). Here are six of the most significant films from Dreamworks' brief but showy history. SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998) The first film released by Dreamworks was 1997 thriller The Peacemaker, starring George Clooney and Nicole Kidman, followed by Steven Spielberg's slavery drama Amistad. But the company came to prominence with World War II film Saving Private Ryan.
Directed by Spielberg, it starred Tom Hanks as the leader of a group of US soldiers sent to France as part of the Allies' Normandy invasion and given the mission of rescuing the eponymous Private Ryan.
The film's 20-minute opening sequence, depicting entire battalions of soldiers being killed by German fire in the landings, won the film critical acclaim.
Co-produced with Paramount, it was nominated for 11 Oscars, winning five, including best director.
GLADIATOR (2000)
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