Bob and Harvey Weinstein have been two of the biggest players in Hollywood for nearly two decades, their company Miramax dominated the box office and critical kudos across the nineties.
It's a rise thrillingly documented in Roger Biskind's book "Down and Dirty Pictures" as the brother rose to prominence and helped to shape the American film making landscape (all tied together with the rise of the 'Sundance Generation') but not it seems things are not going so well.
The pair sold Miramax to Disney during the nineties and in 2005 set up The Weinstein Company to once again have their Independence. However a number of under performing releases from the both the 'prestige' side of the operation (think Miss Potter) and the brash junk side- Dimension by name (Halloween) not to mention the sinking of Grindhouse has led to the brothers having tighten their company belts and staff numbers have been slashed.
So it seems that Bob and Harvey are about to meet everyone they royally p*ssed of on the way up on they way back down (even star asset Quentin Tarantino is of little help with half of Basterds take going to Universal), you get the feeling they might well not enjoy the experience.
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