Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 1, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba B8 Winnipeg free August Prince Hal Aims to Crown critics by Mark Iran London observer service new Yorkin Edgar Bronfman office on Park a Miro and a Picasso hang on a Wall with a photograph of As Bronfman Grandfather was known until his death in beneath the portrait of the Tough founder of the Seagram whisky and drinks Empire is a copy of his famous saying shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three in worried about the third empires have come and this warning seems More pertinent than Ever now that bronc Man president and chief executive officer at has tied up billion of the com pants Fortune in the Prince Hal of the Seagram Empire took a broadside when he announced in april the Deci Sion to buy an entertain ment giant encompassing Universal theme television and music damned move investment Bankers damned the move As nutty while quite a few Seagram investors thought that confirmation of the idiot son theory was being enacted before their very Bronfman stood accused of being a starstruck Naif who would blow the family Fortune on a notoriously fickle Industry instead of sticking to the Core business Crown Tropi Cana Orange chivas absolute and to a prof Itable 25 per cent stake in Chemi Cal giant do Edgar Bronfman puts Seagram Fortune on up photo the Wall Street journal suggested that universals first film under Seagram should be dumb and dumber True Bronfman likes to rub shoulders with Hollywood having dabbled in films at an Early he once ran errands for producer David Putnam and backed the 1982 Jack Nicholson movie the but Bronfman does bring some strategic analysis to his embrace of he believes that the investment in Dupont was a dead end chemicals were too too capital intensive and too fraught with potential environmental the Outlook for Seagram was not top Bright Bronfman inherited the company just when hard liquor was going out of Fash Ion and global sales but As he had noticed in his the world is avid for american popular culture entertainment and Fash Bronfman is convinced that entertainment is the growth Industry of the As Well As providing growth for Bronfman also believes that entertainment will allow him to make his own Mark on the even before buying sea Gram had invested a considerable stake in time the worlds largest entertainment yet the nervousness of Seagram investors is hol Lywood can be a financial quagmire As credit the owner of Columbia and the previous owner of found to their roller coaster ride aside from Walt Disney and time Warners Warner the big Hollywood producers find themselves on a constant roller coaster Paramount pictures went from the top of the Box office Hill top gun to the Bottom 1492 Conquest of Paradise in just a few years before recover ing with Forrest Universal is currently Riding High with Apollo 13 and which could wind up producing profits of More than million each for but it faces a potential disaster with released the Kevin Costner extravaganza Cost about million to it needs to do phenomenally Well to recoup its luckily for water world is one thing he Doest have to worry about too much As the old Mca under Matsushita had to Swallow the three months into the acquisition of Bronfman has silenced some of the doubting Thomases with some sure footed the share Price of sea Gram has rebounded to from a Low of when the Mca Deal was announced in Bronfman failure to get Michael Hollywood Lead ing to become presi Dent and chief operating officer despite a million package was a Blessing in for a much less princely bronc Man hired Ovits righthand Man at creative artists Ron Well liked by movies stars and quite a coup the astute move was backed up by Bronfman Choice of Doug recently fired by time to Lead a new record rising tide it was quite a coup since Morris was sought by Viacom and Disney among other entertainment so far so at Bronfman is finally at the Point where he can shape the family company that made its Fortune from whisky smuggling during pro i at one time it looked As he might be sidelined from Seagram As the elder was the rightful heh to the Seagram though Edgar was the More natural but Edgar did not seem interested in the family As a privileged youngster growing up on Park he was a lacklustre Stu Dent at a prestigious prep he skipped University to write songs and produce mixing with a crowd that Michael billion Aire Ronald invest ment banker Herb Allen and by that Bronfman was fairly estranged from his in the Bronfman broke completely with his father when he eloped with Sherry a Black president and chief Benefactor of the world jewish strongly disapproved of inter racial father and son hardly exchanged a word until when the two met to celebrate the premiere of the father was tiring of running Seagram and son was growing unhappy with marriage and the stage was set for Bronfman to return to the fold and prepare himself to Lead Seagram role that Sam had Edgar remarried a Yea Randa half ago to who is from a wealthy venezuelan Bronfman has three children from his previous fresh Start it is a fresh Start All in Bronfman sees a Happy combination of growth and a Busi Ness that he i asked what kind of company did i want to leave when i passed on the As my father had passed on to me and the answer was i wanted to try and leave a company that would outgrow the Standard and poors it is hardly a remark of a Star struck but it will take at least two years to see whether Bronfman has made the right decisions to reap the full potential of floor director Are you gregarious and extroverted do you love acting does the Challenge of leadership and motivating people excite you if read because celebrations dinner theatre is seeking a floor director who exhibits these qualities and More you must have experience in the food and beverage sector of the hospitality Industry and preference will be Given to those with a theatrical the successful candidate will have been Ina position of supervision or 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