CINEMA: IS IT A BOMB?

NO, BUT DREAMWORKS' FIRST FILM DOES MISFIRE

Three years in the making! At a cost of $2.7 billion! From three of the most powerful men in show biz! Ladies and gents, DreamWorks SKG proudly presents: The Peacemaker!

Actually, the film cost a thrifty $50 million; the $2.7 billion is for the startup of the multimedia company that Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen created in 1994. But since DreamWorks has been on the pokey side delivering boffo product from its TV and music divisions, the release of The Peacemaker has sparked anxious anticipation. Shouldn't the studio's first film, like the opening bars of a symphony, make a...

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