At the height of his career, Richard Williams was hailed as the next Walt Disney -- and he won two visual effects Oscars for Roger Rabbit. But Williams wanted to prove that animation was high art, not just something to sell toys. So he spent three decades working on a feature film called The Thief and The Cobbler, which was going to be extraordinary. But Williams made a deal with a movie studio that he couldn't keep. Garrett Gilchrist, Kevin Schreck, Neil Boyle and Greg Duffell discuss whether Hollywood or Williams's perfectionism did him in.
A show about fantasy genres - how we create them and why we suspend our disbelief.
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What does it take to succeed financially? MarketWatch's Jonathan Clements and Bankrate.com's Greg McBride join Catey Hill and Quentin Fottrell to break down the most important financial decisions you'll make in a lifetime.
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This Week in Barron's: Wealthy Investors have discarded the old mantra of 'buying American'; The market is on the verge of gaining even more ground in 2010; CH Robinson, US freight broker, could soon get its growth groove back; Why you should charter a yacht for a summer Mediterranean getaway now.
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