A sale would have given Mr. Spielberg , Mr. Geffen and their other partner , Jeffrey Katzenberg , a graceful way out of a company that created blockbusters like '' Gladiator , '' but failed to live up to the expectations many had when the three men started DreamWorks in 1994 .
Jeffrey Katzenberg
DreamWorks
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Spielberg
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Jeffrey Katzenberg
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DreamWorks