attack in american history. and persevered for 3 1/2 wek weeks under enormous distress and difficulty, and all with the effort of trying to keep our business up and running, and get this movie out into the public. when it came to the crucial moment when a threat came out from what was called the gop at the time, threatening audiences who would go to the movie theaters t movie theaters came to us, one by one, over the course of a very short period of time, we were completely surprised by it, and announced that they would not carry the movie. at that point in time, we had no alternative but to not proceed with the theatric release on the 25th of december. that s all we did. so you have not caved. we have not caved. we have not given in. we have percent veered and we have not backed down.
it. and announced that they would not carry the movie. at that point in time we had no alternative but to not proceed with the theatrical release on the 25th of december. so brian, is he saying making a case this is just logistics? it is a timetable they were really boxed in here? or was there another way he could have found to actually put that out there and not make the announcement that it wasn t going to release it on christmas. right. what happened on tuesday when that threat came out that invoked 9/11 and when it was canceled. my em impression was a series of domino s falling all together. and i do think there are other options here. for example, there was some independent theaters that were willing to show this film.
we experienced the worst cyber attack in american history and persevered for three-and-a-half weeks under enormous stress and enormous difficulty. and all with the effort of being out in the public and in the crucial moment when a threat came out from what was called the gop at the time threatening audiences who would go to the movie theaters. the movie theaters came to us one by one over the course of a very short period of time, we were completely surprised by it, and announced that they would not carry the movie. at that point in time we had no alternative but to not proceed with the the at trek release on the 25th of december. that s all we did. so you have not caved? we have not caved. we have not given in.
moment the sequence of events, we experienced the worst cyber attack in american history and persevered for three and a half weeks under enormous stress, enormous difficulty. all with the effort of trying to keep our business up and running and get the movie out and to the public. when it came to the crucial moment when a threat came out from what was called the gop at the time, threatening audiences who would go to the movie theaters, the movie theaters came to us, one by one, over the course of a very short period of time. we were completely surprised by it, and announced they would not carry the movie. at that point and time, we had no alternative but to not proceed with the release on the 25th of december. that s all we did. you have not caved? we have not caved.
persevered for 3 1/2 weeks under enormous stress and enormous difficulty, and all with the effort of trying to keep our business up and running and get this movie out into the public. when it came to the crucial moment when a threat came out from what was called the g.o.p. at the time, threatening audiences who would go to the movie theaters, the movie theaters came to us, one by one, over the course of a very short period of time, we were completely surprised by it, and announced that they would not carry the movie. at that point in time we had no alternative but to not proceed with the theatric release on the 25th of december. that s all we did. so you have not caved. we have not caved. we have not given in. we have not backed down. we have always had every desire