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 in time, we had no alternative but to not proceed with the theatrical release on the 25th of december. that s all we did. you have not caved. we have not caved. we have not given in. we have persevered and we have not backed down. we have always had every desire to have the american public see this movie. why not release it online in some form or the other, video on demand? there are a number of options
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 theatrical release on the 25th of december and that s all we did. so you have not caved. we have not caved. we have not given in. we have persevered and we have not backed down. we have we have always had every desire to have the american public see this movie. why not release it online in some form or the other? video on demand? there are a number of options open to us and we have considered those and [ inaudible ] as it stands right now while there have been a number of suggestions that we go out there and deliver this movie digitally or through dod, there has not been one major dod,
movie. at that point in time, we had no alternative but to not proceed with the release on the 25th of december. now president obama is responding to michael lynton. he wrapped up an interview with cnn s candy crowley. she s joining us now from the north lawn of the white house. how did it go, what did he say in i said to him, i summarized what the chairman of sony had said, that the movie distributors had come to him i m sorry, the movie theaters had said we can t show this. and the president said, look, i understand, and i said i understand they were under pressure. but maybe if he had come to me, i could have talked to those movie theater chains and talked to them about it. he said it just sends the wrong signal. it s not what we need to do.
perseveranced f 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 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. that s all we did. you have not caved in? we have not caved. we have not given in. we have persevered and we have not backed down. we have always had every desire to have the american public see this movie.
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 in time, we had no alternative but to not proceed with the theatrical release on the 25th of december. that s all we did. you have not caved in? we have not caved. we have not given in. we have persevered and we have not backed down. we have always had every desire to have the american public see this movie. so, fareed, i had heard a few weeks ago i m sorry, a few days ago that there were big concentrations going on with netflix to try to get this streaming into people s homes through netflix. is there any hope of the movie being released that way or on