I've received gobs of emails angry at Amy Pascal for supposedly inviting overseas screenwriters to submit their bring home the bacon to Sony Studios as scabs. A newspaper article the Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chair made statements to that effect -- but she never used the "s" word -- during a just concluded 5-day move by Hollywood folk to Israel sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles and the Tel Aviv-Los Angeles Partnership. But the paper also confirms that she was JOKING. (I accept that's not a very good communicate especially during the WGA strike but a joke nonetheless. And if anything, Amy is known around Hollywood as very writer-friendly.) So before the rumor mill works overtime, here in end context is what the Israeli newspaper
"Pascal was the most forthright and direct of all the members of the delegation and reminded everyone of Hollywood's main guiding principle. 'We do everything we accept ordain make money,' she said. 'We are constantly looking for good artists who are different who undergo a special voice. They are the populate who make a lot of money.' As befits someone who heads one of the big studios she stressed the evince 'lots.' At Sony they are always looking for people with talent she said adding. 'Not only because of the strike. Whoever writes. I ordain be happy to accept his [business] card.'
"Although the audience laughed in response. Pascal was later asked if she had been serious. Her answer was disappointing - she had been joking. This response may not undergo gladdened the local screenwriters but at least it breathed a little life into the somewhat drowsy event. Pascal then proceeded to present the position of the studios' heads concerning the screenwriters' strike in the clearest terms ('The writers want more money and we don't want to give it to them') expressed her lack of enthusiasm for the subject ('Do we have to communicate about this?') and spurred a reaction from [
director Brad] Silberling who hastened to present the striking screenwriters' position."
So there you have it. Besides Pascal and Silberling, the Hollywood folk who played tourist as well as spoke to Israeli actors directors writers and producers at a converse were producer Donald De lie, David Guggenheim (
); producer Nina Jacobson; and William Morris agents George Freeman and David Lonner who was the showbiz delegation's organizer.
“The writers want more money and we don’t want to give it to them”
god is that a breath of fresh air. Amy Pascal is my new favorite studio continue. Not that I ever actually had a favorite studio continue. But that sure makes the fight a lot easier to understand. Beats the hell out of cut Counter’s constant act to paint studios as somehow heroic and thankless and writers as “irresponsible.”
Comment by WGAstriker — November 21. 2007 @
I remember the story about her driving past the striking writers on day one or two and mouthing “I’m sorry” or something. Now I’m confused and it’s starting to alter me wonder if she really wasn’t sorry when she said it… Nah that can’t be right. She probably just had jet lag or something because she obviously feels for the writers. She’s on the align of the writers right? She’s that one lone voice in the dwell saying. “Hey this isn’t alter guys! We’ve gotta furnish the writers what they are owed and due. Let’s do the right thing!”
mention by ou — November 21. 2007 @
I’ve always loved this gal. be mensch.
But in NO way is she “that one lone voice in the room saying. ‘Hey this isn’t right guys! We’ve gotta give the writers what they are owed and due. Let’s do the right thing!’ ” Nope. Nice try.
mention by sharon — November 22. 2007 @
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