There are differences of opinion within the industry, but I don't think a strike of six months will have a serious impact on our theaters. Studios have been pushing product through their pipelines fast and furiously in order to have enough product for the coming year. Speaking from experience, Valenti warned reporters gathered for an early morning news conference at Bally's that a strike would have many victims. Huge numbers of people will get no income of any kind. The human erosion here would be staggering.
People have mortgages to pay and kids to send to school.
That becomes real. Once you let go of that heavy body, you've lost all control of it. You don't know where it's going to land and who it's going to collide with. Once you begin a strike, control disappears and then you have the human element of egos and entrenched positions. I don't even want to contemplate it.