alex.sp89 wrote:EXTRACT
The 24 Jul 1991 DV reported that the film’s production company allegedly interrogated several employees regarding efforts by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) to organize the crew. Seventeen crewmembers staged a 26 Feb 1991 strike, hoping to force the production company to recognize the IATSE as their “collective bargaining agent.” The strike lasted one week, after which the employees agreed to return to work unconditionally, but were allegedly refused reinstatement. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) investigated the allegations and charged Little Tokyo Productions with “unfair labor practices.” Following a hearing on 11 Jul 1991, a settlement was reached in which the company would pay $5,000 in back wages to eleven of the striking crewmembers, notify all employees that they would not be interrogated regarding union activity in the workplace, and would not be refused reinstatement after a strike. The production company complied, admitting no wrongdoing.
Does anyone know more about this ? Did this event "sort if missed week" affected the shooting process and the movie itself ?
Mark L. Lester mentioned it to me when we spoke.
alex.sp89 wrote:Also An Oct 1991 release was expected
Why was the release pushed to August? Taking in consideration they had bad re-editing process and very short running time and other problems. They could put it in better shape in additional couple of months maybe some re-shots etc. Or WB gave up the movie as dead
It seems to me that this was an estimate and not a date that was set. Also we don't know if that estimate comes from the trade magazine or WB. And 6 months happened in the meantime, so it wouldn't be out of the ordinary for a distributor to change dates several times internally -- titles get pushed back and others get pushed earlier... Interestingly though, I learned that the release date for New York was September 20th 1991.