SAG-AFTRA strikes affect Dazed and Confused anniversary with screening to be postponed but baseball celebration still on.
It'd be cooler if you didn't strike break: AFS has announced it is delaying its planned 30th anniversary screening ofAs the film and TV industries enter a second week of the combined SAG-AFTRA/WGA strike, the impact is being felt in multiple ways. Now the recently announced, weekend-long celebration of the 30th anniversary of the release oftwo nights of fun for Richard Linklater's period piece about high school life in 1970s Texas.
However, today AFS released a dramatic change of plans. Due to the strike, the baseball game will happen, complete with bobbleheads, plus Linklater in attendance and throwing out the first ball. However, the cast will not be in attendance. The bigger blow for fans of the film is that the screening has now been indefinitely postponed. It will be rescheduled after the strike order has been lifted, to allow the cast to attend. Tickets that have been purchased already will be honored for the rescheduled date, but AFS is also offering refunds.
The reason is found in SAG-AFTRA's strike notice, which lists what members may or may not do during the strike. This includes"promotion of/publicity services for work under the TV/Theatrical Contracts." Obviously, that affects new releases . However, that means all projects covered by the contracts, including retrospective screenings like theThe strikes are due to the failed contract negotiations between the two unions and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers .
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