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>> sony we know has taken a lot of heat for shelving the movie. a lot of americans, including the president, they argue you can't let a dictator for another country dictate what we will or won't watch. wouldn't thb a great p.r. opportunity for sony and the major theater chains and on-line companies like netflix and hulu to show this movie. what do you think? >> that's what i think we're seeing. i think what we're sensing from sony is a bit of defiance. defiling the hacker's demands not to let the movie be shown, and now defiling the government of north korea, which explicitly said in their lat...

And their state tv is reporting its leaders have proof they're not involved in the cyber attack. the white house says it isn't buying it. instead, asking north korea to admit what it's done. now, the head of the republican national committee is telling major theater chains, if they show the movie, he will urge supporters to buy a ticket. not to support one movie or hollywood, but to show north korea we cannot be bullied into giving up our freedom. >> we have always wanted the american public to see this movie. >> sony's ceo says the studio is actively looking for ways to distribute the film, b...

Concern. >> larry, i appreciate you being here this morning. thanks for calling in. >> anytime. >> it was really only a matter of time before all of this we're talking about became political. cnn obtained last night a letter by the republican national committee. it was to the ceos of ten major theater chains all urging them to put the movie back on their screens. let me read you part of that letter. it was signed by the rnc chairman reince priebus. he wrote this, as a sign of my commitment, if you agree to show this movie, i will send a note to the republican party's millions of donors and sup...

Has grown far bigger than the big screen. >> this is the secretary of the communication of north korea. >> and now sony stepping into the spotlight. >> we have not caved. we have not given in. we have persevered and not backed down. fplt sony argues they had no choice but to pull "the interview" after theater chains refused to screen it. >> we have to feel like this is a genuine emergency. this is the population of cyber war. >> and clooney said nobody stood up and took the stand. >> even after sony executives received a message that appears to be from the cyber attackers

Want to and making this more complicated than the plot of "the interview" sony said we had every intention to release it, it's the theater chains didn't want to show it. >> that's true. >> and you have another subplot with president obama saying you should have contacted the white house and sony said we did. this will make a great movie. i hope somebody releases it some day. >> george clooney is involved. he said he tried to start a petition and got no traction from anyone to come to the defense of sony. >> and he's george clooney. everybody loves george clooney. i do feel sympathy for sony, t...