Embattled Sony movie boss Amy Pascal better have an unlimited phone plan.
Pascal has been burning minutes marshalling friends and foes to help defend Sony in the midst of one of the biggest acts of corporate espionage in recent history — fallout from which is also hitting investors, with Sony's ADRs down 11 percent in the last five days.
The ongoing attack has revealed piles of embarrassing e-mails exposed by the hacking group, thought to be connected to North Korea.
The group, Guardians of Peace, wants Sony to ax the Seth Rogen comedy "The Interview," which is due out Dec. 25.
The movie has suffered some scathing reviews but is likely to be a big draw given the attention it has garnered
"What is really disturbing is that we are losing focus on what has happened to the company. The stolen Social Security numbers, children's medical records," said Jane Rosenthal, who created the Tribeca Film Festival with Robert De Niro in the face of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
"Amy has always been on the side of the filmmaker … this is not about personal e-mails, it's an attack on creative freedom and as an industry we seem to be losing the point — there was criminal activity," Rosenthal told The Post.
So far, Team Amy has mustered just a handful of defenders, as folks try to keep themselves out of the hackers' line of sight. Among those to have spoken up for Pascal and Sony in recent weeks are TV-radio personality Howard Stern, producer-actor Judd Apatow, actress Mindy Kaling and Silicon Valley entrepreneur Marc Andreessen.
Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin came to Pascal's defense, penning a scathing opinion piece calling media outlets "morally treasonous and spectacularly reprehensible" for writing about the contents of stolen e-mails.
Sony also unleashed top legal eagle David Boies on the press on Sunday, warning media outlets not to touch data surfaced by the hackers.
The Washington, D.C.- based Motion Picture Association of America meanwhile is quieter than a Charlie Chaplin film when it comes to condemning the unprecedented attacks on Sony Pictures Entertainment's entire corporate infrastructure.
"This is a perfect example of why the MPAA no longer serves any purpose. [Chief] Chris Dodd's disappearance at the most important moment speaks volumes about the fear of taking a stand in Hollywood and lack of leadership," one Hollywood insider told The Post.
So far, the talent community seems keen to watch how things play out. One top Tinseltown executive observed: "How they handle this now is critical. Pascal's crime was simply to make dumb jokes. She is a very well-respected person — it's not [former NBA team owner] Donald Sterling. It's not going to burn the house down, but it's going to play out slowly."
That person urged Pascal to pen her own opinion piece in the near future.
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