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The streamer and theater owners have been unable to reach a compromise that would allow the star-studded drama to play on thousands of screens across the country.

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00:00Hiya Frank, this is Jimmy Hoffa.

00:03Glad to meet you.

00:04Glad to meet you too, even if it's over the phone.

00:06After Netflix and theater owners have been unable to reach a compromise,

00:10the streaming giant has decided to forgo the wide release of Martin Scorsese's star-studded drama,

00:15The Irishman.

00:16The release would have allowed the movie to play on thousands of screens across the country,

00:20but now Netflix will forgo it.

00:22In order to make the film starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, and Harvey Keitel

00:27available to its subscribers as quickly as possible,

00:30a long-standing policy that doesn't fly with cinema chains.

00:33I heard you paint houses.

00:40Now, there had been speculation that Oscar-hungry Netflix might further soften its stance

00:44in regard to honoring theatrical windows, but in the end,

00:47it couldn't reach a compromise with chains including AMC and Cineplex.

00:51The Irishman will open November 1st and select indie cinemas willing to carry the drama.

00:55More than three weeks later, or 26 days to be exact, it will debut November 27th on Netflix.

01:00This rules out the sort of big screen blitz Scorsese and other season directors are used to,

01:05unless something changes at the 11th hour.

01:08Big business and the government, they're trying to pull us down.

01:11You might be demonstrating a failure to show appreciation.

01:15Last year, Netflix acknowledged the value of the theatrical experience when announcing that Roma

01:20and other Oscar hopefuls would play exclusively in cinemas for two to three weeks

01:25before being made available to its subscribers.

01:27But that wasn't enough to appease all Oscar voters or theater chains,

01:31which insist on a 90-day window between the time a title opens and is released on home entertainment.

01:36Alright, for more on this story, go to THR.com.

01:39Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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