INDUSTRY SOLID, SAYS FORMER MPAA HEAD.Byline: Rick Orlov Staff Writer For 38 years, Jack Valenti was Hollywood's voice in Washington, D.C., walking the corridors of power and fighting to protect the movie industry. On Friday, Valenti offered an upbeat perspective of the industry - despite a slow year - as he received a key to the city of Los Angeles
``No matter what you see, Hollywood and the movie industry will always be there,'' Valenti said. ``No matter what technology emerges, it is still going to need a product that people want to see. ``There might be problems this year, but it runs in cycles. This is still the greatest industry and is one where the balance of trade is in our favor.'' Valenti said he believes the trailing box-office receipts this year are only temporary setback setback In architecture, a steplike recession in the profile of a high-rise building. Usually dictated by building codes to allow sunlight to reach streets and lower floors, the building must take another step back from the street for every specified added height interval. . ``We've heard it before, and this industry always comes back,'' said Valenti, who retired this year as head of the Motion Picture Association of America. Valenti, a native of Texas, flew 51 missions over Europe in World War II. He worked for then-Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson and was in the motorcade in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, when President Kennedy was assassinated as·sas·si·nate tr.v. as·sas·si·nat·ed, as·sas·si·nat·ing, as·sas·si·nates 1. To murder (a prominent person) by surprise attack, as for political reasons. 2. . In 1966, he became head of the MPAA MPAA abbr. Motion Picture Association of America and developed the motion picture rating system, a voluntary code by moviemakers intended to head off governmental regulations. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. , who has made keeping film production in the city one of his top issues, said he decided to honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. Valenti for his years of work. Rick Orlov, (213) 978-0390 rick.orlov(at)dailynews.com |
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