Show ielabiA640104614006"7"V-ft""14N- 4 10E t r The Salt Lake Tribune Sunday September 16 1990 - Motion picture television producers are discovering Utah is the place By Terry Orme Tribune Film Writer Utah continues to be the place to make feature films and commercials In figures released by the Utah Film Commission motion picture and commercial productions generated a record $379 million in fiscal 1989-9- 0 The previous fiscal year total was $338 million Over the last 10 years the figure has vacillated from a low of $1189 million in fiscal year '81 to $227 million in fiscal '87 Crews spent 1323 days filming in Utah last year companies making movies for television and theatrical distribution spent and $202 million while production companies spent $177 million on Utah goods and services in making commercials Those figures reveal a trend in which television commercial production is approaching parity with feature films said Film Commission Director Leigh von der Esch And that's good news for Utahns in the movie industry "Local crews are finding more consistent work" said von der Esch Commercials offer the crews and onscreen talent short stints of work between the longer commitments of feature filmmaking Another feather in the cap of the Utah filmmaking industry is the recent election of von der Esch as the president of the Association of Film Out-of-sta- Commissioners International a group comprised of more than 200 film commissioners from throughout the United States and 33 foreign countries as well — all charged with attracting production to their areas Von der Esch will preside over the organization's conventions in Cincinnati in 1991 and in Munich in 1992 filmmak- For fiscal year 1990-9- 1 ing in Utah is already off to a good start "Thelma and Louise" starring g actress Geena Davis Susan Sarandon and Harvey Keitel just wrapped shooting in the Moab area Ridley Scott ("Bladerunner" "Black Rain") is directing the film The area around Moab — including Oscar-winnin- Bedrock Paradox Valley Island in Sky Arches National Park La Sal and Dead Horse Point — is doubling for locations spread out across the United States from Arkansas to Arizona The screenplay tells of two women who escape the drudgery of their daily Jives to go on a journey across the country in their '66 convertible Another feature is about to begin production at locations in Salt Lake City and near Hanksville "Rubin and Ed" written and directed by Salt Lake City filmmaker Trent Harris begins shooting at the end of September Crispin Glover and Peter Boyle are cast in the lead roles "Neon City" a futuristic drama will go into production late in September in Salt Lake City and near Wendover Among movies made in Utah during the past year is the upcoming ' '7-''- ' ' - e ' i ' - - t ' i sl '' : '4 "And I can say 'We have two 'A' crews' I couldn't have said that five years ago" Also working in Utah's favor is the cost factor it is simply less expensive for production companies to film here coupled with the logistic that Salt Lake City International Airport is only an hour and a half flight from Los Angeles "The business people in Hollywood are the ones making the decisions not the artistic people It's the old bottom line" There are however a few dark clouds on the horizon acknowledges von der Esch Television networks are making fewer "movies of the week" opting instead to go with more situation comedies which can be filmed on a Los Angeles sound-stag- e : - re'' 'tC'' - ' '4 4t: A4 '''"''A r 9500 So 700 E POSTCARDS f292t1 5TOPADE91?591! 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' ''- A904' ti t 1 " 2" the state "A producer will ask if we have an 'A' crew available" she explained film producPrincipal Twenty-fiv- e tions made either for television or the big screen came through Utah during the year Utah provided the backdrop for a number of companies to show off their products British Airways spent several weeks in Utah in 1989 covering the state from north to south and east to west for a variety of spots The commercials were directed by Hugh Hudson who directed the Os f '4 ' ' : ' ' — ' ':k10- i it 1"'' - 1 g stallments of "Santa Barbara" "Rescue 911" and movie of the week "Blind Rage" with Victoria ' '''''' N Moab A total of 35 commercial and music video productions wended through Utah Von der Esch credits the state's intechcreasing pool of movie-makinnicians for attracting production to Anthony Hopkins and Mimi Rogers and directed by Michael Cimino ("The Deer Hunter" "Heaven's Gate") A remake of the Humphrey Bogart picture from 1955 "Desperate Hours" will open in October "DMZ" filmed on Utah's west desert has not yet been slated for release In the political thriller starring Paul Sorvino the Tooele County desert doubled for Korea Other motion pictures include the local productions of "The Dream Machine" and ''The Porter Rockwell Story" Television production included in- ' 4 Jon Bon Jovi shot a music video in the red rock country surrounding MGMUA release "Desperate Hours" starring Mickey Rourke " Fire" "Chariots of g the ' ' 3 30 vy 6 AC14t OK &wad 174101111 56 MANN AND DIM XX 77149711 NADIA MOVIESlas i4‘'Ci So IC'D E- - $71-4- DAILY ON STEREO AT 1245 310 SAS 130 95 A123100( 7170 Us |