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Mike Nutter Quickly Getting Priorities Straight
With the Democratic nomination in hand and a walk-over in November on schedule, Michael Nutter is already attempting to push his much-celebrated “reform” measures he campaigned on. Also, he’s taking his daughter to Masterman. He talked with KYW 1060 and let them know he will not stand for fatcat Hollywood producers making movies in New York. Well, making movies set in Philadelphia in New York City. There’s a new movie coming out, “It Is What It Is,” which was filmed in NYC but set in Philadelphia. “Look, I’m glad that there’s a film set in Philadelphia,” Nutter said. “But it is a little crazy that a film about Philadelphia is being made in New York.” Nutter said when he was a City Councilman, he tried to push through a film industry bill but his daughter’s commercial for that one wasn’t all that hot. Interestingly enough, New York’s City Council successfully passed a bill a few years back to have the NYC-set Jersey Girl film in Philadelphia pretending to be New York. That city wanted no parts of that movie. Nutter: Movies Set in Phila. Should Be Filmed in Phila. [KYW 1060] |
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There are several advantages to filming in New York, mainly union contracts for both actors and the behind the scenes people. There is a 25 mile radius from Columbus Circle that is a bubble for the New York based talent and crew to work in without financial penalty to the producers.
Given the variety of locations in that zone, you can have a great deal of New York and New Jersey pinch hitting for all sorts of places. Plus there is all the infrastructure needed to serve the film industry in New York City and environs - prop houses, picture car rentals, equipment rentals, film processing, film studio space, post production houses, free film permits that come with free police coverage and parking permits, and a clean safe city.
You can’t have some nutter think that you can have all the infrastructure appear overnight.
Personally, I’d film a Philadelphia set movie in Newark which has the right sort of look and dangerous city run by corrupt incompetents feel, but in the 25 mile radius.