Beginning on page 88 is a piece on Detroit's film industry and the jobs it has brought.
Excerpt:
As
of last November, about seven months after the incentive passed, the
film office had processed more than 100 applications, approved 69 films
and brought in $170 million in in-state productions on 28 different
projects - most of which were shot entirely in Michigan, say Ken Droz,
manager of creative and communications for this film office. "That's
pretty darn phenomenal," he says, adding that it was validating to see
Clint Eastwood arrive last spring to direct and star in "Gran Torino" -
the story of a Korean War veteran who decides to reform his Detroit
neighborhood. "Here's a bona fide, A-list filmmaker. He came for the
dollars, but he was able to make it work."
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