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Montana Film council chair rebuffs criticism

March 30, 2006/

Movie producer Patrick Markey, responding to criticism that he’s filming a movie in Canada, said shooting in Winnipeg saved the production $500,000.

‘‘As much as I love Montana, I don’t have the ability to take a movie to Montana when the numbers are so substantial,’’ Markey said Tuesday.

He said the movie has a $4 million budget.

Markey said Winnipeg provides an example of what the Montana Film Office should be.

Full Story: http://helenair.com/articles/2006/03/30/montana/a06033006_02.txt

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