I think the 'Star Wars' films were shot in the UK... but to be a True
Runaway I reckon the film has to date from the studio era. Or as
original poster says, they were part of the break-up *of* that
system... The term had real stigma, I think: all those American
technicians going underemployed... It would be interesting to get an
idea of the Teamsters' take on the phenomenon. Now that everyone films
in Canada if they can get away with it, it isn't as much of a 'thing'.
Preminger's 'Joan of Arc' film?
On 7/4/07, William Brown <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Ah. I wasn't sure whether "runaway" meant made 'elsewhere' or, indeed, an
> expensive "turkey."
>
> If Molloy's meaning is taken, then maybe you could suck on these stones:
>
> Matrix sequels were shot in Oz (perhaps to make up for the Wizard of Oz
> being shot in USA), LOTR in NZ, and Harry Potter in UK, no?
>
> Might be interesting to look at how much post-production is outsourced,
> since geoggers is not an issue with digital send-overs. (Sky Catpain and
> the Woe of Gomorrah as some sort of entrancing entrance point for utopian
> film productions filmed in Erewhon?)
>
> Alternatively, at the risk of enduring a tinker's curse, perhaps a great
> turkey, which in fact made its money back if I am not mistaken, might be
> Waterworld, in which Costner grows gills but finally sinks. (And which
> features, to refresh a theme, the ENORMOUSLY mouthed Jeanne Tripplehorn,
> whose name, oh please, is genuine.)
>
>
> > Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 10:26:11 -0400
> > From: Patricia Molloy < [log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: Fw: Looking for Runaway Productions
> >
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> > Film-Philosophy Salon <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> > >Is 'Heaven's Gate' strictly runaway? It was studio-financed and shot
> > >in the US...
> >
> > That's what I thought as well. Being in North America, the term runaway
> > production is most used to describe American films shot in Canada - with
> > U.S. financing but Canadian labour, and which generates much $$ for
> > Canadian crews/actors - as well as local economies. Chicago, for example,
> > was made in Toronto - which really pissed off the mayor of Chicago but
> > tickled ours pink. There's much effort going on in the U.S. of late to
> > curb the runaways with some states offering subsidies to keep the
> > production in the U.S. (much to the chagrin of the Canucks.of course, tho
> > I sympathize with both sides).
> >
> > cheers
> > p.
> >
> >
> >
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