DAILY NEWS: Manhattan Filmmaking Back; New This Weekby Anthony Kaufman/indieWIRE>> NYC Mayor's Office Says "Action!" for Manhattan Productions(indieWIRE/09.26.01) -- Two weeks after two hijacked planes hit the WorldTrade Center and caused panic in the streets of Gotham, the New York Mayor'sOffice of Film, Television and Broadcasting announced that they will beginissuing film and television shooting permits today (Wednesday, Sept. 25) onthe streets of Manhattan.Commissioner Patricia Lee Scott told indieWIRE yesterday, "We'll startissuing Manhattan permits tomorrow and we'll get back some of our policemovie and television units who will be wo...
Read More »DAILY NEWS: "Believer" Postponed; SF Film Fest Changesby Eugene Hernandez /indieWIRE>> Showtime Postpones "Believer" Premiere(indieWIRE/09.25.01) -- Showtime has announced that it will postpone thedebut of "The Believer." It had been scheduled to premiere on the network onSeptember 30th."In order to be sensitive to the current mood of our country, we feel thatit would be appropriate to delay the broadcast to a time when our audiencemight be more receptive to this kind of strong drama," the company saidin a prepared statement.The Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner stars Ryan Gosling, in a stellarperformance as a Jewish Yeshiva student who tran...
Read More »DAILY NEWS: Getting Back to Business, Nearly Two Weeks Laterby Eugene Hernandez and Anthony Kaufman/indieWIRE>> NYC Film Productions Still Sputtering; Mayor's Office: "Back to Normal Shortly"(indieWIRE/09.24.01) -- Last Tuesday, a week after the attacks on the WorldTrade Center and the Pentagon, the New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting (MOFTB) began issuing shooting permits for film and television work only in New York's outer boroughs: Brooklyn, Queens, Bronxand Staten Island. According to a statement on the MOFTB's website onFriday, "Permits for New York [City] continue to be suspended until furthernotice."On Fri...
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Read More »DAILY NEWS: Movie Theater Benefit; "Go Tigers" Sticks to Releaseby Eugene Hernandez and Anthony Kaufman/indieWIRE>> Movie Theaters Join Forces to Benefit Relief Efforts(indieWIRE/09.21.01) -- Movie theater owners from around the country areputting aside financial concerns and their competitive nature to assist inthe relief effort. The National Association of Theater Owners has announceda special National Benefit Day for Disaster Relief Efforts, it announcedyesterday (Thursday). 100% of ticket sales and concessions receipts gatheredfrom participating theaters on Tuesday, September 25th will be donated tothe United Way and the Red Cross. Thos...
Read More »DAILY NEWS: indieWIRE Readers React and Respondby Eugene Hernandez/indieWIRE>> indieWIRE DISCUSSION: Various Voices, Various Views(indieWIRE/09.20.01) -- We've all spent significant parts of our daycontemplating and commenting on the events of the last week. It is with thatin mind that indieWIRE invited our readers to join an unstructured discussionon our website."I can't help but wonder what the effects will be on film," wrote DanSteinhart. "Maybe it's an inappropriate time to engage in a discussion onthe future of cinema -- there certainly are more important matters right now-- but it is times like these that make me realize how signific...
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