Films Going 'On Location' Helping Some U.S. Cities
BUFFALO, N;Y.ÛÓThis Snow Belt' city, buf-- feted Tor. years byl -high unemployment/plant closings arid stories of its fearsoihe winters, got an (unexpected tonic this Talk . thOTfilihing of ÛÏThe (Natural,Û a baseball movie starring; Robert Red-ford and Robert Duvalli-	'5 ,</br></br>BUFFALO, N;Y.ÛÓThis Snow Belt' city, buf-- feted Tor. years byl -high unemployment/plant closings arid stories of its fearsoihe winters, got an (unexpected tonic this Talk . thOTfilihing of ÛÏThe (Natural,Û a baseball movie starring; Robert Red-ford and Robert Duvalli-	'5 , : j 'The talk of Buffalo^ has been where Redford >dines; and in which bar'the production crew hangs out. On a Septelnber evening, 500 people, with 'Senior citizens dressed in the ÛÏzpot suitsÛ of the movieÛªs 1939 setting, showed up for 12 hours of night shooting at BuffaloÛªs War Memorial Stadi-;um.</br></br>': The extrasÛª pay for their moment of immortality: $3.35 an hour and a sack lunch. But BuffaloÛªs .-^benefits are much greater than that, says a de-: Û÷lighted Mayor James Griffin. They include several ^months .offulbtime employment, often at union Swages,: forritorethan lOO people working asstage-å£hands, carpent|i^Û_ si^ painterp. The rribyie mak--ers purchased every kind of (goods and services -from antiques to/car/rentes. Restaurants and bars gashed in; so did the downtown Hilton Hotel. The 'movie,company also relieved BuffaloÛªs fiscal stress 'by spending $200,000 to spruce up the 1930s-era (.stadium, Griffin told my associate, Jerry Hag-Strom.</br></br>the^movie^maikirigi map, =a Status;^ sought by hun-di^s;pf(citi^arid virtually all'states as they seek tOipoiish'Ahei^ set. PhiladelphiaÛªs(Italian neighborhoods take intense pridevin the ÛÏRockyÛ movies. Florida, where actor, BurfrReynolds has a home and often films, is now the site of 10 percent of the movies made in the United7 States. At Sunrise, Fla., plans are afoot for a ÛÏmovie-set cityÛÛÓa riew residential development with;, streets constructed in various architectural styles;'ready for crews to start shooting on a momentÛªs:notice.</br></br>Texas has called; itself ÛÏThe Third CoastÛ since producerrdirector Peter Bogdanovich (Û÷The Last Picture ShowÛ)/relocated his permanent offices to Dallas arid director Mike Nichols chose to film ÛÏSilkwoodÛ there. Real estate billionaire Trammell Crow expects so many Texas movies that he has built a massive collection of studios,, labs and offices outside Dallas: Desert locales seem,to be particularly* hot this year,'with ÛÏNational LampoonÛªs Vacation,Û ÛÏThe. Gambler,Û and ÛÏRevenge of the JediÛ all shot in Arizona.