Jackpot or boondoggle? State's efforts to attract Hollywood productions produce mixed results. (promotion of location filming in Arkansas)(includes related article on disjointed efforts to attrach motion picture production)

Arkansas Business | February 25, 1991| | Copyright

JACKPOT OR BOONDOGGLE?

State's Efforts To Attract Hollywood Productions Produce Mixed Results

In several weeks, representatives of the state Motion Picture Development Office will travel to Southern California.

They won't be going on vacation. They'll instead be attending an annual exposition designed to entice moviemakers off Hollywood back lots and into the hinterlands.

The Arkansans will hand out quartz crystals and sing the praises of the state as a place to film.

"We can't just go out there and tell them we have mountains ...

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