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Up and Down the Avenue – 10/17/03

Oct 17, 2003

THE WINDY CITY AWARDS have morphed into the Chicago Creative Club and the new awards show takes place Nov. 13 at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Judges are all from outside Chi...

Spots keep rollin’ along

Oct 17, 2003

Not every commercial heads for Toronto or L.A. (whose numbers have dropped). A sizeable number are being produced here at home and by out-of-towners who like our style and look...

Producer vows ?the magic will
happen’ to bring script to screen

Oct 17, 2003

"Sweet Home Chicago" up next for Epiphany Films' Dan Halperin and Mark Frazel When Mark Frazel and Dan Halperin of Epiphany Pictures asked me to produce their feature film ...

REELSCENE: News & Notes – 10/17/03

Oct 17, 2003

GIULIANI SPEAKS HERE. Yes, the former New York mayor and 9/11 hero Rudy Giuliani will be the keynote speaker for the Dec. 3 Off the Street Club's annual holiday luncheon, thanks...

SAG/AFTRA-agency contract boosts
session fees 7%; P&W to 14.3%

Oct 2, 2003

The lightning-fast negotiations for a proposed new three-year SAG/AFTRA commercials contract providing a 6.1% to 15% boost in payments was approved Oct. 1 by a huge margin by th...

$43 million in debt, Big Idea files
Chapter 11; assets for auction Oct. 28

Oct 2, 2003

Big Idea Productions of Lombard, producers of the phenomenally-successful VeggieTales videos, books, games and music, has found itself in a cauldron of boiling financial wat...

Chicago’s 200 theaters in full swing

Sep 29, 2003

By Jonathan Abarbanel A warm and cordial welcome to Jonathan Abarbanel, whose regular columns many of you will remember from the Original Screen magazine. The theatre maven ...

Adbiz chickens come home to roost

Sep 29, 2003

Who doesn't love fried chicken the Colonel's way? FCB loves it best of all, now it landed KFC's $200-million plus account -- and just when Michigan Avenue badly needed a ne...

TUFF seeks action on diversity officer

Sep 29, 2003

The United Filmmakers Foundation (TUFF) is gearing up to do battle with DCEO, the Illinois Film Office and the governor, if necessary, to fulfill their promise of a diversity of...

Improvements in treasurer’s film loans

Sep 29, 2003

State treasurer Judy Baar Topinka State treasurer Judy Baar Topinka wants filmmakers to know that her department's two-year old Lights, Camera! Illinois low- interest loans a...

Industry leader Leo Cassettari dies

Sep 29, 2003

Leo Cassettari, one of Chicago's great production and post leaders and inspiration for 40 years, died Sept. 25 from a lengthy battle with cancer. His friend Tony Izzo calle...

Broadview gives an old show a new look

Sep 29, 2003

Broadview gives an old show a new look A new version and a new season of HDTV's popular before-and-after "New Spaces" bows Oct. 1 (7:30 p.m. local time), the first of ...

REELSCENE: News and Notes 9/29/03

Sep 29, 2003

BBDO OPTS OUT. BBDO declined to participate in the review for Tourism's $12 million account. Agency CEO Tonise Paul said "agency resources could be better utilized serving othe...

Film represented at Governor’s Summit

Sep 29, 2003

When the Governor's Economic Summit convened at UIC a few weeks ago, the film industry was one of the eight sectors the governor's office and DCEO deemed important enough to be ...

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