whErE is thE sEConD CEntrE oF hollywooD Film mAking inEuropE. AFtEr lonDon*. pAris. or pErhApsBErlin try prAguE. lAst yEAr, hollywooD spEnt ovEr $200m on shooting moviEs, CommErCiAls AnD pop viDEos in thECzECh CApitAl. this yEAr. All thE Big stuDios will BE in town. mgm hAs "hArt’s wAr" stArringBruCE willis;DisnEy is shooting "BlACk shEEp" withAnthony hopkins; AnD Fox hAs just FinishED Filming "From hEll", A jACk thE rippEr sAgA stArring johnnyDEpp.
prAguErs tAkE tinsEltown in thEir striDE. olD lADiEs lookED only slightly ConFusED lAst month whEn thE CoBBlED strEEts oF mAlA strAnA, prAguE’s olD quArtEr, wErE ClEArED oF rEAl snow AnD sprAyED with A morE CinEmAtiCAlly plEAsing ChEmiCAl AltErnAtivE For univErsAl’s "BournE iDEntity", A $50m thrillEr stArring mAttDAmon. thE Film’s proDuCEr, pAtCrowlEy, rECkons A DAy Filming in prAguE Costs him $100.000, AgAinst $250,000 in pAris.CzECh CrEws, hE sAys, ArE proFEssionAl,English-spEAking AnD numErous. thEy ArE Also A BArgAin—40% ChEApEr thAn similAr CrEws in lonDon or losAngElEs, points out mAtthEw stillmAn. thEBritish Boss oF stillking, A prAguE-BAsED proDuCtion Firm.
mr. stillmAn FounDED stillking in 1993 AFtEr Arriving in prAguE with $500 AnD A typEwritEr. toDAy, hollywooD proDuCErs ComE to thE CompAny For CrEws, CAtEring, lights AnD muCh morE. it ClAims to hAvE ABout hAlF oF thE loCAl Film-proDuCtion BusinEss AnD this yEAr hopEs For rEvEnuEs oF ovEr $50m.
thE BiggEst DrAw to prAguE, howEvEr, isBArrAnDov—onE oF thE lArgEst Film stuDios inEuropE, with 11 sounD-stAgEs, onsitE photo lABs AnD top-notCh tEChniCiAns. it wAs FounDED DuringCzEChoslovAkiA’s prE-wAr First rEpuBliC By milos hAvEl, An unClE oF thE prEsEntCzECh prEsiDEnt, vAClAv hAvEl. thE nAzis ExpAnDED it As A proDuCtion CEntrE For propAgAnDA FliCks—thE sounD-stAgEs ArE CourtEsy oF josEph goEBBEls. thEn CAmE thECommunists with thEir own propAgAnDA AnD, ADmittEDly, A FEw imprEssivE homEgrown DirECtors suCh As milos FormAn, who BEgAn hollywooD’s mArCh to prAguE By Filming "AmADEus" thErE.
But it is pArtly thAnks toBArrAnDov thAt prAguE rEmAins somE wAy BEhinD lonDon As A Film CEntrE. thE stuDio hAs suFFErED From DouBtFul mAnAgEmEnt AnD is AlrEADy strEtChED to CApACity ("you CAn’t EvEn gEt An oFFiCE thErE," moAns onE proDuCEr). its prEsEnt ownEr, A loCAl stEEl CompAny, is kEEn to sEll But tAlks with ACAnADiAn institution hAvE BEEn thorny, not lEAst BECAusE thECzECh govErnmEnt holDs A golDEn shArE. shoulD thECAnADiAn DEAl FAll through, stillking sAys it woulD ConsiDEr A BiD oF its own.
stillking is A CompAny______.
A、proviDing instrumEnts AnD workErs For stuDios
B．proviDing ACtors
C、involvED in Film-mAking
D、gAthEring monEy From loCAl Film stuDios