RUNAWAY PRODUCTION SIDEBAR:
Industry Alliance Members in Support of the
U.S. Independent Film and Television
Production Incentive Act of 2001
Although not a formal member of the Alliance, the mayors are active supporters. The 69th Conference of USCM adopted the "Runaway Film Production Resolution," in support of the wage and tax credit and related efforts. The U.S. Conference of Mayors is the official nonpartisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. There are about 1,100 such cities in the country today.
PROJECTS SHOT IN CANADA WITH U.S. SETTINGS
Listed below is a very small sampling of some recent U.S. productions with U.S. story settings that were lured to Canada by that government’s tax incentives. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, runaway productions represent a loss to the U.S. of thousands of jobs and as much as $10 billion per year.
- Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within - Toronto
The story of the former head of counter espionage for the U.S. CIA.
- Audrey Hepburn Story - Montreal
The life of the actress from Holland, to New York, to Hollywood fame.
- Becoming Dick - Vancouver
An aspiring actor moves from a shabby Greenwich Village, New York apartment to Beverly Hills.
- Black and Blue - Toronto
An abused wife flees her home in suburban Long Island, New York, for Florida.
- Christy - Vancouver
In Cutter’s Gap, Tennessee, an idealistic teacher struggles against backward thinking.
- Color of Courage - Vancouver
A story about a black family who moves into an all-white suburb of Detroit.
- Common Ground - Toronto
Three stories about gay life in a small town in Connecticut.
- Courage to Love - Montreal
Based on the life of a free woman of color in pre–Civil War New Orleans.
- The Crossing - Toronto
General George Washington crosses the Delaware River to defeat the Hessians in New Jersey.
- Dash and Lilly - Toronto
Lillian Hellman and Dashiel Hammett in Hollywood and New York.
- The Day Reagan Was Shot - Toronto
About the attempted assassination of President Reagan and the backstage battle for control of the White House.
- Execution of Justice - Toronto
The story of the murder of San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk.
- Ground Zero - Vancouver
Two students, who built a nuclear device that winds up in the hands of terrorists, work with the government to prevent the destruction of the San Francisco Bay area.
- Hendrix - Toronto
The life of rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix from his days in Greenwich Village, New York to Monterey and Woodstock.
- Holiday Romance - Toronto
A school superintendent relocates to his hometown in Kentucky.
- Hunt for the Unicorn Killer - Toronto
Set in Pennsylvania, based on the true story of the murder of Holly Maddux by her boyfriend, an activist and founder of Earth Day.
- The Inspector - Vancouver
A Baltimore couple is killed by a mail bomb and the U.S. Postal Service investigates.
- Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story - Toronto
Raised in Los Angeles and Massachusetts, Natalie Cole searches for her own identity while battling personal demons.
- Loyal Opposition: Terror in the White House - Vancouver
The first female U.S. Vice President fights off mutineers in the White House.
- The Matthew Shepard Story - Toronto
About the murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay college student at the University of Wyoming in Laramie.
- The Miracle Worker - Ontario
In 1880s Alabama, the story of American pioneers in education, Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller, unfolds.
- Mr. Rock 'n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story - Toronto
About the Cleveland rock music DJ and the scandal that ended his career.
- Oklahoma City: A Survivor's Story - Canada
Based on the true story of a survivor of the Oklahoma City Federal Building bombing.
- Sins of the Father - Toronto
Based on the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
- Thin Air - Toronto
Boston detective Spenser is baffled by the disappearance of a friend’s wife.
If you have questions or need information about Runaway Production please call the DGA Runaway Production Hotline: 310-289-2073
or email: runaway@dga.org
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