Film commission wants more movie money in Colorado.

• Author: Beck, Cathie
• Position: THE ARTS - Brief article

Most Coloradans are unaware that Colorado loses millions of dollars in film industry revenue simply because Colorado lacks the tax incentives offered the industry elsewhere.

"Last year, the film 'Nowhereland'--which features Eddie Murphy--spent more than $3 million in the Denver economy for two weeks of filming, but they also filmed five more weeks in Los Angeles calling it Denver," says Kevin Schand, executive director of the Colorado State Film Commission. "The film 'Resurrecting the Champ' is also set in Denver but was filmed in Calgary, Alberta, Canada."

The commission will go to the state Legislature in 2009 to ask that Colorado offer tax incentives to the film industry, in the meantime, the film commission isn't the only entertainment-revenue-generating game in town.

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