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E7 O'CONNELL: A sequel for 'Chainsaw' remake? Austin American-Statesman LIFE ARTS Friday, November 7, 2003 1 ifcfcj. Continued from E3 locale. "I said it sounds more like El Paso, but they don't have the deep crew base and support we have," Burkland said. Instead, filmmakers got creative, using a closed hospital and local sand and rock quarries. For wide shoots, El Paso was used for one day.

Burkland said the Department of Defense signed off on the project and a representative was on the set at all times. Free to be unpaid: Later this month "Cheer Up" will shoot a crowd scene at Royal-Memorial Stadium using 2,000 extras, but 4 third coast? Box office grosses through Nov. 2: "Secondhand Lions," $41 million, "Spy Kids 3D: Game Over, $111 million. It may have been shot in New York, but Austin resident Linklater directed "School of Rock," which clocks in at $69 million. Austin Studios will be talking up the success today in a press conference as it cele-rrates its third anniversary as a major player in the local film industry's success.

Short subjects: Austin-shot "Screen Door Jesus" took first prize at the Hampton International Film Festival, which came with $180,000 in goods and tech services for director Kirk Davis' next project. Based on Christopher Cook's short stories of religion, race and family in East Texas, the "Cookie's ensemble flick had a sneak screening during SXSW to positive reviews. Also honored at the Hampton fest were "Screen Door" photographer Daniel Stoloff and music composer Max Lichtenstein "Ruta Awakening," Steve Bilich's film about love, infidelity, angels and the Ruta Maya Coffee House, is set for a Smithsonian showing and will also screen at Ruta Maya's 10th anniversary bash on Dec. 11. The film will soon be available at Vulcan Video, I Love Video and Waterloo.

Got a tip about the Texas film industry? Send it to Joeonlocationhotmail.com Burkland of the Dallas Film Commission also reports that Dallas is close to completing a new film policy aimed at streamlining the permit process. Austin action: Richard Lin-klater's HBO pilot "5.15Hr" has opened a production office and filming was set to get under way this week according to local acting postings. A brief shooting hiatus for "Tl)e Ringer" was reportedly because ar. important crew member vas briefly called off the set. Lensing geared up again Monday at the Texas School for the Deaf.

"Friday Night Lights" is now a lock for an Austin shoot beginning in January. Cameron Crowe, who scouted Austin for "Elizabethtown," has delayed the project until the spring, and talk of a local shoot is quieting. Booger has joined the cast of "Cheer Up." That's Curtis Armstrong to those unfamiliar with the four "Revenge of the Nerds" flicks. You also know him for "Risky Business" and television's "Moonlighting." Paget Brewster of the now-eanceled "Andy Richter Controls the Universe" and Shannon Marie Woodward of "Grounded for Life" are also in the cast Luke Wilson's "The Wendell Baker Story" has wrapped production. With "the Texas Chainsaw Massacre" pulling in $66 million domestically in 17 days, talk already has begun of a "sequel," if that's possible for a remake of an original that has so many duplicates Austinites have quit counting.

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Actress Michele Deradune wrote an open letter to the film's star Tommy Lee Jones saying, "A lot of actor work as extras as much as possible both for the near-minimum-wage money and to observe and learn." Donise Hardy, owner of Castingworks LA, put it more bluntly: "When you've got a $40 million budget it amazes me that they're asking people to work for nothing. The movie stars are being paid, the crew is being paid, the area is being paid, why not the actors? I don't understand it. I don't think it's fair." However, using unpaid extras for crowd scenes is common, said "Cheer Up" publicist Ernie Malik, who worked on "Drumline," which used 40,000 in one crowd scene. "These are background players, free extras," Malik said. "This is a common occurrence, especially in sports films." Casting for the three-day stadium shoot is being conducted through the Web site Beinamovie.com, which touts free lunch and prize giveaways including a car used in the making of the film.

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