"American Made"(2017)

[ryoder 1,590]

I read the story of Barry Seal many years ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Seal

What took Hollywood so long?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEBIJRAkujM

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3532216/

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

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ryoder

What took Hollywood so long?

The average time from script to screen is about ten years. Obviously, if some studio head really wants it, it happens NOW, but I'm talking averages. It's a miracle anything actually gets made.

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The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[TriGirl 318]

I'm sure it doesn't hurt that he was from Louisiana. The state has very welcoming tax incentives for the TV and film industry. They just needed a new topic for making a film here, and telling the story of someone who also ultimately was murdered here means location shots are authentic.

(I have no evidence this was the motive for making this movie -- these are just my own suppositions. However, the Hollywood East incentives are certainly coincidental at the very least)

See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus

Shut Up & Jump!

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It's not why the film was made, but it's why it was made there.

Unfortunately, tax incentives are a race to the bottom with state tax payer money. As soon as the next state over offers a bigger incentive, that's where the work goes.

Everyone would be better off if they (and almost every other subsidy for businesses) didn't exist.

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The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[TriGirl 318]

But why was it made now?

Just sayin', quite a coincidence.

See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus

Shut Up & Jump!