05-16-2008, 06:44 AM
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http://www.philly.com/inquirer/front...in_Philly.html
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In the industry and government, much of the credit for the city's place on the cinematic map is pointed toward Sharon Pinkenson, executive director of the Greater Philadelphia Film Office, which lures filmmakers, maintains a database of hundreds of industry workers, and works with police and other agencies to accommodate crews.
This week, while crews set up all over town, Pinkenson is at the Cannes Film Festival, trying to drum up business.
In 1992, Pinkenson was a freelance commercial stylist who was looking for work for herself and her friends. After reading an article about a film boom in Pittsburgh, she asked mayor-elect Ed Rendell to revive Philadelphia's film commission, which had become moribund because of budget cuts.
She handed Rendell a proposal for what she called the Greater Philadelphia Film Office. "I planned out an idea that the film office had to be regional," she said. She insisted that she didn't want to run the office, but Rendell demanded a business plan.
Pinkenson said she wasn't happy with the applicants to run the office - "they think all it means is going out to lunch with Harrison Ford" - so she stepped forward, working at first for $1 a year.
Funding quickly followed, she went full-time, and the office grew. It now is a nonprofit, no longer a city agency, with a full-time staff of eight and a $1 million budget.
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Marley, whose production budget has not been disclosed, began shooting March 10 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where Grogan and his wife, Jenny, lived when they acquired Marley. About two dozen dogs are being used in the movie, said Frankel, who has five of his own.
The production will set up next at a farmhouse in Birmingham Township, Chester County. Then they're off to Ireland for vacation scenes with Wilson and his costar, Jennifer Aniston. The movie's scheduled release is Christmas Day.
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