See my script below CBC article:
Telefilm wants U.S. stars in Canadian movies
Last Updated: Saturday, February 20, 2010 | 9:43 AM ET CBC News
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Michel Roy, the head of Canada's federal film agency Telefilm, is urging the government to ease restrictions on allowing foreign stars to appear in publicly-funded movies.
Current tax rules require that the lead actor or the second lead be Canadian.
Michel Roy says he believes including more U.S. movie stars would help Canadian movies at the box office, especially the ones from English Canada, which accounted for only one per cent of box office receipts in the country last year.
"We just can't go on this way," Roy told CBC News, noting the industry in Quebec tends to be more dynamic while attracting a local audience, too.
"We need to make changes — in order to make those changes we will have to dare to do new things that at times might shock some people."
Roy understands some Canadians may question why their dollars are underwriting films with American stars but if the movies do well, they also give the Canadian talent more exposure.
Changes could be announced in weeks
Roy says Telefilm - which has plowed nearly a billion dollars into the domestic industry over the past decade - has been holding discussions with officials at Heritage Canada about relaxing restrictions on foreign stars.
Telefilm also wants to alter other guidelines to boost the number of co-productions, which have dropped dramatically in the past five years.
The changes could be announced in "a matter of weeks," Roy said.
"We're so advanced in these discussions and the reception has been very favourable."
Roy won't discuss the details of Telefilm's proposals and the minister of Heritage, James Moore, wasn't available to comment.
My reply to this story below:
NDN Aesthetics du La terre du cinema avec Anglo/Franco Hallucination USA Style.
(Working Title)
FADE IN:
EXT. HUSKY TOWER - DAY
An AMERICAN TYPE OILMAN is looking at Calgary with a gleam in his eyes. STEVEN, the PM holds an artificial CHIEF BONNET in his one hand, A Deed of PAPER in the other.
D.W.RUSH:
I'd like a cowboy hat with that oily Injun Steven!
After all The boys at the Alamo didn't kick ass those
mexicans because they were brownies, were they?
STEVEN:
Well, I'll don't know Davy! Goliath there wants the
whole kitten ka boddal! Who writes our history anyway?
D.W. RUSH:
The people in power, American, Canadian, what's the
difference. Those Dam Injuns don't recognize our
border anyway!
STEVEN:
We tried to turn them into Settlers Davy!
D.W. RUSH:
An American Actor would make up the difference.
One Canadian NDN actor would appease the Tribal
basterds, and an English Canadian Whitey can be
passed off as a northern cousin here to Goliath.
What do you think?
STEVEN:
What about the BLACK Afro Americans and rabbit breeding Latinos?
D.W. RUSH:
On both sides of the border? ( The two whites laugh)
STEVEN:
We can make our films like yours, who would know the difference?
That way, the Hollywood Hallucination would stay the same
D.W.RUSH:
And the Canadian Film Wanna-be Americans can continue using
the Government money to create mediocre film stories based
on race funding!
STEVEN:We don't want another James Youngdeer & Mona Darkfeather
D.W. RUSH:
We can thank Neil Diamond for that! Brown Angelinas, Scary!
STEVEN:
Telefilm says an American star would do wonders for the Canadian
film business.
D.W. RUSH:
Well, Annexation won't be a problem, culturally we are there already.
STEVEN:
Sweet Cherry Wine Diamond?
D.W.RUSH:
No. sign here!
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