
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, March 29, 1990                   TAG: 9003290714
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B8   EDITION: EVENING 
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DATELINE: RICHMOND                                LENGTH: Short

FILMMAKERS BRINGING MORE BUSINESS TO VA.

Gov. Douglas Wilder, in Los Angeles trying to drum up business for Virginia's film industry, has announced that five film and television productions will be filmed in Virginia this spring and summer.

Last year, 12 films spending $18.5 million were shot in Virginia.

"Clearly, the commonwealth of Virginia is being noticed by the film industry," Wilder said. "Virginia is blessed, not only with a wide variety of scenic, historic and architectural resources, but with a growing ability to serve the film industry's needs for research, fresh locations and trained personnel."

This year's productions in the state will include: "True Colors," directed by Herbert Ross and starring John Cusack and James Spader; "Love Field," directed by Jonathan Kaplan and starring Michelle Pfeiffer; "Till Death Do Us Part," a suspense thriller starring Deborah Shelton and directed by Shuki Levy; "Big Brother Jake," an original half-hour comedy series for the Family Channel, will begin production in May at the network's studios in Virginia Beach; and "The Girl from Mars, a two-hour, made-for-cable movie that will be filmed in Hampton Roads beginning in June.

- Associated Press

by CNB