Folks, Daryle just became a billionaire...
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Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Re: In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Date : Mon, 6 Jul 2009 13:05:40 -0400
From : Daryle Lockhart <dar...@darylelockhart.com>
To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Uh oh. How do you say Leonard Parts 1-5 in German?
On Jul 6, 2009, at 12:50 PM, ravenadal wrote:
>
>
> You find an international tax lawyer able to cobble together a
> cabal of Germans seeking tax relief and willing to become film
> investors. The German tax law only requires that the film investors
> be German. Everybody else can be whatever you want them to be.
>
> ~rave!
>
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mike Street
> wrote:
> >
> > How does one discover the loophole and use it to their advantage?
> >
> > I'd love to do a full black cast period piece done in the Victorian
> > age...there was a story I ran across a few years back about an
> adopted
> > african daughter too one of the queens
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 7:23 AM, Daryle
> > Lockhart wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > "Obsessed" is a Black film, actually.
> > >
> > > This loophole in finance Uwe has been riding is something
> Black filmmakers
> > > could/should use to make larger budget films in other
> countries. There are
> > > so many horror scripts that don' t get made in Hollywood
> that could be
> > > getting done in Europe!
> > > On Jul 5, 2009, at 11:05 AM, ravenadal wrote:
> > >
> > > I am watching something called "In the Name of the King: A
> Dungeon Siege
> > > Tale" on Showtime. The movie stars Jason Statham and the cast
> includes such
> > > stellar actors as Ron ("Hellboy") Perlman, Ray ("Goodfellas")
> Liotta -
> > > shamelessly chewing up scenery as Gallion, the prolific John
> Rhys-Davies,
> > > Burt "Smokey and the Bandit" Reynolds, Claire "Meet Joe Black"
> Forlani,
> > > Leelee ("Deep Impact") Sobieski and Brian J. White ("The Shield,"
> > > "Moonlight") wearing a nasty looking scar as Commander Tarish.
> > >
> > > The movie is directed by German born schlockmiester Uwe Boll,
> best known for
> > > his "BloodRayne" movies.
> > >
> > > I had never heard of this movie so I went to IMDB, Box Office
> Mojo and
> > > Wikipedia and discovered "In the Name of the King" cost $60
> million and
> > > grossed a robust $13 million worldwide. Then I discoverd the first
> > > "BloodRayne" cost $25 million and grossed a whopping $2.42
> million. WTF!!!!!
> > >
> > > Then I discovered that Boll is very successfully manipulating a
> lucrative
> > > loophole in German tax laws. Boll is able to acquire funding
> thanks to
> > > German tax laws that reward investments in film. The law allows
> investors in
> > > German-owned films to write off 100% of their investment as a
> tax deduction;
> > > it also allows them to invest borrowed money and write off any
> fees
> > > associated with the loan. The investor is then only required to
> pay taxes on
> > > the profits made by the movie; if the movie loses money, the
> investor gets a
> > > tax writeoff.
> > >
> > > Imagine, thought I, if black filmmakers were able to exploit
> such a
> > > loophole? Everybody KNOWS black films don't make money. What an
> excellent
> > > opportunity to make all the black epics everyone dreams of but
> nobody dares
> > > risk the money to make.
> > >
> > > What a bonanza! You could hire all the known but under utilized
> black actors
> > > and actresses - pay them top dollar - WTF? We are TRYING to
> lose money after
> > > all!
> > >
> > > Let Vin Diesel make his "Hannibal." Let Spike Lee make his
> "Tuskegee
> > > Airmen." Let the Hughes Brothers make whatever they want. Hell,
> let me film
> > > "The World Ebon." Shoot, I could burn through a coupla hundred
> million
> > > dollars real quick!
> > >
> > > Imagine the mishmash of casts you could come up with! What
> would be your
> > > dream project?
> > >
> > > ~rave!
> > >
> > > http://twitter.com/ravenadal
> > > http://theworldebon.blogspot.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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