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The dead kid stays in the picture

By Taylor Donahue

An email sent in March by Taylor Donahue, vice president of production at Timely Studios, to Anita Lavine, senior vice president of production.

To: Anita Lavine From: Taylor Donahue Subject: Location shooting for Codename Courage

Assuming the current situation with Iraq leads to combat activity by U.S. troops, I suggest we get a small film crew credentialed as press to shoot over there. This will solve some of the budget vs. production-value problems we've discussed. In the best-case scenario we can also get one or two of our leads over there in costume to do a scene with the mayhem of real war as a backdrop. Failing this, we can have the war as a back plate to use with blue screen of our actors. We'll be the only movie with a multibillion-dollar effects budget.

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SEE ALSO: Iraq; Iraq War, 2003-; Motion picture locations; Motion pictures and the war

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