SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 371
         WHEREAS, A state replete with diverse landscapes, iconic
  American legends, and talented residents, Texas has long been a
  favorite location for motion picture and television productions,
  and that rich and ongoing tradition is being celebrated on Texas
  Moving Image Industry Day at the State Capitol on March 4, 2009;
  and
 
         WHEREAS, More than 1,600 films and television programs
  have been made in Texas since 1910; the first movie ever to win
  the Academy Award for Best Picture, the silent World War I epic
  Wings, was shot in and around San Antonio; and
 
         WHEREAS, Audiences all over the world have discovered the
  Lone Star State through films and television programs made here;
  Giant, filmed near Marfa, tells the sprawling story of cattle and
  oil in West Texas; no fewer than nine films about the siege of the
  Alamo have been made in Texas, including John Wayne's 1960 epic,
  The Alamo; the film and television series Friday Night Lights
  tells the distinctively Texan story of high school football, and
  10 years after its release, Hope Floats continues to draw
  tourists to its locations in Smithville and Central Texas; week
  after week since 1976, Austin City Limits, the longest-running
  television concert series, is still bringing the best of popular
  music to the nation with a Texas flair; and
 
         WHEREAS, Great filmmakers from all over the world have
  journeyed to Texas to make their films; Steven Spielberg shot his
  first feature, The Sugarland Express, here, Sam Peckinpah filmed
  his classic thriller The Getaway in San Marcos and El Paso, Clint
  Eastwood made A Perfect World and Space Cowboys in Texas, and the
  German director Wim Wenders shot his art house masterpiece Paris,
  Texas in locations all over the state; and
 
         WHEREAS, The Lone Star State's own writers and directors
  have produced many great projects here, including Robert Benton
  (Bonnie and Clyde, Places in the Heart), Horton Foote (Tender
  Mercies, The Trip to Bountiful), William Witliff (Lonesome Dove,
  Honeysuckle Rose, Raggedy Man), Wes Anderson (Bottle Rocket,
  Rushmore), Richard Linklater (Slacker, Dazed and Confused, The
  Newton Boys), Tim McCanlies (Secondhand Lions), Robert Rodriguez
  (Spy Kids, Sin City), and John Lee Hancock (The Alamo, The
  Rookie); and
 
         WHEREAS, Texas has hosted a staggering variety of
  productions, from independent films like Waiting for Guffman
  (shot in Lockhart) to classic westerns like Lonesome Dove (shot
  near Del Rio), as well as war films like Courage Under Fire (shot
  in El Paso), over-the-top family adventure comedies like the
  three Spy Kids films (shot in Austin), romantic comedies like
  Miss Congeniality (shot in San Antonio), and classic horror films
  like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (shot in Austin); the state has
  also been the location for such Academy Award-winning features as
  No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood (both shot in
  Marfa), Boys Don't Cry (shot in Greenville), Places in the Heart
  (shot in Waxahachie), and Terms of Endearment (shot in Houston);
  and
 
         WHEREAS, The state is known for its highly skilled film
  technicians, whose expertise is so well-regarded that most films
  shot in Texas hire primarily local crews; the state also boasts a
  strong base of acting talent, and specialized film vendors and
  services have been a strong part of the state's economy for more
  than two decades; and
 
         WHEREAS, With more than 90 companies, Texas is the
  third-largest center for the development of video games, whose
  highly skilled workers have created such popular titles as Quake
  from Id Software, Ultima Online, a groundbreaking multiplayer
  game from Origin Systems, and Age of Empires from Ensemble
  Studios, as well as military simulation training games for the
  United States Army; and
 
         WHEREAS, Over the past decade, the moving image industry,
  including film, television, video, commercials, animation, and
  interactive video games, has spent more than $2.2 billion and
  created over 38,000 jobs in Texas, and the contributions of this
  dynamic industry to Texas, and of Texans to this industry, are
  truly worthy of recognition; now, therefore, be it
 
         RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 81st
  Legislature, hereby recognize March 4, 2009, as Texas Moving
  Image Industry Day at the State Capitol and commend the
  industry's many talented individuals for their creativity, hard
  work, and determination.
 
  Carona, Deuell
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
        President of the Senate
     
        I hereby certify that the
    above Resolution was adopted by
    the Senate on March 4, 2009.
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
        Secretary of the Senate
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
         Member, Texas Senate
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
         Member, Texas Senate