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