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EXCITING NATIONAL PRODUCTIONS THIS Y EAR."

The past year has been a very busy one · Tulsa Adventure Rlms used Tulsa for the O klahoma Rlm Office. Loca­ as a backdrop for its new 90-minute tion film ing was up over last year, and contemporary action movie titled the Rim Office helped facilitate nwner­ 'Subterfuge." The movie, intended ous productions throughout tbe state. for cable, utilizes almost all Oklahoma resources, talent and services. O klahoma has been the setting for · O klahoma's first feature-length many exciting national productions animated motion picture bas begun this year, including the foUowing: pre-production in Tulsa and is set for a 1996 release. ''Boz - The ]unkyard Dog" is a joint effort of Gennan producers Peter Seidel and Wolfgang Fabry, and director Lock Wolverton of T ulsa. T he film's soundtrack will be produced and directed by Johnny Graham of Tulsa's Cloud ine Productions. Several episodes of realism TV shows, such as "R escue 911, " 'Vnsolved Mysteries" and ~meri ca sM ost Wanted, " were filmed on location in Chandler, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma City, Chickasha, McAlester and other cities throughout the state. ational · The Bethesda Boys Ranch near news shows induding NBC's "NOW" Mounds was the location for NBC's and CBS's "48 Hours" filmed in 'Tn The Line 0/Duty: A mbush Rush Springs this past summer. At Waco." Directed by Oklahoma Independent filmmaker Maryan native Dick Lowry, the two-hour Smith of Waslungton, D.C., filmed a broadcast drew a 28 share in the segment for National Geographic's ratings, with more viewers than "Explorer" program using Pawhuska's any other program aired in the TalJgrass Prairie Preserve as a same time slot scenic backdrop.

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