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Where is the second centre of Hollywood film making in Europe after London, Paris, or perhaps Berlin? Try Prague. Last year, Hol
Where is the second centre of Hollywood film making in Europe after London, Paris, or perhaps Berlin? Try Prague. Last year, Hol
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2010-09-06
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Where is the second centre of Hollywood film making in Europe after London, Paris, or perhaps Berlin? Try Prague. Last year, Hollywood spent over $200m on shooting movies, commercials and pop videos in the Czech capital. This year, all the big studios will be in town. MGM has "Hart’s War" starring Bruce Willis; Disney is shooting "Black Sheep" with Anthony Hopkins; and Fox has just finished filming "From Hell", a Jack the Ripper saga starring Johnny Depp.
Praguers take Tinseltown in their stride. Old ladies looked only slightly confused last month when the cobbled streets of Mala Strana, Prague’s old quarter, were cleared of real snow and sprayed with a more cinematically pleasing chemical alternative for Universal’s "Bourne Identity", a $50m thriller starring Matt Damon. The film’s producer, Pat Crowley, reckons a day filming in Prague costs him $100,000, against $250,000 in Paris. Czech crews, he says, are professional, English-speaking and numerous. They are also a bargain—40% cheaper than similar crews in London or Los Angeles, points out Matthew Stillman. the British boss of Stillking, a Prague-based production firm.
Mr. Stillman founded Stillking in 1993 after arriving in Prague with $500 and a typewriter. Today, Hollywood producers come to the company for crews, catering, lights and much more. It claims to have about half of the local film-production business and this year hopes for revenues of over $50m.
The biggest draw to Prague, however, is Barrandov—one of the largest film studios in Europe, with 11 sound-stages, onsite photo labs and top-notch technicians. It was founded during Czechoslovakia’s pre-war first republic by Milos Havel, an uncle of the present Czech president, Vaclav Havel. The Nazis expanded it as a production centre for propaganda flicks—the sound-stages are courtesy of Joseph Goebbels. Then came the Communists with their own propaganda and, admittedly, a few impressive homegrown directors such as Milos Forman, who began Hollywood’s march to Prague by filming "Amadeus" there.
But it is partly thanks to Barrandov that Prague remains some way behind London as a film centre. The studio has suffered from doubtful management and is already stretched to capacity ("You can’t even get an office there", moans one producer). Its present owner, a local steel company, is keen to sell but talks with a Canadian institution have been thorny, not least because the Czech government holds a golden share. Should the Canadian deal fall through, Stillking says it would consider a bid of its own.
选项
A、It’s a gathering place for big studios to make film-stars.
B、It’s the Czech capital.
C、It’s a very popular place for Hollywood film making.
D、It’s an attractive place for both film makers and the stars.
答案
A
解析
事实细节题。由第一段可以看出,布拉格是好莱坞在欧洲的第二大电影拍摄基地。从电影公司不惜花巨资拍摄由大牌明星加盟的好莱坞大片可见,它确实具有一定的吸引力。选项"布拉格是大音像公司制造电影明星的聚集地",文中反复强调它是电影制作的中心地,却没有提及是制造电影明星的地方;选项"它是捷克的首都",从"Try Prague. Last year, Hollywood spent over $200m on shooting movies,commercials and pop videos in the Czech capital".可以看出,the Czech capital和Prague指的是同一个地方;从第一段多处可以看出"好莱坞电影制作过程中,布拉格是一个很受欢迎的地方", "对电影制片商和明星来说,它确实是一个吸引人的好地方"是正确的。
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