How about a little star-gazing? No, not the big or little dipper. We're talking Clint Eastwood, Drew Barrymore, and Rob Schneider... the real stars. Not those combustible balls of gas 17 zillion miles away. Well, that's what a lot of people have in mind, in a way. Go to where the stars are. And this star-gazing/movie tourism industry could be growing here in Michigan as more and more projects make their way into the state.
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About 32 feature-film projects, with a combined $172 million in
production budgets, were made in Michigan in 2008, thanks to a generous
incentive program that provides up to a 42 percent tax rebate for
qualifying film costs spent in the state.
A recent Michigan State University study suggests it won't be long
before the activity translates into tourism -- something right up the
alley of Rick Hert, who doubles as the film commissioner at the West
Michigan Film Office and executive director of the West Michigan
Tourism Association.
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