15 July 2003
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Govt asked to back Broken Hill movie
Broken Hill's bid to stage a new
multi-million dollar movie could receive support from the Federal Government.
Australian director Baz Luhrmann and Hollywood producer Dino De Laurentiis
visited the city last month to scout locations for their upcoming film Alexander
the Great.
They said their decision about where to locate the movie partly depended on the
availability of troops to help stage the battle scenes.
Federal National Party MP John Cobb says he has spoken to Defence Minister
Robert Hill about the prospect of offering Australian troops.
"At this point in time I've only been able to mention to the Defence
Minister the interest in it, the fact that Broken Hill would love to help stage
this," he said.
"Not to mention that it wouldn't help to have that amount of troops around
as well ... and obviously one of the issues will be whether or not it will be
possible to coincide this with normal army manoeuvres."