Exotic locations make fore adventures in filmmaking

April 12, 2007 Now that domestic tax incentives have become rich and plentiful, fewer productions are choosing to shoot abroad for strictly economic reasons. For those that do cross international borders, the decision often is based less on the need for cheap labor and facilities and more on the desire to capture exotic looks and authentic atmospheres that can't be created by redressing a backlot in Burbank or a side street in Los Angeles. "On the 'Bourne' films, they're sort of proud of the fact that they've really put everybody in the real places," the film's unit production manager Nigel Gostelow says.

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