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City help sought to film movie
By ANTHONY TROJAN Daily Light staff writer
Posted: Tuesday, March 6, 2007 11:21 AM CST
For the past few weeks, movie cameras have been rolling around Waxahachie, shooting scenes for an independent film.
Filming has taken place on both private and public land, though the latter is “with little interference to normal activities,” Assistant City Manager Michael Scott said in a recent memo to the City Council.
On Monday night, the council approved additional requests for use of city property under conditions as recommended by city staff.
In coming weeks, more space will be required to shoot some of the film’s action sequences.
The film, which was written and is being directed by its leading man Dolph Lundgren, is entitled “Missionary Man.”
According to the Internet Movie Database, the film tells a story about “a stranger (who) shows up in an Indian reservation town involving bikers, drugs and mysticism.”
According to Scott’s memo, organizers sought authorization to barricade Franklin Street from Elm to Rogers Street from 6:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. May 7, 8 and 9, though the last of these days is optional.
All but one of the business owners in the area have consented to the closing, though, Scott noted, the business which did not consent is one that is open by appointment only. As a condition of approval, movie organizers are required make another good faith effort to negotiate with the non-consenting business owners.
The film will also utilize Spring Park, which is located near the lake, and Lake Waxahachie from 5:30 p.m.-5:30 a.m. on March 16 and 17 to shoot night scenes, which will include night boating, an explosion and shooting scenes. According to staff, the explosion will use propane and should not result in an environmental concern.
As a condition of approval, organizers are required to notify all homeowners around the lake in writing of their operations on and around the lake and provide a timeframe as to when the explosions will take place.
The two conditions codify recommendations from the city staff, which also recommended that the council ensure that any and all debris resulting from the movie’s operations on public land be completely removed, that Franklin Street be reopened at the earliest possible time every day it is barricaded and that “all sites be left in the same or better condition than when the filming began.”