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OnlineMark Litwak's Entertainment Law Resources for Film, TV and Multimedia Producers has great information on the legal aspects of producing motion pictures. Harris Tulchin & Associates, Attorneys at Law has a collection of helpful articles and listings. Trident Center, 11377 West Olympic Blvd., Second Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90064-1663. Phone 310-914-7979, fax 310-914-7927. E-mail entesquire@aol.com. Investor Financing of Independent Film John Cones's Q&A site for investor financing has been operating for several years in association with the Hollywood Law CyberCenter. FindLaw provides access to a comprehensive and fast-growing online library of legal resources for use by legal professionals, consumers, and small businesses. Lawgirl.com is an entertaining and helpful Web site maintained by Jodi Sax, an entertainment and news media attorney and Internet consultant. Phone 310-275-5721. Suzy Vaughn is an entertainment attorney who handles clip, talent, and music clearances, script clearance, title reports and opinions and so on. Suzy Vaughan Associates, Inc., 6848 Firmament Av., Van Nuys, CA 91406. Phone 818-988-5599; fax 818-988-5599. Email: suzy@clearances.tv and also check out www.clearances.tv. Nolo has do-it-yourself legal information and tools. Circlelending.com can help with paperwork between friends, family, and so on. Mycounsel.com is another legal information Web site. E&O InsuranceC&S International Insurance Brokers, 20 Vesey Street, Suite 500, New York, NY 10007. Phone 800-257-0883, 212-406-4499, fax 212 406 7588. E-mail: staff@csins.com. D.R. Reiff & Associates, Inc., 320 W. 57th St., Second Floor, New York, NY 10019. Phone 212-603-0231, 800-827-7363, fax 212-247-0739. E-mail reiffd@tanhar.com. Mesirow Financial's Entertainment Group, Phone 888-973-2323, fax 312-595-7205. E-mail rfreeman@mesirowfinancial.com. Near North Insurance Brokerage of New York, 777 Third Ave., 17th Floor, New York, NY 10017. Phone 212-935-7373, 800-795-8075, fax 212-935-7561. E-mail csadofsk@nnng.com. Speare & Company, 11620 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 900, Los Angeles, CA 90025-6820. Phone 310-914-9300. Truman Van Dyke Company, 6290 Sunset Blvd., Suite 1800, Hollywood, CA 90028. Phone 213-462-3300 or 415-386-8956. United Agencies, 350 West Colorado Blvd., Suite 220, Pasadena, CA 91105-1855. Phone 626-792-1176, fax 626-577-1346. Walterry Insurance Brokers, 7411 Old Branch Avenue, Clinton, Maryland 20735. Phone 800-638-8791, fax 301-868-2611. Copyright Report CompaniesLaw Offices of Dennis Angel 1075 Century Park Avenue, Suite 414, Scarsdale, NY 10583. Phone 914-472-0820. Thomson and Thomson 1750 K Street NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 10006. Phone 800-356-8630. Intellectual PropertyCopyright Web site provides real world, practical, and relevant copyright information. United States Copyright Office, Library of Congress, Copyright Office, 101 Independence Avenue, S.E., Washington, DC 20559-6000. Phone 202-707-3000. To register a copyright, Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20559-6000. Please see Web site for current fees and forms. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is an international organization dedicated to promoting the use and protection of intellectual property. World Intellectual Property Organization, 34, chemin des Colombettes, Geneva, Switzerland. Phone 022-338-9547, fax 022-338-8810. www.wipo.int. U.S.office: 2 United Nations Plaza, Room 560, New York, NY 10017. Phone 212-963-6813, fax 212-063-4801. E-mail general wipo.mail@wipo.int, arbitration arbiter.mail@wipo.int, copyright copyright.mail@wipo.int. Product Placement CompaniesEntertainment Resources & Marketing Association (ERMA) is composed of corporations and agencies providing entertainment resources to the filmed entertainment community by product placement. Helpful information including listings of members. Start here. A Creative Group, 1015 N. Hollywood Way, Suite 101, Burbank, CA 91505. Phone 818-842-9119, fax 818-842-9568. HERO Product Placement, Inc., 10777 Sherman Way, Sun Valley, CA 91352. Phone 818-764-7414, fax 818-764-7415. I.S.M. Entertainment, Inc., 2601 41st Avenue, Suite A5, Soquel, CA 95073. Corporate Office Phone 831-475-1472, fax 831-475-1473. Los Angeles Office Phone 310-281-8552, fax 310-281-8553. E-mail ppinfo@ismentertainment.com. International Promotions, 10725 Vanowen Street, Suite 113, North Hollywood, CA 91605. Phone 818-755-6333, fax 818-755-6444. E-mail linda@productplacements.com. Norm Marshall & Associates, 11059 Sherman Way, Sun Valley, CA 91352. Phone 818-982-3505, fax 818-503-1936. E-mail info@normmarshall.com.
BoxOffice Guru An unbelievably comprehensive and constantly updated collection of film box office stats, including opening/total grosses for over 1600 pix released since 1989; current and past opening weekends; monthly averages; a release schedule for the coming four months, and some very pithy commentary by Gitesh Pandya, whose site this is. Gitesh deserves a medal. Cinematter A searchable database of scheduled movie releases "from now until the end of time" (currently through 2005). Includes capsule reviews mentioning the stars and director but, sad to say, no writers. Cinemedia Monster film/TV/radio/new media site with great magazine links. Coming Attractions Full of fact and gossip about films in various stages of development, from "in the can" to "dead." The site's a little awkward to navigate, but minimal digging will reveal plenty of dirt for those who'd like to achieve insider status. The Costume Gallery's Research Library A rich resource dedicated to the art and history of costuming. Cyberspace Film School Official website of the Hollywood Film Institute. Mostly for budding talent, the site includes some useful info on how to produce a film, find an agent, contact a star, direct your first feature or sell your script. Done Deal A constantly-updated list of recent film script deals, including title, log line, studio, agent, price, and other info. A truly great resource. Be sure to check out the New Archives section. EuroScreenwriters Bills itself as "the first website to act as a showcase for European screenwriting talent". Film Festivals Server Comprehensive worldwide festival coverage. GIST National daily TV programming listings by genre and time zone, entertainment gossip, home technology news and more. Harvest Moon Publishing Harvest Moon offers a catalog of film and TV scripts published in association with the Writers Guild Foundation. Scripts are published with the approval of the credited writers and presented in their authentic production format. A portion of all sales goes to the Writers Guild Foundation, a non-profit organization. Inside Film Magazine Online This site features listings of film festivals all over the world, as well as articles which focus on independent film and filmmakers. The Internet Movie Database First and foremost, this site contains the best searchable online database of information about films. Over 180,000 of them! But the IMDB doesn't stop there. This vast resource also includes current and near-future movie releases, recent box office numbers, movie quotes, daily entertainment news, and much more. Indispensable. Intertainment Cybercenter Links to Theaters, Studios, Networks, Music, Newsstands, RadioWWW sites. Release Dates Want to know if somebody else has already hatched that great film idea you're thinking of speccing? Point your browser at this web page. It's got brief synopses of near-future releases as well as films in development through the year 2003, courtesy of philm phreak Matt Williams. Screaming in the Celluloid Jungle Offers screenwriters links for craft, resources, and research. The site includes a signatory agency list, a list of production company phone numbers and addresses, a filmmakers glossary, a regularly updated list of script sales and deals, and a screenwriters' message board. |
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