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Making Movies in Vegas

AIR DATE: January 17, 2012
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Some of Hollywood's biggest stars are on the strip this week.  But, they're not here to hit the party scene and gamble, that may come later.  No, they're here filming a new movie called "Burt Wonderstone."  It stars Steve Carell, Jim Carrey, James Gandolfini, Steve Buscemi and Olivia Wilde.  It's a comedy about dueling-magicians.  We talk with film critic Carol Cling from the Review Journal about this latest project, past movie projects filmed on the Strip and why Hollywood still loves Vegas.
 
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Carol Cling, movie critic, LVRJ
Josh Bell, Film Editor, Las Vegas Weekly

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One of the only movies I can think of that ...
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One of the only movies I can think of that depicts Las Vegas without taking place in a Casino is 'Pay It Forward'--and no one recalls that it was in Las Vegas because, like the panel describes, it could take place anywhere...
KelliJan 17, 2012 10:35:38 AM


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