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19 May 2005 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Two days after Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer signed the Big Sky on the Big Screen Act, aimed at attracting filmmakers to the state by granting them tax breaks, director Wim Wenders described the state -- and particularly the area around Butte -- as "the ideal place on this planet" for making his most recent film, Don't Come Knocking. Appearing at a news conference at the Cannes Film Festival, Wenders claimed that no one had ever made a movie in Butte -- once a booming city with a population of more than 100,000, now, according to the director, a virtual "ghost town" with fewer than a third of that number. He maintained that the landscape was as important to his film as any other element. Co-star Gabriel Mann said that he could not help but be affected by working in a city that has been so hard hit. "If you can imagine living in a city like that, it's bound to affect your performance," he said. Sam Shepard, who also participated in the news conference at Cannes, noted that there were some unexpected benefits that the production crew had not anticipated. Because most of the population of Butte has vanished, he noted, "We didn't have to do any crowd control or [set up any] roadblocks."

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