Wanted: More Films in SW Colorado

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Story Produced by Elise Thatcher

In 1969 the classic Western "True Grit" was filmed in southwest Colorado, near Durango. Last year, the remake was made in New Mexico. Producers of the new film checked out southwest Colorado, but there just wasn't the local support, or services, they needed to make it work. Well, Marc Snider doesn’t want that to happen again. He’s helped start the Four Corners Film Office to lure production crews. He tells Ryan Warner a local economic development group is funding the effort, which started in May.(First aired June 15, 2011]

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