LISBON — In a parking lot on Main Street Sunday, a man carrying a bullhorn walked actors, crew members and three parkour stuntmen through a scene, something about wendigos pulling people from vehicles. The man with the bullhorn was Seth Roberts of Turner, director of the zombie film, “Frost Bite” by Killatainment Films. “We’ve been […]
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Well-known Bangor troop greeter Bill Knight, 91, dies Christmas Day
BANGOR — Well-known Maine troop greeter Bill Knight died Christmas Day at the Maine Veterans Home at the age of 91. Funeral arrangements are pending. Knight, along with Jerry Mundy and Joan Gaudet, was featured in the documentary “The Way We Get By,” produced by Gita Pullapilly and her husband, Aron Gaudet. Knight and the […]
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Maine weighs more financial perks to lure Hollywood
AUGUSTA — Cinematically, the streets of Portland would not pass for Manhattan. And Mount Katahdin, though majestic, is no Kilimanjaro. Nevertheless, Maine is attracting increasing numbers of television and movie productions this year and cumulative spending has more than doubled. “Film production in Maine is a great economic opportunity,” said Karen Carberry Warhola, who just […]
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Film industry expands in Maine
AUGUSTA — Cinematically, the streets of Portland would not pass for Manhattan. And Mount Katahdin, though majestic, is no Kilimanjaro. Nevertheless, Maine is attracting increasing numbers of television and movie productions this year and cumulative spending has more than doubled. “Film production in Maine is a great economic opportunity,” said Karen Carberry Warhola, who just […]
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Maine potato fields backdrop for feature film
PORTLAND (AP) — The filmmakers who won critical acclaim for their documentary focusing on the troop greeters at Bangor International Airport are again using Maine as a backdrop. The first feature film by Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly is set among the blue potato farms in Van Buren in northern Maine. “Beneath the Harvest Sky” […]