Texans Want Movie Filmed In Dallas, Are Imbeciles
…With shooting set to begin this summer, “Dallas” filmmakers are weighing proposals from Florida, Louisiana–and even Canada. “It just makes your hair stand on end,” says Janis Burkland of the Dallas Film Commission. While the TV show was filmed mainly on an L.A. soundstage, Dallas city officials argue that for the movie, there’s no substitute for the real thing….
“This is our Alamo,” Burkland says. “You can’t film a movie about Texas outside of Texas, not this time.”