Posts by Pat Hackett
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Maybe cross off the name Rocky Douche, though (No. 118 on the petition). Unless he is a porn actor.
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The online petition Eleanor linked to is going nuts. Was about 50 names at 5pm today, now up to 350 odd. Interesting comments from exasperated film workers.
http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?nzhobbit&1
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Robyn and Jennifer are adamant its not about money (apart from the clause that if the movie doesn't go ahead the actors still want their money).
Oh and the clause about the residuals. But its not about the money.
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And there is much more at stake here than just the actors. The Hobbit will provide up to 2 years work for the multitude of film crew, and by employing flim crew from around the country, it leaves vacumns in other film and TV work outside Wellywood - meaning there is lots of work available for everyone in the industry.
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It doesn't seem clear who Jackson is meant to get around the table with, and indeed, who is in charge on behalf of the Actors - Ward-Lealand? Kelly? The MEAA?
But it seems patently clear that Jackson has no intention of negotiating an MEAA contract for his film - and the MEAA have no intention of letting the film go ahead without one. The MEAA have some form on letting runaway productions fall over to show their strength. Eastern Europe have some form in getting big productions made.
If the NZ actors are dead-set keen on getting the MEAA to represent them on every NZ production from now on, they should first get the house in order - get it registered and everyone signed up as members. But in the meantime they need to tell the MEAA to back off so that an important production for their livelihoods is not sabotaged mid-stream.