From: Larry Tighe (larryradio@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Wed Aug 11 2004 - 09:57:48 PDT
Lemme' add to the warnings:
Movie production companies I've rented to/acted for, are temporary entities.
Most of the production company is disbanded after the job. Nobody left to
go after if they wreck your stuff.
Lar
www.antiquetelephone.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "chance wolf" <chance_wolf@shaw.ca>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Renting the humvee for a movie ??$
>
>
>
> > an offer came to me from a guy in
> > US that told me that he can rent it for making a movie
> > anyone have experience on that, how munch they pay?
> >
> > donīt know the time but I think tey have different
> > prices for days and months
>
> Be careful of movie deals. It's best to be on set with your vehicle while
> they're filming just to make sure they have to get your okay for stunts
and
> nearby explosions and cosmetic changes and stuff before they go and do it,
> then apologize later. It's no use getting the guarantees of the movie
> people and watching your vehicle go down the driveway on their flatdeck
> either, as those sorts of guarantees don't count for much.
>
> As for rates, they vary considerably all over the globe, even among major
> film centers in North America. Los Angeles is currently the highest, I
> think. An enterprising person might call up one of the outfits in
> California and ask them how much it costs to rent a Humvee for a film per
> day/week/production period so that you'll have that up your sleeve when it
> comes to negotiating with whoever wants to rent yours.
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