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BY ROBERT GALSTER
Contributing Writer

.THE old Versatile
Pacific shipyard site
is about to become
host to middle-of-
the-night gunfire,
explosions and jet ski
boating activity.

Although not exactly the

stuff of a run-of-the-mill
Disney flick, it is nevertheless
a million-dollar feature film
production that bears the ven-
erable film maker’s stamp.

_. During Monday’s council
“ingeting councillors voted
unanimously to grant a noise
bylaw exemption to the film's
production company, Calamari
Pictures.

Filming of Deep Rising

_ has already begun on the old
Versatile ‘Pacific shipyard

north: Vancouver
City Council

site, but the explosive action
sequences aren't scheduled to
begin shooting until Sept. 11.

During a presentation to
council, the film’s production
manager Brent O’Connor
told councijlors the night
shoots will take place
between 5 p.m. and 5 a.m.
and should require no more
than 30 days.

O'Connor stated in a pre-
sentation to council that
shooting of the feature film
will not go unnoticed by local
residents.

“There's no question this
is going to have some impact
on residents of the - North
Shore,” said O'Connor.

He added that most, but
not. all, of. the noise bylaw-
offending ‘effects will take

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Development 319 Zone)
The amending bylaw would per-
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existing house, and also to
enable the applicant to create
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place before midnight.

“There may be occasions
when it happens at 2 or 3
a.m.,”" he said.

Before endorsing the
exemption, several council-
lors sought to attach some
conditions before approving
the application.

Coun. Bill Bell, in effect,
asked O’Connor to put cash
where his mouth is.

“What happens if some-
thing did go wrong ... if worst
case scenarios became even
worse case scenarios?” he
asked.

Bell suggested the produc-
tion company post a bond,
that would revert to local res-
idents if terms of the agree-
ment weren't adhered to.

O'Connor acquiesced and
subsequently placed a $7,500
bond with the city clerk.

Coun. John Braithwaite
later added a further friendly
amendment to have Calamari

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Pictures meet with the city’s
acting noise control officer
Rick Kwan to discuss ramifi-
cations of the film shoot's
sound levels.

In addition, Coun. Barbara
Perrault threw her concern
over the granting of appropri-
ate credit for film locations
into the mix.

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She said movies shot in
Canada that fail to have any
mention of the actual locale in
the credits represent one of
her “pet peeves.”

However, her question
whether North Vancouver
City would be included in the
film's end credits did not
receive a definitive answer.

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