Uptown Magazine: Charlotte Center City and Downtown

June 2007
Homegrown Hollywood - The Film Industry in Charlotte PDF Print E-mail
Written by Nate Fitzgerald   

Film Industry in Charlotte North Carolina

Between script rewrites and storyboarding for the next day’s Tooth and Nail shoot last fall, Charlotte-based filmmaker Mark Young was averaging two hours of sleep a night. Sadly, for local film enthusiasts, Young was working in Philadelphia, not Charlotte.

But with improved incentives – Governor Easley signed legislation last August providing a full 15% tax credit on productions over $250,000 – the prospects for filmmaking in the state appear to be on the upswing. Does this mean we’ll see more of George Clooney and Will Ferrell jetting in from Hollywood to shoot in the Piedmont? Is there more happening? Young is emblematic of a growing core of locals with a burning passion for the craft, and he has something that gives him an edge on his Hollywood counterparts – the uncanny ability to squeeze a dime from a nickel.

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Elmwood Park - When the Past Comes Back to Haunt You PDF Print E-mail
Written by David Moore   

Charlotte - Elmwood Park

THE KNOCK ON CLARICE’S DOOR sounds distant and far away. Half asleep on the sofa in her living room, she’s not sure if she’s dreaming or if the sound is real. 

There it goes again.

She rolls over abruptly and sits straight up, staring at the door, as the knocking sounds a third time.

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Conversation - Dr. Tony Zeis PDF Print E-mail
Written by Celina Mincey   

Charlotte - Dr. Tony Zeis

If institutions had minds, bodies and mouths, they wouldn’t need people like Dr. Tony Zeiss. But Central Piedmont Community College is lucky to have Zeiss as its representative. Due to his commitment to the place, this month’s conversation wasn’t as much with a man as it was with the college he represents. It’s not a technical college, junior college, not even a two-year college. Zeiss, President of CPCC, explained why his college is is truly a college for the community.

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Living - Dilworth Villalonga-Alexander Home PDF Print E-mail
Written by Morgan Fogarty   

Charlotte - Dilworth Villalonga-Alexander Home

HGTV is my methadone. I read real estate listings for pleasure. I cannot resist an open house. My weekends are only complete after several trips to Lowe’s. So when my fiancé heard I was writing an article on an historic home in Dilworth, he warned me, like a parent to a kid in a pet store: “You’re only looking. We are NOT buying anything.”
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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