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Trump takes his tariff war to the movies announcing 100% levies on foreign-made films

President Donald Trump says he will slap a 100% tax on movies made outside the United States — a vague directive aimed at protecting a business that America already dominates.

Claiming that movie production “has been stolen’’ from Hollywood and the U.S., Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that “I will be imposing a 100% tariff on any and all movies that are made outside of the United States.’’

It was unclear how these tariffs would operate, since movies and TV shows can be transmitted digitally without going through ports. Also unclear is what it would mean for U.S. movies filmed on foreign locations — think James Bond and Jason Bourne — or what legal basis the president would claim for imposing the tariffs.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariff-movies-hol...

The article says the edict is vague. To me, "making" a movie includes shooting, editing, and scoring. A *lot* of the films released by USian studios are largely produced outside of the country, then a Paramount or Fox label is pasted on it. And, what about TV shows? I have been working my way through the last two seasons of "Stargate SG-1", which has an MGM label on it, but was shot around Vancouver.

How would you account for the actor's pay? Say a USian, Kevin Costner, as an example, goes to Italy to shoot a film. Is the pay of the USian included in the taxable cost of the film, when it is brought into the US?

Does the infrastructure still exist in the US to entirely produce as many movies as are currently being distributed in the US?

Steve

I'm in middle of Rocky 5 while i do my exercises in the basement. Last time was yesterday.

Everyone hates on part 5 wheras I think it's marvelous.

I hope this doesn't hurt movies from the 80s.

Or TV.

Mostly I watch stuff 80's and before.

(Before WhazzupDawg culture took over in the 90s and only snowballed since)

I'm in middle of Rocky 5 while i do my exercises in the basement.

I have a TV and DVD player from Salvation Army in the back room, where my exercise bike is. TV shows, being 43-50 minutes long, work out just about right for the duration of the daily stint on the bike.

Not sure what I will pull out of the closet next. I haven't watched "lizard show" aka "V" in years.

V - (1984 TV series) - Opening credits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUof1HZJn2s

Steve

The article says the edict is vague. To me, "making" a movie includes shooting, editing, and scoring. A *lot* of the films released by USian studios are largely produced outside of the country, then a Paramount or Fox label is pasted on it. And, what about TV shows? I have been working my way through the last two seasons of "Stargate SG-1", which has an MGM label on it, but was shot around Vancouver.

Pretty much this. If you're a Hollywood studio and you're employing gaffers and writers and set builders and what not up in Canada to film your stuff for the US market Trump is proposing a tariff to make the offshoring more painful.

BTW, here's where the Hallmark channel films many of their movies: Abbotsford, British Columbia. They opened up the set last year for people to walk around as a holiday thing. Took the MIL up there.

Pretty much this. If you're a Hollywood studio and you're employing gaffers and writers and set builders and what not up in Canada to film your stuff for the US market Trump is proposing a tariff to make the offshoring more painful.

That is what I would think would be the case. Unlike some of the other tariffs, a 100% tax on Canadian or European costs would probably make it cheaper to produce in the US. But, does the US still have enough infrastructure to produce that much material? Things get a lot more complicated when shooting outdoors, if you are particular about how things "look". Those "Star Wars" bits are going to be problematic, if the cost is prohibitive to move their posse to Tunisia, as they have in the past. "SG-1" used a couple sand pits near Vancouver to pose as desert planets, but you can't really get the sense of scale you can with a wide shot of a real desert. Maybe all the "Star Wars" action will move to Endor, so they can use the miles of forest in Oregon? DIS didn't seem to get hurt today, tho you would think their "franchise" properties that use location shots would be hurt.

Steve

Steve203: Not sure what I will pull out of the closet next.

Well, if you have a good library where you live, here's a list I put together for one of my PTs who liked to talk entertainment (most available on DVD but I listed their streaming services, as well)...

Netflix

Mystery/Thriller/Espionage

Killing Eve
Dept. Q
The Sinner
The Night Agent
The Recruit

Drama

The Queen’s Gambit

Comedy

Extraordinary Attorney Woo
Feel Good

Macabre

Wednesday
Yellowjackets


Apple TV

Mystery/Thriller/Espionage

Slow Horses

SciFy

Murderbot (based on a terrific series of novels by Martha Wells)

WWII

Masters of the Air

Dramedy

Bad Sisters
Ted Lasso
Lessons in Chemistry (also a great novel)

PBS

Mystery/Thriller/Espionage

Endeavor
Sherlock
Magpie Murders
Moonflower Murders
Unforgotten
Van Der Valk
Annika
Foyle’s War
Broadchurch

Family

All Creatures Great and Small
The Durrells in Corfu


Hulu

Mystery/Thriller/Espionage

Fargo
Justified
A Murder at the End of the World

Dramedy

Fleishman Is in Trouble (also an excellent novel)
Normal People (yes, another excellent novel)

Comedy

Only Murders in the Building
Reservation Dogs
The Great
Pushing Daisies

Amazon Prime

Crime/Thrillers

Bosch (based on some excellent novels)
Longmire
Reacher
True Detective


I'd include a list audio books but I've found that nobody reads much anymore.

But I'll mention that the 88-year-old Thomas Pynchon is coming out with his first novel in ten years in October.

Oh, and I really liked RF Kuang's Katabasis.

Well, if you have a good library where you live, here's a list I put together for one of my PTs who liked to talk entertainment (most available on DVD but I listed their streaming services, as well)...

wrt your list, I have all of "Foyle's War", the remake series of "All Creatures...", as well as the remake series of "Poldark", "Jeeves and Wooster", "Alien Nation", "Rumpole of the Bailey", "The Night Stalker", "Mr Selfridge", "I Claudius", "Danger UXB". I forget what else. It's just a matter of picking which one next.

Steve

Steve203: wrt your list, I have all of "Foyle's War"...

I'd argue that there probably was only one better police procedural on television than Foyle's War. And I believe every episode was written by Anthony Horowitz, whose written output rivals Stephen King and Joyce Carol Oates. And just outstanding writing and acting.

I would rank Endeavor, just a brilliant series, slightly above Foyle's War. Some might say The Wire is the best police procedural of all time and I wouldn't feel too compelled to argue with them, but I prefer Endeavor.

Poldark became a little too soap opera-ish for me but I enjoyed the early episodes. Same with Selfridge.

Rumpole is quite the character. Leo McKern is always a pleasure to watch. And seeing Patricia Hodge now as Mrs. Pomfrey in the All Creatures reboot is quite the contrast.

The Night Stalker is good, campy fun. It aired for awhile in Chicago at midnight on Friday nights on a local station. Darren McGavin was terrific as Carl Kolchak, plus it was set in Chicago.

I have never seen the others but will put them on my TBW list. If I cannot stream them, our library has a huge collection of DVDs.

Nowadays, I'm more into reading and music.

V - (1984 TV series) - Opening credits

Fun show. Disappointed when it ended.

And I believe every episode was written by Anthony Horowitz,

Yes, he researched the historical context, and wrote every ep. The series was cancelled, when he had half a dozen eps researched and written, ready to go, so he threw those files in the trash. Then the series was picked up again, so he started writing new scripts. That's why there is a significant gap in the timeline.

And seeing Patricia Hodge now as Mrs. Pomfrey

Her Mrs Pumphrey is horribly drab. Diana Rigg was a delight, still dressing like it was the 20s, and sooo dramatic. Hilarious. She lit up the entire set every time she was on.

Poldark became a little too soap opera-ish for me

For decades, I could be flipping around the dial, late night, and, if I saw anyone in a tricorn hat, I would stop and watch it. I like the period.

it aired for awhile in Chicago at midnight on Friday nights on a local station.

"The Night Stalker" was part of CBS' late night programming, in, iirc, the early 90s.

You never saw "I Claudius"? That series made Derek Jacobi a star. "Danger UXB" has a soapy element, when "Brian Ash" starts boinking Judy Geeson's character, while her husband is off decoding things. Neatest thing is, almost every ep introduces a new model of German bomb fuse. One night, on the Fool, I was commenting about a particularly diabolical fuse design, and Harmy said "that sounds like a Zeus 40", which is indeed what I was describing. *Crossover content* There is an episode of "Foyle" that involves a bomb defusing. I'm watching the guy work on the fuse, and shout NO!!, because he loosened the locking ring, with a hammer and chisel, *before* putting the Crabtree discharger on the fuse. That guy would have been blown to smithereens. (they say the birds find the pieces)

"Jeeves and Wooster" is a satire of the spawn of the British idle rich. It also features the second most drool-worthy men's clothes of the 1930s. after "All Creatures...".

Steve...now, back to our regularly scheduled programming

First world problems. Instead of say ‚Emily in Paris’, we‘ll make do with ‚Emily in Possum Grape, AR‘.

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