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Did you know about this?-Demand: Large particle accelerator could destroy the World?

Stop the scientists before they destroy all of us! That's what a Hawaii man with a background in nuclear physics is asking a court to do. Walter F. http://www.foxnews.com/js/photoPop.html?0 Wagner and his colleague Luis Sancho have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to stop work on the Large Hadron Collider, a giant particle accelerator in the Franco-Swiss beginning in May physicists hope its incredible energies will form short-lived new particles that could shed light on the origins the universe, among other wonders. the plaintiffs' concerns? That the LHC could accidentally create strange new particles that would instantly transform any matter it touches, that surrounds the Earth, or, worse, make a rapidly expanding black hole that could consume the entire planet.

Normally I know nothing of the theory of black hole, but even I can see this connection is cheesy with the Swiss. lol too good to pass up as a concerned itself punster.Not the Lord owns the earth and has limits to where the man can go on is destruction.They can make a mess, but nothing to ruin our home.Got faith.

Global Investor Education Fund Private Investment in Film and Media Finance, Private Equity, Hedge Funds, Section 181 Investors

Okay, so you woke up one day, checked your Swiss bank account, called his planner family office, had breakfast with the wealth manager private client services, has your tax advisor on the phone, and the three of you who decided to invest their latest product of his company merger or acquisition not some dubious hedge fund or start up biotech venture, but in funding Hollywood films, because the figure of the credits needed State prosecutors, the federal tax on income and a good coverage of the income of some movies.

Now, this may not sound too While initially with neighboring coverage fund manager in Connecticut or in the oil and gas investor friends in Bahrain or Dubai, but these guys are the same as those finance Hollywood films? And the only question to you, how do you get in the game without feeling like the guy in the student film school he wrote to his nephew a check for $ 1,000,000 for a film that starred his colleagues in the department of theater and composition as a free download youtube.com?

So after doing their share of the task, this is what they discover could be the opportunity to spice up your life rich but boring:

* Sergey Brin and Larry Page of Google, Fred Smith, the CEO of Federal Express, Norman Waitt, co-founder of Gateway Computers, Jeff Skoll of eBay, Todd Wagner and Marc Cuban (Before broadcast.com), Max Levchin and David Grodnick PayPal, Marc Turtletaub Money Store, Roger Marino from EMC Corp, former Chicago Bulls co-owner Jim Stern, Sidney Kimmel Jones Apparel Group, Minnesota Twins owner Bill Pohlad; Real Estate Developers Tom Rosenberg, Bob Yari, and, financiers Robert Sturm, Sheikh Waleed Al Ibrahim, Zeid Masri SilverHaze Partners, Michael Singer, Mark Esses, David Larcher, Michael Goguen, Richard Landry, Michael Reilly, Rafael Fogel, and Philip Anschutz are just a handful of entrepreneurs high net worth came in film finance and production business with successful results.
* There are various tradeable state programs, federal and international tax credit incentives that would offer a premium based on an equal position. Assuming the film is a $ 10 million budget, which 50% is in equity and 50% is through international distribution guarantees prior to release. Now suppose there is a 20-25% credit tax on the total amount of $ 10 million, which immediately translate to $ 2-2500000 tax credit for the investor.
* Numerous hedge funds such as Reed, Conner and Birdwell (Disney), Legendary Fund (Warner Brothers), Melrose Fund (Paramount Pictures), $ 700 million Ingenious Media Float on AIM London, Benjamin Waisbren Investments, and a host of other funds and fund managers are entering the financial arena movie.
* The explosion of international DVD, pay-per-view, home video, cable, Megaplex theaters, the future of Internet video distribution in various languages on demand downloads, and the cross in the digital market, including low-cost digital theatrical projection, the movie industry is accelerating at an unprecedented growth rate.
* The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 became law. The Act creates three tax incentives that apply specifically to the movies, a of which – § 181 of the Internal Revenue Code – is especially significant to independent film producers and passive investors in the rated movies with budgets under $ 20 million.
* The filmed and other entertainment sectors are constantly fighting and beating analyst expectations with respect to growth, and are the only industries resistant to untimely world events and adverse economic conditions.
* Movie returns investors may become more favorable and more liquid than holding direct equity positions in most public shows and other public enterprises investments in real estate and other alternative investments.
* There is a huge demand, audience, and growing distribution structure for specialty independent,, crime, horror, and other low-budget films as evidenced by the success of films like "Brokeback Mountain," "Sideways," "Capote" "Garden State", "Napoleon Dynamite", "Y Tu Mama Tambien," "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," "Memento" "Crash," "Saw 1 and 2", Friday The 13th "" Halloween "," Texas Chain Saw Massacre "," Hostel " and "Wolf Creek" which was made for $ 800,000, bought for about $ 4 million before his release by the size and Hustle " and flow, "which was made for $ 2 million dollars and bought for $ 16,000,000 by Paramount Pictures.
* Apart from large blockbusters such as "King Kong", "Harry Potter" movies and other large scale study, the majority of films produced in this study have been underperforming at the box office. The films that have been successful in the studies were funded from abroad and / or co-financed with studios, sold for 2-3 x their costs, and most of them retained the rights of foreign sales to maximize revenue.
So after looking at all the great benefits, how can they really about finding a deal or a movie project that is sure half your money will not be used by a Hollywood producer as a down payment on a new mansion in Pacific Palisades?

The key that separates the successful film financiers against the oil barons rookie who come to Los Angeles with a pocket full of money and eventually leaving with half a pocket full of money is called several things: structured finance, leverage, minimization risk, multiple exit strategies, tax credits, and the ethical conscience of the director and producer.

What does that translate for you in a real scenario. Lets say you want to finance 100% of a $ 1,500,000 dollar low-budget genre film whose worst scenario is a release DVD and benefits of international sales and perhaps some other equity sweeteners in the conversion of the titles that you subscribe to as part of the bid.

Well, if you write a check for $ 1.5 million, and the film is shot in a state that has a 30% tax credits, you will receive $ 450,000 in tax credits under Section 181 +, they are able to repay that amount under federal law. So You Are doing a good return before profits kick in. The following is to sell the film to 50 countries, and if you're really lucky, you sell the film is 3-4 times the cost of a study in a festival elegant like Sundance, Toronto, Cannes, etc. Do this for 5 to 10 movies and you can make a very profitable name for himself among the elite of Hollywood.
But can really take this one step further and see how the bigger kids movies and leverage the investment they can get a big star that can translate into higher sales abroad.

Say a filmmaker and film producer has been the $ 10 million and you want in stock. Would you park $ 5 million in equity, receive a tax credit of 20-30% in $ 10 million, to be $ 2 – $ 3 million, the producer will receive the biggest star that can get a studio to put the other $ 5 million, you do not worry about to see a penny from cinemas because you know your DVD profits and international sales cover its capital position. Make sense?

Now take this with different budgets, genres, stars, distribution, places where can get higher tax credits (ie Puerto Rico is 40%), other exit strategies, where you can find their shares on the AIM in London and you are in his new career as a sophisticated and educated film financier. Off course, if you want to go even further and ensure 100% of its capital, there are tricks for that too.

If you have any further questions about his quest to release a movie on the French Riviera at the Cannes Film Festival, and its burning a hole inside a heart and soul, yours truly in contact or filmhedge@aol.com yuri@noci.com

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