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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Canada could have easily stood in for New Jersey in the new movie, "Gracie." It doesn't matter that the film is about a New Jersey girl who wants to play soccer on a boys' team, or that part of the story line involves a trip to the famous Jersey shore.
For the right price, Canada can become Jersey — or any other location, for that matter — thanks to the magic of Hollywood. But New Jersey offered millions in incentives for the film company to shoot in the Garden State.
The "Gracie" courtship illustrates the fierce competition among states and countries for a piece of the lucrative film and television production business. When a major studio shoots a big budget film on location, that can mean $225,000 per day to the local economy, according to the Motion Picture Association of America. Even a brief shoot creates local jobs and generates waves of positive publicity.
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