Producers look to lure Hollywood filmmakers to Minnesota  7:57
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+ Film set of Fargo in 1996  ST. PAUL, Minn. -- In Minnesota's
movie making heyday many more people were employed directly or
indirectly in the movie industry.  Jingle All the Way, the
Mighty Ducks, Grumpy Old Men and Fargo were among the flicks
that struck gold in Minnesota's snow and ice.  "In 1995 five
thousand workers and 700 vendors were in involved in the film
industry in Minnesota," Rep. Dean Urdahl of Grove City told
reporters Wednesday.  "We now have 300 to 500 workers and about
20 vendors. We need to stimulate an industry here that was once
thriving."  Urdahl and another veteran state lawmaker, Rep.
Phyllis Kahn of Minneapolis, announced their support for a new
organization seeking state funds in an effort to jump start the
state's film industry.  It's known as the Association of
Minnesota Motion Pictures, or AMMP, a nonprofit that would
attract film production by investing