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305-445-0012 p.2
July 11, 2005
Request for Noise Variance
City Commission
City of Miami
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, Florida 33133
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2801 Ponce de Leon Blvd. Suite 1060
Coral Gables, Florida 33134 305445-8988
Dear Comm Issioners,
Filmauro, the largest independent studio in Italy, will be In Miami during the summer of 2005 to produce their latest feature
film: "Christmas in Miami". The "Christmas" movies have been the largest cinema successes in Italy since the mid 90's.
Italian stars Massimo Bold' and Christian De Slca team up each year, as they bring a different international city to their fans,
making the "Christmas" franchise a staple of the Italian Holidays.
During their tenure in Miami, Filmauro will be prepping and shooting the movie In Its entirety in the South Florida area,
beginning principal photography mid August with completion scheduled for early October. While some post -production will
begin in Miami, the movie will be completed in Rome, and released by December 2005.
As you may expect, the local film commissions and tourist offices were quite eager to have Filmauro choose Miami as it's
'city of choice" this year. Additionally, the many film employee union organizations are also excited for our project. Not only
will 85% of our cast and crew be South Floridians, but Filmauro has chosen to work during our now famous Hurricane
Season: a time which is normally slower for production in Miami.
Filmauro is helmed by Aurelio De Laurentiis, De Laurentiis was Executive Producer of last years' feature film 'Sky Captain
and the World of Tomorrow' and has an extensive list of film credits to his name. "Christmas In Miami" is being produced by
long time DeLaurentlls associate Maurizio Amati and Luigi De Laurentiis. Miami's own Katie Carmichael Is functioning as the
local Producer and has been associated with previous Filmauro productions. Mr. Amati has been involved with the BoldiwDe
Sica productions since 1990.
At this time, Filmauro would like to make a special request of the City of Miami. We have two scenes that require night
filming in residential neighborhoods. We are asking for a variance of the noise ordinance in order to film during these hours,
Our specific requests are as follows:
Request 1:
Location: B04 NW 7th Street Road Miami
Date: On or about August 30 — September 3rd (3 nights total)
Hours: 7pm — 9am
Request 2;
Location: 1121 North Venetian Way Miami, Florida
Date: On or about October 2" d & 3rd (2 nights)
Hours: 7pm — 9am
Please note that the aforementioned dates are subject to change as our production calendar is finalized. Unfortunately, it is
the nature of our industry to have last minute changes due to illness, weather or equipment malfunctions. We request that
the City Commission allow us some flexibility with regard to these specific dates.
Thanking you in advance for your diligent consideration.
itufl'ey-Hallebo
Location Manager
Cc: City of Miami Mayor's Office of Film, Art & Entertainment