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Everyone has heard the rumor that Hollywood star Johnny Depp is considering La Crosse as a location for a future film.
And, with Minnesota currently represented by two Oscar-nominated films with home-state ties, it’s high time for Wisconsin to get in the movie-making game.
But high drama is unfolding as this river city’s road to film-dom has become cluttered with hassles over tax breaks, competing locations in other counties and a city unfamiliar with location shooting.
It already sounds like a movie, doesn’t it?
The La Crosse Tribune agrees, and if the Depp project doesn’t materialize, we offer the big-name actor looking for a spot to shoot his movie a movie about a big-name actor looking for a spot to shoot his movie. We graciously offer "La Crosse, The Movie."
And, to sweeten the pot, we offer a high-profile cast of our locals and stars to attract Depp and his producers.
Johnny Depp as himself
Actor/former presidential hopeful Fred Thompson as Gov. Jim Doyle
Dylan Walsh (“Nip/Tuck”) as U.S. Rep. Ron Kind
“Malcolm in the Middle” mom Jane Kaczmarek as state Rep. Jennifer Shilling
“Project Runway” guru Tim Gunn as Dave Clements, executive director of the La Crosse Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
Mike Farrell (“M*A*S*H”) as UW-L chancellor Joe Gow
Julian McMahon (“Nip/Tuck”) as WTC president Lee Rasch
Actor Albert Finney (“Erin Brockovich,” “The Bourne Ultimatum”) as Logistics Health chairman and CEO Don Weber
Mitch Pileggi (Skinner from “The X-Files”) as La Crosse Tribune publisher Rusty Cunningham
Oscar winner Sean Penn as La Crosse County administrator Steve O’Malley
Character actor Harry Dean Stanton (“Alien”) as former La Crosse mayor Pat Zielke
Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres as La Crosse Public Library director Kelly Krieg-Sigman
Oscar winner Meryl Streep as American Red Cross Scenic Bluffs Chapter executive director Cheryl Hancock
Comedians/spouses Anne Meara and Jerry Stiller as Tribune entertainment reporters Geri Parlin and Terry Rindfleisch
Christopher Lloyd (“Back to the Future”) as Chip Denure
Jerry “The Beav” Mathers as Mayor Mark Johnsrud
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