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Article: Spectrum leaves staid business to produce movies. (Spectrum Films) (company profile)
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- San Diego Business Journal
- Article date:
- April 10, 1989
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Spectrum leaves staid business to produce movies
After some 18 years in the sedate contract and health film business, Spectrum Films of Carlsbad is plunging into the risky waters of independent feature movie making.
Spectrum's three principals, Robert Turner, Lee Foerster and Ron Smith, are trying to raise $4 million to produce "The Northern Lights," based on a 1987 coming-of-age novel about a Canadian teenager growing up in the 1950s.
Their potential sources of capital include private investors and foreign television presales, among other sources. The company last fall also sold off its series of well-regarded health education films to help ...