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'Innocence of Muslims' Shot on Hollywood-Built Set - production worker talking to FBI
Hollywood Reporter ^ | September 14, 2012 | Paul Bond

Posted on 09/14/2012 6:02:53 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

The Innocence of Muslims, a movie that has enraged radical Islamists who have rioted and committed murders in the Middle East this week, was partially shot on a set that Paramount's TV unit helped to build for its TV show JAG, and a man with five decades of movie and television experience is helping the FBI figure out who is behind the controversial film.

Portions of the infamous, micro-budget movie were filmed in Saugus, about 30 miles north of Hollywood, on a portion of Blue Cloud Film Ranch called “Baghdad Square,” which is often used for TV and film productions seeking to replicate Middle Eastern war zones.

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“JAG and Paramount and myself, we built this entire set for the JAG TV series,” says Blue Cloud owner Rene Veluzat in a YouTube video where he describes his movie ranch. On Thursday, though, that video was made “private” and protected by a password.

Paramount Television produced JAG, which aired on CBS from 1995-2005.

A Paramount spokesperson said the studio has no way to verify whether it built the set.

The building facades in and around Baghdad Square at Blue Cloud appear in episodes of JAG and The Innocence of Muslims, as well as other TV shows and movies.

The FBI and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department were interviewing Veluzat on Thursday, and Veluzat told The Hollywood Reporter that both law-enforcement agencies instructed him not to speak with the press or other interested parties about what he knows about The Innocence of Muslims.

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Sources close to the investigation say they’re hoping Veluzat can, among other information, provide clarity as to the real names of the filmmakers. The Innocence of Muslims filmed Aug. 18, 2011, at Blue Cloud under the name Desert Warrior. The producer was listed in the film permit as Sam Bossil, though it’s an alias (reports also have identified him as Sam Bacile).

According to Film L.A., the county is holding the film permit under lock and key for now while it alerts those who are named on it that their identities -- assuming they are real -- are about to made public. Insiders say law-enforcement officials are concerned for the safety of the filmmakers once their true identities are known.

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Other movies and TV shows partially filmed at Blue Cloud include Iron Man, Get Him to the Greek, Serenity, Arrested Development, NCIS Los Angeles, The Closer, Threat Matrix and CSI. The U.S. military has also made training videos at Blue Cloud.

Veluzat, 72, said the 100-acre ranch is for sale for $15 million.

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Veluzat worked as a stand-in for TV shows in the 1960s. Later, he acted, did stunt work, worked in post production, transportation and in the art department of various productions. In 2003, he produced The Long Ride Home, a film starring Randy Travis, Eric Roberts and Ernest Borgnine that Lions Gate Films distributed.


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KEYWORDS: 911ii; bizarroworld; embassymurders; fbi; ilduce; imamobama; islam; islammoviemaker; libya; middleeast; mullahobama; nakoula; obamasfault
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US police protect suspected anti-Islam filmmaker
1 posted on 09/14/2012 6:03:05 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Perhaps the most successful piece of agitprop video ever devised, in terms of cost to effect.


2 posted on 09/14/2012 6:06:29 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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So, why is the FBI involved; simply because of the threat of danger to the film makers, or is the DOJ orchestrating something against them?


3 posted on 09/14/2012 6:06:55 AM PDT by Turbo Pig (...to close with and destroy the enemy...)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

All I hear is the demonization of the producer, but no analysis of the actual film. It may just hold some grain of truth from a non-muslim perspective.


4 posted on 09/14/2012 6:06:55 AM PDT by umgud (No Rats, No Rino's)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
What is the FBI doing in Hollywood in investigating a movie set? When will the usual suspects start speaking out against this outrage?

Cue the crickets.

5 posted on 09/14/2012 6:08:00 AM PDT by AU72
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To: Travis McGee

It’s getting “interesting.” It is beginning to appear that more than one side is pushing this toward a perfect storm “Helter Skelter” scenario.


6 posted on 09/14/2012 6:09:18 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I’m still trying to figure out what law the movie maker and/or distributors supposedly violated?


7 posted on 09/14/2012 6:10:22 AM PDT by kevkrom (Those in a rush to trample the Constitution seem to forget that it is the source of their authority.)
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To: umgud

Next they’ll be rioting over the commentary on blogs regarding islam.


8 posted on 09/14/2012 6:10:37 AM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: AU72

Why is the film being investigated? Why not oh, I don’t know, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE KILLING AMERICANS!? Oh, wait, they were Muslims, a protected pet group of the liberal elite. Hey libtards, you like Muslims so much, go live in a Muslim Country. Oh, you don’t want to do that? The quit {expletive}ing-up our Country and trying to make it look like some weird blend of socialism, secular-fascism, and Islam!


9 posted on 09/14/2012 6:11:59 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Stop obama now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Considering no one had heard about this movie until Tuesday, 9/11, and that news is coming out about the attacks being planned for a while, and the fact that crowds were chanting something along the lines of “Obama Obama, there are a thousand Osamas” after the DNC had speech after speech bragging about getting bin Laden, I’d say the movie is not in the top 10 reasons these attacks occurred, and that it is being made the scapegoat.


10 posted on 09/14/2012 6:11:59 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Rose, there's a Messerschmitt in the kitchen. Clean it up, will ya?)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
We've already seen Muslims slit people's throats in the name of their akbar allah and filmed by their own....

and how about Ft Hood.

I'd say the Muslim reputation is pretty much du** and any film is redundant.(sp?)

11 posted on 09/14/2012 6:13:15 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

WTF is the FBI doing? Blocking the 1st amendment is not their job.


12 posted on 09/14/2012 6:13:35 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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More commentary/reporting about the man that asked for protection: Feds Put Target on Filmmaker's Back
13 posted on 09/14/2012 6:13:35 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
This was Obama and Hillary's failure.

Now we see Obama trying to pin it on the free speech rights of a single film maker.

14 posted on 09/14/2012 6:13:59 AM PDT by ryan71
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Why the hell is the FBI involved in this ?????????????????


15 posted on 09/14/2012 6:15:25 AM PDT by uncbob
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Has the FBI devolved into thought police? They have absolutely no business investigating this man. It is chilling.This mans coreligionists are routinely harassed, raped and killed in Egypt. Making a film whatever the artistic merit is his absolute right. Holder is turning the once proud FBI into a goon squad.


16 posted on 09/14/2012 6:17:11 AM PDT by allendale
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

FBI?

Unless they’re there to provide security for the filmmaker and actors, they can GTFO.


17 posted on 09/14/2012 6:17:45 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: Cincinatus' Wife; Travis McGee; Turbo Pig; umgud; AU72; kevkrom; JudyinCanada

Fascinating comments at the site.

While they should be 100% “Why is the FBI investigating free speech” it’s probably 40% “Chickens come home to roost for the producers/serves em right” and 40% “Christians are hypocrites” and 20% pro-Freedom.

The “chickens coming home to roost” sounds like a chicago preacher.


18 posted on 09/14/2012 6:18:29 AM PDT by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
It’s getting “interesting.” It is beginning to appear that more than one side is pushing this toward a perfect storm “Helter Skelter” scenario.

You mean, you think the film maker is a liberal and probably not really anti-Muslim?

That's what I'm starting to think. Sort of a September surprise.

19 posted on 09/14/2012 6:19:10 AM PDT by tsowellfan ("Real leaders don't follow polls. Real leaders change polls")
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To: Turbo Pig
So, why is the FBI involved

It's all to cover for Hillary's refusal to give the Libyan embassy more protection.

20 posted on 09/14/2012 6:20:19 AM PDT by aimhigh
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