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That's why Sydney was so popular. The CBD has a really American feel but prices and wages are Australian. Fox studios had a huge campus there. Not sure if they

• tim-- 1y ago
  It's now Disney Studios (https://disneystudiosaustralia.com/ https://disneystudiosaustralia.com/) after Disney's acquisition of Fox. There's 9 large sound stages. A large amount of movies are filmed there. The lease of the land at the time was controversial. > The rental was $2 million, payable over 40 years. However, the payment date was not specified, and the deal proceeded with an initial $1 per annum peppercorn rental, in return for which the government was obliged to spend $75-80 million on site works for the benefit of Fox https://archive.cpa.org.au/guardian/2004/1201fox.html https://archive.cpa.org.au/guardian/2004/1201fox.html
  • wiether 1y ago
    IIRC that topic was discussed in an episode of Utopia https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3163562/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3163562/
• dehrmann 1y ago
  Paramount also used to have a presence there.