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To: Les H who wrote (192912)	9/20/2002 11:11:21 AM
From: TheStockFairy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Interesting snippet from a trade email rag I receive: Civilian Capital is essentially a brokerage firm that is creating a market in film investment to fill in the gap that is left by traditional financing methods. In the past if you wanted to invest in the making of a film, you would probably have to put up $100K. The average person would be shut out. Civilian Capital is merging the field of finance with the field of film --- effectively connecting Chicago to Hollywood. I believe that their founder, Barry Poltermann, is from California. What they are doing is common already in two countries, Germany and Korea. In Korea "Netizen" films raises hundreds of thousands of dollars. Also, 20% to 25% of Hollywood films are currently financed by German investors purchasing shares in "Medienfonds." Civilian Capital has raised $1MM over the last couple of years and, additionaly, the founders have contributed $400K of their own money . They would like to become a Datek for the trading of film stock and options. They also mentioned that in addition to financing films through private placements, some movies are traded as derivatives. For example, "Harry Potter" and "Spider Man." This is not what Civilian Capital is doing. The derivatives trading is more like placing bets, along the lines of "I bet that the movie will gross $140MM in its first weekend."