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Fresh off their successful auditions for the still unclear London revival production of Cameron Mackintoshs mega-musical Miss Saigon, Rachelle Ann Go Disneys The Little Mermaid, Frencheska Farr Emir, and Aicelle Santos, who made it to the very final audition phase, conducted by Mackintoshs creative team Trevor Jackson, Laurence Connor, Stephen Brooker, Geoffrey Garratt that travelled to Manila last week, performed a medley of songs from Miss Saigon in GMAs noontime musical variety show Party Pilipinas early today.

"To invest funds and other assets in such activities or undertakings that shall directly and indirectly promote development of the film industry, including the production of films and other terms and conditions as it may deem wise and desirable;"

- Section 3 (9), Republic Act 9167 entitled "An Act Creating the Film Development Council of the Philippines, Defining its Powers and Functions, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and Other Purposes"

 

Chito Roño's Emir, a seventy-million peso endeavor by the Film Development Council of the Philippines, with generous funding from the President's social funds and other government sponsorships or partnerships, looks exactly the part. Set in the most picturesque locations in the Philippines, from the grandiose Banaue Rice Terraces to the rustic Paoay Church, and Morocco, the film is mostly lovely to look at, exactly like moving musical postcards from various touristy destinations. The film also sounds expensive, with the several musical numbers utilizing full...