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July-August 2020

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fermented within the long-lasting creative team. I will forever be thankful for that experience and camaraderie. Love ya'll. The moment the need for fl ying and crashing two Black Hawks was learned, the US team started a worldwide search for fl yers and non-fl yers. Additionally, the a team of set dressers packed and shipped to Morocco "anything that could be removed" from the West Wing set in Virginia. In Casablanca, Homeland veterans from Cape Town, Berlin, New York and Los Angeles joined the diligent and capable Moroccan hosts. A boisterous prop and set decoration team from the United Kingdom brought massive skills and humor. While most productions travel to Morocco to shoot outside and the storied Bible-lands of Ouarzazate. Homeland's plan to build large and complex interiors B D While most productions travel to Morocco to shoot outside and the storied Bible-lands of Ouarzazate. Homeland and complex interiors While most productions travel to Morocco to shoot outside and the storied Bible-lands of Ouarzazate. Homeland and complex interiors and to shoot the streets of Casablanca required a signifi cant migration of the oroccan work force. Counted in the hundreds, the local team brought a host of skills and expertise, including a classic staff shop that hand-sculpted the molds reuired for the built-from-scratch Oval Offi ce. Upon the completion of the major builds, we celebrated , man-hours without a single loss-time injury. This was truly a remarkable feat, considering the ambition we put forth, and the many low-tech solutions that Moroccan's rely upon. Upon receiving the scripts and outlines for the fi rst half of the season, I proposed to ichael Klick that we very likely would need "two of me" somewhere along the way. And he agreed. This was not unprecedented on Homeland, where over the years, several uncredited Production Designers seamlessly assisted the eff ort. Therefore, I would like to give credit and thanks to Ido Dolev A. WEST WING PLAN. BUILT ON STAGE IN CASABLANCA, MOROCCO. MARCO MIEHE, SET DESIGNER. B. OVAL OFFICE. PRODUCTION STILL. C. CIA KABUL STATION PLAN. BUILT ON STAGE IN CASABLANCA, MOROCCO. JEAN HARTER, SET DESIGNER. D. CIA KABUL STATION. PRODUCTION STILL. A C

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