"The person who had been handling my completion bonds for years turned me down."

Then his completion bond fell through, and the entire project was in jeopardy.

"Completion bond companies have taken on an exposure never contemplated when this insurance was conceived."

A completion bond is an insurance policy protecting investors against the failure of the film makers to deliver a movie.

The squeeze proved fatal to Completion Bond two months later.

With Completion Bond out of the way, conditions appear to be improving for the survivors.

The poison was just some bureaucratic moron's idea of a completion bond."

The producers maintained the star had gone insane, and they collected a large sum from the completion bond company.

For these reasons, completion bonds are typically used on mid- to high-budget independent films.

Completion bonds are the insurance policies that independent movie makers must get as a prerequisite for bank loans.

"Studio films are filtered through marketing, bankers and completion bond people.

"The re-insurers are wary because it's clear completion bonds can be a treacherous business," he said.

If I need a bond to insure my movie, I can find the best broker at selling completion bonds.

He then moved on to a position at Film Finances, a completion bond company, where he worked on more than 50 films.

Most of those require construction companies to post huge completion bonds, and Peninsula & Oriental had access to that kind of bonding power.

We're still having difficulty with our completion bond and insurance negotiations because of the way Mr. Madsen vanished."

Since 1986, Mr. Schaffel was a production executive with the Completion Bond Company.

However, her bid was rejected by Completion Bond in favour of a cheaper one by Calvert.

Steven Ransohoff, co-president of Film Finances Inc., a completion bond finance company.

Mr. Sherkow had been working on a deal with the Completion Bond Company when he learned that it was about to stop issuing bonds.

You can make a movie without a studio, but you can't make a movie without a studio or a completion bond."

Earlier that May, The Completion Bond Company had seized control of the film, oustering Williams from the project.

Completion Bond then had the animation completed in Korea under the direction of animator Fred Calvert.

Completion Bond had been buffeted by stiff competition from its big rival, Film Finances, in a battle that forced bond fees down for both.

The parties to the completion bond agreement are typically the producer, the financier(s), the completion guarantor company and the distributor(s).