The Harmac pulp mill in Nanaimo, B.C. was bought for $13.2 million by Nanaimo Forest Products, a four-way partnership led by Harmac's workers.

A California based movie producer thinks the story of the little mill that defied the odds and predictions of imminent failure would make a great movie.

Harmac president Levi Sampson said the producer, who wishes to remain anonymous for now, read about the mill and the efforts of workers to buy it after its previous owner, Oregon-based Pope & Talbot, went bankrupt in the spring of 2008 and closed all of its pulp and sawmills, including Harmac.

Sampson said the producer has been visiting the mill during the past two months conducting interviews with the workers, managers and Nanaimo Forest Products's three private partners and is now preparing a script for the movie, which he isn't sure is intended for theatres or television.

Levi Sampson said, "It's very much in the early stages of the process but I guess we'll soon get to the point where they'll start interviewing actors for the parts. I expect a lot of the movie will be shot at the mill and the area, so the project will also be a shot in the arm for Nanaimo's economy."

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Harmac will be focus of movie - Producer isn't sure whether flick will be for TV or theatres (Nanaimo Daily News)