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Kentucky is seeing dividends from a law that provides incentives to attract movie, television and stage show productions. Kentucky Film Office director Todd Cassidy says he negotiated for three years to get the producers of the movie "Secretariat" to film in Kentucky, but they didn't agree until the incentives were passed this year, creating an economic impact between $6 million to $7 million. He says a smaller independent movie will be filming in December and is expected to have a $3.5 million impact. RiverPark Center president Zev Buffman says the incentives helped him get contracts to build two new touring Broadway shows at the performing arts center in Owensboro. He estimates the financial impact will be around $150,000.