Real world article
(written from a production point of view)
Joan Pearce Research Associates is a private research library founded by Joan Pearce that specializes in legal clearances and fact-checking for the entertainment industry. They provide:
- Errors & Omissions Reports for film and television scripts
- Background & Authenticity information
- Production Research
- Translation Services
- Music Clearance
- Interactive Media
- Contacts for Rights & Permissions including: Products, Photos, Film Clips, Celebrities, Intellectual Properties, Literary Quotations
Joan Pearce was used during the production of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager to perform the above for that show's scripts. (The Making of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, pp. 135 & 136; A Vision of the Future - Star Trek: Voyager, pp. 199 and 287-288)
The company has also worked on films such as In the Mouth of Madness, You Can Count on Me, Sexy Beast, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Dark Blue, Monster, Hotel Rwanda, Grandma's Boy, Underworld: Evolution, and Crank, generally providing research and script clearances.
External links[]
- Joan Pearce Research Associates – official site
- Joan Pearce Research Associates at the Internet Movie Database