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DIRECTOR - Steve
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Birth of a Legend; Story of the WAWA
A loser journalist, a burned-out hippie and a hot chick scientist discover that a sea serpent is living in The Tennessee River. They have to figure out a way to stop the creature from eating fishermen and boaters. Nothing comes easy.
All towns have some kind of a local legend. And Sweet Tee Alabama was no different. It's just that this legend was eating people.
Birth of a Legend; Story of the WAWA was filmed in Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, Tuscumbia, and Florence Alabama.
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DIRECTOR - Tonya S.
Holly
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WHEN I FIND THE OCEAN
12 year old Lily Strickland has lost her father, a sailor, to the sea. She and her mother go to live with her grandparents where Lily and her family have little closure on the death of her father; thus Lily sets out alone on a trek to the ocean to find the closure that she needs to heal her loss. Set in 1965 Alabama, during the Civil Rights marches.
WHEN I FIND THE OCEAN was filmed in Selma, Gulf Shores, and the Florence/Muscle Shoals areas of Alabama.
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DIRECTOR - Jordan Walker-Pearlman
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CONSTELLATION
Constellation chronicles the lives and loves of an African-American family
in the Deep South as they are forced to come to terms with a tumultuous past
marked by an unrequited interracial affair. The film explores the way in which
the family patriarch must confront his demons amidst the changing racial
fabric of society and his own family.
Summary written by Jordan Walker- Pearlman
CONTSTELLATION was filmed in Huntsville and Madison, Alabama.
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DIRECTOR - Tim Burton
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BIG FISH
The story is about William Bloom (Billy Crudup) trying to learn more about
his dying father (Albert Finney) by reliving stories and myths his father told
him about himself. Facing the end of his life, Edward Bloom (Albert
Finney & Ewan MacGregor) tells his amazing life story to his always skeptical
son, William (Billy Crudup).
BIG FISH was filmed in Montgomery, Wetumpka, Prattville, Tallassee and Millbrook, Alabama.
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WORLD TRAVELER
Cal, played by Billy Crudup, has a good job and a loving wife and son. But,
on his son's third birthday, he gets in the car and simply drives away. He
embarks on a road trip that introduces him to a cast of world-weary characters
and ultimately down a path of self-discovery.
WORLD TRAVELER was filmed in and around Birmingham, Alabama. While scouting in Alabama, Director Bart Freundlich (Myth of Fingerprints) found an array of sets to match the urban atmosphere of New York City, the eclectic road stops of mid-America and the mountain environments of the Northwest.
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DIRECTOR - Todd Louiso PARTIAL LIST OF CAST |
LOVE LIZA
Wilson Joel's (played by Philip Seymour Hoffman) life is falling apart. His
wife has passed away and his mother-in-law is less than sympathetic. LOVE
LIZA is a showpiece of human and comic desperation, a wonderfully inspired
tale of a survivor and the possibilities, and impossibilities, of resolution.
LOVE LIZA was shot in Mobile, Alabama for its ideal collection of locations that could represent America's Midwest. Alabama and the local community embraced the project, providing free and easy access throughout the shoot. The close proximity of the locations facilitated production and minimized cost.
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DIRECTOR - James Anderson PARTIAL LIST OF CAST |
HOMETOWN LEGEND
A teenage drifter finds an opportunity to turn his life around when he
joins a high school football program with a hard-nosed coach. HOMETOWN LEGEND
is the story of a town in Alabama where football and faith converge.
HOMETOWN LEGEND found its inspiration in Alabama's rich, football tradition. Shooting was originally scheduled to take place in North Carolina, but cost advantages, coupled with authentic locations and enormous community support, convinced the director that Alabama was just right for the project.
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DIRECTOR- Julie Dash PARTIAL LIST OF CAST |
THE ROSA PARKS STORY
THE ROSA PARKS STORY stars Angela Bassett as one of the Civil Rights Movement's
most indelible social activists. This film explores the salient moments in
Parks's childhood and adult life that shaped a quiet strength -- strength
that resulted in her historic moment of peaceful defiance on a segregated
bus in 1955.
THE ROSA PARKS STORY was filmed in Montgomery, Alabama, the site of Rosa
Parks's courageous action on a city bus and birthplace of the modern Civil
Rights Movement. Originally slated to shoot in Canada, Alabama's strong support
of the project and its true-to-life settings convinced network executives
to locate the project in Montgomery.
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DIRECTOR - Rick Johnson PARTIAL LIST OF CAST |
RUSTIN
Billy Stagen is a hero, an NFL quarterback now the highly respected sheriff
of his hometown - Rustin, Alabama. His loyalty is tested when the daughter
he never knew he had enters his life and causes conflict with the defiant
football team he has always protected.
RUSTIN began shooting principal photography in and around Birmingham, where residents were happy to show Hollywood some "southern hospitality." Executive Producer Michael Papajohn said, "Coming home to act and produce RUSTIN in Birmingham really has been a dream come true." He added, "The support we've received from all our friends in Birmingham makes this even more special."
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ROPER AND GOODIE
Roper Wylie (Mark Collie) is a broken-down, over-the-hill ex-rodeo cowboy.
When he kidnaps wealthy socialite (Coley McCabe) and holds her for ransom,
he has just one problem -- she's a good ole girl, and her uptown husband
doesn't want her back. What else can Roper do, but fall in love?
Alabama was chosen as the location for filming ROPER AND GOODIE due to extraordinary support and encouragement by State government. Once in production, the filmmakers found equally strong support from the local community.