Wednesday, August 7, 2002
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Wednesday, August 7, 2002 |
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Another major motion picture in Fayette
By MICHAEL
BOYLAN
Is Fayette County the next New York City? The answer might be yes when you consider that Fayette County is being used for the filming of its second major motion picture in less than a year. Last year, Reese Witherspoon was in town filming "Sweet Home Alabama," which is due in theaters in early September. This year, Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. is in town, along with Beyonce Knowles, Rue McClanahan and others, filming "The Fighting Temptations." The film deals with a struggling executive, played by Gooding Jr., who comes south to collect an inheritance but finds out he must form a successful gospel group before he can collect a dime of it. The filming is due to hit the county on Sept. 9 at Starr's Mill, the mill not the high school. The area will be used to film a baptism scene and the production company will paint and restore the pedestrian bridge. They are currently filming in Atlanta and Gooding Jr. has been spotted all over the Atlanta area recently. They will also be filming in Senoia at Senoia United Methodist Church. Film companies are coming south with more regularity as the weather is usually better for longer in the year and there is a wide variety of areas that can look like other areas throughout the state. Filming for "The Fighting Temptations" will continue through October.
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