The River

The River was released on 19 December 1984 and directed by Mark Rydell. Mark Rydell is a well known director and he has won 3 Oscars and been nominated for 9. The River was nominated for 4 Oscars and won 2 of them. Sissy Spacek was nominated for “Best Actress in a Leading Role”, Vilmos Zsigmond for Best Cinematography, John Williams for Best Music, Original Score and Nick Alphin and his crew for nest sound. The movie didn’t win any of these prices but it won Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing – Sound Effects unknown. The movie was filmed many places across USA but most importantly in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

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A funny thing about this movie is that the movie crew promised they will take down the walls of the Kilby Prison off of Coliseum Blvd Alabama, USA if they could make the movie there. But when they tried with the power they had the walls was so thick they could not do it and they where standing for years.

The movie The Traveling Executioner from 1970 is directed by Jack Smight and stars the talented Stacy Keach.

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A story about a boy called Singer and who is deaf mute. The plot is about his life and friends and all the problems surrounding him and his friends.

The heart is a lonely hunter was made in Alabama and is a drama from Warner Brothers. It was nominated for 2 Oscars and won 5 other awards.

Some of the cast are Alan Arkin, Sondra Locke and Laurinda Barrett recorded in Alan Arkin, Sondra Locke and Laurinda Barrett.

Small trivia director Joseph Strick dropped out of the film production and was replaced by Robert Ellis Miller.

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A Christmas Memory from 1997

This easy going film about Christmas movie made for TV by Hallmark. The reviews are not that brilliant but as this is an Alabama blog we write about all movies that were filmed in Alabama.
The Tv film was made in 1997 and directed by Glenn Jordan and the story is written by Truman Capote.

There is also early version made 1966.

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This Emmy award winning movie was recorded in Marks House – 890 Old Carter Hill Road, Pike Road, Alabama, USA. Frank Perry is the Director and Truman Capote did the story.
It’s a very simple film but still a film they should show every Thanksgiving. Some of the actors are Geraldine Page, Truman Capote, Neil Fitzgerald and Michael Kearney.

To record the movie inside the house they had to make a hole in the floor so the camera could come from downstairs and see the living room. Children should not see this movie alone parents should be presents. But it’s a good movie about Alabama almost 50 years ago.

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As you might have seen this blog have a new owner and the number of post have rapidly increased. We intend to keep it that way and will try to serve you with as much Alabama news as possible.

We also noticed that our new blog is a do follow blog and we have no intention to take that away. So if you leave a comment it means it will actually link back to your blog, that’s how do follow works.

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