In the movie, Melanie is supposed to get married at the Carmichael Plantation. The building used for the Carmichael Plantation is Oak Hill, located on the campus of Berry College. Oak Hill was the home of school founder Martha Berry. The Greek Revival manor housed Union soldiers during the Civil War. The Martha Berry Museum opened in 1972 and features paintings of notable Americans as well as artifacts from the Berry family. Tyler Lahti, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Thanks to the 20 percent tax rebate offered to production companies, Georgia has become its own version of Hollywood.
Since 2008, countless movies and TV shows have filmed across the state. Read on for a list of five movies and some of their most prominent filming locations.
Despite the movie’s name, Sweet Home Alabama actually featured several filming locations in Georgia! Movie synposis: A young woman (Melanie Carmichael, played by Reese Witherspoon) who has reinvented herself as a New York City socialite must return home to Alabama to obtain a divorce from her husband (played by Josh Lucas) after seven years of separation.Release year: 2002Georgia filming locations: Rome (Berry College)Starr’s MillConyersCovingtonGeorgia International Horse ParlPeachtree CityCrawfordville
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Movie synopsis: Two New Yorkers accused of murder in rural Alabama while on their way back to college call in the help of one of their cousins, a loudmouth lawyer with no trial experience.Release year: 1992Georgia filming locations:EatontonGainesvilleMonticelloAltoCovington
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Monticello serves as the primary filming location for the film My Cousin Vinny. The town was used as the backdrop for the fictional town in the film. A number of local businesses were seen as shots showed cars driving down Forsyth Street.
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Movie synopsis: A shy student trying to reach his family in Ohio, a gun-toting bruiser in search of the last Twinkie and a pair of sisters striving to get to an amusement park join forces in a trek across a zombie-filled America.Release year: 2009Georgia filming locations: AtlantaValdostaNewnanRutledgeAtlanta Motor Speedway (Hampton) MorrowHapeville
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Wild Adventures in Valdosta has one of the South’s largest ride collections. Some of the music iconic scenes from indie-hit “Zombieland” were at a zombie-infested theme park, played by the Valdosta attraction. A number of the rides were seen in the film.
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Movie synopsis: When a mysterious woman seduces Dominic Toretto into the world of terrorism and a betrayal of those closest to him, the crew face trials that will test them as never before.Release year: 2017Georgia filming locations: the Guardian Center (Perry) Atlanta
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In the movie, there is a scene where Dom has to go to Berlin to retrieve an EMP device from a military outpost. Rather, than filming in Berlin, the crew opted to use a much cheaper location in Georgia, the Guardian Centers in Perry. The Guardian Centers are a training facility whose center simulates disasters on any scale so officials can be prepared.
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Show overview:A financial advisor drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder money to appease a drug boss.Release year: 2017Georgia filming locations: WoodstockLake Allatoona AtlantaNorcrossConyersFlowery Branch
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While the show does use many establishing shots shots of the real Lake Ozark in Missouri, most of the scenes on the water are actually filmed on Lake Allatoona. The Little River Marina at Lake Allatoona in Canton was also used for both interior and exterior shots in the first few episodes when Marty and his family are getting acquainted with their new home.
