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Government Film Links

Georgia Industry Links

Atlanta Industry Links

Savannah Industry Links
City of Savannah [GA] Film Office

Film Festivals in Georgia
Poison Peach Film Festival [Jan 2016 = #8] at the Imperial Theatre in Augusta, Georgia

  Rome [GA] Intl. Film Festival [Sept 2011 = #8]

Selected Films Made In Georgia
Silent Era to Today
Georgia Film's filmography list begins at 1973!

lots of Civil War railroad stuff (synopsis, The Andrews Raid, books, posters, links) on
Magic Lantern's "The General" 1927 Movie Page

"Yodelin' Kid From Pine Ridge" musical Western movie
[Republic Pictures June 1937]

Old West range war story transplanted to Georgia: Gene tries to stop a violent feud between cattlemen and turpentine makers; filmed in Kernville, California; restored in 2004 • Co-produced by Armand Schaefer; directed by Joseph Kane; written by Jack Natteford, Stuart E. McGowan & Dorrell McGowan; starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Betty Bronson, LeRoy Mason, Charles Middleton, Russell Simpson, Jack Dougherty, Guy Wilkerson, Frankie Marvin, Henry Hall, Fred 'Snowflake' Toones, Champion {as Gene's horse}, and comic musicians The Tennessee Ramblers The Film Detective restored DVD [5/2017] for $9.99 Reel Vault b&w DVD [7/2015] for $5.08 Sinister Cinema b&w DVD - from 16mm print [11/2008] for $8.37 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia watch full movie [1/2014 upload; 59:08] online at YouTube

"Mooching Through Georgia" sound short [Columbia Pictures Aug 1939]
Co-produced & directed by Jules White; starring Buster Keaton [1895-1966] • Nothing to do with Georgia (USA):
the story takes place in Kentucky; slapstick Rebel vs. Yankee antics filmed on a sound stage • full credits at IMDb
watch full movie with Cyrillic subtitles [11/2015 upload; 18:43] online at YouTube

lots of "G.W.T.W." stuff (synopsis, the novel & sequels, books, posters, links) on
Magic Lantern's "Gone With The Wind" [Dec 1939] Movie Page

"The Biscuit Eater" (1940) /tt0032254/

"Tobacco Road" (1941) directed by John Ford /tt0034297/
loosely based on the 1932 novel by Erskine Caldwell [1903-87] about Georgia sharecroppers

"Parachute Battalion" (1941) training at Fort Benning, Georgia /tt0034000/

"Whistling In Dixie" (1942) Stars: Red Skelton /tt0035552/

"Colonel Effingham's Raid" (1946) /tt0037607/

"I'd Climb The Highest Mountain" (1951) /tt0043667/

"Birthright" (1951) filmed in Harmony, Georgia in association with the Georgia Department of Health /tt0211259/

"Lure of The Wilderness" (1952) /tt0044859/

"Sangaree" (1953) /tt0046272/

"The Great Locomotive Chase" [Disney 1956] /tt0049279/

"Drango" (1957) starring Jeff Chandler /tt0050338/

"God's Little Acre" (1958) /tt0051666/

"Gone Are The Days!" (1963) starring Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee /tt0057112/

"Hurry Sundown" (1967) /tt0061796/

"Trail of Tears" (1970) /tt0779504/ episode of "NET Playhouse" TV series

"The Tender Warrior" (1971) /tt0190065/

"Sixteen" (1973) filmed in Valdosta, Georgia /tt0069276/

trucker film "Smokey and the Bandit" [1977] starring Burt Reynolds

"Strange Fruit" short (1979) set in 1948 Georgia /tt0078329/

"The Dukes of Hazzard" TV series (1979–1985) /tt0078607/

"Sharky's Machine" [December 1981] directed by & starring Burt Reynolds /tt0083064/

"The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" (1981)

"Murder In Coweta County" TV movie [1983] starring Johnny Cash /tt0085977/

"The Catlins" (April 1983 to May 1985) set in Atlanta, Georgia; feuding families and a murder /tt0176362/
555-episode prime-time soap opera that ran on Superstation TBS

"Sherman's March" comedy film (1985) /tt0091943/

"Just A Friend" (1985) camping in Conyers, Georgia /tt0335220/

"The Atlanta Child Murders" 2-part tv (1985) /tt0088750/

"Designing Women" (1986–1993)
misadventures of four women and their handyman running a design firm in Atlanta, Georgia
"The Designing Women Reunion" TV Movie (2003) /tt0370455/

"Athens, Ga. - Inside/Out" music documentary (1987) /tt0092591/

"Dead Aim" (1987) /tt0092840/

"Leader of The Band" (1987) filmed around atlanta /tt0093396/

"The Murder of Mary Phagan" TV mini-series (1988) Stars: Jack Lemmon /tt0095678/

"Driving Miss Daisy" (1989) set in Atlanta, filmed around Georgia /tt0097239/

"Sudie and Simpson" TV Movie (1990) /tt0100711/

"Web of Deceit" (1990 TV Movie) /tt0100906/

"Paris Trout" (1991) Stars: Dennis Hopper /tt0102638/

"The Nightman" TV Movie (1992) /tt0105002/

"Fried Green Tomatoes" [Jan 1992] filmed in Juliette, Georgia /tt0101921/

"The Real McCoy" (1993) /tt0107927/

"Barbarians At The Gate" TV Movie (3/1993) /tt0106356/

"Midnight In The Garden of Good and Evil" (1997) /tt0119668/

"Arsenio" half-hour TV series (1997) /tt0118260/

"Claudine's Return" (1998) Stars: Christina Applegate /tt0120634/

"Preacher Player" (1998) /tt0244726/

"The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn" TV Movie (1999) starring Sidney Poitier /tt0200138/

"Wayward Son" (1999) /tt0170157/

"A House Divided" (2000 TV Movie) /tt0241147/

"Who Killed Atlanta's Children?" TV Movie (2000) /tt0221673/

"Damn Good Dog" (2004 Video) /tt0426435/
the life and times of Uga, the world-famous mascot of the University of Georgia Bulldogs

"Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius" (2004) filmed in Georgia & Scotland /tt0375104/ + golf

"The Dukes of Hazzard" movie (2005) /tt0377818/

"Sherman's March To The Sea" (2005) /tt1810168/ episode of "The Conquerors"
Union Army Major General William Tecumseh Sherman

"Prayers From Pelham" short (2005] filming location Pelham, Georgia /tt0451165/

"Lost Worlds of Georgia" [May 2005] /tt0758044/ + naff
http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Worlds-Gary-C-Daniels/dp/B000M9BQ48/

"ATL / A.T.L." (3/2006) filmed around Atlanta, Georgia /tt0466856/

"Wesley" (2009) John Wesley in 1732 /tt1053946/

"Daddy's Little Girls" (2/2007) filmed around Atlanta, Georgia /tt0778661/

"Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains" (2007) /tt0913958/

Academy Award-winning "The Blind Side" [11/2009] /tt0878804/

"Terminus" (2008) /tt1340618/

"Five Days In The 'A'" (2009) /tt1484149/

"Earshot" (2009) /tt1436021/

"Leapfrog" (2009) filmed in atlanta & marietta /tt1378276/

"Georgia To Florida" (2009) episode) /tt1519944/ of the "Jamie's American Road Trip" TV series /tt1490177/

"Zombieland" Woody Harrelson horror flick [2009] /tt1156398/
sequel "Zombieland 2" [in development] /tt1560220/

"Freaknik: The Musical" (2010 TV Movie) Animation, Comedy, Musical /tt1535989/

"Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" (2010) set in Atlanta during the 2008 Presidential Election season /tt1684868/

"The Anatomy of Love" (2010) /tt1687900/

"State of Georgia" TV series [Freeform/ABC-TV Jun-Aug 2011]
nothing to do with Georgia (USA): 12-episode sitcom about an aspiring actress 'from the South' named Georgia who moved to New York City
full credits at IMDb • series entry at Wikipedia

"Single Ladies" tv (2011) /tt1650552/

"Athens Burning" 106 min documentary (2011) The Georgia Theatre in Athens, GA burned two years ago, and this documentary outlines
the attempts at bringing it back; the fire also revealed a treasure trove of history about this college town

"Fast Five" [April 2011] /tt1596343/ installment of Universal's "Fast & Furious" franchise
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Five - filmed in Rio de Janiero and at an abandoned train yard in Atlanta, Georgia

"96 Minutes" (2011) /tt1641385/

"Brother White" (2012) /tt2171809/

"Parental Guidance" (2012) /tt1047540/

"Trouble With The Curve" [Malpaso/Warner Bros. Sept 2012]

Filmed in Georgia; the eyesight of baseball scout Gus is failing, so his daughter agrees to tag along on what could be his last scouting trip • Co-produced & directed by longtime producing partner Robert Lorenz; written by Randy Brown; co- produced by and starring semi-retired Clint Eastwood; also starring Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman, Matthew Lillard, Robert Patrick DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"Primary Concern" (2013 TV Movie) healthcare crisis in georgia /tt3394408/

"Atlanta To New York" (2013) /tt2231103/

"Savannah" [April 2014] /tt1797487/

"Operator" cyber criminals (2015) /tt3849692/

"Blackhats" (2015) /tt2157103/

Marvel's "Ant-Man" [Marvel Studios/Disney July 2015]

An ethical thief just released from prison is recruited to use the Ant-Man suit and shrink himself to get past security and steal stuff • Directed by Peyton Reed; original story by Stan Lee; starring Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll, Bobby Cannavale, Anthony Mackie, Judy Greer, Abby Ryder Fortson, Michael Pe๑a, David Dastmal-chian, 'T.I.' Harris, Hayley Atwell, Wood Harris, John Slattery, Martin Donovan & Thomas the Tank Engine; location filming in Atlanta, Georgia & San Francisco, California DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia watch 4/2015 official trailer [2:29] at YouTube

"Z: The Beginning of Everything" webseries [Amazon Studios 2015 & 2017]

Filmed in Savannah, Georgia; only the half-hour pilot episode was broadcast on Amazon Studios (in November 2015) with the further nine episodes broadcast in 2017 • Directed by Tim Blake Nelson; based on the novel by Therese Anne Fowler; co-produced by & starring Christina Ricci {as Zelda}; also starring Gavin Stenhouse {as F. Scott Fitzgerald}, David Strathairn DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • Amazon Instant Video [1/2017] - series FREE for members of Prime (2018) series credits at IMDb • webseries entry at Wikipedia watch 12/2016 official trailer [1:58] online at YouTube

"Social Circle" (2016) small town crime comedy /tt4785360/

"Digital Edition" documentary (2016) Atlanta Journal-Constitution /tt5707090/

"Atlanta" half-hour tv series (2016] /tt4288182/

"Star" (2016) A trio of women form a musical group in Atlanta /tt4941240/

"The Fundamentals of Caring" [6/2016] filmed in Atlanta and Cartersville, Georgia /tt2452386/

"The Founder" [The Weinstein Company Aug 2016]

Location filming in Georgia (Canton, Atlanta, Douglasville, Newnan, Thomaston) and New Mexico (Albuquerque, Bel้n); over-the-hill milkshake machine salesman Ray Croc transforms a small chain of fast-food restaurants into the multibillion dollar McDonald's Corp. • Directed by John Lee Hancock; written by Robert D. Siegel; starring Michael Keaton {as Ray Kroc}, Laura Dern, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch, Linda Cardellini, Patrick Wilson, B.J. Novak, Kimberly Battista, Carla Shinall, Mike Pniewski, Steve Coulter, Catherine Dyer, Devon Ogden, Griff Furst, Wilbur Fitzgerald, Patti Schellhaas, Kabby Borders, Lauren Kimelton, Ric Reitz, Katie Kneeland, Justin Randell Brooke, Cara Mantella, Victor McCay, Franco Castan, Tracy Goode, Kristi Von, Kenny Alfonso, Rebecca Ray, Andrew Benator, Nicolette Goetz, Dan Mulvaney DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia watch 4/2016 official trailer [3:43] at YouTube

"The Birth of A Nation" [Fox Searchlight Oct 2016]

Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum American South, orchestrates an uprising in 1831; filmed in Savannah, Georgia • Co-produced by Nate Parker, Tony Parker, Edward Zwick, and others; co-written & directed by and starring Nate Parker; co-written by Jean McGianni Celestin; also starring Armie Hammer, Mark Boone Jr., Colman Domingo, Aunjanue Ellis, Dwight Henry; won Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia watch 4/2016 official teaser trailer [1:56] at YouTube watch 6/2016 official trailer #2 [4:33] at YouTube

"Almost Christmas" [Universal Pictures Nov 2016]

Comedy film about a request by a beloved patriarch for one gift this holiday season: to get along. If they can honor that wish and spend five days under the same roof without killing one another, it will be a Christmas miracle; filmed in Atlanta, Georgia • Co-produced, written & directed by David E. Talbert; starring Danny Glover, Gabrielle Union {co-producer}, Nicole Ari Parker, Omar Epps, Jessie T. Usher, Romany Malco, Kimberly Elise, Gregory Alan Williams, J.B. Smoove, Mo'Nique, Nea Dune, Tara Jones, Ric Reitz, D.C. Young Fly, Jeff Rose, Nadej K. Bailey, Rachel Kylian, Tara Batesole, Richard Molina, Alkoya Brunson, Aaron Wiggins, Ryan Newton, Ravi Naidu, Keon Mitchell, Angel Yvonne, Naja Ranae, Eric Word, Marley Taylor, Johnny Land, Andrea Baldwin, Jaxon Rose Moore, Kimani Edwards DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia watch 6/2016 official trailer [2:28] at YouTube

"We Are Fam" 3-part tv (2017) /tt6579462/

"Baby Driver" (2017) filmed in GA & NOL /tt3890160/

"Thanks For Cumming, GA" (2018) satire web-series about City Council meetings /tt8159802/

"The Godmother" (ann 2018) is the true-life story of Georgia Legend Susanna Lataine Weeks /tt6484782/

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