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February 17, 1951 I'd Climb the Highest Mountain, a movie based on a book of the same title by famed Georgia writer Cora Harris, starring Susan Hayward, William Lundigan and Rory Calhoun, is released. It was filmed in Georgia, including extensive work in White County (Helen, Cleveland and Nora Mills)
  White County, Georgia
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July 30, 1972 Filmed in Tallulah Gorge, Clayton and Rabun County, Deliverance, starring Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox and James Dickey, who also wrote the script, enters general release.
  Rabun County, Georgia
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August 21, 1974 Set in Georgia in 1948, Buster and Billie is released to theaters. It stars Jan Micheal Vincent and Joan Goodfellow as the title characters and was filmed in Statesboro
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January 23, 1977 Roots, featuring Levar Burton and an all-star cast premiers on ABC. It had been filmed in Savannah and St. Simons Island
  City of Savannah, Georgia
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September 15, 1977 Carter County staring Victor French and Kene Holliday begins a two-year run. The show aimed to cash in on Jimmy Carter's presidency by being set in Georgia
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September 18, 1979 The Misadventure of Sheriff Lobo begins a two year run starring Georgia native Claude Akins as the somewhat corrupt title character. Originally set in fictional Orly County, during the second season the show was set in Atlanta
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September 30, 1983 Filmed in Atlanta and starring Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly and JoBeth Williams, The Big Chill enters general release
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September 29, 1986 Designing Women, a fictional TV show set in Atlanta about Julia Sugarbaker (Dixe Carter), Mary Jo Shively (Annie Potts), Suzanne Sugarbaker (Delta Burke) and Alison Sugarbaker (Julia Duffy) airs on CBS.
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December 13, 1989 Driving Miss Daisy opens in limited release (3 screens). The blockbuster hit, which starred Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy and Dan Aykroyd was filmed in the Atlanta area. Tandy won Best Actress for her role (Daisy Werthan) and Freeman and Aykroyd were nominated for Best Supporting Actors, but both lost.
  Movies filmed in Georgia
December 15, 1989 Glory, a story of African-American troops during the Civil War, starring Denzel Washinginton, Morgan Freeman and Matthew Broderick, opens in general release. Portions of the movie had been shot in Savannah and on Jekyll Island
  City of Savannah, Georgia
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October 7, 1991 I'll Fly Away a TV show set in fictional Bryland County, Georgia begins a two-year run on NBC. The show documented the life of the Bedfords and the Harpers, and the difference in their lifestyles in 1950's Georgia: one family was black, the other was white.
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December 27, 1991 Filmed in Fayetteville, Juliette, Senoia and Zebulon, Georgia, starring Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson and Mary-Louise Parker, Fried Green Tomatoes is released
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May 24, 1993 Final episode of Designing Women, a show set in Atlanta, Georgia airs on CBS.
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July 6, 1994 Release date for Forrest Gump, starring Tom Hanks, Robin Penn Wright and Sally Field. The movie featured locations in Savannah.
  City of Savannah, Georgia
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December 2, 1994 Cobb, starring Tommy Lee Jones as Ty Cobb, and Robert Wuhl, is released. Filming locations include Royston, GA (Ty Cobb's home town) and Athens.
  Ty Cobb
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March 3, 1996 Andersonville, a movie about Camp Sumter in Andersonville, Georgia is released. Some of the film was shot in Turin, Georgia
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  Camp Sumter, Andersonville, Georgia
May 1, 1998 Black Dog, an action film starring Patrick Swayze and Randy Travis is released. It was partially filmed in Atlanta and Cleveland, Georgia
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June 18, 1999 The General's Daughter, starring John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Cromwell, Timothy Hutton and Daniel von Bargen, opens. It was filmed in part at Wormsloe Plantation, Tybee Island and Savannah and grosses 102 million dollars in general release.
  City of Savannah, Georgia
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October 1, 2000 General release of Remember the Titans
  Movies filmed in Georgia
  Kevin Ian 'Kip' Pardue
  Remember the Titans
October 29, 2000 Premiere of The Legend of Bagger Vance, starring Will Smith, Matt Damon, Charlize Theron and Bruce McGill. Some filming took place in Savannah and Jekyll Island.
  City of Savannah, Georgia
  Movies filmed in Georgia
December 20, 2000 The Gift, starring Cate Blanchett, Keanu Reeves, Giovanni Ribisi, Greg Kinnear, Hilary Swank and Michael Jeter, opens in limited release. It was filmed in Effingham County, Georgia and featured scenes shot in the Georgia cities of Springfield, Savannah, Thunderbolt, and Guyton.
  Chatham County, Georgia
  City of Savannah, Georgia
  Effingham County, Georgia
  Movies filmed in Georgia
September 27, 2002 General release date for Sweet Home Alabama, starring Reese Witherspoon. Portions of the film were shot in Berry College (Rome), Atlanta, Conyers, Crawfordville, Peachtree City and Starr's Mill, Georgia.
  Movies filmed in Georgia
  Rome, Georgia
June 13, 2003 Dumb and Dumberer, a "prequel" to Dumb and Dumber is released. It was filmed in Marietta and Atlanta
  Marietta, GA
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