Where IS “Nashville”?
After the big hit that was last Thursday’s post on Songs About Nashville, I got to thinking… maybe I should do a post on movies made in Nashville. So I googled “movies filmed in Nashville”, and much to my chagrin, I got nothin’. Well almost nothing. I got one hit.
Apparently there was a movie made in 1975 called…none other than…Nashville. It was filmed in Nashville and features, what I’ve read to be, a great climactic ending, on the lawn of Centennial Park’s Parthenon. I found this a couple of days ago, and only just now thought anything about renting and watching it. So I swung by Movie Gallery yesterday, and not too surprisingly, they did not have it. Not completely defeated in my search, I conceded to try Hollywood Video - they have EVERYTHING! Right? Wrong. At this point I was getting really hungry for my lunch which was taunting me in the passenger’s seat of my car (Emily…you are sooo hungry….and I am sooo gooood and yummy….), and even though Blockbuster was right across the street, I opted to postpone my quest in favor of satisfying my urge to survive. Besides, Blockbuster wasn’t going to have anyways. Probably.
So here’s my question for anyone who can help me: Where can I find this movie?? Is it out of circulation? Or is it just so popular that it happens to be unavailable at two major rental locations on the same day?
Also, has anyone seen this movie? And if so, is it worth searching for on an empty, cranky, growly stomach? Emily….you must find this movie….it is soooo goood and you need material for your blog soooo baaad….
June 4th, 2007 at 7:29 am
Have you checked the library? I’ve never seen that film, but I’ll watch it with you if you ever get your hands on it!
The Green Mile was partially filmed at the old state penitentiary. (It’s a very striking building.) I think there are some other films that used it as a backdrop as well.
In Where The Heart Is, “Willy Jack” heads to Nashville to seek his fortune and gets off a bus on Broadway. (Very, very brief scene…but still!)
I know there are many others, I just can’t come up with any right now. Too early, not enough coffee in me, yet!
June 4th, 2007 at 7:33 am
oooh, the library! That’s a great idea! Duh. Thanks.
June 4th, 2007 at 9:23 am
Library has it on VHS.
It’s also been re-issued on DVD in the past six months. It’s in my Netflix Queue..or at least it was.
June 4th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
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June 4th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Yeah, it’s been in my Netflix queue for months now. I keep bumping up other, more masterful pieces of cinema, though. Like, you know, “An Inconvenient Truth.”
Now THERE’s a movie with a Nashville connection.
June 4th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
it played the Belcourt last year. Pretty sweet to see on the super wide screen
June 4th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
Yeah, I saw it at the Belcourt last year… two hours into it, I turned to my companion and asked when the plot started. His reply: “I have no idea…”
I wasn’t a fan of it. I watched out of morbid curiousity. But there are some truths in it that undeniable.
June 4th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
It’s a loooong one, and not terribly coherent. I needed a character guide (there are about two dozen characters who are relevant to the story) just to get it - and I had to watch it over two nights. VideoCulture in Murfreesboro has it…
June 7th, 2007 at 9:19 pm
You forgot a really good one. The Thing Called Love. Pretty good and big movie, lots of big time people in it. Plus, the whole mamma-jamma was filmed here in Nashville. I highly recommend you check it out sometime. Here’s a link to the film’s IMDB page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108327/
June 7th, 2007 at 9:30 pm
oh yah Will! Thanks for reminding me. Duh. I knew that once upon a time and totally forgot. I am sooo going to rent that this weekend!
June 13th, 2007 at 8:39 am
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