Georgia we look great on film [1975]

If you're scouting for a city with the glamour of NewYork, but without its age and
exposure, come to Georgia. Atlanta is the talent pool of the South. The people are professional; the faces are fresh. And as for production facilities ... you name it, it's here. Atlanta is a city of dynamic growth. Of opportunity and innovation. And it's promise for the future is to be the most exciting city in the United States. \Vh.ile it is in many ways the New York of the South, Atlanta is also the Old South. Here, you'll find a city beneath a city - the long-forgotten Underground. Now rediscovered, Underground Atlanta is more vigorous and spirited than it ever was in the 1920's. Onthe outskirts of Atlanta are several outstanding amusement parks- colorful
locales for television specials and commercials. Many films have been shot in the moss-draped towns farther south, including Martin Ritt's "Conrack" (20th Century Fox) and Dan Petrie's "Billie and Buster" (Ted Mann Productions).

Once the playground of the world's richest

men, Georgia's Golden Isles have

remained largely untouched by

20th century commercialism.

Numerous features have been

made along our unspoiled coastal

plains, including George Schaefer's

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"The Last of the Belles" (ABC-TV).

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Savannah, with its cobblestone

streets and historic buildings,

was a perfect locale for this

period piece. But what really

sold producer Bill Garrity

onSavannah were the state

and local officials, who were

"extremely helpful and

accommodating."

Georgia's architectural

beauty has been well-

preserved. In towns

such as Madison and

Washington, you'll

return to the gracious

Georgia of the "Gone

WithThe Wind" era.

What could be more

haunting than a primeval

swamp? There's one waiting

for you on our back lot, the

mysterious Okefenokee.

Producer AI Ruddy needed a

city, a swamp, and a state prison

as the location for Paramount's "The

Longest Yard." He got all three in south

Georgia, including permission to film

inside the prison.

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