Film Junkie's Guide to North Carolina [Paperback]

Connie Nelson (Author), Floyd Harris (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2004

For most of the last 20 years, North Carolina has ranked third in the nation, behind California and New York, in U.S. film production. North Carolina also boasts more production studios and sound stages than any state except California.

The 160-plus entries in this travel guide are arranged geographically and include information about what movies and television series were filmed at each site. The guide also provides information about how to find the locations. The reader will especially enjoy the "Star Tracks" sections, which provide gossipy tidbits about where stars ate and stayed while making their films.

Whether it's Annie Savoy's (Susan Sarandon's) house in Bull Durham, the apartment building where Blue Lady Dorothy Vallens (Isabella Rossellini) lived in Blue Velvet, or the outflow dam where Dr. Richard Kimball (Harrison Ford) escaped from United States marshal Sam Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones) in The Fugitive, this combination travel guide and film history can provide all the details needed to satisfy the most discerning film buff's lust for trivia.

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About the Author

Connie Nelson left her post as senior editor for Reel Carolina Journal of Film & Video, a monthly publication about the movie industry in North and South Carolina, to work in tourism public relations in Wilmington. Floyd Harris, a freelance writer and editor, is a former columnist for Reel Carolina. He has taught at Duke University's Creative Writers' Workshop. They both live in the Wilmington, North Carolina, area.

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: John F. Blair Publisher (April 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895872692
• ISBN-13: 978-0895872692
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,404,063 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How to be a Hollywood Tour Guide in North Carolina, July 1, 2004

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This review is from: Film Junkie's Guide to North Carolina (Paperback)

How many times have your out-of-town visitors whined: "Take us to the waterfall in The Last of the Mohicans (1997), or the train wreck in The Fugitive (1993)? Why doesn't somebody come out with a North Carolina travel guide that spotlights our Hollywood connections?

Cue the applause meter-Film Junkie's Guide to North Carolina has finally arrived. The 430-page glove-compartment-sized winner is comprehensive (160 mountain-to-sea locations!), masterfully written (a perfect mix of scholarly insight and insider gossip), and beautifully laid out in a simple reader-friendly format, full of photos, maps, sidebars, and enough movie trivia to make you want to read the book from cover to cover even if you're a stay-at-home couch potato. And bargain-priced at $16.95, even film students can afford it.

Guide is divided into three geographic areas: The Coast, Piedmont, and The Mountains. "Locations" in each area list the places where films and TV shows were shot, including great maps on how to get there. "Star Tracks" list the restaurants, stores, hotels and other places where celebrities used to hang out, or they still do.

Keep a copy of the book in the glove compartment of your car for spontaneous tourist adventures.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank you!, September 26, 2007

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Old Books "Old Books" (Wilmington, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Film Junkie's Guide to North Carolina (Paperback)

We recommend this book to any film fan living in or visiting NC! Add another dimension to the streets you see. As an NC bookseller we have yet to find a better researched, more user-friendly or more helpful guide. Thank you both!

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not just Hollywood, December 9, 2004

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This review is from: Film Junkie's Guide to North Carolina (Paperback)

Great hits... near misses ... big stars... a unique look at a cool state... A few classics and new faves "One Tree Hill", "Dawson's Creek" et al... Good Stuff!