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Intimidated by the city and her success, he returned home to make something of himself first. She and Jake have a heart-to-heart, and Melanie realises why he never signed their divorce papers. Some no longer exist or were created for the movie, so they’ve been left out. For more information on Sweet Home Alabama filming locations, visit Chris Credendino’s website. During the film's original outdoor reception Jake carries Melanie, who feigns death after having supposedly been struck by a lightening bolt, towards the wedding guests. Jake announces, "Melanie Carmichael is dead" but then a few seconds later he says, "Long live Felony Melanie." Jake and Melanie do this as a practical joke.
The small town of Crawfordville, with a population under 1,000, portrayed Melanie's hometown in the film with a number of local businesses serving as the backdrop. The Taliaferro County Courthouse, built in the High Victorian style, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. You can see a number of filming locations from "Sweet Home Alabama" and others around town. A reshoot was done where after the kiss on the beach, Sheriff Wade tracks them down and brings them back to the bar where the friends and family scramble to make up a wedding reception.
Where Was Sweet Home Alabama Filmed?
In retrospect, Melanie is rather unattractive and unappealing, which makes this film a hard sell. As for the Newman/Woodward fantasy, as an audience we could only be so lucky. So the girl just dumped her fiancee like that and ran to another guy on the wedding day? Not forget to mention, after all the things her fiancee has done for her and all the happiness he has brought to her life, she just DUMPED him like a garbage and punched his mother? I DON"T BELIEVE IT. This is a very cute movie, but overall, I didn't enjoy it very much. Director Andy Tennant also likes to deal with some classic historical and societal conflicts in this movie, such as the North versus the South.
The story is trite and the characters are inherently uninteresting, but he could have at least livened things up a bit. Sweet Home Alabama is about a girl, Melanie, she is about to marry the mayor of New York city's son. But she has a bit of a bumpy past in the south where her family and old friends are, she's still married to Jake, her high school sweetheart. Without trying to bring up her embarrassing past to her fiancée, she has to get things done and settled with everyone, including her husband. But she slowly discovers how much she missed her true home and how much of a wonderful guy that Jake is. The beautiful glass sculptors you see in the movie sweet home Alabama are quite easy to create if you understand the science behind it.
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I’m from Greenville, AL. The water tower scene with the courthouse in the background features a courthouse that is almost identical to the one in the real Greenville, AL. I grew up alongside Pigeon Creek. The over 1,000-acre park was used for concerts and other events following the Olympics. It continues to be open to the public for horseback riding, mountain biking, hiking, geocaching, and other activities.
And does anyone really believe her young character would have such a great job? And Candice Bergen as the mayor is a total cardboard character. I had the feeling a bunch of second rate sitcom writers wrote this script. Its not a total disaster, Witherspoon does possess a lot of natural charm and Mary Kay Place has a few nice moments as her mother.
Follow Melanie's escapades through Georgia
You really get a sense of how she must feel when you see her in the honky-tonk bar, surrounded by rednecks with no visible exit. By the 30 minute mark of this movie, I was completely revolted with the lead character. She was condescending and manipulative from the beginning, which is fine, a romantic comedy often has a story arch where a character learns and becomes a better person, thereby 'deserving' the love of their life. I also wondered if glass figurines were formed from lightning hitting the sand after I had seen Sweet Home Alabama. The next time I visit a sandy beach somewhere I will be keeping my eyes peeled for them.
"I don't know why we thought that was really funny," Tennant said. The ending of "Sweet Home Alabama" puts you in a good mood as Melanie finally realizes that Jake is her true love. "I don't know why we thought that was really funny," director Andy Tennant told Insider. Set in the Northwest Georgia town of Rome, Oak Hill is the former home of Martha Berry which is located on the campus of Berry College. Built in the 1880s in the Greek Revival style, Berry lived much of her life in the home before and after founding the school. The big houses Melanie drives past on her way into her town are in Eufala, Alabama, including the Shorter Mansion.
Jake's glassblowing shop was filmed in Fayette County Georgia, at an old mill called Starr's Mill. The exterior was repainted and the porch was rebuilt for the movie. The film grossed over US$35 million in its first weekend.
I thought Legally Blonde was a lightweight vehicle for Reese Witherspoon but this one...WOW! As lousy as I thought this script is the one thing that I thought really hurt this movie is I didn't think Witherspoon and Josh Lucas had any real chemistry. Don't get me wrong, I think they're both fine actors but they look like two total strangers when on screen together.
It is said that she was alone in the middle of the ocean, and sometimes would cry, the result being the glass "Mermaid tears" that sometimes wash up on beaches everywhere. This real-life Crawfordville restaurant was used as Stella's bar in the film and even has the sign they used. Don't let the rustic appearance of Heavy's Barbeque throw you off. Mounted animal heads and antiques cover the dining room walls. Locals and travelers stop here for Brunswick stew, pecan pie and barbecue with white bread. A mid-credits sequence shows that they have a baby daughter, Melanie continues to thrive as a designer, and Jake opens a "Deep South Glass" franchise in New York.
The 2002 film Sweet Home Alabama tells of a fashion designer in New York City who must return to her small hometown to get a divorce from her high school boyfriend. Witherspoon is a highly successful and up and coming close designer in New York and she's just gotten rather publicly engaged to Patrick Dempsey whose character is no doubt based on JFK, Jr. It's a dream come true, but there's one small hitch in the design. Seems like she never quite got around to divorcing her good old boy husband from her hometown. Melanie Carmichael , seven years removed from her roots in Alabama has achieved success in the Big Apple.
I also enjoyed a few scenes with Lucas who is a very good actor. But on the whole, this is not an attempt to make a good movie. Get your friends together for a movie night, featuring some of our favorite Georgia-filmed romantic comedies and romantic movies. After leaving her small town life in favor of a career in fashion in New York City, a Southern girl must return home. She needs a divorce from her childhood sweetheart to marry her current boyfriend, but he isn't letting her go easily. Despite the name, "Sweet Home Alabama" was actually filmed in Georgia.
He tells everyone, "Melanie Carmichael is dead." Everyone is in shock. Then he says, "Long live Felony Melanie," which is the nickname from her youth. Melanie, who was just playing dead, gives him a kiss. They then go and dance as the Lynyrd Skynyrd song "Sweet Home Alabama" plays and the credits start.
Sweet Home Alabama (film)
Josh Lucas makes a fabulous performance as Jake, her estranged high school Hubby who's never got her out of his mind. If you are in the mood for a good old fashioned romance with some great country thrown in then this is the one for you, i've lost count how many times i have seen this now and i'll never tire of it. Even if this isn't your kind of film i challenge you to watch it and not feel good, practically impossible. Delightful characters throughout and constantly entertaining!
There is not one sympathetic character in the movie and the predictable script and story line is akin to hitting yourself repeatedly over the head with a rubber mallet. Classic old school romantic comedies at least had the decency to make the other man a git, or at least plotting or not wanting to marry her themselves. I would comment on the blatant racist north America south America overtones but I don't really know enough about this to comment. Not bad acting performances from all the cast despite the script and plot.
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