Movie being filmed in Griffin
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Posted 11:55AM on Wednesday 28th August 2002 ( 22 years ago )
GRIFFIN - Filming has started in Griffin on a movie starring Mary Tyler Moore, Burt Reynolds and Charles Robinson. <br>
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Producer Beth Polson is in the city south of Atlanta to film the movie -- tentatively called ``Miss Lettie and Me'' -- along with Viacom Productions. <br>
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TNT now plans to air the movie December 8. <br>
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Most of the movie will be filmed at Brookfield Plantation, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and dates back to 1875. <br>
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Polson says the movie is about a woman who becomes reclusive because of family tragedies and losses in her own life. Her life is upset when a nine-year-old niece comes to visit and ends up staying. <br>
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It takes place in 2002 in the fictional town of Sawyer, Georgia. <br>
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Polson's movie credits include, ``The Christmas Box,'' ``The Last Dance,'' ``The Christmas Wish,'' and a film based on her first book, ``Not My Kid,'' a story about a family's battle against drugs.
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