We were so fortunate to shoot in Columbia. We were just overwhelmed by the support offered by the community.

Ron is the godfather of this movie. He really looked after us while we were in Columbia.

She opened her home and her Rolodex to us. Anything we needed she could find. It seemed like she was either related to or went to high school with everyone in town.

In looking for our historic town square, we scouted in a lot of states. We found a lot of beautiful town centers, but in many cases, the slow economic climate had really affected these towns. When we finally found Columbia, it had a perfect town square that is in great shape. Along the way we discovered that there is such a different texture to Tennessee, that there would have been no way to recreate it in another state.

We wanted to get involved in the community off the campus. There is no end to the number of motel rooms in town.

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