Sunday, September 21, 2008

Making MOVIES



I often thought that one of the neatest jobs in the world would be location scout for the movies. All one has to do is travel around and find good photogenic places to film a movie.

Chimney Rock and the gorge bearing the same name has been the location for movies. For example, the great scenery here stole the show in the 1992 remake of James Fenimore Cooper’s “The Last of the Mohicans.” This has been enjoying a rerun recently on the cable movie channels.

Down in the valley, “Dirty Dancing,” filmed in the l980’s, we believe, starring Patrick Swazey, was done in the resort building shown here in the photo on the shore of Lake Lure.

This certainly is a beautiful part of the world.

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