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The movie is set in the countryside and small towns of the American South, and it was filmed in the Anderson and Clark counties, Kentucky, area. It is also noted for its folksy musical score by composer Jerry Goldsmith. The movie's title song "Flim Flam Man," written by Laura Nyro, later became a hit for Barbra Streisand. [4]
The Glass Menagerie, 1950; Panic in the Streets, 1950; Adventures of Captain Fabian, 1951; Drums in the Deep South, 1951; I'd Climb the Highest Mountain, 1951; Show Boat, 1951; A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951
Kentucky has been the stage for many Hollywood films, from romance to horror. Kentucky's sceneries are not new to the big screen as movies including “Coal Miner's Daughter," "How the West Was ...
The film was shot in locations around Kentucky, including Cumberland Falls, the Levi Jackson Wilderness Road State Park near London, Owensboro and Green River, and at the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Village near Rockport, Indiana. [2] A featured landmark is the natural arch Sky Bridge.
Bruce Springsteen said at a 1978 concert that the name of his song "Thunder Road" had been inspired by seeing a poster of the movie, but he had not seen the movie. [ 5 ] In the episode of Cheers titled "And Coachie Makes Three", Sam and Coach watch the movie as part of a long-running tradition they have with viewing Robert Mitchum movies.
Here are eight names you may not know that have their roots in the Bluegrass State: Billy Ray Cyrus A two-time Grammy Award winner, Cyrus is the father of Miley Cyrus, with whom he starred in the ...
Jesse Hallam is a coal miner in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, whose wife has recently died and who has also recently lost his job. His daughter Jenny is in need of an operation on her back, and the nearest hospital that can successfully perform the procedure is in Cincinnati, Ohio. He sells the family farm to his brother-in-law Charlie, receives ...