Despite the films name, the majority was filmed in Georgia. The opening scenes with the lightning strike on the beach took place in Captiva Island, Florida, near Fort Myers.

Where is Pigeon Creek in the movie Sweet Home Alabama?

Although the movie was set in the fictional town of Pigeon Creek, Alabama, it was filmed almost entirely in Georgia. You see, Pigeon Creek is actually the name of a waterway that runs through the southern section of Butler County, Alabama. Its not a real town.

Is Deep South Glass a real place?

2. The jaw-dropping hand-blown glass known in the film as Deep South Glass is work from the company Simon Pearce, based in Vermont. The company says each piece of lightning glass required a team of five glassblowers. Get your tissues ready, because the coon dog cemetery depicted in the film is a real place.

Was Sweet Home Alabama filmed in Greenville?

Sweet Home Alabama Filming Locations The movie is set in a fictional town – Pigeon Creek – near Greenville, Alabama. However, very few scenes were shot in the state. Georgia, Florida, and New York are locations that more prominently feature in the list of filming venues.

Where in Covington was Sweet Home Alabama filmed?

Other filming locations for Sweet Home Alabama were at one of the plantation homes located in Covington, as well as at Starrs Mill in Fayette County. Starrs Mill is seen in the film as the character, Jakes (played by Josh Lucas) glassblowing shop.

Where was Forrest Gump filmed?

Although most of the film is set in Alabama, filming took place mainly in and around Beaufort, South Carolina, as well as parts of coastal Virginia and North Carolina, including a running shot on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Downtown portions of the fictional town of Greenbow were filmed in Varnville, South Carolina.

Where in Alabama was Forrest Gump filmed?

Various tourists also flock the county every year to scout the fictional Greenbow, Alabama. The filming of Forrest Gump took place there in the fall of 1993. The Forrest Gump shooting locations included Beaufort, Fripp Island, Hunting Island and Yemassee, as well as in Savannah.

Where is Jennys house in Forrest Gump?

The Gump boarding house and Jennys (Robin Wright Penn) farmhouse stood on the Bluff Plantation, Twickenham Road, just southeast of Yemassee, on the Combahee River between Varnville and Beaufort. Built only for the movie, they were torn down after filming.

Where is the real house from Forrest Gump?

3547 Combahee Road, Yemassee, South Carolina Forrest Gumps house is located at Bluff Plantation - 3547 Combahee Road, Yemassee, South Carolina. The Disco and strip club scenes have been filmed at the Ambassador Hotel - 3400 Wilshire Boulevard in LA.