Fat Girls Ride Free!

Who woulda thought? Hollywood meets Rockwood! Last night Jay, Eli, and I went to eat dinner in downtown Rockwood at Ivans (FYI - avoid the chili at all costs). While we were there we noticed that the main street in Rockwood was closed and there were tons of people and camera equipment set up down the block. We thought it was probably one of those hometown commercials, or maybe a smalltown documentary. We were wrong! They were shooting a MOVIE! HA! One of the main characters is played by Hal Holbrook (married Dixie Carter). I didn't recognize the name, but definitely the face! It was really neat to watch them film a scene and holler "ACTION" and "CUT"! The main prop in the scene we watched was an old taxi and across the back window was the phrase "Jesus saves receipts, fat girls ride free". Thus the title of the post! Below are some pics that I took, and a brief synopsis from IMDB. Yall keep your eyes open for Rockwood on the big screen!






Abner Meecham flees the nursing facility in which his son has convinced him to live and returns to his Tennessee farm to live out his days in peace. Upon returning home, Abner discovers his son has leased his precious farm to an old foe and his redneck family. This sets up a ruthless grudge match between Abner and Lonzo Choat, the white-trash patriarch, each man rightly claiming the land as his own and each refusing to leave. Finding no help from his son and haunted by recurring visions of his dead wife, Abner resorts to his own methods of reclaiming his life.