We finally made it to the very last Discovery of Knoxville post! This post if going to be slightly different because we are not really going to be talking about a certain, we will be talking about one person but we will get there. We will be talking about the filming of the movie happened in Knoxville.
Following Vic Edwards down memory lane. Growing up in Knoxville and making his was to California to become a movie star. He confronts his fear of the future, the regrets of the past, and what he needs to change to figure out what he wants out of the rest of his life.
When I found out a few years ago the a movie was going to be filmed in Knoxville I thought that it was just a few scenes, and nothing more. However, Knoxville was really a star in the film as well. In almost every scene of this movie I can tell you where it was filmed. I can say I walking down the street, through the halls, or sat in the seats in the buildings the we see in the story. I know Knoxville has been used a place to film before but not in the way, and not to some of my most favorite places in the whole world.
While The Tennessee Theatre was used a hotel (that through me off a lot I am not gonna lie), The Hotel Manager was played by Cylk Cozart, and is a Knoxvillian actor who has 30 credits to his name.
I loved this film! I think that it was one of the best films that I got to see this whole year! I just loved the fact that Knoxville got to be highlighted as Knoxville and not as another city, or another part of the country. I also loved the small speech the Burt Reynolds says about Knoxville because I don't think I could have written something better about Knoxville if I tried. I really love the fact that we got to see the city I love the most and this film gets to go down as part of Knoxville's movie history.
So, here is what I didn't really realize until I go to this point in my journey. The last part of the year long adventure through Knoxville this section was basically just a few neighborhoods. So, there isn't really much of anything to talk about except for one place and that would be Sharp's Ridge.
This beautiful area of Knoxville is near Fountain city. The Ridge is a wonderful place to sit and watch the clouds roll by. You really get to see the whole city and all of the lovely nature that surrounds it. The Ridge was dedicated as a war memorial in 1953.
I will say that I am so happy that I got to know my city a whole lot better this year. I will say that getting to all of these places in a years time was a very hard task, and one that I would do totally differently if I could go back. I will say I want to visit these places again and have more time to enjoy them, because I didn't get to do that to the extent that I wanted to. I will also be taking people who are also interested in history that will also love visiting these places. Knoxville has so much to offer that most people don't know what history lies right under their nose. I would recommend playing tourist in your own city. It's a great way to go to places that you would not normally travel to or even know that is there.
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