Books & Movies
Books about Savannah
& Movies Made in Savannah
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Recommended Reading: Savannah in Three Distinct Eras |
| Savannah (historical fiction) by Eugenia Price civil war era |
| Books and Short Stories of Flannery O'Connor 1925-38 |
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Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil, John Berendt 1981-1989 |
Movies Filmed in Savannah
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1995 | Something to Talk About | Julia Roberts, Dennis Quaid, Robert
Duvall a major scene is created outside the Six Pence pub on Bull Street |
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1998 | The Ginderbread Man | Robert Downy Jr. - a Savannah defense
attorney
adopts a high risk client; story by John Grisham;
great aerial shots of the marsh on Tybee |
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1994 | Forrest Gump | Tom Hanks - simplicity & emotional honesty cast into the Nixon - Kennedy era |
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1989 | Glory | Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington
and Morgan Freeman A black regiment from Boston leads the charge makes extensive use of the Roundhouse complex |
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1962 |
Cape Fear | Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly
Bergen and Telly Savalas The family of a Savannah lawyer is stalked by an ex-con. See Savannah back in 1962. NOTE - there are two releases of this movie! |
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1999 | General's Daughter | John Travolta - consequences of a rape
at West Point. very creative use of sites in Savannah |
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2000 | The Legend of Bagger Vance | Will Smith, Matt Damon Charleze Theron
The hero's journey for a war damaged Savannah hero golfer store fronts created near City Market |
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1999 | Forces of Nature | Sandra Bullock temps bridegroom Ben Afleck on his way to Savannah for his wedding |
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1997 | John Cusack, Kevin Spacey - the movie takes it theme but not plot from John Berent's best selling non-fiction book by this name | |
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1998 | Kiss of Fire | Filmed on Tybee Island |
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1997 | Wild America | A great movie for kids. Filmed at Hunter AAF, Broughton St. and Ebenezer Creek |
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2004 | Undertow | Filmed at the Roundhouse, Factors Walk and in Effingham County - Springfield & Guyton |
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2000 | The Gift | Filmed at 1117 Louisville Rd., 14
Gordonston, Bonaventure Cemetery, West Boundary at Louisville Rd. Written by Billy Bob Thornton; stars Cate Blanchett; Rated R |
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1980 | The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd | Dennis Weaver; filmed at Ft. Pulaski In 1865, Maryland physician Samuel Mudd (Weaver) became inadvertently linked to the murder of President Abraham Lincoln when he treated the broken leg of assassin John Wilkes Booth. Framed as Booth's co-conspirator, Mudd was sentenced to a lifetime of hard labor and suffered years of cruelty and hardship at a notorious penal colony. |
More Savannah-Specific Books on..
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HISTORY |
| Savannah, A History of her People |
| Savannah River Plantations |
| A Present for Mr. Lincoln |
| Civil War Savannah |
| Historical Sketch of Tomochichi |
| Savannah Duels and Duelists |
| Black America - Savannah |
| Savannah in the Old South |
| Savannah, A Historical Portrait |
| Savannah in the Time of Peter Tondee |
| Mary Telfair |
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ARCHITECTURE |
| Savannah Revisited |
| Classic Savannah |
| Savannah Tour of Homes and Gardens |
| Historic Savannah |
| National Trust Guide to Savannah |
| Savannah Style |
| Savannah Now and Then |
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THROUGH ARTIST'S EYE'S |
| Savannah - Her History |
| Low Country from Savannah to Charleston |
| Savannah Sketchbook |
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COOKBOOKS |
| Savannah Style, Jr. League |
| Lady & Sons Cookbook and II |
| Mrs. Wilkes Boarding House |
| Savannah Seasons, Elizabeth at 37th |
| First Come, First Served |
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...AND MORE |
| Savannah Spectres |
| Small Gardens of Savannah |
| Savannah Georgia & the Low Country |
all of the above are available through Shaver's in Savannah
Other Especially Appropriate Savannah Sources:
Books about the South: The Beehive Press
V & J Duncan Books, Prints & Maps
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Books Out of Print - check for used copies: |
| The Water Lords by James Fallows |
| Ray Ellis' Savannah and the Low Country |
| Live Oaking: Southern Timber for Tall Ships |