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Vermont International Film Festival |
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This festival brings together important films from around the world onto screens in and around Burlington creating a powerful viewing experience.
The festival will be held Oct. 23 to Nov. 1, 2009.
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12th Annual Green Mountain Film Festival |
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The Green Mountain Film Festival is held each March in Montpelier. The festival provides public showings of films with cultural, social and historic interest and is
an opportunity for independent filmmakers to exhibit their works.
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The chances are you have been here - through the
magic of film. Vermont has been a winter and summer filming location
for many memorable films. Perhaps it's that pond in Stowe that Alan
Alda and company dunked a Mercedes
into (The Four Seasons, 1979). Or, you're driving
through East Corinth where Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin tried to out
spook Michael Keaton in Beetlejuice (1987).
From Bennington in southern Vermont, to Woodstock, Plainfield or
Montpelier in the center of the state, to St. Johnsbury, Peacham or
Craftsbury Common in the north - filmmakers have utilized our state's
scenic qualities since the earliest movies.
The first film was made here in 1920, with Lillian Gish
appearing in the black and white film, Way Down East. That may have
been the first, however, the crews really started coming after Alfred
Hitchcock filmed "The Trouble With Harry" (1955) in Craftsbury Common.
The Common looks much as it did then when he declared it "the classic
New England town."
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say you like more recent films? Then check out the roads around
Woodstock and Reading that Tom Hanks ran on for "Forrest Gump" (1993).
Go down to the Burlington Waterfront area where Jim Carrey cavorted in
"Me, Myself and Irene" (2000), or view the apple orchards where Tobey
Maguire worked in "The Cider House Rules" (1998). Or visit the D.A.R.
State Park in Addison, the site that was used as Harrison Ford and
Michele Pfeifer's house in "What Lies Beneath" (2000).
So, whether you are looking for the stars in the sky (we have
some of the most viewable night skies) or the other type of stargazing,
Vermont's the place to be.
View listing of films shot in Vermont
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