Morgan Freeman Photo by Jack Looney
“Recently we filmed for two or three days in Charlottesville. It’s a very nice town with warm people. But, of course, they would be. They are Virginians.”
—Actor Morgan Freeman, discussing filming of the upcoming movie Evan Almighty at the Virginia Film Festival. With much of it shot in Virginia, the movie was a homecoming for Evan Almighty director Tom Shadyac (Col ’81), who also participated in the festival.
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