MACON'S CONNECTIONS TO FILMS

Filmography links and data courtesy of
The Internet Movie Database.

Films & T.V. Shows in Macon
Wise Blood

Wise Blood (1979)

directed by John Huston
writing credits:
Flannery O'Connor (novel)
Benedict Fitzgerald (screenplay)

Find out more about Wise Blood at the Internet Movie Database

Black Cultural History in Macon, Georgia
1823–Present
116 min. WMAZ-TV and the Black Arts Advisory Committee for the Macon Arts Alliance, 1994. VHS

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

Directed by Jon Avnet
Writing Credits:
Fannie Flagg (novel & screenplay)

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The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars
& Motor King (1976)

Directed by John Badham
Writing Credits:
Hal Barwood
William Brashler (novel)

Find out more about The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor King at the Internet Movie Database

The Fighting Temptations(2003)

Directed by Jonathan Lynn
Writing Credits:
Elizabeth Hunter (story)
Elizabeth Hunter (screenplay)

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Over the Top (1918)

Directed by Wilfrid North
Writing Credits:
Robert Gordon Anderson(scenario)
Arthur Guy Empey(book)

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Baby of the Family (2002)

Directed by Jonee' Ansa
Credits:
Jonee' Ansa(screenwriter)
Tina McElroy Ansa(screenwriter)

Find out more about Baby of the Family at the Internet Movie Database

Banned from the Television II (1998)

60 min. Another offering of snipped-out segments taken from moments too racy to hit the small screen publicly. Fans of shock-value programming will be well-appeased.

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The Rose and the Jackal (1990)

Directed by Jack Gold
Writing Credits:
Eric Edson (screenwriter)

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Still Ramblin' (2001)

Directed by Randall Franks
Writing Credits:
Randall Franks

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Actors From Macon

Melvyn Douglas
Sam Hennings
Lisa Sheridan
Carrie Preston
Brett Butler
Blake Clark

 


Musicians From Macon

Richard Wayne Penniman "Little Richard"
James Brown
Otis Redding
Duane Allman – The Allman Brothers
Mike Mills and Bill Berry of R.E.M.

 


Little Richard in Films
movie
credit
The Trumpet of the Swan (2001) Song Performer
Last Action Hero (1993) Cameo Appearance
The Pickle (1993) President
The Naked Truth (1992) Airborne Mustard Lover
Sunset Heat (1991) aka Midnight Heat Brandon
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (1990) T.V. Old King Cole
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989) (uncredited)
Purple People Eater (1988) Mayor
Goddess of Love (1988) T.V. Alphonso
Amen (1986) T.V. Series Lorenso Hollingsworth (pilot)
Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) Orvis Goodnight
It's Little Richard (1964) T.V. As Himself


James Brown in Films
movie
credit
Live from the House of Blues (2000)  
Body Heat (1979)  
James Brown & Friends: Set Fire to the Soul (1988)  
James Brown: Soul Survivor (2003)  
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) Reverend Cleophus James
Rocky IV (1985) The Godfather of Soul
Doctor Detroit (1983) Bandleader (Himself)
The Blues Brothers (1980) Reverend Cleophus James
Mean Johnny Barrows (1976)