Savannah officials reject ghost film in cemetery

Associated Press ^ | Tuesday, January 18, 2011

[Sacajaweau]

We made great progress in our restoration of our pioneer cemetery. My last act was designing a memorial stone with all the sur names we could verify. It was placed at the entrance.

A friend and myself researched all the obituaries at the local library. It was grueling...but worth it.

[LucyT]

[exit82]

You and your friend did a very noble thng.

Thanks.

[rdl6989]

Ping.

[Mila]

There have been many movies that have scenes filmed in New Orleans cemeteries.

One of those is Easy Rider, which I've never seen, here with Peter Fonda at the Italian Benevolent Society Tomb that was built in 1857 and located in St.Louis No.1 cemetery. I'm told that they didn't asked permission, they just went ahead and filmed.

[Ditter]

Too bad, I'd like to see it. It would not bother me for them to film in the cemeteries where my loved ones are buried. The money could go to keeping the cemetery in good repair.

[LucyT]

. . . . . . . . Mercer House, Savannah, Georgia.

[kalee]

The ghost walk at Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh is very well done.
It is not spooky or frightening. It portrays the lives of the soldiers buried there and is educational.

[LucyT]

[kalee]

The Civil War ghost tour in Raleigh is educational. The soldiers who are buried there “appear” from the shadows to tell about their war experiences. The soldiers are well researched through letters adn diaries, no tall tales told. Usually there are a couple vignettes set up that educate about some aspect of the war. One year it was a signal corp demonstration and another a hospital. I know many of the reenactors who participate and they are respectful of the graves and the people buried there.
Money that is raised goes to restore the cemetery.

[mass55th]

That’s the same house they filmed scenes for the movie “Glory.”

[The Comedian]

"So where are you from? Originally?"

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[Hotlanta Mike]

Savannah was the first master planned city in the US (at that time the colonies).

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Seriously, why use a real cemetery when a fake can easily be built, and more fitting to the purpose?

[max americana]

Sounds interesting about Raleigh. When I went to Boston, Revolutionary re-enactors played their parts to the max and the crowd were nodding about the price of freedom and to fight against aggression. If the NYT were operating back then, they would have printed out every name and address of every Tea Party saboteur.

[oust the louse]

interesting...where and when would it not be safe? Were just there over the holidays and walked Savannah in early evening back to our parking garage from Lady & Sons.
Seems like daytime is fine....