[Mamzelle]

Isn't it a bitter pill, not to be filmed (at least not much) in the state whose scenery makes for much of the story? The obvious film location for much of this movie is Cade's Cove in Tenn., complete with the old houses. Then head over to the Parkway for Inman's journey uphill. Michael Mann managed to make the Parkway stopoff's look like the Adirondacks in 1756, why can't it look like the Blue Ridge in 1864? The only thing that'll be authentic will be Ralph Stanley.

[Howlin]

It's such a shame!

My niece is finishing up grad school in Boone, and I was just thinking yesterday I need to get up there before she moves back down here!

No more beautiful country in the whole world than the ride from Tennessee to North Carolina, IMO. Takes my breath away.