Boys of Summerville at Roane State

Hot on the heels of their successful 2008-2009 Film Festival circuit for the movie, Boys of Summerville, the Benjamin Brothers have decided to end their festival run in the same place where the movie began: Roane County. Boys of Summerville was filmed entirely in east Tennessee, the majority of which was in Roane County. "Tennessee has so much to offer filmmakers. You have everything you need right here. Mountains, rivers, lakes, plains, valleys. And Roane County had just the look we wanted for the movie."

Boys of Summerville was shot in the summer of 2007. The entire crew, and the majority of the cast was from east Tennessee. And even some of the characters were based on real-life east Tennessee natives. “One of the characters in the movie Charles “Buddy” Davis, was based on our father, Charles Davis Benjamin, who passed away from cancer in 2000. I wanted to make a movie as a tribute to him, and since he loved comedies and softball so much, I thought this would be a perfect movie to make.”

The movie will show as the second installment of the Appalachian Dreams series, produced by Princess Productions and Gary Baker. Princess Productions, in conjunction with Muse Watson and Bill Landry, has been promoting the restoration of the Princess Theater in downtown Harriman while simultaneously pushing to revitalize the artistic movement in the area. Boys of Summerville will show on Friday, June 26th at 7:00 pm at the Roane State theater. Muse Watson and Bill Landry will open the show and also be available with the cast and crew for the Q&A following the screening.

Tickets are only $5 and can be purchased at the Rocky Top General Store and Jewelry Exchange in Harriman, as well as at the door the night of the screening.

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