![]() ![]() The documentary, set in a Kentucky coal mining community, follows a group of miners who strike for better working conditions. Other films have brought Kentucky into the spotlight less for entertainment value and more as a method of advocacy, as seen with the 1976 documentary “Harlan County, USA.” The film was shot in several different Kentucky locations, including the cities of Berry, Lexington, Paris and Harlan. The story follows an FBI agent sent to a small town in the Appalachian mountains of Kentucky, where he becomes involved with a local woman in what leads to a scandal. This year saw the release of “Above Suspicion,” a crime thriller based on a true story set and filmed in parts of Kentucky. ![]() Oddly enough, the majority of the filming for the movie took place not in Elizabethtown, but in downtown Versailles. “If you are here alone, especially at night, you can feel the house breathing around you,” notes Jacob Williams, marketing coordinator for the house, who says he has been tapped on the shoulder only to turn around and realize no one was there.More recently, Kentucky has been the filming location for movies such as “Elizabethtown,” a 2005 romantic comedy named for its setting, Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Like our Facebook page for more conversation and news coverage from San Jose, the Bay Area and beyond. Over the years many have reported glimpsing a shadowy woman in black floating through the hallways while others have smelled an overwhelming scent of roses, reportedly a beloved fragrance of Winchester’s. While conventional wisdom has always maintained that Winchester was mentally unhinged, stricken with grief over the death of her husband and baby, there are those who believe that the spirits are indeed real. “As a peaceful, gentle soul, she felt the weight of her fortune greatly, the responsibility for all that death and destruction,” as Mirren put it during last year’s filming at the house, “That was her burden.” ![]() Building forged on 24 hours a day for 38 years until her death in 1922. ![]() With her immense wealth and engineering prowess, she made sure that construction on the 24,000-square-foot house never stopped. “It should be good for San Jose … Akin to ‘Lady Bird’ and Sacramento, you can’t go wrong when paying homage to a place with a feature-length film,” says Rick Jensen of the Downtown Association.Īccording to the lore that the film draws upon, a medium told Winchester that the only way to elude the ghosts that haunted her, the souls that perished at the hands of the Winchester rifle, was to outwit them through architecture. There is also hope the movie generates interest in the city at large as more than just a place to do high-tech business but also a place to steep in history and culture. “The best part is that it’s not the staff that’s excited but the whole community is looking forward to it.” “We’ve never had something like this before,” she says. Jessica Gidlund, a tour dispatcher who helped the film crew navigate the house’s 2,000 doors, 10,000 windows, 40 stairways and 13 bathrooms, says that many visitors seem just as pumped for the movie as she is. “We are already well known but this movie will raise the profile of the house even higher,” says Magnuson. Officials say that there has already been an uptick in attendance at the house and they believe the release of the movie will generate even more interest in the house. He can’t wait to see if he ended up on the cutting room floor or in the spotlight. Lopez says it took several hours to shoot his scenes, not to mention the time spent getting into period costume and makeup. Reading this on your iPhone or iPad? Check out our new Apple News app channel here and click the + at the top of the page to save to your Apple News favorites. “It was really cool getting to see how much goes into shooting one scene, the technical aspects of making a movie. “It was a lot of fun for me,” says Homero Lopez, a guide who was cast as one of Sarah’s tireless carpenters. Half a dozen staff members even got to make their movie debuts as extras in the film. Being immersed in the chaos of a film shoot was a hoot for those who work at the house. Written and directed by Michael and Peter Spierig, the movie was partially shot on location in San Jose, closing the city’s biggest tourist attraction for several days last year. The site is featured in “Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places.” (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) This May 5, 2017, file photo, shows an exterior view of the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, Calif. ![]()
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