Posted by Pat Roberts on January 17, 2001 at 10:29:50:
In Reply to: They ARE filming in Kittanning posted by carl on December 06, 2000 at 04:25:54:
> The following was copied from an email from Dr. Ray Voller (dentist on N. Grant St.)
> .....
> I know how you all love movies! Guess what!? They're filming a thriller RIGHT HERE IN KITTANNING starring Richard Gere!! Starting in January, six weeks of filming will be done here! It will be a movie like The Sixth Sense! Rated PG 13, I just came back from a reception sponsored by the Pgh Film Office (see www.pghfilm.org) and they have officially chosen Kittanning for the majority of the filming of this movie. It doesn't have a name yet, but it is based on the book, The Mothman Prophecies. It will based around Christmas time and about UFO/ sci fi thriller stuff. This will hopefully put Kittanning on the map!! They plan on using several businesses and buildings downtown in Kittanning, redecorating some, repainting some, putting different businesses and signs in some, but Christmas lights will be on most of the buildings for the filming, since it's based around a Christmas time story.. All in all the business people and merchants here in Kittanning that were at that meeting all unanimously welcomed this major event!!! There will be 80-100 crew members here, and they said it will literally be like a 747 landing without wheels in Kittanning!
> Just thought you'd like to know!
> Ray
This is great! I live in Nashville, TN, but my relatives (Reddingers) were originally from Kittanning. I hope to some day visit Kittanning, but until then, I will look forward to seeing this movie at Christmas to see the Kittanning area.
I'm so glad I found this website. Could anyone give me names of nice hotels that I might stay in when I visit Kittanning?