Film crews prepare to film a scene Thursday afternoon in which Vietnam War protesters march in the small Alabama town of Morrison, during the second day of filming in Cedartown for the film, "Jayne Mansfield's Car." (Lowell Vickers/thepolkfishwrap.com)
Tyler Coley, 4, begged his mom for a dime so he could ride the "Sandy" coin-operated horse. However, the non-functioning device was only a prop, placed in front of an imaginary toy store created for the movie. Bill Lundy, a local attorney, said the horse actually came from old storage for a former Cedartown business. Lundy said he remembers riding this same horse when he was a boy. (Lowell Vickers/thepolkfishwrap.com)
A trio of spectators found a bird's eye view of the filming taking place Thursday from the roof of the two-story building that houses Pink Sugar, 320 Main St. More than 200 curious onlookers gathered in downtown Cedartown Thursday to watch the second day of filming of the Billy Bob Thornton movie, "Jayne Mansfield's Car." However, spectators found that most of the places they were allowed to stand -- out of view of the cameras filming scenes -- don't provide much of a view of the film's stars or the action taking place.(Lowell Vickers/thepolkfishwrap.com)
More police officers were visible as well, as movie crews struggled to maintain crowd control while filming a variety of scenes on Main Street, West Avenue and some side streets in the downtown area. The voices of film staffers could be repeatedly heard yelling, "Move back, please! We need you to move back!"
Cedartown Assistant Police Chief Jamie Newsome said he and Police Chief Henry King were on duty while helping work crowd control. But most of the other uniformed police officers seen throughout the downtown were actually off duty police officers who were hired by the film studio to provide security, he said.
Filming got under way around 12:45 p.m. and was expected to continue into the early evening. The production lost a few hours on the first day of filming Wednesday when heavy rain moved into the area around 2 p.m.
Rain Thursday morning gave way to partly cloudy skies through the afternoon. Film staff, speaking off the record, said they were hurrying to catch up with the filming schedule, but were not too far behind.
A scene starring Kevin Bacon, in which he marches through the small Alabama town of Morrison with a group of Vietnam War protesters, was being reshot today.
"Jayne Mansfield's Car" is set in 1969 in rural Alabama. In addition to Bacon and Thornton, who appears in the film while also directing, the cast includes Robert Duvall, John Hurt, Australian actress Francis O’Connor, as the female lead, and Robert Patrick.
According to the according to the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com), the film is expected to be released in 2013.
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