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Hollywood Comes to Town
Posted by Ian Headley 05/06/2008 - 11:50:20 AM
There has been a bit of buzz around Columbia lately about the movie “Nailed.” The movie stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a corrupt congressman.

The film is set in Washington, D.C. The problem for the producers of the film is that movies are no longer allowed to be filmed in the United States Capitol or in the House and Senate office buildings. It turns out that South Carolina’s Statehouse makes a great stand-in for our nation’s Capitol building. Problem solved.

By the way, I’ve gotten some flack for having blog posts that are too serious. Lucky for me, “Nailed” is filming at Ebenezer Lutheran Church one block from my office. Another problem solved.

I took a few minutes out of my lunch break to document a little bit of the activity Columbia is seeing. I was hunting for some of the stars that have been sighted around Columbia but couldn’t find any. I did find a lot of trucks, trailers and people working on the film though. Problem still unsolved.

View from the Bank of America Building
The view from my office of the makeshift movie lot


Shining lights through Ebenezer's stained glass window
Cranes shining movie lights through the windows of Ebenezer Lutheran Church

More trucks and trailers in the Greek Church parking lot
Makeshift movie lot... Jake Gyllenhal is nowhere to be seen.
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Ian Headley

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About the Regional Director
Ian Headley lives in Lexington with his wife and son. He grew up in Columbia and graduated from the University of South Carolina. When he’s not helping Sen. DeMint serve the people of South Carolina, Ian enjoys cheering on the Gamecocks.
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