Georgia's tiniest county has landed a starring role in another of Hollywood's biggest films.

Crawfordville -- the picturesque county seat of Taliaferro County -- will play host to Robert Duvall and Sissy Spacek during production of Get Low, a 1930s thriller.

"It's about an eccentric old man who's up in years, wondering if the town will give him a decent burial," said Bob Kendrick, the president of the Crawfordville Historical Society and the town's Hollywood liaison. "So he decides to stage a mock funeral."

Crawfordville, he said, was chosen because its downtown was perfect for a film set in the 1930s.

"We have no McDonald's or Burger Kings or greasy spoon avenues here," he said. "I was born here in 1930, and things are pretty much like they've always been."

The movie is written and directed by Oscar-winning cinematographer Aaron Schneider, whose credits as a director of photography include Titanic and Kiss the Girls.

Mr. Schneider and his staff have made a number of visits to Crawfordville to help plan the shooting, which will be done in late January or early February.

"They're planning to do the town scenes here, with six or seven days of shooting, or maybe more," Mr. Kendrick said.

Crawfordville Mayor Herrman Milner said Hollywood has called on the town many times for films that require an early 19th-century setting.

"They like the storefronts for interiors and the whole town for an exterior," he said, adding that the last major film with segments shot in Crawfordville was Sweet Home Alabama, starring Reese Witherspoon.

"There have been some other ones since then, but that was the last big one," he said.

Mr. Kendrick said there are plans to include another prominent male star in the script, possibly Tim McGraw, "but they haven't said for sure."

Get Low is being produced by the Zanuck Co., whose awards include a 1990 Best Picture Oscar for Driving Miss Daisy.

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