They are both very friendly & down to earth folks! We were able to talk with them & participate in their cutting up & jokes. Bobby shook our hands and we spoke briefly between filming they talked & we listened to their very interesting conversations. When she saw me sitting there she said, “Oh Bobby I want you to meet my landlady, this is LeAnn Sharp & her husband Anthony”. Kathy Baker stayed at one of our cabins & we became friends she is so sweet & considerate. The space was left open next to me, so no one would be blocking in front of them. Anthony & I were fortunate to be sitting close to Duvall & Baker just below them next to Bobby’s’ feet. If you look fast you can see Anthony & I to the right of the screen clapping during the rodeo scene they show us twice. TV Channel 8 from Austin was there & showed a video clip on their news cast See who else you can identify in the news clip. Many locals were fortunate to be extras in this wonderful movie, a fun experience one we will never forget! Aug.30, 2010 from 7pm to 7am was the Dance Social scene about 30 couples danced the night & morning away! And then we slept all day to be ready for the Rodeo scene that next night.Īug.31, 2010 was the last night of filming for ‘Seven Days in Utopia”. Melissa Leo *2011 Best Actress of the Year in ‘The Fighter’ In Utopia you can buy the Books at – Hill Country Nature Center & Main Street Utopia Johnny, a Yoda-like teacher, who is building a golf course in a field in the middle of nowhere takes the young golfer under his wing and spends a week completely reshaping the way he thinks about the game of golf and life. Despondent and despairing of his future in golf, he wanders into the town of Utopia, where he providentially meets Johnny, a former golf pro who has retired to a quite country life. A professional golfer, who is actually never named in the book, has a breakdown on the golf course during a tournament in which he was favored to do well. Robert Duvall is Johnny Crawford and Lucas Black is playing Luke Chisolm (the young golfer)īased on t he book – ‘ Golf's Sacred Journey, 7 Days at the Links of Utopia’ is really a book about life it just so happens that the main character's life is all about golf. Movies never do that, and as we were researching, we went back to 2007 and couldn't find one movie that went UP on Labor Day!Īdd to that, the fact that more than 250,000 people visited the website in the first four days! And the best part of all, more than 600 people decided to go all the way with Christ and commit their lives to Him! And that's just the opening weekend!īy the 3rd week over 1000 people have given their lives to Christ on our web site. Seven Days In Utopia movie opened modestly on Friday Sept.2nd and went up Saturday, then jumped significantly Sunday and then was up again Monday (Labor Day)! Message from the Producers & Marketing team: The PGA Tour shots were at a Fredericksburg Golf Course (Boot Ranch) The Movie ‘Seven Days in Utopia’ was filmed in Utopia Texas, Theme song 'Born Again' by musical group Third Day Life is never the same, Once you’ve been to Utopia!
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