My.cousin Vinny

[Terpsícore Deckelman]

The1992 comedy hit, My Cousin Vinny, stars Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Fred Gwynne, Ralph Macchio, and Mitchell Whitfield. The movie is about two friends from New York traveling to California to attend college. Billy Gambini (Ralph Macchio) and Stan Rothenstein (Mitchell Whitfield) head south to take advantage of warmer weather in January, and while in rural Alabama, they stop at a convenience store to stock up on food for the trip. After Billy inadvertently shoplifts a can of tuna fish, they are stopped by local law enforcement, armed with a shotgun, who orders them out of the car with their hands up. And for only shoplifting a cheap can of tuna fish!

The Sac-O-Suds is located along Georgia State Road 16, at the Ocmulgee River. In this movie, I liked how the filmmakers changed the state road signs, retaining all of the correct state road numbers, but changing the shape to Alabama instead of Georgia.

We had a really nice conversation with Cary, one of the new owners of the Sac-O-Suds. She was very excited to have had the opportunity to purchase and essentially rebuild the store. It was in a fairly deplorable condition and had to be rebuilt. They did a great job and locals and tourists alike are excited to visit the Sac-O-Suds again.

Across the street from the Sac-O-Suds were the trailers two of the prosecution witnesses, Mrs. Riley (needs thicker glasses) and Mr. Tipton (whose trailer sat on a mystical spot on earth where the laws of physics ceased to exist, thereby allowing boiling water to soak into a grit faster).

Here is another scene of Vinny and Lisa driving, this time they are on their way to prison to visit Billy and Stan. Again, note how the filmmakers cleverly changed the state road signs to depict Alabama instead of Georgia. However, the signs below it still point to Georgia towns, Macon and Eatonton, etc. This is again the town square in Monticello, Georgia.

Can you help me find they used in filming of my Cousin Vinny? Its the location ofthe pool hall /hotel where vinny gets punched. What town was it filmed in and the cross streets??? Thank u for ur time.

The General Putnam Motel is in Eatonton, GA ( not noted on the sites above). It is on the north side of town heading to Athens. At one time, it was on the main Hwy. 441 route, but I believe it has been bypassed and not on main route any longer. Used to go by it on way to UGA football games.

Federal District Judge Joseph Anderson (South Carolina) is a massive fan. He has been conducting seminars for years on the lessons to be learned from MCV. He also owns the original Sac-O-Suds sign which he bought from the foreclosing bank.

In your story, you mentioned you were looking for a particular location, but could not find it. Where was that? My wife and I spent just spent two days on our own MCV tour, and found a few locations not listed above. Really enjoyed your post as it helped us plan our trip. Plus, it helps that we live an hour away, and Google Street View is awesome.

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