I am asking that the film to be shot in the place where the book takes place. Big Stone Gap is where my family came from and my mom has showed me the places were they have mentioned in the book, Big Stone Gap. It is important for my family as well as the world to see what a beautiful place as well a town of its own. We don’t want to see a film shot in a foreign place, any place besides Big Stone Gap would be considered foreign. I still have family who lives there and it is just as important to them. If Elizabeth Taylor chose to make a stop there, it should be important enough to be true to life.
Melody Christopher
Mother Velina (Kilgore) DeVault, former resident of Big Stone Gap