Movie featuring scene shot at Hurricane Shoals coming to Athens

The story is inspired by the true story of Felix “Bush” Breazeale, who attracted national attention when he held a “living funeral party” in 1938 in Roane County, TN. Duvall plays Bush, who has terrified his neighbors for years with antics leading them to think he’s in league with the devil and has special powers. One day he shows up in town with a shotgun and cash to hold a funeral. Murray plays a funeral director and Lucas Black his apprentice, while Spacek plays a widow who is the only person in town known to have gotten close to Bush.

A church scene was filmed in February 2009 in the Miles Wilson Matthews Chapel Heritage Village at Hurricane Shoals Park. Duvall, Cobb and Black were on location.

Critics have raved about the production, says Becky Perry of the Tumbling Waters Society, even to the point of suggesting Duvall could win an Oscar for his performance.

The Tumbling Waters Society will get credit in the movie, Perry said.