Practice for upcoming movie set for
later this month
Photography slated for Feb. 14
STAFF REPORT
Mesabi Daily News
Last Updated: Friday, January 07th, 2005 12:05:51 AM
EVELETH — Four well-known actors
should be on the Iron Range later this
month to begin practice for the movie
loosely based on the book “Class Action.’’
Those stars include Sissy Spacek, Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand,
and the latest addition, Woody Harrelson,
who will play a hockey player,
according to Location Manager Anne Healy
of Garson Studios.
Healy told the Eveleth City Council
Thursday night the untitled mining movie
project will focus on the mining industry
and hockey. Those behind the film
had considered shooting the hockey scenes
in Sante Fe, N.M., but she
convinced them otherwise.
“This is the heart of hockey,’’ she said.
Four different locations in Eveleth have already been picked
out, Healy
said, which include a bar, Koke’s
Motel, the auditorium and the high school
football field. The film is also looking
at a farm-like scene in Iron and
other parts of the movie in Virginia
and Hibbing. Some shots will also be
taken at Inland Steel and at the Miners
Memorial Building in Virginia.
Healy, who has been in the area since Nov. 7, said she and the
others love
the area. Practice will start later
this month, she said, while principle
photography is set to begin Feb. 14.
The crew for the $20 million production is scheduled to start
arriving next
week, Healy said.
Officials from movie distributor Warner Bros., a subsidiary of
Time-Warner,
whose officials estimate $3 million
to $5 million will be spent during
filming on the Iron Range.
The book “Class Action” told the story of a successful
sexual harassment
lawsuit against the former Eveleth Mines
and some of its workers.