There has been a few movies made here in western north carolina and north georgia.. thunder road a 1958 film about hauling moonshine was made in asheville NC..The journey of august king,,The last of the mohicans ,,Winter people,,Neil,,Dirty dancing,,Black dog,, Smokey and the bandit,, these are just a few movies made near here.. I'm expecting a movie to be made about eric rudolph the guy who bombed the 1996 olympics centianal park and the alabama abortion clinic then hide in our mtns for 5 years from the FBI and local law enforcenments until a rookie cop caught him digging in trash behind a local grocery store here in murphy.. stovens that pretty cool that american graffiti was filmed near you , thats one of my favorite movies of all times!!