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From: waltt@tekecs.UUCP (Walt Tucker)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: Movies made where you live
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Date: Tue, 12-Feb-85 17:00:59 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 12 17:00:59 1985
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A few years ago (1979) there was a movie that came out called
"How to Beat the High Cost of Living."  Not a great movie, but it did have
Jane Curtain, Susan St. James, Richard Benjamin, Garrett Morris, Dabney
Coleman, Jessica Lange and a few others in it.   My mom-in-law was
an extra in it, which was kind of fun (they cut out that part when
shown on TV, though). 

Anyway, it was filmed in Eugene, Oregon.  I'll have to admit, it 
represented the area rather well.  They didn't change any of the names 
(Eugene was still Eugene,  Medford was Medford, the Valley River Center 
was the same, the Willamette River was named the same, etc.) as I've 
seen done in other movies.  As a matter of fact, the only real slip that
misrepresented the area was when they drove down to Medford one evening
to rip off a Safeway.  Medford is about 150 miles from Eugene, and kind
of a long drive to do in one evening.  Even though not a great movie, 
being made locally made it worth watching when run on on TV (we don't 
get many movies made up here in the boonies).

BTW, "Animal House" was also filmed at Eugene, mostly at the U of O campus.
I used to drive by Delta house all the time when I would go visit friends
down there.

                              -- Walt Tucker
                                 Tektronix, Inc.