When Paramount Pictures swept into town in August of 1993, everyone was excited that a new movie was filming with Tom Hanks, Sally Field, Robin Wright and a modestly known newer actor named Gary Sinise. It’s considered one of the all-time best film and it was filmed all over Beaufort and watching it just makes you feel right at home. Very few movies filmed in town will stick out like 1994’s Forrest Gump. Filmed at downtown’s Tidalholm on Laurens Street, the film also used Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, downtown and downtown’s Point Neighborhoodīlythe Danner would come back to Beaufort to film two more movies that you will read about here, and Duvall stopped back in town for another film as well.įorrest Gump crosses the Woods Memorial Bridge in downtown Beaufort SC Many local scenes are very noticeable when you watch the movie.
Marine Corps officer whose success as a pilot contrasts with his shortcomings as a husband and father. The film stars Robert Duvall, Blythe Danner, and Michael O’Keefe, and tells the story of a U.S. The 1979 drama was written and directed by Lewis John Carlino and was based on the 1976 novel of the same name by Beaufort’s most beloved author, Pat Conroy, who had based it on his relationship with his own father, whom the Great Santini is named after. It all started in the late 1970s with The Great Santini. The Great Santini, Robert Duvall and Blythe Danner Movies filmed in the Beaufort SC range from Oscar-winning pieces like Forrest Gump and Oscar-nominated flicks like The Prince of Tides to the recent release of hometown gems like Stars Fell On Alabama.Ĭheck out our list of movies filmed in Beaufort, showcasing the link between the actors that came to town and fell in love with it, and the link between Hollywood and its affection towards our great city of Beaufort.
Both Hollywood and its stars fell in love with our town, with some even relocating here after productions finished, and some coming back time and time again to visit and to make even more films.įast forward to present day where more than 16 motion pictures and lots of tv productions have been filmed in the Beaufort area, thanks to the beauty, historic appearance and appeal of our little town, and Hollywood’s love affair with it. Hollywood has visited Beaufort quite often over the years with Beaufort’s movie reputation dating back to the 1970s.