State and Main (2000) on Netflix
A film crew arrives in Waterford, Vermont, to finish a movie that needs a mill. The screenwriter, Joseph Turner White, must rewrite the script, and bookseller Annie Black offers him help.
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- Rotten Tomatoes85%
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Plot summary
A troubled film production moves to Waterford, Vermont, to finish shooting The Old Mill, a movie that depends on a genuine mill. Days before principal photography, it emerges that the town's mill burned down decades ago. Director Walt Price leans on first-time screenwriter Joseph Turner White to change the script, but White is stuck, and local bookseller Annie Black tries to give him inspiration. Leading lady Claire Wellesley refuses her contracted nude scene without more money, and the cinematographer offends residents by interfering with a historic firehouse. Producer Marty Rossen arrives to help. Leading man Bob Barrenger dallies with Carla, a local teenager.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about State and Main (2000)
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- Although State and Main is set in the fictional Vermont town of Waterford, David Mamet's film was actually shot in Massachusetts, in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Beverly, Dedham and Waltham.
