| Permission to place the cache has been
given by the owners, Ernie and Virginia Sage. Parking is available
in the field drive on the south side of the road. Be careful
backing out on the highway as the road can be very busy. If you
happen to stop during the summer months, the Sage's may have some
sweet corn to sell. Availability during the winter is highly
dependent on the amount of snow!
The cache is a camo-covered container that originally held an
FTF pin for the first to find, a couple of carabiner key chains, a
red car, some other small trinkets, and Darla the Mythical,
Morphing Creature, a brand new travel bug just starting her
journey.
The filming of Country, the movie
As Gil (Sam Shepard) sinks deeper into depression and drink, his
wife Jewell (Jessica Lange) decides she won't go down without a
fight. She starts by making a visit to the local farm cooperative
to find the names of other farmers who are being squeezed by the
FmHA. Armed with her list, her telephone, and her strong will, she
starts calling the neighbors who find themselves in a similar
situation and rallies their support. Some are hesitant, but others
begin to see there may be some hope. Jewell continues to rally the
farmers, making door to door visits and stopping to chat wherever
she runs into her neighbors. With enough determined farmers present
at the Ivy auction, Jewell feels they can take a stand.
To film the scenes where Jewell is traveling from farm to farm
seeking support at the auction, the director, Dick Pearce, wanted a
single location with a lot of buildings where they could give the
appearance that Jewell was traveling between farms but the crew
wouldn't have to move and set up equipment. My husband, Rob, who
was an extra in the auction scene, overheard the film crew
discussing their need of a place close by that had lots of
livestock and many buildings. Rob suggested Ernie and Virginia
Sage's, the location for this cache. Rob drove the editor over in
his truck to check out the location and he liked what he saw. The
film crew moved all the equipment over to Sage's, paid Sage's $500
for the afternoon, and used six scenes in the final version of the
movie, all shot at the Sage farm. One scene even includes Virginia
greeting Jessica Lange at her back door.
The film crew gathers to shoot the scene of Virginia
and Jessica Lange at the back door of the house.
Filming the scene with Jessica Lange and Virginia.
Notice Jessica's stand in, Dawn Driscoll, in a similar plaid coat
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Jessica Lange's hair dresser puts on some finishing
touches in the driveway before the next shot.
Movie camera set up at Sage's farm.
Child actress Theresa Graham (Marlene Ivy) takes a
break to have a snow ball fight with a crew member.
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