SAVANNAH — The City of Savannah Tourism  and Film Services Department is pleased to announce that the feature film “The Conspirator” will be shot in our area this fall.  

The Civil War era drama will be directed by Robert Redford and produced by The American Film Company.  Redford directed “The Legend of Bagger Vance” here in 1999.  

Set against the ominous backdrop of post-Civil War Washington, “The Conspirator” follows the extraordinary trial of Mary Surratt, the lone woman among those charged with conspiring to kill Abraham Lincoln. Idealistic young war hero Frederick Aiken reluctantly defends Surratt, eventually coming to believe in her innocence while struggling to find justice in a city bent on retribution.

Filming is scheduled to begin in mid October and will continue into December.

There was a brief flurry of hopefulness a couple of weeks ago when Butch Kieffer of Springfield was contacted about the possibility of using the historic Mars Theatre for some of the filming. After sending photos of the inside of the building to location scouts, it was determined that the facility would be too small for what the director needed.

The Savannah location was selected after an extensive scouting process and following the unanimous recommendation of The American Film Company’s historians.

The American Film Company has opened a production office and sound stage in the Savannah area and is currently accepting resumes for local hires via an e-mail hotline: conspiratorasst@gmail.com

Casting, publicist information and other contact information will be posted on the news page at www.savannahfilm.org when it becomes available.
For more information, contact Jay Self with the City of Savannah Tourism and Film Department at (912) 651-2360 or (912) 667-1803.