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3 unusual facts about The Long Walk Home


The Long Walk Home

Set in Alabama, it is based on a screenplay about the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-1956) by John Cork and a short film by the same name, produced by students at the University of Southern California in 1988.

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Early into production, cinematographer John Bailey was to have made his directorial debut on this film but was replaced by Richard Pearce.

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One of the three GM "old-look" transit buses used in this film was the Montgomery Bus Lines bus #2857, which Rosa Parks had been riding when she refused to give up her seat and was arrested.



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