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‘Wild River’ is focus of museum activities

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By Dorothy Foster

Correspondent

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — The Museum Center at Five Points is planning a variety of activities for the upcoming 50th anniversary of filming of the movie “Wild River” in Charleston, Tenn.

The Elia Kazan film starred Montgomery Clift as a TVA administrator who’s supposed to persuade local landowners to sell their land to the utility for a dam. Jo Van Fleet was the matriarch who refused to be budged and Lee Remick was the granddaughter who captured the TVA man’s heart.

Museum Center Executive Director Lisa Lutts spoke with the Chattanooga Times Free Press about activities planned for the observance.