Though full, the audience reaction may not have been typical as many, if not most, were there to see their home town on the screen as much as fans of the original novel. Soucy added, “It was really interesting to see how Fergus was portrayed on the screen.” We saw all the cameras and it was really surreal.” You never think of places in the movies as actual places. Slack said, “It was odd to see people filming in your town. “And we’d seen the filming during the summer and thought it would be great to see the movie.” Soucy said they had both taken a look at the book and reviews to see the story. Residents Camille Slack and Serena Soucy were taking a break from a class project. Gayle said, “I had just finished reading Salem Falls and loved the book.” Gould added, “We knew there were only 100 people who’d be able to get in, so we knew we should get here early.”įor Larry and Gayle Caudle, of Fergus, much of the attraction was seeing their hometown on the big screen. Her daughter, Lindsay Plant, of Cambridge, came to watch the show with her mom. “I remember watching our local little Black & White restaurant turn into the Do Or Diner … that was enough to captivate my interest.”
The pair were special guests for the two Friday night screenings of Salem Falls.įilmed here last fall, downtown Fergus served as the backdrop for many of the locations of Salem Falls.Īnd residents young and old were in attendance, a few arrived nearly an hour early since they knew there were only a limited number of seats.ĭeborah Gould, of Elora, said she and her daughter came to see Salem Falls “based on the book by Jodi Picoult, a wonderful author.” Hordal were welcomed with open arms at the Grand Theatre. Though the trailer of Salem Falls states “In this town … strangers … are not welcome,” the same is not true for Fergus, where the movie was filmed.ĭirector Bradley Walsh and location manager A.J. It was a full house Friday night at the Grand Theatre for the town’s premiere of Salem Falls.
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