novel are set in Valdosta. In Allen Steele's science fiction novel Coyote Frontier, Valdosta in the year 2070 is the site of Camp Buchanan, an internment camp for dissident liberal intellectuals. Scenes from Ernest in the Army take place in Valdosta, even though the entire film was shot in South Africa. Scenes from the film Zombieland, starring Woody Harrelson, were shot on Valdosta streets and at nearby Wild Adventures theme park. In Cotton Patch Gospel, Joe moves Jesus and the rest of the family to Valdosta when Herod dies. The Lady Chablis performed in Valdosta in the novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt. The 1986 movie As Summers Die starring Bette Davis and Jamie Lee Curtis was filmed in Valdosta. In John Steinbeck's novel East of Eden, Adam Trask stops in Valdosta to steal supplies and request money from his brother Charles after escaping from a Florida chain gang on his way back to Connecticut. In the movie The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck, the title character claims that they are heading towards "the roughest country this side of Valdosta, Georgia". One of the opening sketches of the second episode of the first season of the sketch comedy series Mr. Show with Bob and David features a Dixiecrat senator, played by Bob Odenkirk, attending a folk festival in Valdosta and ordering it shut down when he decides the featured exhibits are too suggestive. References External links City of Valdosta official website Valdosta at New Georgia Encyclopedia South Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive, Digital Library of Georgia Cities in Georgia (U.S. state) Cities in Lowndes County, Georgia County seats in Georgia (U.S. state)