<P> In the original film , Pusser uses a wooden club to beat the criminals . Director Kevin Bray wanted to update it by making it a baseball bat . There were objections , so the compromise was just to add a handle . Although it was filmed in Squamish , British Columbia , Canada , the setting of this 2004 film is in semi-rural Kitsap County , Washington , and not in the McNairy County , Tennessee , where Buford Pusser originally served as a sheriff . </P>
<P> In the original film , Pusser uses a wooden club to beat the criminals . Director Kevin Bray wanted to update it by making it a baseball bat . There were objections , so the compromise was just to add a handle . Although it was filmed in Squamish , British Columbia , Canada , the setting of this 2004 film is in semi-rural Kitsap County , Washington , and not in the McNairy County , Tennessee , where Buford Pusser originally served as a sheriff . </P>
where was walking tall filmed with the rock
where was walking tall filmed with the rock
in Squamish , British Columbia , Canada
in Squamish , British Columbia , Canada