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    1. Recommended: "My Louisiana Sky"
    2. Recommended: "My Louisiana Sky" My first cousin, Kimberly Willis Holt, first book "My Louisiana Sky," was recently made into a movie that aired as a Hallmark production on the Showtime network last Mother's' Day. It was directed by Adam Arkin, of the 1990's TV series, "Chicago Hope," and the executive producer is Anthony Edwards, star of the network TV show, "ER." The cast includes Juliet Lewis (Daughter in the Robert DeNiro version of "Cape Fear") plays the sophisticated aunt from Baton Rouge (she made an appearance on David Letterman last night and talked a little about the role); Shirley Knight (middle aged now) plays the role of Granny; and Chris Owens has the role of the father, Lonnie. The character in the Granny role (Shirley Knight), is based on my Aunt Zora Willis. The inspiration for the book came from something Kimberly saw, in Forest Hill, Louisiana when she was a child, and she confesses that the fictitious setting of the book, Satter is Forest Hill, and the home place of the fictitious family is the Elwood, Louisiana community (see: http://www.kimberlyholt.com/inspirations.html). I was born near there.. Randy Willis. www.randywillis.org

    07/22/2001 08:12:28