Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, July 27, 1990                   TAG: 9007280425
SECTION: SMITH MOUNTAIN TIMES                    PAGE: SMT-2   EDITION: BEDFORD
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LAKE GOING HOLLYWOOD.

A movie featuring Bill Murray will be filmed this fall at a summer home in Franklin County and at the Elks Home in Bedford.

In "What About Bob?" by Touchstone Pictures, a division of the Disney Studios, Murray stars as a man who pesters his psychiatrist at the doctor's summer lake house, an official said.

Agreements were finished Tuesday for Touchstone to begin filming the movie in September, said Liz Parcell, executive director of the Smith Mountain Lake Policy Advisory Board.

"We're just so excited about this. It's such a big deal," Parcell said.

Parcell said the filming will take place at a Roanoke couple's summer house on the Franklin County side of the lake. Filming also will be done at the Elks Home in New York City, she said.

Film crews will start at the lake first, because they want to finish shooting before the leaves turn colors, she said.

Parcell said the Virginia Film Office in Richmond contacted her several months ago about the possibility of making a movie at the lake.

Frank Oz is reportedly going to direct the movie. His credits include Muppets features and the movies "Little Shop of Horrors" and "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels."