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Enjoy the grandeur and the beauty of three of Virginia's most breathtaking plantations. Learn the role each played in the shaping of America's history and in a number of historical Hollywood movies filmed on location at each of the plantations. This extraordinary Virginia Film Tour Program offers you an opportunity to experience the imaginative and valuable use of how intertwining movies with Virginia's fertile history reflects how art imitates life to show us ourselves in the historical past and in the present.
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"I ache for a love that burns like fire...and moonlight. I speak with you in my mind and heart. If only you existed outside of them. Goodnight sweetheart. Dream of me." Jennifer Jason Leigh The Love Letter
Discover one of television's most beautiful and romantic movies ever made, Hallmark Hall of Fame's classic film, The Love Letter. This love story that touches two lives. . . a century apart was filmed at one of Virginia's most beautiful and romantic plantations Learn how filmmakers recreated Thomas Jefferson's beloved Monticello for the historical TV mini-series, Sally Hemings: An American Scandal at the plantation where Thomas Jefferson actually lived as a child. Visit one of the country's most historical plantations where early settlers observed the first official Thanksgiving in America on December 4, 1619 Learn about the TV series filmed on the plantations Enjoy a delicious lunch at the historic tavern nationally acclaimed by Gourmet and Bon Appetite Magazine for the quality of their regional dining experience Visit the National Historic Landmark plantation, considered America's premier example of colonial Georgian architecture Take a leisurely stroll through three of the most beautiful plantations gardens and grounds found in Virginia Find out how the White House was created for HBO's Iron-Jawed Angels, starring Hilary Swank
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Plantations Visited on Tour
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Group Tours and Student Tours available year-round. Enjoy a professionally guided tour on comfortable fully air conditioned and heated coaches with convenient restrooms.
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Richard Chamberlain starring as explorer John Charles Fremont & Alice Krige in "Dream West"
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Christian Bale starring as John Rolfe & Q'Orianka Kilcher as Pocahontas In "The New World"
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Jennifer Jason Leigh & Campbell Scott starring in "The Love Letter"
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Hillary Swank starring as suffragette Alice Paul & Patrick Dempsey (star of ABC series Grey's Anatomy) in "Iron Jawed Angels"
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Sam Neill starring as Thomas Jefferson & Carmen Ejogo as Sally Hemings in "Sally Hemings: an American Scandal"
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Colin Farrell starring as Captain John Smith in "The New World"
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