Pennsylvania offers tax incentives to production crews, while Indiana does not. The movie, made for $12 million, was shot in Pittsburgh to keep costs down. Earlier in the book, a key character makes an unexpected appearance at Crown Hill. 38th St.) is the final resting place of three vice presidents (Thomas Hendricks, Charles Fairbanks and Thomas Marshall) and one president (Benjamin Harrison). 'I think Indianapolis people will feel like they're looking at 'Funky Bones,' ' Green said.Īs Hazel notes in Chapter 25, Crown Hill Cemetery (700 W. A disposable duplicate of 'Funky Bones' was fabricated for the movie's shoot in Pittsburgh. Sarah Green worked as an IMA curator of contemporary art when 100 Acres opened in 2010, giving the author behind-the-scenes knowledge of two sculptures mentioned in the book: 'Free Basket,' by Los Carpinteros, and 'Funky Bones,' by Joep Van Lieshout. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park, in Chapter 5.

'But my mom's goat-milk soap is excellent.'Īugustus takes Hazel to 100 Acres (4000 Michigan Road), also known as the Indianapolis Museum of Art's Virginia B. 'I don't do it that much,' Green said of insider references. Similar to the market's 'man in overalls,' North Carolina resident Sydney makes and sells goat-milk soap for her Farmer Jane Goat Milk Soap company. The Lancaster family visits the Broad Ripple Farmers Market (open Saturdays from May through November behind Broad Ripple High School, 1115 Broad Ripple Ave.) in Chapter 5, and Green sneaks in a personal nod to his mother, Sydney Goodrich Green. Paul Building (1898-1958) - since moving to Indianapolis. Green said he's been 'completely fascinated' by the Ruins - public art centered on the repurposed columns of New York City's St. In Chapter 25, Hazel and her parents have a Bastille Day picnic near the Ruins of Holliday Park (6363 Spring Mill Road). In Chapter 4, Hazel and her mother attend a '3-D movie about talking gerbils' at Castleton.

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