Williams College has reached tentative agreement with film producers Lakeshore Entertainment Group for shooting to take place on the Williams campus for two or three days in late May.
The film, "The Human Stain" stars Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman, Ed Harris, and Gary Sinise. The director is Robert Benton, whose films include "Kramer vs. Kramer." Hopkins and Kidman will be part of the filming in Williamstown.
Based on the acclaimed novel by Philip Roth, the film is scheduled for release by Miramax late fall.
Filming will occur outdoors and indoors on campus and at the Post Office on Spring Street. Through a process yet to be established, the production company will hire local extras to portray students and professors.
The college's Conference Office is handling arrangements on campus.
"People are already getting excited about this visit by Hollywood," said Helen Ouellette, vice president for administration and treasurer. "The filming should also provide a real boost to the region. It will bring a large crew to town for several days and raise the visibility of the Berkshires worldwide."
The novel, published in 2000, is set at fictional "Athena College," described as a liberal arts institution in the Berkshires. With the Pulitzer Prize winning "American Pastoral" and "I Married a Communist," it comprises a trilogy of Roth novels focused on life in America since World War II.
The last major film shot on the Williams campus was "A Change of Seasons" in 1980. It also starred Anthony Hopkins along with Shirley MacLaine and Bo Derek.
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North Adams Double Murder Case Continued to March
By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The case of a city man charged with killing his parents was continued to March on Monday.
Darius Hazard, 44, was scheduled for a detention hearing on Monday in Northern Berkshire District Court.
Prior to the start of the court's business, the clerk announced that Hazard's case was continued to Monday, March 2.
Hazard is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of arson in connection with the Nov. 24 fire that claimed the lives of Donald Hazard, 83, and Venture Hazard, 76.
Police say Hazard confessed to the killings and starting the fire and fled the Francis Street home where he lived with his parents.
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