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‘At Any Price’ to debut in May

By Northern Star Staff | April 8, 2013

The movie that brought Zac Efron and Dennis Quaid to the area will be released in DeKalb on May 10. Carmike Market Square Cinema will show the film. More details have yet to be released. “At Any Price,” a Ramin Bahrani movie that was filmed in the...

‘At Any Price’ trailer features DeKalb locations

By Kevin Bartelt | January 22, 2013

The recently release trailer for the film “At Any Price,” featuring actors Dennis Quaid and Zac Efron. Locals will recognize scenes from the movie because they were shot in DeKalb in October 2011. The writer and director, Ramin Bahrani, shares the...

The meditierraneo House Band played for Zac Efron, Dennis Quaid,
Heather Graham and other members of the cast and crew of the film
Heartland, which was shot in DeKalb.

DeKalb band takes up restaurant residency

By Connor Rice | October 19, 2011

  It's not every day that Dennis Quaid, Zac Efron and Heather Graham show up in DeKalb. So imagine the surprise to the Mediterraneo House Band, the resident musicians of the Mediterraneo Grill, 122 E. Lincoln Highway, when they got to play for the cast...

Film crews prepare to shoot a scene of Ramin Bahranis Heartland
at The Junction, 816 W. Lincoln Hwy., DeKalb. The film stars Zac
Efron and Dennis Quaid.

Monday’s film shoot draws crowds to The Junction parking lot

By Melissa Mastrogiovanni | October 3, 2011

Yellow caution tape roped off part of The Junction parking lot on Monday as film crews prepared to film a scene in Ramin Bahrani's Heartland. The movie, starring Zac Efron and Dennis Quaid, began filming in DeKalb County in the summer. However, students...

The stars make their way into DeKalb County

By Brian Belford | July 19, 2011

DeKalb | If you thought you saw Hollywood actors walking around this week, you might not be as crazy as you think. Debbie Armstrong, executive director of the DeKalb County Convention and Visitors Bureau, located at 164 E. Lincoln Highway in DeKalb, said...