The trailer for the movie "Our Very Own," which was filmed in -- and about -- Shelbyville last summer, is now online. It can be seen at ourveryownmovie.com.

The trailer can be viewed in either Quicktime or Windows Media format and gives a glimpse of the film shot around Shelbyville for 26 days last summer.

The film is the product of the life and memories of writer/director Cameron Watson, who grew up in Shelbyville. According to the website, the movie is now in the final stages of post production.

Watson told the Times-Gazette in a phone call Thursday from Los Angeles the process was going great and that they are almost finished with the film.

"We've been working on it since last July when we left Shelbyville, about eight months," Watson said. They are currently in the last stage in completing the film; editing is complete, the sound and the music is laid down and the only thing left is the color correction stage. Watson said they hope to have the movie completely finished by the middle of March.

The film has already attracted attention before its release and Watson said that they have been invited to screen the movie at "a major North American film festival" sometime in June.

But Shelbyville will get first dibs on seeing the movie.

"Absolutely!" Watson said. A special screening at the Capri Theater, where some scenes were shot, is planned for the cast, crew, family and friends to take place anywhere from a month to six weeks from now.

"We're not sure when (the screening would be) ... but we want to bring a little piece of Hollywood to Shelbyville."

Fans are advised to keep checking the site for news on festival screenings and updates on the film's distribution.

For Watson, the film is a labor of love. The story is personal for the writer/director and is loosely based on his growing up in Shelbyville in the late 1970s. The movie is set in 1978, when five local teens are excited about the return of Sondra Locke, who starred with her then-partner, Clint Eastwood, in several films of the era, including "Any Which Way But Loose."

The teenagers hope to follow the movie star out of Shelbyville, but at the same time, one of the teenagers is facing a personal family crisis.

"It's a great, genuine story," Watson said. He described it as a family film, with no nudity or violence, but it does contain some dark themes. They are hoping for a PG rating.

The movie stars Allison Janney of the NBC show "West Wing"; Academy Award winner Keith Carradine, who has appeared in over 40 films and starred recently in the critically acclaimed HBO series "Deadwood"; Cheryl Hines from the HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm,"; Jason Ritter, son of the late actor John Ritter and featured in the CBS series "Joan of Arcadia"; Beth Grant, who is described as one of Hollywood's most recognizable faces and has been in dozens of films and TV series; Hilarie Burton, who stars in the WB series "One Tree Hill"; Faith Prince, who has been in a series of films and TV shows; and Mary Badham, who at age 9 brought to life the role of Scout Finch in the 1962 classic "To Kill a Mockingbird."

Numerous locals are cast as extras including dance instructor Nancy June Brandon; Scott Cunningham, now a New York actor, and Deborah Oberchain. Cunningham and Oberchain were fellow drama students with the director at Shelbyville Central High School during the time period in which the movie is set. Oberchain's niece, Vanderbilt student Elizabeth Cole, has a non-speaking role as Sondra Locke.

The Dog on Top of the Car -- based on "Charlie the Wonder Dog," which rode around Shelbyville atop his owner's car in the 1970s -- is played by Rufus.

Also, Nanci Griffith's new album, Hearts In Mind, was released Feb. 1 and includes a bonus track, "Our Very Own," which was written and performed by Griffith and Carradine for the movie.