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GADA Films announced Monday that the movie "Our Very Own," a film shot in and about Shelbyville, has been sold to Miramax Films.

A new trailer for the film can be seen at www.spotlight-pictures.com/ourveryowntra.... Spotlight Pictures is described by GADA Films as "our foreign sales company" and the trailer will be unveiled this week at the American Film Market.

In September of last year, the movie won the grand prize for Best Feature Film at the Bluegrass Independent Film Festival in Louisville, Ky.

Star Allison Janney was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Film Independent's 2006 Independent Spirit Awards.

Shelbyville audiences were treated to a Hollywood-style premiere in August of last year with several screenings held for local residents. The world premiere was held at the Los Angeles Film Festival in June of 2005.

"Our Very Own" was conceived by Shelbyville native Cameron Watson and is a semi-autobiographic tale set in 1978 starring Janney, Keith Carradine and Cheryl Hines, along with rising stars Jason Ritter, Autumn Reeser and Hilarie Burton.

In the film, five local teens are excited about the return of another Bedford County native, 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 group is facing a personal family crisis.