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Arkansas

Mud (2012)

Jeff Nichols' Mud was filmed in southeast Arkansas, including the locations Dumas, De Witt, Lake Village, Crocketts Bluff, and Stuttgart. At the time of shooting, Mud was the largest production to have ever been filmed in Arkansas—in fact, roughly half the crew were residents of the state, and production hired over 400 locals as extras.

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