Editing Lexington, Virginia (section)

== Motion pictures ==
The 1938 movie, ''[[Brother Rat]]'', which starred [[Ronald Reagan]], was shot in Lexington. After the release, Reagan was made an honorary VMI cadet. The 1958 ''[[Mardi Gras (1958 film)|Mardi Gras]]'' starred [[Pat Boone]] as a VMI cadet appearing with actress [[Christine Carère]]. ''[[Sommersby]]'' from 1993 starred [[Richard Gere]], [[Bill Pullman]], [[James Earl Jones]], and [[Jodie Foster]]. ''[[Foreign Student]]'', released in 1994, was based on a novel of college life by former W&L student Phillipe Labro with related scenes made in town.<ref>{{cite web|title=Foreign Student|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109828/|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref> In Fall 2004, the director [[Steven Spielberg]] and [[Tom Cruise]] filmed scenes for ''[[War of the Worlds (2005 film)|War of the Worlds]]'' here, with [[Dakota Fanning]] and [[Tim Robbins]]. In June 2013, filming took place for a movie titled ''[[Field of Lost Shoes]]'' about the [[Battle of New Market]] starring [[Luke Benward]] and [[Lauren Holly]].

Filming for parts of several Civil War films also took place in Lexington, including the documentary ''[[Lee Beyond the Battles]]'' and ''[[Gods and Generals (film)|Gods and Generals]]''.