Editing Valdosta, Georgia (section)

==Valdosta in fiction==
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*Parts of [[Fannie Flagg]]'s novel ''[[Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe]]'' and the [[Fried Green Tomatoes|1991 film based upon the novel]] are set in Valdosta.
*In [[Allen Steele]]'s science fiction novel ''Coyote Frontier'', Valdosta in the year 2070 is the site of Camp Buchanan, an internment camp for dissident liberal intellectuals.
*Scenes from ''[[Ernest in the Army]]'' take place in Valdosta, even though the entire film was shot in [[South Africa]].
*Scenes from the film ''[[Zombieland]]'', starring [[Woody Harrelson]], were shot on Valdosta streets and at nearby [[Wild Adventures]] theme park.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/local/local_story_057005646.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630184623/http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/local/local_story_057005646.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 30, 2012 |title=Zombieland: Psst! There's a movie in town |access-date=March 5, 2009 |author=Dean Poling |date=February 26, 2009 |publisher=Valdosta Daily Times }}</ref>
*In ''[[Cotton Patch Gospel]]'', Joe moves Jesus and the rest of the family to Valdosta when Herod dies.
*[[The Lady Chablis]] performed in Valdosta in the novel ''[[Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil]]'' by [[John Berendt]].
*The 1986 movie ''[[As Summers Die]]'' starring [[Bette Davis]] and [[Jamie Lee Curtis]] was filmed in Valdosta.
*In [[John Steinbeck]]'s novel ''[[East of Eden (novel)|East of Eden]]'', Adam Trask stops in Valdosta to steal supplies and request money from his brother Charles after escaping from a Florida chain gang on his way back to Connecticut.
*In the movie ''[[The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck]]'', the title character claims that they are heading towards "the roughest country this side of Valdosta, Georgia".
*One of the opening sketches of the second episode of the first season of the sketch comedy series ''[[Mr. Show with Bob and David]]'' features a [[Dixiecrat]] senator, played by [[Bob Odenkirk]], attending a folk festival in Valdosta and ordering it shut down when he decides the featured exhibits are too suggestive.
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