Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil Statue

Some began chipping off pieces of the statue s base for souvenirs.

Midnight in the garden of good and evil statue. 1 16 of 87 results for midnight in the garden of good and evil statue potina outdoor garden sculpture savannah s bird girl statue small 15 4 9 out of 5 stars 83. At berendt s suggestion leigh searched the bonaventure cemetery for a suitable subject. With john cusack kevin spacey jack thompson irma p. As the popularity of the book rose the stream of visitors became too much.

That ended in 1994 when a photo of the statue appeared on the cover of the bestselling midnight in the garden of good and evil and acquired its new bird girl name. The bonaventure cemetery statue sat virtually unnoticed until 1993 when random house hired savannah photographer jack leigh to shoot an image for the cover of john berendt s new book midnight in the garden of good and evil 1994. Soon after the publication of midnight in the garden of good and evil visitors began to flock to bonaventure cemetery to see the iconic bird girl statue. The bird girl since midnight its current location.

A visiting city reporter s assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire whom he befriends. Bonaventure and the bird girl. Midnight in the garden of good and evil is atmospherically deep south coastal savannah georgia and beaufort south carolina and southern gothic in tone depicting a wide range of eccentric personalities in and around the city of savannah georgia. When affable host jim williams kevin spacey shoots a man to death.

The central narrative concerns the shooting of danny hansford a local male prostitute characterized as a good time not yet had. Directed by clint eastwood. Bird girl was sculpted by sylvia shaw judson in 1936 and made famous by the best selling non fiction novel and movie by the same name midnight in the garden of good and evil by john berendt. Fans flocked to the cemetery.

The peace of the trosdal s grave was disturbed. After the release of the book the original statue was removed from the bonaventure cemetery in savannah ga and currently resides in a museum in downtown.