Sweet Home Alabama (film)
Sweet Home Alabama is a 2002 American romantic comedy film directed by Andy Tennant and starring Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey and Candice Bergen. The film was released by Touchstone Pictures on September 27, 2002. The film takes its title from the Lynyrd Skynyrd song of the same name.
Douglas J. Eboch
His screenwriting career took off when he wrote the original story for the 2002 film "Sweet Home Alabama" as his Masters thesis at the University of Southern California film school. The final film would be written by C. Jay Cox, and would gross $128 million domestically. Since then, he has worked as a script doctor, but has directed several short films. He was awarded the Carl Sautter Award as Best New Voice, Features.