Heard about the new movie “Green and Gold”?
The film tells the story of a fourth-generation dairy farmer who bets everything he has on the 1993 Packers winning the Super Bowl.
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Craig T. Nelson (who you might know better as Hayden Fox — head coach of the fictional Minnesota State Screaming Eagles football team in the 1990s sitcom “Coach”) plays the main character — a BIG get for a small, independent film!
Originally, the studio wanted the producers (both big Packers fans) to shoot the movie in Alabama because of the state’s film tax credits, but they pushed back and ended up filming across Door County, including at The Blue Ox and Florian II Supper Club, as well as Green Bay, with Lambeau as the backdrop.
“Every year, America loses 28,000 family farms,” the film begins.
Green and Gold’s entire purpose is to raise awareness and help change that devastating stat — a cause Nelson cares about deeply.
“The most important thing about this movie to me was that it represented a feeling, and it represented a spirit. It represented the heartland. It represented the language that I grew up with, which was value, tradition and faith,” he told the Press-Gazette at the film’s January premiere.
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Nelson’s great-grandfather immigrated from Norway to Ettick, Wisconsin (an hour from Eau Claire) in the 1800s to start a family farm!
“That’s what I want MY great-grandkids to remember — that THEIR great-grandfather stood for something. So I was proud to be asked to do this film.”
Wisconsin-founded Culver’s was also a financial backer of the project — in support of the dairy farmers that made the company what it is.
Green and Gold hits theaters January 31st!
