The Last Song (2010) (Movie)

format_quote Steve Miller: Ronnie...
Veronica 'Ronnie' Miller: You lied to me dad.
Steve Miller: I didn't lie.
Veronica 'Ronnie' Miller: Yes you did. You said you were fine. You're not fine! That was a lie!
Steve Miller: I hoped. I didn't lie it's not the same thing.
Steve Miller: It's alright to be angry.
Veronica 'Ronnie' Miller: Good!
(pause)
Veronica 'Ronnie' Miller: Is this why you brought me here this summer?
(pause)
Veronica 'Ronnie' Miller: Is it? So you wouldn't have to be alone while-.
(Crying)
Veronica 'Ronnie' Miller: Why didn't you tell us?
Steve Miller: It's not what I wanted this time to be about.
Veronica 'Ronnie' Miller: Well it is. It is now, daddy...
Steve Miller: It's not. This is just another... another part of our terrific summer. Not one of the better parts I admit.
Veronica 'Ronnie' Miller: (Crying) I love you.
Steve Miller: Sweetie, I love you too.
Veronica 'Ronnie' Miller: (She lays down with him in his hospital bed, crying) I love you, daddy.

stars  Greg Kinnear had to leave the production for several days as his daughter Katie was born.

stars  Director Julie Anne Robinson and her cinematographer John Lindley deliberately used a lot of longshots and wide shots to give the film a feeling of a lot of space. This was to emphasize how alone and isolated a lot of the characters feel.

stars  Thunderstorms, tropical rainstorms and jellyfish were just some of the natural difficulties the production had to contend with during filming.

stars  Tybee Island is a protected landscape. Permission had to be given every time someone had to walk on the dunes. The production found it easier to build their own which were rendered so perfectly and blended in so well with the real natural habitat that they were allowed to remain as part of the terrain after filming had been completed.

stars  The state of Georgia lobbied hard to host the filming, offering all sorts of tax breaks.