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G D E F Jr. attempts to ingratiate himself into the fabric of Detroit's political scene. Despite the fact that it is not in the finished film, it was a welcome challenge for the Art Department that we were proud to have accomplished. Perhaps it will be seen on the DVD extras. It's a challenge to develop an entire period film using so many locations, it was even more challenging to achieve this, but it was successfully done with collaborative efforts in choosing the varied locations, and full understanding of what was needed to transform the location to become part of the story. "We really wanted to get it right," said Audra Avery, Art Director. The Art Department tried to gather as much real reference to the actual events as possible. This proved to be a bit of a challenge since the legal case was still active during the principal photography. Consequently, not a lot of photographic evidence was available. We spent a lot of time going through newspaper archives and gathering alternative sources. Another great challenge of a period film can also be sourcing. Set decorator Jon Bush was close to Ricky Jr.'s age at the time and drew on personal memories to find connection to the experience, but because the era was largely disposable, there aren't many collectible resources. For Bush, possibly the most challenging set to decorate was the opening gun show in Ohio. A vacant exhibit