alWho: The still standing movie set built to represent the fictional town of Spectre from 2003 movie “Big Fish”.
What: Director Tim Burton’s “Big Fish” is a fantasy drama in the tone of a Southern Gothic based on the 1998 novel of the same name written by Birmingham native Daniel Wallace. The story stars Ewan McGregor and Albert Finney as the same character in different stages of life. The film is centered around a mystical town of Spectre. A small private island in a chute of the Alabama River was chosen as the location.