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DAWSONVILLE, Ga. (WXIA) -- "This room we are renting for one to four people."
Pravin Patel is giving us a tour. For 45 years Pravin Patel has worked. And for the last 20 years he has owned and run and lived at the Amicolola Lodge in Dawsonville.
"I would like to get retired."
Motel business hasn't been so good, and the lodge has been for sale for a few years. Not anymore.
"I'm so happy."
That's because Clint Eastwood will shoot a portion of his next movie at Patel's motel, and to get it ready for the march shoot, crews are building Patel a new canopy outside the office and a new side patio, for free. Plus, they're paying to rent the entire place for weeks.
Patel says, "I'm so excited about that."
Patel loves Clint Eastwood. "Clint is really the very best movie star especially in action movies like western movies and all. I watch all the time his western movies."
He hopes to meet him and get his picture taken and tell him his favorite movie, Dirty Harry.
The inside of Patel's motel will be immortalized and it's so exciting for Patel, who has worked hard to put his only child through medical school.
His son has one year to go..and now paying those bills could get easier. He plans to up the nightly rate from 45 to 95 dollars after the movie.