Photo Gallery: Lights! Camera! Action! in St. Clair Shores

A film crew from the movie , based on a Mitch Albom novel by the same name, took over the on Harper Avenue this morning.

Crews came as early as 8:30 a.m. to prepare for the five-hour shoot. Trucks also parked across Harper in the parking lot, creating quite a buzz for residents in the area.

"It's very exciting," Lori Donaldson, 68, said. "I heard about it from a friend and rode my bike up here to see what I could see."

Although none of the dozen-or-so spectators had seen Albom, or any stars, since arriving, the thought of having a movie shot in the Shores is thrilling.

"I can't wait to see it on television," Douglas Donaldson, 66, said. "I'll be looking for the scene they shot today."

The movie, which stars Laurence Fishburne, Martin Landau and Bradley Whitford, is slated for a holiday 2011 television debut.