"The Chamber" (1993), a best-selling novel by John Grisham, is set at Parchman's Death Row."John Grisham's fifth novel returns his characters to the familiar setting of Memphis, Tenn., and a new environment, Mississippi's Death Row."</ref> Many of Grisham's other novels make reference to the prison and in his book, "Ford County", the short story "Fetching Raymond" takes place in large part at Parchman. "The Chamber", the movie based on the novel, starring Gene Hackman and Chris O'Donnell, was filmed at the penitentiary."... the state's Parchman Prison where Hackman's scenes forChamber were filmed in."</ref>