When it came time to shoot scenes set in John O’Leary’s boyhood home, the makers of “Soul on Fire” had one obvious location in mind: the real home where the story happened.

“They actually shot it at John’s parents’ house ,” says Ron Durham, who was the film’s location manager.

A film’s location manager runs the department that looks for suitable places to shoot movies. Usually, they look for places that have the right ambience, or can easily handle the space requirements of a film crew. When telling true stories, they search for places that express the same feel as the original locations.

“Soul on Fire,” which opens Oct. 10, was easier than that. O’Leary’s parents offered the Kirkwood home where they still lived (his father Denny died earlier this year). Director Sean McNamara accepte

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