Need a list of movies shot in or about Chi-Town
07-25-03, 05:11 PM
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Need a list of movies shot in or about Chi-Town
Okay, I'm giving a talk about my home town Chicago next week and I thought I would bring movies that take place in Chicago so I'm looking for suggestions. So far I have:
1. The Blues Brothers
2. The Untouchables (1987)
3. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
4. The Fugitive
5. Running Scared
The movie has to actually show off the city in some way, shape, or form. For example, when I did a search on IMDB for Chicago I got [b]Silver Streak[b]. Great movie, wish like hell it was on DVD but crashing into Union Station does not a Chicago movie make. Any thoughts?
1. The Blues Brothers
2. The Untouchables (1987)
3. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
4. The Fugitive
5. Running Scared
The movie has to actually show off the city in some way, shape, or form. For example, when I did a search on IMDB for Chicago I got [b]Silver Streak[b]. Great movie, wish like hell it was on DVD but crashing into Union Station does not a Chicago movie make. Any thoughts?
07-25-03, 06:48 PM
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07-25-03, 09:50 PM
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About Last Night shows off Grant Park and Rush Street and a lot of the rest of the city pretty well.
You could show the end of The Fugitive when Harrison Ford gets off at the Balbo street el stop.
(There is no Balbo St. el stop.)
You could show the end of The Fugitive when Harrison Ford gets off at the Balbo street el stop.
(There is no Balbo St. el stop.)
07-26-03, 06:29 AM
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Originally posted by Numanoid You could show the end of The Fugitive when Harrison Ford gets off at the Balbo street el stop. (There is no Balbo St. el stop.)
(There is no Balbo St. el stop.)
Thanks for the site auntiewinnie! You wouldn't even know some of those movies were filmed in Chicago but hey, I can't complain. Forgot all about Adventures in Babysitting and Switiching Channels. Now I think the real test will be finding a movie that shows Comiskey Park (or U.S. Cellular as it's now called). My movie pet peeve is that films always show Wrigley (because it's pretty and historic and recognizable blah blah) but not everyone in Chicago is a Cubs fan!
07-26-03, 01:36 PM
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Yea that one is pretty funny. I won't even go into the goofs you can see in other movies.
Thanks for the site auntiewinnie! You wouldn't even know some of those movies were filmed in Chicago but hey, I can't complain. Forgot all about Adventures in Babysitting and Switiching Channels. Now I think the real test will be finding a movie that shows Comiskey Park (or U.S. Cellular as it's now called). My movie pet peeve is that films always show Wrigley (because it's pretty and historic and recognizable blah blah) but not everyone in Chicago is a Cubs fan!
Yea that one is pretty funny. I won't even go into the goofs you can see in other movies.
Thanks for the site auntiewinnie! You wouldn't even know some of those movies were filmed in Chicago but hey, I can't complain. Forgot all about Adventures in Babysitting and Switiching Channels. Now I think the real test will be finding a movie that shows Comiskey Park (or U.S. Cellular as it's now called). My movie pet peeve is that films always show Wrigley (because it's pretty and historic and recognizable blah blah) but not everyone in Chicago is a Cubs fan!
07-26-03, 03:04 PM
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07-26-03, 05:21 PM
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Originally posted by lisadoris
Now I think the real test will be finding a movie that shows Comiskey Park (or U.S. Cellular as it's now called). My movie pet peeve is that films always show Wrigley (because it's pretty and historic and recognizable blah blah) but not everyone in Chicago is a Cubs fan!
Now I think the real test will be finding a movie that shows Comiskey Park (or U.S. Cellular as it's now called). My movie pet peeve is that films always show Wrigley (because it's pretty and historic and recognizable blah blah) but not everyone in Chicago is a Cubs fan!
07-26-03, 05:39 PM
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Chicago
Rookie of the Year
Chain Reaction
The Matrix (all Chicago street names)
Mercury Rising
Kissing a Fool
Wayne's World (Aurora = suburb of Chicago...)
Rookie of the Year
Chain Reaction
The Matrix (all Chicago street names)
Mercury Rising
Kissing a Fool
Wayne's World (Aurora = suburb of Chicago...)
07-27-03, 06:53 PM
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seems like there are a lot of movies set in Chicago dealing with Baseball.
seems like there are a lot of movies set in Chicago dealing with Baseball.
07-27-03, 06:59 PM
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Those lists trump anything that we could think of although High Fidelity, Opportunity Knocks, Ferris Beuller, Breakfast Club, and What Women want come immediately to mind.
07-27-03, 10:03 PM
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MEDIUM COOL incredible movie filmed during the 1968 Democratic National Convention - in and around Lincoln Park, Grant Park, Michigan Avenue, etc. Directed by the great cinematographer (and native Chicagoan) Haskell Wexler.
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07-27-03, 10:59 PM
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Chicago
Chicago
Oh, and Bad Boys (Sean Penn flick) was shot in Chicago...actually in my neighborhood, it was about thugs, so perfect setting!
07-27-03, 11:54 PM
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Andrew Davis' films has some nice shots of Chicago
The Package
The Fugitive
Plains, Trains Automobiles has a nice El shot
High Fidelity has got some great shots of the El, the city, and the lakefront
The Package
The Fugitive
Plains, Trains Automobiles has a nice El shot
High Fidelity has got some great shots of the El, the city, and the lakefront
07-28-03, 06:08 PM
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All the National Lampoon's Vacation movies at least started in Chicago...
wasnt the Breakfast Club also set around Chicago,
as was Weird Science, at least in Illinois
Home Alone, HA2 started in Chi
Only The Lonely and Uncle Buck (John Candy)
Judgement Night (Emilio Estevez)
VI Warshawski (Kathleen Turner)
wow there's a lot of them!
wasnt the Breakfast Club also set around Chicago,
as was Weird Science, at least in Illinois
Home Alone, HA2 started in Chi
Only The Lonely and Uncle Buck (John Candy)
Judgement Night (Emilio Estevez)
VI Warshawski (Kathleen Turner)
wow there's a lot of them!
07-28-03, 09:40 PM
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WHEN HARRY MET SALLY - early scene filmed at University of Chicago, and on Lake Shore Drive heading south to the Loop (which makes no sense since the University of Chicago is SOUTH of the Loop).
07-29-03, 10:50 PM
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WHEN HARRY MET SALLY - early scene filmed at University of Chicago, and on Lake Shore Drive heading south to the Loop (which makes no sense since the University of Chicago is SOUTH of the Loop).
07-30-03, 09:31 AM
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Originally posted by lisadoris
My movie pet peeve is that films always show Wrigley (because it's pretty and historic and recognizable blah blah) but not everyone in Chicago is a Cubs fan!
My movie pet peeve is that films always show Wrigley (because it's pretty and historic and recognizable blah blah) but not everyone in Chicago is a Cubs fan!
Also, The Matrix was supposed to take place in Chicago, although it obviously wasn't filmed there.
