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[Jakefreak]

off the top of my head,,,


Blues Brothers (Ofcourse)
ferris day off (ofcourse)
Doctor Detriot
Running Scared (Great Flick, Funny)
babys day out
Straight Talk
Chain Reaction
The Color of Money
Only the lonely
About Last Night
Things Change
Kings Ransom
Crime Spree
Continental Divide
Uncle Buck
Home Alone
Barber Shop
Untouchables
My Bodyguard
Polterguest 3 (or 2)
Adventures in Babysitting
Trains Planes And automobiles
Surviving Christmas
Christmas Vacation


thats all I can think of without getting dizzy . anyone care to continue?

[ThePenquin]

The Fugitive
(You forgot Blues Brothers 2000 - maybe you left it off on purpose)

[dixiesquare]

code of silence , chuck norris

above the law , steven segal

childs play , chucky the good guy doll

north by northwest .cary grant at midway airport

the beginning of the end , peter graves and the killer grasshoppers

[dixiesquare]

heres part on of a list of movies made in chiago from 1959 to 1990


Famous Titles 1959 - 1990

1959
North by Northwest
1963
How the West was Won

1967
In the Heat of the Night

1969
Medium Cool




1975
Cooley High
Mahogany
1977
A Wedding
The Fury













1980
Endless Love
Escape from NY City
Four Friends
Thief
1982
Bad Boys
Risky Business
Dr. Detroit
National Lampoon's Vacation
Class

1984
Touch & Go
Code of Silence
















1986
No Mercy
The Color of Money
Light of Day
Native Son
The Untouchables
She's Having a Baby
Rent-a-Cop

1989
The Package
Uncle Buck
Music Box
Opportunity Knocks
Flatliners
1961
Raisin in the Sun

1965
Mickey One

1968
Bullitt

1973
The Sting
Harry and Tonto

1976
Silverstreak
Looking for Mr. Goodbar

1979
Somewhere in Time
My Bodyguard
The Blues Brothers
The Hunter
1941
Ordinary People

1981
Pennies from Heaven










1983
Streets of Fire
Sixteen Candles









1985
Lucas
Nothing in Common
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
About Last Night
Raw Deal
Running Scared
Wildcat



1987
Adventures in Babysitting
Vice Versa
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Poltergeist III
Above the Law
Switching Channels
Red Heat
Midnight Run
1990
Home Alone
Child's Play II
Backdraft
Only the Lonely
V.I. Warshawski
Curly Sue

[dixiesquare]

part two 1991 - 2004

1991
Folks
Prelude to a Kiss
Gladiators
Curly Sue
The Babe
Straight Talk
Mo' Money
Mad Dog & Glory
A League of Their Own
Hero
Public Eye
Watch It
Candy Man
Wayne's World
Rapid Fire
1993
The Fugitive
With Honors
Blink
The Hudsucker Proxy
My Life
Blankman
Natural Born Killers
Blue Chips
I Love Trouble
Baby's Day Out

1995
Primal Fear
The Relic
Space Jam



















1997
Chicago Cab
US Marshals
Mercury Rising
Kissing a Fool
The Negotiator
Pay Back



1999
Just Visiting
High Fidelity
Return to Me
One Week
Rocky & Bullwinkle
Soul Survivors
Unconditional Love
The Watcher
Save the Last Dance
2001
Ali
The Road to Perdition
Ocean’s 11
Dragonfly
Design
On the Line
Stolen Summer

2003
Wicker Park
Cheaper by the Dozen
Barbershop 2 - Back in Business
Mr. 3000
Shall we Dance
I-Robot








2005
Il Mare
Drunk Boat
Stranger than Fiction
The Break-Up
1992
Home Alone 2
Hoffa
Groundhog Day
Meet the Parents
Rookie of the Year
Dennis the Menace
Judgement Night
Rudy
Sleepless in Seattle















1994
Miracle on 34th Street
Losing Isaiah
Stuart Saves his Family
Richie Rich
While you were Sleeping
















1996
Chain Reaction
Love Jones
Michael
The Chamber
My Best Friend’s Wedding
Hoodlum
The Jackal
Soul Food
Home Alone III

1998
Pushing Tin
Three to Tango
Message in a Bottle
Stir of Echoes
Never Been Kissed
Love and Action in Chicago
Light it Up




2000
Bounce
Novocaine
What Women Want
Hardball
Driven










2002
Barbershop
Uncle Nino
The Company
Spider-Man II
Surviving Christmas







2004
The Weather Man
Ocean's 12
Roll Bounce
Batman Begins
Amityville Horror
Christmas with the Kranks
Proof
Derailed

[dixiesquare]

oh i am sorry ,the above post came via the official city of chicago film office :D

[Jakefreak]

Thats kind of a cheat dixie. The topic was how many Chicago movies can you THINK of.

but still a cool list. The BB however was not in it. no 1979. It rang a few bells for me . the movies , Mickey One and Return to Me are special movies to me. Special because I have relatives that are actually in those movies!! and not just extras either.

In mickey one, The scene in the club where the girl is striping, you see individual close ups of the men watching her in front of the stage. These men are my Uncles and Cousins. Which are now deceased. But It is amazing how lucky they were to get in such a good shot. I watch the movie every time its on tv just to see that part.

In Return to Me, as David Ducuvney( I know its spelled wrong ) Enters the resturant where Minnie Driver works, she is singing with the musicians that play there. These strolling musicians are my relatives. Two uncles and Two cousins. The lead violin player and Bass player are my uncles . They are really playing and singing and are also on the movie soundtrack. The Rudy Gabor strolling strings.

I had to mention this when I noticed them in your list.

[bbcentral]

Wow fantastic story
I remember when I was in Chicago back in September, and I was watching the Fugitive on TV, and I realised that some of the locations were streets away!
I had the same fun in New York a week later, I was watching Law and Order, trying to find out how far I was from the site of all the murders (thankfully Law & Order actually shows you the address of nearly everywhere they go to on the show )

[dixiesquare]

sorry , couldnt help it there are so many of them , did you notice it did not mention bb2000?

i did not write the list just copied it from the official city of chicago site .

[JacobSteinAFM]

I just saw the Fugitive for the first time yesterday. It was great! It was exciting to see Daley plaza with the picasso, and city hall where Harrison Ford can be crossing the street to the same entrance in BB!


Part of Tommy Boy takes place in Chicago.

[dixiesquare]

no i was gonna post that but it just mentioned the city as the plane knoced over the tower that declared , disco lives forever in chicago .

[JacobSteinAFM]

I erased that because I'm positive it wasn't filmed in Chicago. But I'm pretty sure they land there at the end, because Capt. Oveur radioed that he was going to make an emergency landing at Chicago.

[bbcentral]

The Ocean's 11 Chicago scenes were pretty cool, with Linus stealing wallets on the EL

Maybe BB2K was kept off the list because very little of it was filmed in Chicago, and they don't want people watching the movie and thinking Canada is Illinois?

[dixiesquare]

there realy wasnt a lot like you said i can think of three


1. elwood going east bound on roosevelt road passing 307 west taylor . its the building with the smoke stacks on it ( reminds me of pink floyds animals album cover )

2. elwood turning west onto roosevelt from wabash or was it clark ? passing by the ledgendary hotel roosevelt ( capone had a headquarters there at on time )

3. going down lake shore drive by solider field .

there might be more but thats all that comes to me now .

[dixiesquare]

just remembered one more

4. elwood going south bound on prarie onto east bound 47th street by rays .


was there any real filming by any of the main charectors here , all i can think of is all driving sceens where you cant see whos driving .

and dont say when he went to see cab , that building dosnt exsist here and the window view could be a picture on a prop wall . .

[bbcentral]

The BB2K Chicago scenes were all second unit I think, so none of the cast would have even gone to Chicago.
I know that one shot of the Bluesmobile driving under the EL was re-used in the Animal House documentary about the characters.

[JacobSteinAFM]

The TV show Early Edition was obviously filmed in Chicago.

[dixiesquare]

if you go to the site for the city of chicago it also has a listing for what tv shows were and are filmed here .i think it gos from the late 50's to the present .

[Jakefreak]

bbcentral said:

The Ocean's 11 Chicago scenes were pretty cool, with Linus stealing wallets on the EL

Maybe BB2K was kept off the list because very little of it was filmed in Chicago, and they don't want people watching the movie and thinking Canada is Illinois?

thats exactly why I kept it off. It is not a Chicago movie!!! I strongly think that this was the one thing that messed the whole movie up. None of that shit is Chicago. Not even the police cruiser that passes by behind Elwood in front of Cabs. I think it would of gave the movie a lot more flavor if it was filmed here.

By the way The prison scenes where also shot here. (Joliet)

[Jakefreak]

Heres one I found yesturday. Its a comedy/action movie about gangsters and con men. Totaly filmed in Chicago. nice gritty scenes. You know its Chicago right away. The whole way threw the flick too. Check it out.

its called " Triggermen"

its currently available on Comcast on demand.