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Movies Filmed In Chicago
Do you know that there were famous films that was taken in Chicago? Here are some of it.
When it comes to filming locations for movies, there is no doubt that the city of Chicago in Illinois still remains its Mecca in the Midwest. With hundred of movies that acknowledges the city on the end credits, movie making has become normal in the city’s daily grind.
Without checking on lightsonlocation.com, where you can see a directory of filming locations, can you name a few movie locations in Chicago? Chicago served as a beautiful backdrop in many romantic movies, drama, comedy and other movie genres. You probably recognized some Chicago filming locations in action-pack movies such as Ocean’s Eleven, Man of Steel, Divergent, The Dark Knight and Transformers films among the hundreds of movie titles.
Here’s a list of some locations and the movies that were filmed in Chicago.
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1. BIOGRAPH THEATRE. 2433 N LINCOLN AVE, CHICAGO, IL.
This is where John Dillinger met his maker in “Public Enemies”
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2. CHICAGO UNION STATION. 225 S CANAL ST, CHICAGO, IL 60606
After realizing that Michael is really for her, Julianne tracked him in this place in “My Best Friend’s Wedding”
3. THE HOTEL FLORENCE. 11111 S FORRESTVILLE AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60628
The stormy night scene in “The Road to Perdition”
4. JEWELER’S BUILDING. 35 E WACKER DR, CHICAGO, IL 60640
Atop the building were auto bots fighting in “Transformers”
5. HILTON CHICAGO. 720 S MICHIGAN AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60605
Where Dr. Richard Kimble of “The Fugitives” delivered a speech to confronts backstabbing fellow doctor
6. OLD CHICAGO MAIN POST OFFICE. 433 W VAN BUREN ST, CHICAGO, IL 60606
The bank robbery scene in “The Dark Knight”
7. SOUTH SHORE CULTURAL CENTER. 7059 S SOUTH SHORE DR, CHICAGO, IL 60649
When Jake and Elwood crash a ballroom in “Blues Brother”
8. MUSIC BOX THEATRE. 3733 N SOUTHPORT AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60613
Rob and Penny on a movie date in “High Fidelity”.
9. ROSENWALD APARTMENTS. 4639 S WABASH AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60653
The abandoned Ukrainian building in “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”.
10. WRIGLEY FIELD. 1060 WEST ADDISON ST. CHICAGO, IL 60613
The old-school Harvey baseball field in the movie, “A League of their Own”.
The list above is just some of the recognizable movies that were filmed in Chicago. There’ actually more and one page is not enough to accommodate all filming locations in Chicago.
