What’s the best movie set in your state? This map will tell you.

[jakeXT]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/01/10/whats-the-best-movie-set-in-your-state-this-map-will-tell-you/

Some States have to share a movie and I haven't seen at least 10 of them

[IntravenousDemilo]

1. Of course, that's pretty subjective. n/m

[jakeXT]

2. Imdb rating is pretty much useless...n/t

[yuiyoshida]

3. If not mistaken

All those movies came from Hollywood.. which is in southern California..

[jakeXT]

4. You can look up most of the filming locations

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1205489/locations

[yuiyoshida]

40. true but the Studios

and the backed money to make them goes to where they are created in the first place. Yeah they were filmed in these locations, but the big movie money goes to companies like Paramount or Universal which is in California.

[valerief]

46. The OP says "set in your state". nt

[Scuba]

5. Ha! Stroszek isn't even set in Wisconsin, although parts of it were filmed there.

[sarge43]

6. New Hampshire: On Golden Pond n/t

[B Calm]

70. I love that movie!

[GoCubsGo]

7. Full Metal Jacket.

I didn't realize it was set in South Carolina. Interestingly, they filmed the Vietnam scenes in "Forrest Gump" here, as well. I stood where Bubba died.

[jakeXT]

8. Only archival footage

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093058/locations?mode=desktop

Most of it was filmed in England

[GoCubsGo]

10. Either that is incorrect, or I was lied to.

I was told by park personnel that many of the scenes were filmed at Hunting Island State Park. There is a man-made canal on the island, and the folks at the park said they trucked in a bunch of tropical plants to add to the palmettos that are already there. They said the scenes were Bubba was killed were filmed there. I don't know why they'd lie about it.

[jakeXT]

11. I meant Full Metal Jacket

Kubrick shot the film in England: in Cambridgeshire, on the Norfolk Broads, and at the former Millennium Mills and Beckton Gas Works, Newham (east London). A former RAF and then British Army base, Bassingbourn Barracks, doubled as the Parris Island Marine boot camp.[8] A British Army rifle range near Barton, outside Cambridge, was used in the scene where Private Pyle is congratulated on his shooting skills by Hartman. The disused Beckton Gas Works a few miles from central London portrayed the ruined city of Huế. Kubrick worked from still photographs of Huế taken in 1968 and found an area owned by British Gas that closely resembled it and was scheduled to be demolished.[11] To achieve this look, Kubrick had buildings blown up and the film's art director used a wrecking ball to knock specific holes in certain buildings over the course of two months.[11] Originally, Kubrick had a plastic replica jungle flown in from California but once he looked at it was reported to have said, "I don't like it. Get rid of it."[14] The open country is Cliffe marshes, also on the Thames, with 200 imported Spanish palm trees[7] and 100,000 plastic tropical plants from Hong Kong.[11]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Metal_Jacket

[GoCubsGo]

12. Oh. Doh.

I misread it, I guess.

[Kaleva]

9. One of the Marine's boot camps is at Parris Island, SC

[Brigid]

15. Don't forget, Parris Island is in SC.

Marine Corps boot camp. As for where the film was actually shot, that's another matter.

[jakeXT]

17. I never paid much attention to British road markings

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tom.ingham/WebSite/Barracks1.htm

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tom.ingham/WebSite/FMJPAGE.htm

[jmowreader]

87. Parris Island, South Carolina: an 8-week college for the phony tough and the crazy brave

[HarveyDarkey]

13. "The Straight Story"? Never heard of it.

I was thinking "Field of Dreams" or at least "Bridges of Madison County".

[cemaphonic]

75. "The Straight Story" is great

David Lynch made a G-rated movie for Disney. Not only is it really good, but it is somehow unmistakably Lynch, despite the utter lack of violence, perversity, or surrealist mindfuck stuff.

[WinkyDink]

14. Dorney Park, Allentown, PA.---"Where Angels Go Trouble Follows" and "Hairspray."

"WAGTF": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_Angels_Go,_Trouble_Follows

"Hairspray": http://robertmaier.us/2011/12/12/the-censored-scene-in-john-waters%E2%80%99-hairspray-%E2%80%93-tilted-acres-amusement-park/

[Brigid]

16. I disagree with "A Christmas Story" for IN.

It should have been "Hoosiers."

[jakeXT]

18. I think it's just imdb rating 7.6 vs 8.1

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091217/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085334/

[Ron Obvious]

19. 50/50 Really?

I never even heard of it.

Turns out it's from 2011:

Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.

Meh.. Doesn't sound like my kind of movie to be honest.

[jakeXT]

21. You've got cancer...who found it ? -- My cleaning lady found it in the back of my jeans

lol

[Ron Obvious]

26. Maybe I'll go check it out after all n/t

[TexasBushwhacker]

36. 50/50 is really quite good

As someone who went through the caregiver role with a cancer patient, I think it's well worth watching. And I'll watch anything with JGL.

[cemaphonic]

77. Yeah, there's not that many classics set in WA, but there's a few:

McCabe & Mrs. Miller
First Blood
Dead Man

any of those would have been a better fit.

[pokerfan]

79. some more....

WarGames
An Officer and a Gentleman
Dante's Peak
Vision Quest

ETA: Sleepless in Seattle

[Ron Obvious]

84. I don't know if they count as classics...

but off the top of my head,

"Sleepless in Seattle" and possibly,
"You've got Mail", though I've seen neither.
"Fire Walk with Me" (pity that Twin Peaks and the X-Files don't count),
That Elvis at the 1962 Seattle World Fair thing.

There's got to be more...

[kentauros]

20. Paris, Texas is the best movie set in this state.

And thank you, Wim Wenders for coming here and making it!

Paris, Texas on IMDB (rated 8.1)

[TexasBushwhacker]

28. I'd have to go with Last Picture Show or Hud n/t

[kentauros]

31. Hud as well as Giant

I've never watched Last Picture Show because it never really appealed to me. Paris didn't either for a while until I read more about it and learned it was directed by one of my favorite German directors. And so I knew it would be a masterpiece

[TexasBushwhacker]

34. People still travel to Marfa to see the Reata ruins

and other James Dean/Giant sites. The big house was just a facade. Now it's not much more than a very weathered skeleton surrounded by bits of wood and plaster on the ground. Marfa is really remote. The closest airport is 200 miles away. But James Dean fans are crazy!

http://our.tentativetimes.net/marfa/reatarun.html

[lame54]

39. Hud and last picture show were the same author

[TexasBushwhacker]

74. Larry McMurtry, he wrote Lonesome Dove and Terms of Endearment too n/t

[TeamPooka]

81. LPS

[lame54]

80. Blood Simple

[TeamPooka]

82. oh yeah. "I'll tell him when I see him."

[kentauros]

88. Yes, that's another excellent one.

Just watched it a couple of weeks ago, too

[Rowdyboy]

22. I beg to differ......"O' Brother where art thou?" is a better movie than "Django Unchained"

Also "A Time to Kill....."

[Glorfindel]

65. And "The Long, Hot Summer"

Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Lee Remick, Anthony Franciosa, Angela Lansbury, and Orson Welles. As far as a cast goes, it doesn't get much better. Also, it's a good story.

[Rowdyboy]

73. Can't believe I forgot that one! Its a real classic and packed with real stars....

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was another classic set in Mississippi but I think it was filmed primarily in New York and California

[NV Whino]

23. Of all the movies filmed in California, Pulp Fiction?

Really?

[jakeXT]

24. Only "The Godfather" and "Shawshank Redemption" have a higher rating on imdb

http://www.imdb.com/chart/top?tt0110912&ref_=tt_awd

[NV Whino]

27. Gawd, I hate Pulp Fiction

I even watched again, years later, to see what I was missing. Nope. Still hate it.

[kentauros]

32. You at least got all the way through it.

I remember I stopped the tape (back when that was the only way to rent it) at the 26-minute mark. I liked no one in that film. At least The Professional (for a similar type of story) had likable characters, and was a brilliant movie.

[progressoid]

44. Yeah,

there were a couple sort of good moments but I don't think it ever matched the hype.

[valerief]

47. I don't get the appeal either. nt

[WorseBeforeBetter]

56. Me too. I couldn't stand "The Departed," either.

Would rather have gone with Mystic River or The Social Network for Massachusetts. Hell, even The Town.

[cemaphonic]

76. I've always been baffled about how much people seem to love "The Shawshank Redemption"

It's a decent movie and all, but I don't get why so many people seem to rate it so highly.

And I agree that, as good and influential as "Pulp Fiction" is, there are probably better than a dozen better movies set in CA.

[XemaSab]

33. srsly

Hell, "Return of the Jedi" would have been a better choice.

[begin_within]

38. Agree... Pulp Fiction is a terrible choice for California

All these films set in California...Vertigo, Chinatown, East of Eden, Blade Runner, The Graduate, Sunset Boulevard, The Birds, Little Miss Sunshine, The Man Who Wasn't There, Beverly Hills Cop, This Is Spinal Tap, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, Ed Wood, Play Misty For Me, Sideways, The Stunt Man, What's Up, Doc?, The Big Lebowski, Anchorman, Mrs. Doubtfire, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Heat, Boogie Nights, Iron Man, E.T. The Extraterrestrial, The Maltese Falcon, Harold and Maude, The Grapes of Wrath... and yet they chose Pulp Fiction as the best film set in California?

[krispos42]

59. Terminator, Terminator 2, Die Hard, Inner Space... n/t

[petronius]

55. + another. I liked Pulp Fiction, but there's no way that's the best movie

set in California. Of course, for our state, even settling on the top 20 would be a bit of a challenge...

[malthaussen]

25. I prefer "A Philadelphia Story" to "Deer Hunter."

Seriously, Hepburn and Grant and Jimmy Stewart? What more do you want?

-- Mal

[Orrex]

61. Striking Distance for the win.

[Orrex]

62. Sudden Death for the win.

[Orrex]

63. Night of the Living Dead for the win.

[TexasBushwhacker]

29. I liked The Green Mile, but Cool Hand Luke is classic n/t

[mnhtnbb]

30. George Washington for NC? It's not even out yet.

Or do they mean the 2000 film that nobody saw?

Frankly, I'd go with Bull Durham or Cold Mountain, myself.

[JanMichael]

53. I was getting ready to say wtf? George Washington?

Hell, I figured at least they would have written "The Hunger Games"

[WorseBeforeBetter]

54. I had to Google it. Evidently it was made on...

a $42,000 budget and has a 7.5 IMDB rating. Bull Durham and Cape Fear first came to mind. Forgot about Cold Mountain -- enjoyed it, but not sure if that's primarily because I was *blinded* by the incredibly beautiful Jude Law! Junebug was a good film, but has an IMDB rating of 7.1, just below The Hunger Games at 7.2.

[XemaSab]

35. SoCal: Chinatown, NorCal: The Graduate

Maybe.

[XemaSab]

37. Vertigo is also a mighty fine choice

n/t

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

52. Agree that Chinatown is better than Pulp Fiction - so is Blade Runner

[Brother Buzz]

91. NorCal should be Harold and Maude

Maybe.

[Tom Ripley]

41. Both "Deliverance" and "2000 Maniacs" are better than "Gone With The Wind"

[LynneSin]

42. I think with Delaware we have like 3 movies

Fight Club, Dead Poet Society and one of those 'Dawn of the Dead' sequels.

Glad Fight Club was picked!

[valerief]

43. Uh, Jaws for Mass. Or The Verdict or Thomas Crown Affair or Now, Voyager. nt

[krispos42]

60. I don't think Amity Island was associated with a specific state.

It was filmed on Martha's Vineyard, and Amity is set off the coast of the Connecticut/Rhode Island/Massachusettes/Long Island area, but I don't recall ever finding out which state it was part of.

That might be why it's not on the list.

[progressoid]

45. The Straight Story beats Field of Dreams for Iowa.

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That works for me. My late brother was an extra in The Straight Story.

[fishwax]

49. I liked that movie a lot

Of course, I liked Field of Dreams, too. But as to which is a better film, I'd go with The Straight Story

[fishwax]

48. My Own Private Idaho was set in Oregon (mostly) rather than Idaho

I would guess Napoleon Dynamite would be the highest-rated film set in Idaho, but that's only because I can't think offhand of another one that is set primarily in Idaho.

Interesting map, though -- thanks for sharing

[Stillwater]

51. movie set in Idaho

The only other one I can think of is "A home of our own" starring Kathy Bates.

[mucifer]

50. Illinois should be "The Blues Brothers"

[TeeYiYi]

57. Utah has been the backdrop of over 900 Hollywood films,...

...including 'The Greatest Story Ever Told', 'Planet of the Apes' and the iconic opening scenes of '2001: A Space Odyssey.'
.

A few of my personal favorites were 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid', 'Thelma & Louise', and more recently, 'The Lone Ranger' with Johnny Depp.

Though likely a very good film, '127 Hours' hardly belongs at the top of the list. (In my opinion.)

Link to 50 movies filmed in Utah: http://www.deseretnews.com/top/1633/0/50-movies-filmed-in-Utah-The-Sandlot-Hulk-and-more.html

TYY

[Art_from_Ark]

58. Most of True Grit was supposed to have occurred in Arkansas

I've never heard of Sling Blade.

At any rate, my vote for the best movie set in Arkansas would be The Legend of Boggy Creek.

[patricia92243]

64. NC -The Hunger Games - not necessiarly the best, but the only one that comes to mind. The map

does not list them. I've never heard of George Washington that it has listed for NC.

OPPS - the OP said SET in my state - not necessarily made in my state. Can't remember that one.

[jakeXT]

72. I haven't seen it either, like anybody else on the planet ... probably

Domestic Total Gross: $247,406
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=georgewashington.htm


http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/george-washington-2001

[Jokerman]

66. Indiana's should be "Breaking Away".

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078902/?ref_=nv_sr_2

[bif]

90. Or "Hoosiers".

[Ptah]

67. For Montana it should be 'A River Runs Through It.'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_River_Runs_Through_It_(film)

[Bjorn Against]

68. Fargo won for Minnesota which I think is an awful movie

We don't have a lot of great movies set in Minnesota, but the best ones I can think of off the top of my head were probably Juno and North Country. There may be some others I am not thinking of as well, but either of those two movies would have been better picks than Fargo.

[B Calm]

69. I would have said Hoosiers for Indiana

[B Calm]

71. Grumpy Old Men would be my Minnesota pick!

[cemaphonic]

78. Does "The Good, the Bad & the Ugly" even have a specific setting?

It's obviously set in the southwestern fringe of the Civil War, but I don't remember there being anything tying it to an actual location. I always figured that was Leone going for a "mythic Wild West" vibe (and filming in Spain).

[jakeXT]

85. I've heard that he recreated some shots of Matthew Brady, but I haven't seen a comparison

Leone was always a history student and did extensive research into the period, using some of Matthew Brady's famous photographs among other documents in the Library of Congress. Leone claimed with some truth that his films were more accurate than most American-made Westerns (even if they were filmed in Spain). They aren't documentary re-creations, though, since you can find a few anachronisms like dynamite a few years before it was invented.

http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/17943|0/The-Good-the-Bad-and-the-Ugly.html

For authenticity, Leone based much of the look of these scenes on period photos, particularly the work of Matthew Brady. (In acknowledgement, Brady is represented in one of the scenes photographing Union Troops.)

http://website.lineone.net/~braithwaitej/mainsite/overview/leone/smbwsb.htm

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

86. I believe it's New Mexico

I think it was set in the New Mexico campaign of the Civil war where a confederate army under General Sibley came into New Mexico from Texas in an attempt to control the state, culminating in the battle of Glorieta Pass.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Glorieta_Pass

(See section on "depictions in popular culture" in the above article)

I believe at one point in the movie, there's a reference to the retreat of General Sibley's confederate army following its defeat.

[TeamPooka]

83. Fuck PULP FICTION, LA CONFIDENTIAL is the best California movie.

[jmowreader]

89. Ohio: Rocky Horror Picture Show

When Brad and Janet were driving, Janet was holding a newspaper. The only place in the world whose paper is The Plain Dealer is Cleveland.

[jmowreader]

92. California, Texas, Florida, New York and Illinois...

how can you possibly pick one movie and declare it "the best" one set there?

And I never got the feeling that Fight Club was set in a specific place...but considering what the narrator did for a living, if you'd have forced me to pick one place I probably would have said Detroit.

Speaking of Detroit, I think the best movie set in Michigan, without exception, was Robocop.