# Hey, that's my home town! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [May 16, 2021, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-my-home-town/942212 "2021-05-16T10:44:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-my-home-town/942212/1 "2021-05-16T10:44:02Z")
I guess big city folk can play along, but - In the movie “The Falcon Takes Over”, the wanna be reporter announces she is from Morgan, MN. I grew up there (and mom still lives there) - it is a small farming community southwest of Minneapolis/St Paul. A cousin caught the line when it was broadcast on TCM and posted it on Facebook. Could have been a random dart throw at a US map, but one of the writers is Lynn Root, listed as from Minnesota - and there was a Root family in Morgan - so it is possible (maybe even likely) that he threw in a hometown reference. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-my-home-town/942212/2 "2021-05-16T11:24:45Z")
my other hometown was figured prominently in an late 80s movie called “terror squad” it was supposed ot be what happened when the breakfast club met middle eastren terrorist who was trying to hide from authorities > **[Terror Squad (1987) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094125/?ref_=tt_urv)** > > Terror Squad: Directed by Peter Maris. With Chuck Connors, Brodie Greer, Bill Calvert, Kerry Wall. A squad of Libyan terrorists infiltrate the city of Kokomo, Indiana, and take over a nuclear power plant. A counter-terrorist expert must stop them... the reader reviews say it all lol heres a intresting article also [Kokomo common on the silver screen](https://www.kokomotribune.com/news/local_news/kokomo-common-on-the-silver-screen/article_82dbacb4-4b90-5146-854f-9addaaa3b142.html#:~:text=%22Terror%20Squad%22%20%281988%29%20Filmed%20at%20places%20like%20then-Kokomo,the%20city%20the%20target%20of%20a%20terrorist%20attack). Now the antelope valey ca has a filmography dating back to the 20s … ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-my-home-town/942212/3 "2021-05-16T11:56:03Z")
Two major movies were filmed in my hometown of Johnstown, PA. _Slap Shot_ starring Paul Newman, and _All the Right Moves_ starring Tom Cruise and Craig T. Nelson. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-my-home-town/942212/4 "2021-05-16T12:03:39Z")
I remember when the movie “Big Tex” came out. The only reason my friends and I went to see it is because it was shot in Tulsa. They even shot some scenes in the mall I used to hang out in. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-my-home-town/942212/5 "2021-05-16T12:07:00Z")
The Matt Damon movie _Promised Land_ was filmed around our town. Our friend’s farm market was converted to **Guns, Gas, & Guitars**. The film crew actually blew dirt onto the walls to make things look . . . dirty. Frances McDormand was very nice to everyone. I was so excited to see the movie, but it sucked. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-my-home-town/942212/6 "2021-05-16T12:30:41Z")
I’m very surprised to learn of the extensive list of big Hollywood films shot in my home town of [Montreal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_shot_in_Montreal). ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-my-home-town/942212/7 "2021-05-16T12:47:39Z")
I think everyone in Madison, WI, went to go see Rodney Dangerfield’s **Back to School** since it was filmed at the University. It was much better than I thought it would be. ---
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-my-home-town/942212/8 "2021-05-16T13:24:03Z")
The TV series _Hung_, about a male prostitute, had the main character living in a run-down house on a lake. My dad lived on that lake at the time, about 15 houses away. The producers rented the house, mostly for exterior scenes, and made it look more run-down than it was. Some scenes required a big hole in the roof, so they made a hole, with the permission of the real homeowner. After the scenes were shot, the producers replaced the whole roof. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-my-home-town/942212/9 "2021-05-16T13:27:28Z")
> [@Capn\_Carl](#): > > After the scenes were shot, the producers replaced the whole roof. For _Promised Land_, our friends’ farm market was “remodeled” to make it look dirty, crappy, falling apart. After they finished filming, they laid a new floor, painted, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-my-home-town/942212/10 "2021-05-16T13:30:46Z")
Yeah, and the publicity might trickle down to shooting locations, too. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-my-home-town/942212/11 "2021-05-16T14:27:24Z")
I’ve complained about this before on the SDMB, but let me do it again. The television program _Glee_ was set in Lima, Ohio. Nothing about the show resembles anything in Lima (which was about 25 miles from where I grew up). The show appears to be written by people who were never outside of southern California in their life. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-my-home-town/942212/12 "2021-05-16T17:24:33Z")
Last year’s TV show _Emergence_ was set in my home town of Southold, NY. It was clear they had no clue about what it was like. Other than one day of background shots and the look of the police cars, they never got anything right. _The Place Beyond the Plains,_ on the other hand, was set and shot here in Schenectady. The best part of watching the movie for me was identifying the locations. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-my-home-town/942212/13 "2021-05-16T17:40:51Z")
In _The Hunter_, Steve McQueen captures LeVar Burton in Herscher, Illinois. All of my siblings went to Herscher High School at some point and Dad took me to a barber there after the barber in our town permanently closed. The film crew for _The Hunter_ also spent some time on our town’s main street but I decided to stay away from them, figuring that they didn’t need a 9-year-old boy getting in the way. The high school where I spent my Junior & Senior years stood in for the high school in the _21 Jump Street_ movie. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-my-home-town/942212/14 "2021-05-16T18:01:07Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > I think everyone in Madison, WI, went to go see Rodney Dangerfield’s **Back to School** since it was filmed at the University. And _RE_ filmed there, too… It is a beautiful campus, especially in the fall, when they shot it. But they hadn’t planned for reshoots, which happened right after all those brilliant red and orange leaves had fallen. So suddenly there’s a movie crew spending days wiring colorful fabric leaves to all the trees in a two-block area. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-my-home-town/942212/15 "2021-05-16T18:12:05Z")
“Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael” was set in and partially filmed in Clyde, Ohio and nearby Sandusky. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-my-home-town/942212/16 "2021-05-16T18:39:26Z")
There was a movie filmed five years ago. It might come out next year. Maybe. They did some filming in the area where my husband’s from, but I’m not sure what will show up in the movie, or if it will even mention the area. Had no idea it could take so long between the time a film is shot and it makes it to the studio. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-my-home-town/942212/17 "2021-05-16T18:58:32Z")
Nothing in my home town, but nearby Neenah, WI was used for Meet The Applegates (I thought it was for The Burbs but IMDB just says LA) Madison, WI also was in _I Love Trouble_ and supposedly Julia Roberts stayed in a house near where my friend’s parents lived outside Cross Plains (it matches [Madison in the movies: Behind the scenes - Isthmus | Madison, Wisconsin](https://isthmus.com/screens/movies/madison-in-the-movies-behind-the-scenes/)) _Grumpy Old Men_ was filmed near where I am now in Wabesha, MN There are a few things filmed in La Crosse, WI. [Filming Location Matching "La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA" (Sorted by Popularity Ascending) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?locations=La%20Crosse,%20Wisconsin,%20USA&ref_=ttloc_loc_1) Interesting that _Fort McCoy_ was not filmed in Fort McCoy (not sure how hard that would have been. There are publicly accessible parts of the place (including a campground). I’ve seen a few movies at the Hollywood Theater (its been closed for years) Brian ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-my-home-town/942212/18 "2021-05-16T19:16:22Z")
Not strictly on topic, but since we’re on a Wisconsin kick… (this happened in Milwaukee): In the movie _AIRPORT_ (the not-purposely-a-parody one, back in the 70s), one of the opening scenes focuses on a nervous man at a ticket counter… “I wanna go to Milwaukee!” Someone in our audience (ok, it was teenage me) quipped “He _WANTS_ to go to _Milwaukee?_ Clearly insane!” . (Turned out he had a bomb in his luggage, so I was right.) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-my-home-town/942212/19 "2021-05-16T19:29:19Z")
_The Way We Were_ was shot on the campus of my college. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-my-home-town/942212/20 "2021-05-16T20:44:02Z")
Not my hometown, but the Mel Gibson-Robert Downey Jr. film _Air America_ was filmed in the northern-Thai provincial capital of Mae Hong Son in 1989 while I was living there as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Thailand’s smallest provincial capital, it had a population of only 5000 at the time. Hollywood moved in and took the place over for about six weeks, throwing all sorts of crazy money around. The locals were more than happy to have them there. Never mind that, being on the Myanmar border, all the temples there are Myanmar style, it was portrayed as a town in Laos. I “met” Mel Gibson without knowing whom I was speaking with. A now-defunct restaurant near the house I rented was called the Good Luck. The young couple who owned and operated it were friends of mine, and it was my usual night-time spot. Floor seating on pillows, no chairs. In addition to Thai food, Lak, the wife, had amassed a large repertory of Middle Eastern recipes thanks to the steady stream of Israeli backpackers passing through that area, and she made a killer moussaka. I was in there one evening when six guys came in, obviously movie people, but I ignored them since I had just come from the post office with a bunch of mail from home. That was occupying my attention. One guy leaned over and asked me what was good. I told him the moussaka. I finished my mail and dinner and went home. The next morning, as I was heading out into the province, I stopped by the Good Luck to pick up some food to take with me like I often did, and Lak was all excited. “I can’t believe Mel Gibson was in my restaurant last night!’ she told me. “Mel Gibson was here? Oh, that’s great,” I replied. Lak looked at me all funny and said, “Well, yeah, you were talking to him.” “I was talking to Mel Gibson?” " Yeah, you told him the moussaka was good.” I thought about it, and yeah, I guess that _was_ Mel Gibson. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-my-home-town/942212.md?page=2)