# Movie map of the U.S. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 3, 2010, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327 "2010-11-03T14:23:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327/61 "2010-11-03T22:12:20Z")
Missouri: **The Outlaw Josey Wales** , **The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford** , **Roadhouse** , **Waiting For Guffman** Oregon: **First Blood** , **Kindergarten Cop** ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327/62 "2010-11-04T00:05:53Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > Missouri: **The Outlaw Josey Wales** , **The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford** , **Roadhouse** , **Waiting For Guffman** Also “Ride With The Devil”. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327/63 "2010-11-04T00:20:19Z")
The Evil Dead is set in Tennessee? I had no idea. Awesome, in any case. I knew Oregon would be The Goonies without even looking. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327/64 "2010-11-04T00:31:46Z")
Vemont: The Trouble With Harry, Sweetheart’s Dance, What Lies Beneath, Me, Myself & Irene, Ciderhouse Rules, Funny Farm, Baby Boom, Ethan Frome, The Four Seasons, Where The Rivers Flow North, and Stranger In The Kingdom. All of them better than Super Troopers. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327/65 "2010-11-04T00:34:56Z")
Fight Club would have been a better choice for Delaware. Wayne’s World spends about 15 seconds, and it’s only a blue screen of Delaware. As much as The Ice Storm sums up CT well, I was hoping for Beetlejuice. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327/66 "2010-11-04T02:33:06Z")
How about _Garden State_ for New Jersey? Obviously we need 50 poll threads to sort this out. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327/67 "2010-11-04T02:36:40Z")
Of course, New York State gets a film about New York City. Everything north of Westchester County might as well be in Canada. :rolleyes: New Mexico: Gas Food Lodging, Natural Born Killers, The Milagro Beanfield War. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327/68 "2010-11-04T02:44:03Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > How about _Garden State_ for New Jersey? It’s okay, but I think that \*The Wrestler \*would be better; and after a bit of research I’m gonna go with _Happiness_ to represent NJ. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327/69 "2010-11-04T03:28:31Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > How about _The Big Chill_ for South Carolina? There’s nothing really South Carolina about the movie, though, other than the setting. I’d say **Doc Hollywood** for South Carolina. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327/70 "2010-11-04T03:28:50Z")
How about _Mystic Pizza_ for Connecticut? ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327/71 "2010-11-04T03:41:15Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > New Mexico - **City Slickers**. Seriously, **The Tao of Steve**? I’ve tried to watch it twice and lost interest 20 minutes in both times. You are obviously not a Steve. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327/72 "2010-11-04T04:43:02Z")
Vermont - _Ghost Story_ ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327/73 "2010-11-04T04:48:42Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](#): > > It’s okay, but I think that \*The Wrestler \*would be better; and after a bit of research I’m gonna go with _Happiness_ to represent NJ. To _represent_ NJ? I wouldn’t go around saying “Yeah, that movie _Happiness_…that’s what NJ is all about” 🙂 (Nor would I say that about _Gummo_…_shudder_) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327/74 "2010-11-04T04:51:54Z")
Colorado: _The Shining_ Maryland: _The Blair Witch Project_ Vermont: I like thesuggestion above of _The Trouble with Harry_ but also _Ghost Story_ Mississippi: _Mississippi Burning_ ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327/75 "2010-11-04T05:06:34Z")
I think I’ve got the perfect Pennsylvania movie. **Slap Shot** ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327/76 "2010-11-04T06:21:07Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > Of course, New York State gets a film about New York City. Everything north of Westchester County might as well be in Canada. :rolleyes: _Bruce Almighty_? Set in Buffalo, as I recall. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327/77 "2010-11-04T06:45:54Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > To _represent_ NJ? I wouldn’t go around saying “Yeah, that movie _Happiness_…that’s what NJ is all about” 🙂 (Nor would I say that about _Gummo_…_shudder_) Heh, a bit of a joke as far as being representative of the state; it has more to do with that it’s a better movie than anything else set there (imho), except for perhaps _Atlantic City_. Although _On the Waterfront_ was shot in NJ, I believe that it was set in Brooklyn. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327/78 "2010-11-04T13:03:00Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Pennsylvania: _1776_ > Colorado: _The Unsinkable Molly Brown_ > Oregon: _Seven Brides for Seven Brothers_ D.C.: _Damn Yankees_ Ohio: _Bye Bye Birdie_ Florida: _The Cocoanuts_ Hawaii: _Blue Hawaii_, _Paradise, Hawaiian Style_ Idaho: _Sun Valley Serenade_ Illinois: _Chicago_ Indiana: _By the Light of the Silvery Moon_ Iowa (alternate): _State Fair_ Maine: _It Happened to Jane_ aka _Twinkle and Shine_ Minnesota: _A Prairie Home Companion_ Nevada: _When the Boys Meet the Girls_ South Carolina: _Porgy and Bess_ Vermont: _White Christmas_ There are musicals for states not listed, but I haven’t seen them or I can say that they’re total crap, even well below the standards of the Elvis movies. I have seen all the movies listed above. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327/79 "2010-11-04T13:26:10Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > D.C.: _Damn Yankees_ > Ohio: _Bye Bye Birdie_ > Florida: _The Cocoanuts_ > Hawaii: _Blue Hawaii_, _Paradise, Hawaiian Style_ > Idaho: _Sun Valley Serenade_ > Illinois: _Chicago_ > Indiana: _By the Light of the Silvery Moon_ > Iowa (alternate): _State Fair_ > Maine: _It Happened to Jane_ aka _Twinkle and Shine_ > Minnesota: _A Prairie Home Companion_ > Nevada: _When the Boys Meet the Girls_ > South Carolina: _Porgy and Bess_ > Vermont: _White Christmas_ > > There are musicals for states not listed, but I haven’t seen them or I can say that they’re total crap, even well below the standards of the Elvis movies. I have seen all the movies listed above. Great list! [OT]Got to meet **Archive Guy** , who’s in town for a conference, last night. Made me nostalgic for the musicals group.[/OT] ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327/80 "2010-11-04T13:54:29Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > Vemont: The Trouble With Harry, Sweetheart’s Dance, What Lies Beneath, Me, Myself & Irene, Ciderhouse Rules, Funny Farm, Baby Boom, Ethan Frome, The Four Seasons, Where The Rivers Flow North, and Stranger In The Kingdom. All of them better than Super Troopers. I’m sorry, but in no universe are Me, Myself, and Irene and What Lies Beneath better than Super Troopers. Also, Me, Myself, and Irene doesn’t take place in VT…IIRC. It was filmed here (well, a bunch of it,) but most of the VT scenes substitute for upstate NY. Why they couldn’t have just filmed ten miles west, across the lake and in actual upstate (well, northern) NY, where the scenery is almost identical, I don’t know. But I did forget that Funny Farm was set here…and it’s vintage Chevy Chase, so I’ll agree to that being a good VT movie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327.md?page=5)