# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327/81 "2010-11-04T14:19:35Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Thinking of **RickJay** ’s choice of _Oklahoma!_ for Oklahoma (which I agree is a natural), I wonder if it’s possible to do this for musicals? In addition to Oklahoma, there could be: > > Illinois: _Chicago_ > New York: _Hello Dolly_ or _Guys and Dolls_ > Iowa: _The Music Man_ > Maryland: _Kiss Me Kate_ or _Hairspray_ > California: _Paint Your Wagon_ > Kansas: _The Wizard of Oz_ > Missouri: _Meet Me in St. Louis_ > > Hmmm… This may be harder than I thought. Connecticut: _Holiday Inn_ ---
**Author:** ![Blaster\_Master](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Blaster\_Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blaster_Master)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327/82 "2010-11-04T14:24:38Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > 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. Me, Myself, and Irene takes place in Rhode Island. They make quite a big deal out of him being a Rhode Island State Trooper. That would have been a better choice for that state too, IMO. ---
**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, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327/83 "2010-11-04T14:27:29Z")
> [@Blaster\_Master](#): > > Me, Myself, and Irene takes place in Rhode Island. They make quite a big deal out of him being a Rhode Island State Trooper. That would have been a better choice for that state too, IMO. Ahh, RI, thank you. I knew it was a state trooper from another state, I just got CT and RI confused. But I though the plot was that he was taking Irene back to NY? So it takes place in RI an NY, but was filmed in VT..and probably parts of RI and NY too…and, of course, sound stages/studios. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327/84 "2010-11-04T14:31:59Z")
Rhode Island benefits from being the home state of the Farrelly brothers, who set several of their movies there. And Maryland is of course where John Waters is from. So if Delaware residents want to have a less pathetic list of movies set in their state, they just need to have a successful filmwriter and director come from there. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327/85 "2010-11-04T14:32:46Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > New Mexico: Gas Food Lodging, Natural Born Killers, The Milagro Beanfield War. Flirting With Disaster might work as well, though it also features New York, Detroit, and San Diego. Of course we could just dispense with New Mexico altogether, as we’re talking US states here, not foreign countries. ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327/86 "2010-11-05T01:57:08Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > There’s nothing really South Carolina about the movie, though, other than the setting. > > I’d say **Doc Hollywood** for South Carolina. Or **Shag**. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327/87 "2010-11-05T03:13:05Z")
I like Pennsylvania’s choice “ **Groundhog Day** ”, especially looking at some of the other choices some states got saddled with. Seriously, Ohio gets “Gummo”? Huh? But other PA movies have been mentioned. **Rocky** - I agree with Twickster - There is nothing more embarrassing than the Rocky statue in Philadelphia. (is it still there?) And there are so many other movies based in PA that Rocky gets pushed down the list, even as an Oscar winner. **Slap Shot** - great choice, and a great movie. It never fails to get a laugh from me. some other choices: **The Deer Hunter** - My choice, although much of the movie takes place in Vietnam. **All The Right Moves** - Tom Cruise high school football vehicle \*\*Invincible \*\*- Vince Papalli’s route to the Eagles **Gettsburg** and who can forget **The Fish that saved Pittsburgh** , the worst basketball movie ever, and **Sudden Death** , the worst hockey movie ever made. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327/88 "2010-11-05T03:59:26Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Mississippi: _Mississippi Burning_ Mississippi: O Brother, Where Art Thou? I’m liking _The Outlaw Josey Wales_ for Missouri. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327/89 "2010-11-05T05:35:03Z")
_Zack & Miri Make a Porno_ for Pennsylvania. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327/90 "2010-11-05T15:30:01Z")
For Kansas, I think I’m going to throw out **The Wizard of Oz** , and replace it with **The Ice Harvest** , a great dark comedy with Billy Bob Thorton and John Cusack. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327/91 "2010-11-05T15:53:33Z")
I can’t think of any movies that take place in California or New York. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327/92 "2010-11-05T16:22:35Z")
> [@ExTank](#): > > Mississippi: O Brother, Where Art Thou? That’s what’s on the map! 🙂 It rather chaps me that Kentucky gets _Kalifornia_. Stick California with that cheery thing! We got Loretta Lynn! _Coal Miner’s Daughter_ should have been a shoe-in. Or even the recent _Secretariat_. We have more here than knuckle-dragging rednecks, although I will admit that we do have our fair share of those too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-map-of-the-u-s/559327.md?page=4)