Movie Marathon (Part 1)

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5823

State, no repeats, in which a contemporaneous fictional film was set (no historical or bio), location not named in title

  1. Georgia, Deliverance
  2. Illinois, The Blues Brothers
  3. Texas, Bonnie and Clyde
  4. Michigan, Grosse Pointe Blank
  5. Hawaii, The Descendants
  6. Iowa, Field of Dreams
  7. Idaho, Napoleon Dynamite
5824

I thought we weren’t supposed to have a location in the title.

5825

Feh, you’re right. I read “location not named,” and internalized it as “state not named.”

5826

State, no repeats, in which a contemporaneous fictional film was set (no historical or bio), location not named in title

  1. Georgia, Deliverance
  2. Illinois, The Blues Brothers
  3. Texas, Bonnie and Clyde
  4. Washington - Immediate Family
  5. Hawaii, The Descendants
  6. Iowa, Field of Dreams
  7. Idaho, Napoleon Dynamite

Fixed

5827

State, no repeats, in which a contemporaneous fictional film was set (no historical or bio), location not named in title

  1. Georgia, Deliverance
  2. Illinois, The Blues Brothers
  3. Texas, Bonnie and Clyde
  4. Washington - Immediate Family
  5. Hawaii, The Descendants
  6. Iowa, Field of Dreams
  7. Idaho, Napoleon Dynamite
  8. Kansas, In Cold Blood
5828

Bonnie and Clyde was historical, biographical, and mostly outsidee Texas. Same with In Cold Blood.[

State, no repeats, in which a contemporaneous fictional film was set (no historical or bio), location not named in title

  1. Georgia, Deliverance
  2. Illinois, The Blues Brothers
  4. Washington - Immediate Family
  5. Hawaii, The Descendants
  6. Iowa, Field of Dreams
  7. Idaho, Napoleon Dynamite
5829
  1. Indiana, Breaking Away, [pending approval]

Does Breaking Away count? I don’t think they ever say the name of the city, or the university, even though it’s pretty obvious to anyone who’s been there, and I don’t think there’s another famous bicycle race in the US of the status of the Little 5.

5830

Well, there is a sign shown early in the movie that says “WELCOME TO BLOOMINGTON: HOME OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY.”,

5831

I haven’t seen it in a long time.

5832

State, no repeats, in which a contemporaneous fictional film was set (no historical or bio), location not named in title

  1. Georgia, Deliverance
  2. Illinois, The Blues Brothers
  3. Washington - Immediate Family
  4. Hawaii, The Descendants
  5. Iowa, Field of Dreams
  6. Idaho, Napoleon Dynamite
  7. Indiana, Breaking Away
  8. Florida, Body Heat
5833

State, no repeats, in which a contemporaneous fictional film was set (no historical or bio), location not named in title

  1. Georgia, Deliverance
  2. Illinois, The Blues Brothers
  3. Washington, Immediate Family
  4. Hawaii, The Descendants
  5. Iowa, Field of Dreams
  6. Idaho, Napoleon Dynamite
  7. Indiana, Breaking Away
  8. Florida, Body Heat
  9. Ohio, Heathers
5834
  1. Georgia, Deliverance
  2. Illinois, The Blues Brothers
  3. Washington, Immediate Family
  4. Hawaii, The Descendants
  5. Iowa, Field of Dreams
  6. Idaho, Napoleon Dynamite
  7. Indiana, Breaking Away
  8. Florida, Body Heat
  9. Ohio, Heathers
  10. Minnesota, Grumpy Old Men

Movies Set on Trains (forgive me if this has been done before)

  1. Silver Streak (1976)

-“BB”-

5835

Movies Set on Trains

  1. Silver Streak (1976)
  2. Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
5836

Movies Set on Trains

  1. Silver Streak (1976)
  2. Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
  3. Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
5837

Movies Set on Trains

  1. Silver Streak (1976)
  2. Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
  3. Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
  4. Boxcar Bertha (1972)
5838

Movies Set on Trains

  1. Silver Streak (1976)
  2. Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
  3. Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
  4. Boxcar Bertha (1972)
  5. Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
5839

Movies Set on Trains

  1. Silver Streak (1976)
  2. Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
  3. Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
  4. Boxcar Bertha (1972)
  5. Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
  6. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
5840

Movies Set on Trains

  1. Silver Streak (1976)
  2. Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
  3. Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
  4. Boxcar Bertha (1972)
  5. Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
  6. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
  7. The Polar Express (2004)
5841

Movies Set on Trains

  1. Silver Streak (1976)
  2. Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
  3. Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
  4. Boxcar Bertha (1972)
  5. Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
  6. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
  7. The Polar Express (2004)
  8. The First Great Train Robbery (1978)
5842

Movies Set on Trains

  1. Silver Streak (1976)
  2. Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
  3. Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
  4. Boxcar Bertha (1972)
  5. Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
  6. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
  7. The Polar Express (2004)
  8. The First Great Train Robbery (1978)
  9. Strangers on a Train (1951)