# Movies that Take Place in Your State **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 26, 2000, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-take-place-in-your-state/34529 "2000-09-26T00:24:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![OrcaChow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47c2d/32.png) [@OrcaChow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OrcaChow)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2000, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-take-place-in-your-state/34529/21 "2000-09-26T05:14:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OrcaChow \* > **Current home of Seattle, WA: > … > Love Stinks > …** That should be **Reality Bites** , not Love Stinks. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2000, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-take-place-in-your-state/34529/22 "2000-09-26T05:24:32Z")
Hawaii– In addition to _tons_ of cheesy television: Hawaii (1966) Jurassic Park (1993) Karate Kid, Part II, The (1986) Lost World: Jurassic Park, The (1997) Pam & Tommy Lee: Stolen Honeymoon (1998) (V) 😃 Picture Bride (1995)-- The best on the list, IMHO Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Next year’s releases: Final Fantasy (2001) Jurassic Park 3 (2001) Pearl Harbor (2001) ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2000, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-take-place-in-your-state/34529/23 "2000-09-26T05:28:17Z")
I know not all of those movies are set here… it’s just than when crap like Baywatch: Hawaii actually _does_ take place in Hawaii, you try to make up for it any way you can… ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2000, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-take-place-in-your-state/34529/24 "2000-09-26T05:32:32Z")
Well, I live in Southern California, so the huge majority of movies have had at least part of the filming done here in state (if on a sound stage). It’s not at all uncommon to be driving around and come across a big long filming truck with all the hacks out taking care of lights, cameras, rigs, the coffee cart, etc. But, there’s been a few films (and a TV show) filmed on my _street_: _Wayne’s World_ (both one and two) Frick. Some other movie I forget. Damn brain farts. The TV show filmed here is _Roswell_. ---
**Author:** ![zenith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zenith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zenith)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2000, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-take-place-in-your-state/34529/25 "2000-09-26T06:44:43Z")
movies filmed in Nebraska; The Brandon Tina Story Indian Runner Terms of Endearment To Woo Fong, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar and Tee Wolf. Plus a number I had never heard of. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2000, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-take-place-in-your-state/34529/26 "2000-09-26T07:14:40Z")
Ummmm…The Hotel New Hampshire ``` Probably The World According to Garp, I don't remember where that's supposed to be. The Devil and Daniel Webster probably the Christain scientists put out the Mary Baker Eddy Story. and about 5 to 10% of any movie about a presidental race. ``` Something of a change from Manhattan, where I couldn’t leave the house without tripping over lighting cables. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2000, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-take-place-in-your-state/34529/27 "2000-09-26T07:26:07Z")
No one would think of actually basing a movie here in dull but pretty Sonoma County, California, but plenty are filmed here. [A list, from the county’s website.](http://www.sonoma-county.org/film/pfilm.htm) Yow, you’d think they wouldn’t want to advertise that they had anything to do with some of those movies. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2000, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-take-place-in-your-state/34529/28 "2000-09-26T08:11:44Z")
Well, I’ve seen Massachusetts appear in a lot of films, but I’ve seen only one (The Brinks Job) with a scene in my hometown (Stoneham, MA). It’s a brief scene where some of the characters walk through a town square with an old-fashioned police box in the center. The box, sadly, was destroyed several years ago by a drunk driver :(. –sublight. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2000, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-take-place-in-your-state/34529/29 "2000-09-26T12:07:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rocket88 \* > **…Pennsylvania – Slap Shot** I remember that movie! They filmed some of the hockey scenes at the War Memorial in Syracuse, NY. (My friend from SU was in the movie - 14 rows up, 6 seats over. Said the announcer who gets hit in the head was a big-time local DJ.) Florida films (central-ish Florida) ‘Cop And A Half’ (Burt Reynolds) was filmed in Tampa. Really weird to watch because IRL, the streets don’t connect at all like they do in the movie. ‘My Girl’ (Macauley Culkin) - carnival scenes were filmed in Vero Beach with James E. Strates Show (again, more friends of mine - I think the ticket guy in the bumper cars scene has passed away, though). There was also some vampire-ish flick that was filmed at Medieval Times in Kissimmee (w/ Robert Englund - the Freddy Kruger guy - nice guy (RE), BTW), but I don’t think it’ll be released. Some ‘monetary improprieties’ with the production company, or so I’ve heard. I saw parts of ‘Blair Witch Project’ being filmed in Sanford, along with ‘Wilder Napalm’ (that went straight to video, I think). ---
**Author:** ![Zumba\_The\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/779978/32.png) [@Zumba\_The\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zumba_The_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2000, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-take-place-in-your-state/34529/30 "2000-09-26T12:19:03Z")
I live in Wilmington NC. They say that we have the largest east coast studio outside of New York here. Currently Dawson’s Creek is filmed here. There is also 1 feature film and two movie of the week type movies being filmed now. Movies filmed here include 28 Days, I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Jackal, Empire Records, and A Soldier’s Daughter Never Cries. For a list of all the movies/T.V. shows filmed here check out this link. [http://www.wilmington-film.com/geninfo\_credits.html](http://www.wilmington-film.com/geninfo_credits.html) ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2000, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-take-place-in-your-state/34529/31 "2000-09-26T12:45:48Z")
And last night, I remembered another one. How could I forget??? - The Burning Bed \* which actually took place (the true life version) in a town about 15 miles down the road. By the way, the real life story was very, very different in material ways from the tv version. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2000, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-take-place-in-your-state/34529/32 "2000-09-26T12:57:33Z")
I live outside of Washington DC. It’s too numerous to count. ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2000, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-take-place-in-your-state/34529/33 "2000-09-26T12:58:21Z")
Are we limiting it to “set in” or also “shot in”? For example, _Air Force One_ was partially shot outside Cleveland, Ohio (Painesville, actually) but clearly isn’t set there. The ones I can think of off the top of my head: _A Christmas Story_, filmed in and around downtown Cleveland. _Light of Day_. I’ve played at the Euclid Tavern, where most of the music scenes were filmed, and it isn’t **half** as big as it appears on screen. _Howard the Duck_. Egads. _Planes, Trains and Automobiles_. Many of the exterior winter travel scenes were shot around Cleveland. Notable because the second unit crew was in the paper for trashing some rooms at the Quail Hollow Inn in Chardon. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2000, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-take-place-in-your-state/34529/34 "2000-09-26T13:04:43Z")
forget \* Major League \* and it’s sequels II and III??? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2000, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-take-place-in-your-state/34529/35 "2000-09-26T13:37:24Z")
Hmmmmmmm, the only **Colorado** movies I can think of off the top of my head are a cornucopia of ski movies **Things To Do In Denver When You’re Dead** **Dumb and Dumber** Wait, D&D was in Astin. We don’t have one of those here. ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2000, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-take-place-in-your-state/34529/36 "2000-09-26T13:52:25Z")
Most of the Farrely brothers movies have been filmed partly in my hometown, where they’re from… though when they show “Cumberland High School” in Something About Mary, it most definitely is NOT the real Cumberland High School in RI. Seeing the dog-car driving down the streets of Cumberland before knowing what was going on was pretty amusing, too! ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2000, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-take-place-in-your-state/34529/37 "2000-09-26T14:09:29Z")
**Last of the Mohicans** was set at Fort William Henry, on the shores of old Lake George (upstate NY), but filmed in the Carolinas. Then again, they couldn’t use the current Ft. Billy Hank (as several re-enactors call it) because most of the fort itself is taken up by the giftshop (twice as big as the original fort, BTW), the dioramas and costumes are tacky, and the fort is surrounded by T-shirt shops and taffy stores. Then again, the mountains in the Adirondacks area _are_ prettier than those in the Carolinas. Somebody got paid off well. 😃 :ducking and running really really fast: :it’s a joke, dammit, joke!: ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2000, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-take-place-in-your-state/34529/38 "2000-09-26T14:26:42Z")
Well, as Jonathan Chance said, movies set in and around D.C. are too numerous to mention. As a Marylanders, you can also add nearly every film made by Barry Levenson and John Waters. And, of course, _The Blair Witch Project_. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2000, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-take-place-in-your-state/34529/39 "2000-09-26T14:27:10Z")
…that don’t involve pigs squealing: The Slugger’s Wife Big Momma’s House Fled (was partly filmed here, not sure if it was set here) Dutch (well, he started out in a boarding school in Ga) The General’s Daughter Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2000, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-take-place-in-your-state/34529/40 "2000-09-26T14:34:49Z")
Specificly, Southern California Die Hard The Miracle Mile Summer School All the idiot ‘Beach Blanket’ films The Karate Kid Boogie Nights Lethal weapon 1,2,3 The Player Valley Girl [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-take-place-in-your-state/34529.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-take-place-in-your-state/34529.md?page=3)