# Name a film set in this state! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 9, 2003, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-film-set-in-this-state/206455 "2003-10-09T10:23:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Herge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Herge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Herge)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-film-set-in-this-state/206455/1 "2003-10-09T10:23:06Z")
For some reason I was thinking about the different states in the USA that films have been set, and I wondered if every state has been used as a film setting. So, just for fun, take the state that the last poster suggested, and name a film which was set either entirely or partially in that state, then suggest another state for the next poster. It doesn’t count if the film was about a train or roadtrip travelling through the state. When all 52 states have been used up, the game is over (duh!). Not being American, I could be wrong on that 52 figure, but I’ll try to keep track of how many are left. 🙂 I don’t really know if this will sink like a stone or go all the way… So to start: Alaska ---
**Author:** ![lovelee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@lovelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lovelee)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-film-set-in-this-state/206455/2 "2003-10-09T10:26:08Z")
“Insomnia” (Al Pacino) was set in Alaska. New Mexico ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-film-set-in-this-state/206455/3 "2003-10-09T11:17:37Z")
Part of Sidney Lumet’s _Power_ is set in New Mexico. How about Oregon? ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-film-set-in-this-state/206455/4 "2003-10-09T11:38:23Z")
_The Far Horizons_, about the Lewis and Clark expedition, is partially set in Oregon. Idaho? ---
**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:** [October 9, 2003, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-film-set-in-this-state/206455/5 "2003-10-09T11:39:25Z")
We did this in a thread several years ago. If you search on something like “film” or “movie” and the names of several states, you should be able to find the thread. If I recall correctly, we had problems finding films for a few states. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-film-set-in-this-state/206455/6 "2003-10-09T12:28:44Z")
> [@](#): > > Not being American, I could be wrong on that 52 figure, but I’ll try to keep track of how many are left. 52 is the correct number if you count Canada and Mexico. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-film-set-in-this-state/206455/7 "2003-10-09T13:32:23Z")
> [@](#): > > _The Far Horizons,_ about the Lewis and Clark expedition, is partially set in Oregon. > > Idaho? [Bronco Billy](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0080472/) is set mostly in Idaho. This movie even has a scene showing the drugstore that my mom and dad still own and operate. This wasn’t exactly a box-office smash, though. Another not-so-blockbuster movie set in Idaho was [Moving](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095662/). While the movie is set in Idaho and some of the establishing shots were filmed here, most of what happens in the movie didn’t really take place here. Let’s try for South Dakota now. ---
**Author:** ![fruitbat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fruitbat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fruitbat)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-film-set-in-this-state/206455/8 "2003-10-09T13:33:56Z")
Twin Falls, Idaho. Movie about identical twins directed by the Polish brothers. I’ll make this easy. Maine. ---
**Author:** ![fruitbat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fruitbat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fruitbat)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-film-set-in-this-state/206455/9 "2003-10-09T13:39:37Z")
Ok we will take South Dakota and I will take the easy cop out with North by Northwest. Now Maine :0 ---
**Author:** ![Dugrik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dugrik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dugrik)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-film-set-in-this-state/206455/10 "2003-10-09T13:47:34Z")
Pet Sematary is set in Ludlow, Maine. Next: Iowa ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-film-set-in-this-state/206455/11 "2003-10-09T13:49:23Z")
Maine - Pet Semetary - In the Bedroom How’s abouts Pennsylvania ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-film-set-in-this-state/206455/12 "2003-10-09T13:51:21Z")
Pennsylvania: Witness, Philadelphia, and Blow-Out ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-film-set-in-this-state/206455/13 "2003-10-09T13:51:44Z")
Ooops, got beat. Iowa = Field of Dreams Now Pennsylvania ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-film-set-in-this-state/206455/14 "2003-10-09T13:53:01Z")
AUUUUGH! You need to suggest a state \*\* h.sapiens\*\* ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-film-set-in-this-state/206455/15 "2003-10-09T13:53:15Z")
Whoops, forgot to add a state: Wisconsin ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-film-set-in-this-state/206455/16 "2003-10-09T14:03:58Z")
Wisconsin = Major League (just saw it) & I think The Blues Brothers has some scenes there. Any movie about Jeffrey Dahmer or Harley Davidson too! New Jersey- ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-film-set-in-this-state/206455/17 "2003-10-09T14:19:54Z")
Well, _The Straight Story_ involved Alvin Straight’s journey to visit his brother in Wisconsin, so the last part of the movie is set there. Most of it took place in Iowa, though. Let’s do Kansas next. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-film-set-in-this-state/206455/18 "2003-10-09T14:24:56Z")
Kansas? That’s easy. _The Wizard of Oz_. How about South Carolina? ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-film-set-in-this-state/206455/19 "2003-10-09T14:28:39Z")
That’s easy: _Picnic_, written by Independence KS native William Inge, set in Independence (though the town in the film may have been given a different name-I can’t recall); the 1950s version was filmed largely in Halstead KS (a later for-TV version was shot in the same area). Yeah, I’m running off at the mouth, but we Kansans have damned few things to brag about these days. . . Let’s see . . . **Rhode Island** ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-film-set-in-this-state/206455/20 "2003-10-09T14:28:51Z")
South Carolina - _The Great Santini_. Delaware [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-film-set-in-this-state/206455.md?page=2)