Some of these make sense. Robocop takes place in a future Detroit. Raising Arizona... But Gummo for Ohio? Never heard of it.
Also possible errors... Fargo is in North Dakota. However, I haven't seen that film. Does some of the action take place across the border in Minnesota?
Can you suggest a better film for your state?
Via The Huffington Post
Does some of the action take place across the border in Minnesota?
ReplyDeleteYa betcha!
Not only does 98% of the action of "Fargo" take place in Minnesota, the Coen brothers are Minnesota natives.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe they gave Rhode Island "There's something about Mary," it really should be "Me, Myself, and Irene"
I can't really argue too much about Remember the Titans, but some others for Virginia are:
ReplyDeleteGods and Generals (Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville)
Shenandoah (Shenandoah)
Die Hard 2 (IAD)
Minnesota: Field of Dreams, Drop Dead Gorgeous
North Dakota:
WA State could've been Sleepless in Seattle, Singles, even It Happened at the World's Fair. To make it less Seattle-centric, even Twin Peaks would've been better than First Blood.
ReplyDeleteAs we live in North Bend WA, the town where they filmed Twin Peaks, I couldn't agree more :-) First Blood was filmed in Hope, British Columbia, a very nice little town but nothing like Washington...
ReplyDeleteHow about Major League for Ohio? Or A Christmas Story?
ReplyDeleteThere is a lot more that could have actually had the name of the state as the chosen film, and then, if that doesn't fill all the states, pick the name of a film with a *city* of the state, then a film that's well-known for being filmed or being taken place in there
ReplyDelete(I mean, "Tora! Tora! Tora!" instead of "Blue Hawaii"???? Come *on* people!)
Gummo is an excellent choice for Ohio. If you cab track down a copy, by ball means dedicate an entire night to it. It's haunting.
ReplyDeleteBut Deliverance for Georgia? I went to school right across from where most of the filming occurred, and while an almost accurate portrayal of the North Georgia mountains, that is such a small part of the state.
Oregon would be much better served by "Drugstore Cowboy" than Goonies.
ReplyDeleteCorrect me if I'm wrong, but I don't remember any part of Waynes World taking place in Maryland.
ReplyDeleteAccording to this map, it is Delaware... but I don't know where Wayne's World was supposed to take place.
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