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Medium cool
(1969)
A cameraman finds himself personally involved in the violence of the 1968 Democratic convention.
Chicago: Amphitheater, Field Museum, Grant Park
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Mercury rising
(1998)
An outcast FBI agent is assigned to protect an autistic boy who is the target of assassins.
Chicago: Hyde Park, Wrigley Building
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My bodyguard
(1980)
The most feared kid in school becomes the bodyguard of a boy who is picked on by a bully.
Chicago: Lake View High School, Lincoln Park, Omni Ambassador East Hotel
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National Lampoon’s vacation
(1983)
The Griswold family’s cross-country drive to Wally World predictably becomes a disaster.
Chicago: Buckingham Fountain; East St. Louis: Poplar Street Bridge
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Never been kissed
(1999)
A journalist enrolls in high school to research a story.
Chicago: “Boystown,” Navy Pier
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North by Northwest
(1959)
Enemy agents purse an ad executive whom they mistake for an American agent.
Chicago: downtown, LaSalle Street Station, Midway Airport, Near North Side
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Ocean’s eleven
(2001)
Danny Ocean and his ten accomplices plan to rob three Las Vegas casinos simultaneously.
Chicago: Emmett’s Irish Pub on Milwaukee
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Ocean’s twelve
(2004)
Ocean's gang is back, dividing forces to tackle new objectives.
Bannockburn; Chicago; Highwood; Lincolnwood; Waukegan; Winnetka
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Ordinary people
(1980)
The accidental death of a son shatters an upper middle class family.
Chicago; Fort Sheridan; Highland Park; Lake Bluff; Lake Forest: Lake Forest High School; Northbrook; Wilmette: Original Pancake House
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Planes, trains, and automobiles
(1987)
A man struggles to get home for Thanksgiving, with an obnoxious shower curtain ring salesman in tow.
Braidwood: Sun Motel; Gurnee: El Rancho Motel
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Proof
(2005)
A daughter worries that she has inherited her father’s madness as well as his intelligence.
Chicago: University of Chicago, Hyde Park
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Return to me
(2000)
A man falls in love with a woman who received his dead wife’s heart in a transplant.
Chicago: Lincoln Park Zoo, Michael Reese Hospital, Twin Anchors Restaurant & Tavern
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Risky business
(1983)
A suburban teen’s parents leave him home alone, and he cuts loose with a prostitute and her pimp.
Chicago: Drake Hotel; Deerfield; Highland Park; Skokie: Niles East High School
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Road to perdition
(2002)
A hit man’s son witnesses what his father does for a living.
Chicago: LaSalle Street Bridge, Board of Trade, Cultural Center, Wrigley Building
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Roll bounce
(2005)
Teen skaters compete for the attention of pretty girls at a 1970s roller rink.
Lynwood: Lynwood Sport Center; Summit: Fleetwood Roller Rink
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Rookie of the year
(1993)
An accident gives a boy an incredible arm, and he becomes a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs.
Chicago: Comiskey Park, Wrigley Field; Oak Park; Westmont
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Rudy
(1993)
Rudy is determined to overcome his small stature and blue collar background to play football for Notre Dame.
Chicago: St. Rita’s High School; Joliet; Rockdale
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Running scared
(2006)
A mob underling who neglected to dispose of a gun has the police and the mob after him.
Chicago: downtown “L” tracks
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Shall we dance?
(2004)
A bored lawyer, upon first sight of a beautiful instructor, signs up for ballroom dancing lessons.
Chicago: Downtown "L"
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Silver Streak
(1976)
A man on a cross-country train trip witnesses a murder and finds himself in danger.
Chicago: old Northwestern Station
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