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Scores of big screen features have been shot in cities statewide. Click the map below to explore the many movies of Illinois.
The list of films made in Illinois is hundreds long and always growing.
Click here for a complete PDF listing.
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IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
A respected Philadelphia homicide detective is mistakenly accused of murder in a racist southern town, and is then hired to help the local sheriff with the investigation. The movie town's name was changed to Sparta so that signs in the Illinois community where the flick was filmed would not have to be changed. The railroad station used in the film is now the Misselhorn Art Gallery, which features a permanent exhibit dedicated to the movie.
- Misselhorn Art Gallery,
611 W. 2nd Street, Sparta
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NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VACATION
In this wacky comedy a Chicago family takes a hysterical road trip across country to reach a theme park on the West Coast. Illinois scenes include Buckingham Fountain in downtown Chicago's Grant Park (seen spouting its famous cascades of water in the background as the family leaves Chicago) and the Poplar Street Bridge that spans the Mississippi River in East. St. Louis (where the family gets lost).
- Buckingham Fountain, Grant Park, along Michigan Avenue between Monroe and Balbo streets
- Poplar Street Bridge, at the Mississippi River, East St. Louis
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