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Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Discover Chicago through the movies made there. A trip on the ‘L’ provides some of the best views in town, as Steve Martin and John Candy found on their trip home in Planes, Trains and Automobiles. (Dan Welldon)
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The Blues Brothers
The mural at Shelly’s Loan Company provided the backdrop for the famous Shake Your Tail Feather dance scene. (Dan Welldon)
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The Blues Brothers
Set up by Italian blues fanatic Tony Mangiullo in 1984, Rosa’s Lounge aims to recreate the feel of the old South Side blues joints. (Dan Welldon)
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Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
The minimalist glass box which acted as Cameron’s house hangs precariously over a ravine in Highland Park. It was through these windows and down into the ravine that Cameron famously released his father’s red Ferrari. (Dan Welldon)
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Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Ferris and the gang also visited the Art Institute of Chicago. (Dan Welldon)
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The Untouchables
A key scene of The Untouchables was shot on the stairs of Union Station, where Kevin Costner raced to catch a runaway pram. (Dan Welldon)
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The Dark Knight
Up at the viewing platform of the Willis (formerly Sears) Tower, the staff are used to movie stars wandering around. This was where Nolan decided Christian Bale’s Batman should survey the city before making his stomach-churning leap. (Dan Welldon)
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The Dark Knight
South LaSalle Street is at the centre of Chicago’s financial district. The lorry-flip scene in The Dark Knight was shot here, as was the final showdown between Batman and the psychopathic Joker, played by Heath Ledger. (Dan Welldon)
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Public Enemies
In 2008, director Michael Mann took over the entire Lincoln Park block that houses the Biograph Theatre, now Victory Gardens Biograph Theatre. The Biograph was the cinema that legendary bank robber John Dillinger was leaving in July 1934 when he was gunned down by police, after being set up by his date, Anna Sage, known as the ‘woman in red’. (Dan Welldon)
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High Fidelity
Walking into Green Mill is like walking into a scene from Goodfellas. It’s not surprising that such an atmospheric club has made numerous celluloid appearances, from being blown up in James Caan’s Thief to acting as John Cusack and Jack Black’s hangout in High Fidelity. (Dan Welldon)
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Batman
Lower Wacker Drive is the subterranean haulage network which staged car chases in both of Nolan’s Batman films. (Dan Welldon)