…which explains why this list tickles me so: The Top Five Movies Filmed on the El (as in Elevated Trains, part of the Chicago public transit system). This makes me want to go and rent a couple of these (oh, and I still wouldn’t mind seeing The Lake House, in spite of my firm and abiding loathing of Keanu Reeves, if only because the whole bloody thing is all about Chicago).
Bonus Points:
The music from the love scene in Risky Business is Tangerine Dream Love on a Real Train showcased on my ‘Paws’ 2003 Mix CD.
Ah yes, the scene that introduced the world to The Hobo Corner 🙂
Yay for the Fugitive!!! Not only do you get the Chicago EL scenes, but the bus-train wreck and other earlier scenes were filmed in the mountains of NC not far from where I grew up 🙂
Umm…Batman Begins?
Sure their trains were a bit more futuristic and less bumb infested…but they were still Elevated 😉
Actually, they do mention it.
And, finally, a two-for-one, CTA-but-not-exactly mention: Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Batman Begins (2005). Neither comic book adaptation is set in Chicago (New York is Spidey’s home turf, and The Bat broods in Gotham), but both of them were filmed here, and each has a climactic scene featuring elevated trains. In fact, if you look closely, you can even see a Clark/Lake sign in the background during the Spider-Man/Dr. Octopus battle.
🙂
Reading is hard 😛
They left off one of my favorites (and a bit of a guilty pleasure I guess, it being what some people call a “chick flick”), About Last Night, which featured my favorite line delivered by Jim Belushi in any movie, after being told something untrue by Rob Lowe, “Yeah? Pull this leg and it plays Jingle Bells.” 🙂
I totally wanna go see The Lake House. if you go, let me know. Ill join ya.
The Lake House is not bad… it made my girlfriend cry, which appearantly is a good thing by her lights. (I have not figured women out, rumors ot the countrary are untrue!) It features not only the lake, but a walking tour of Chicago architecture. The architectural geekery was a big help in sitting through this particular date flick!
The Break-up was the last chick flick we saw… I guess this makes up for Over The Hedge and Hoodwinked!
Hmph. He missed Stony Island (1978) which has lots of scenes on the el or in el stations. Gritty, very Chicago movie, action in Uptown (when it was down and out and ungentrified) and down on Stony Island of course. Lots of jazz and blues, which is the real point of the somewhat weak plot I think.