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The Fugitive Filming Locations
The Plot The Fugitive is an excellent movie starring Harrison Ford as Dr. Richard Kimble, a prominent Chicago vascular surgeon, who comes home one evening to find his wife brutally beaten and shot. Still in his apartment is the killer, a one-armed man, who fights with Dr. Kimble and then flees. Asserting that they are unable to locate the alleged one-armed man, the Chicago Police Dept. builds a solid case against Dr. Kimble; he is brought to trial and convicted. As he is transported to prison, the Menard Correctional Center in southern Illinois, another prisoner attacks a guard and the ensuing disruption causes the bus driver to get shot. This…
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Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Filming Locations
Glenbrook North High School – 2300 Shermer Road, Northbrook, Illinois In this scene, Ferris Bueller’s (Matthew Broderick) girlfriend Sloan (Mia Sara) is escorted outside by Principal Ed Rooney (Jeffrey Jones) to wait for her “father” to pick her up from school after the death of her grandmother. Of course, it’s a scheme to get her out of school to meet Ferris and his best friend Cameron (Alan Ruck) for a day off! “Oh Sloan dear…hurry along now!” SAVE FERRIS – Water Tower – Northbrook, Illinois Word around town spreads quickly of Ferris’ major “illness”, prompting the painting of this water tower to help the community rally around this sick youth. Koenig &…
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October 2005: Chicago, Illinois
We spent a beautiful weekend in Chicago – blessed with nice, warm weather in late October! We took the Metra train in from the suburbs – as we did, we saw that there was a some sort of filming going on at Union Station. We found out it was for “Flags of Our Fathers” directed by Clint Eastwood. We walked a couple blocks away for breakfast at Lou Mitchell’s and spent the rest of the day taking lots of photos! We visited the site of the Eastland disaster, the site where Public Enemy #1 John Dillinger was killed, and the site of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. Slideshow of All…
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Michael Wallis Booksigning at Hit the Road Travel Store
On June 21, 2001, I had the pleasure of attending a reading and booksigning by Michael Wallis of the updated version of his wonderful book, Route 66: The Mother Road. The updated version was done for the 75th Anniversary of Route 66 (and the entire U.S. Highway System, for that matter). The booksigning was held at a very cool travel store called Hit the Road. Unfortunately, it closed several years ago. I shopped there alot to try to support the efforts of the two owners, Annice Tatken and Maureen Geoghegan. I had the pleasure of meeting again (or for the first time) many roadies whom I would see often over the…