- North by Northwest: Starting back in 1959 with an Alfred Hitchcock favorite, North By Northwest, starring Cary Grant, was filmed in Illinois, South Dakota and other locations. It received a New York Time’s Critic’s Pick and was said to have the year’s most scenic, intriguing and merriest chase.
- Dances With Wolves: Starring Kevin Costner, and winning seven Academy Awards (one for best picture) and the Golden Globe award for Best Motion Picture in the Drama category, Dances With Wolves was filmed in South Dakota and Wyoming. In 2007, it was considered to be culturally, historically or aesthetically significant, meeting the requirements of the National Film Registry, and so was selected to be preserved.
- Armageddon: Armageddon received mostly mixed reviews from film critics, and did not win any of the four Academy Awards for which it was nominated, but this movie, filmed in South Dakota, was an international box office success. It became the highest-grossing film of 1998 worldwide. The special effects and sound track, which includes “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing,” by Aerosmith, are two of the more memorable parts of this movie.
- Fargo: Fargo, 1996, was filmed in North Dakota, the same state as the location of the title city, and several locations in Minnesota. Apparently, the winter of 1995 was a fairly dry winter, so while the filming of Fargo was underway, the crew moved constantly in order to find snow covered landscape. This film was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won two.Roger Ebert called this his favorite movie of 1996.
- Grumpy Old Men: Set in Wabasha, Minnesota, Grumpy Old Men was a surprise hit at the box office grossing almost double what it spent to make the movie. Part of its popularity was seeing Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon reunited on the screen once again.
- The Blues Brothers: This movie, starring John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd, Saturday Night Live Alums, is probably the most famous movie to have been filmed in Chicago. It was released in 1980, and while it did not receive any recognition from the Academy Awards, it did make its way onto Total Film magazine’s “List of the 50 Greatest Comedy Films of All Time” and Bravo’s “100 Funniest Movies”.
- Spider-Man 2: Another Academy Award winning movie, Spider-Man 2, was filmed in Chicago and other national locations. It was nominated for three Academy Awards and won for Best Visual Effects in 2004. It was also the second highest grossing movie at the box office that year.
- The Dark Knight: Filmed in Chicago and other global locations, The Dark Knight, 2008, was the most successful film ever made in the Midwest. So far, it has earned over $1 billion. It also had record breaking numbers for its first week showings. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won two, one of them being awarded posthumously to Heath Ledger for Best Supporting actor.
- Terms of Endearment: Filmed in Nebraska, Terms of Endearment won five Academy Awards and four Golden Globes. With Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, and Jack Nicholson in the starring roles, and a story with strong themes of love and responsibility, this movie is sure to bring up emotions so it is easy to see how it could remain number one in the box office for four weeks running during its first 10 week debut in 1983.
- Gran Torino: This movie was filmed in at least three Michigan locations. This will very possibly be Clint Eastwood’s last acting role, but probably not his last role as director. While the film was basically ignored by the 81st Academy Awards, it was nominated for at least six other awards, including the Golden Globes for Best Original Song.
When a movie director takes his or her crew out to the actual setting to film a movie, great things can happen. This list is proof, and it’s only a start.
Taken From Satellite Dish
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