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I'd blame my dad being from Joliet
So am I! What part of the city is he from, erika? I'm a west-side girl myself; I grew up in Shorewood, the suburb just west of Joliet, and went to high school at St. Francis Academy, now Joliet Catholic Academy since it went co-ed.
I don't think Spike Lee had the budget to go outside Bed-Stuy for DTRT.
I left When Harry Met Sally off my list because it doesn't feel like a Chicago movie.
it isn't! it is a NYC movie.
I'll ask him, Kathy. It would be funny if you were neighbors or something.
Blues Brothers. Yeah.
As much as I hate John Landis I admit the list would not be complete without The Blues Brothers.
The most wonderful chase ever.
Not only was The Blues Brothers a great Chicago-based/made film, but it was the start of all the other great Chicago-made films over the next 15-20 years, because it made the city realize how much money could be generated from a big Hollywood film being made in the city.
I recently watched The Best of the Blues Brothers. An interesting clip show including scenes of Dan Aykroyd interviewing Elwood.