Vacation on Location, Midwest: Explore the Sites Where Your Favorite Movies Were Filmed

by Joey Green

Overview

If you've ever wanted to step into your favorite movie, Vacation on Location is the perfect guidebook for you. Author Joey Green gives readers detailed scene-by-scene addresses and maps to visit sites in the Midwest where the most popular films of all time were shot. You will also learn where to see famous props, like the original Bluesmobile, two miniature flying monkeys from The Wizard of Oz, and Ralphie's Red Ryder Carbine Action Two-Hundred Shot Range Model Air Rifle—safely behind glass in a museum (so you don't shoot your eye out). With this book as your guide, you can turn these excursions into full-scale vacations or quirky side trips to recreate a scene, starring you.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781613737279
Publisher:	Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Publication date:	05/01/2017
Sold by:	INDEPENDENT PUB GROUP - EPUB - EBKS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Joey Green is the author of more than 50 books, including Last-Minute Survival Secrets, Last-Minute Travel Secrets, Joey Green's Fix-It Magic, and Polish Your Furniture with Panty Hose. He has written for Rolling Stone, National Lampoon, Time, and more. He lives in Southern California.

Table of Contents

Introduction
ILLINOIS
The Blues Brothers • The Breakfast Club • The Dark Knight • Ferris Bueller's Day Off • The Fugitive • Groundhog Day • Home Alone • My Best Friend's Wedding • Planes, Trains, and Automobiles • Risky Business • The Untouchables
INDIANA
Breaking Away • Hoosiers • A League of Their Own • Rudy
IOWA
The Bridges of Madison County • Children of the Corn • Field of Dreams • The Straight Story • Twister
KANSAS
In Cold Blood • Paper Moon • Picnic
MICHIGAN
Anatomy of a Murder • 8 Mile
MISSOURI
Escape from New York • Gone Girl • Up in the Air
MINNESOTA
Fargo • Grumpy Old Men • The Mighty Ducks • Purple Rain • A Simple Plan
NEBRASKA
Boys Town • Election • Nebraska
OHIO
The Avengers • A Christmas Story • The Deer Hunter • Rain Man • The Shawshank Redemption
SOUTH DAKOTA
Dances with Wolves • How the West Was Won • North by Northwest
WISCONSIN
Back to School 
Acknowledgments
Sources

Editorial Reviews

"...impressively detailed..." —Daily Herald

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