"The Blues Brothers" voted top movie in Illinois history!
Mar 8, 2018 22:43:14 GMT -5
Post by Steam McQueen on Mar 8, 2018 22:43:14 GMT -5
“The Blues Brothers” officially has bested “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” “A League of Their Own,” “The Untouchables” and “Call Northside 777,” among others, to claim the title of No. 1 movie made in and/or set in Illinois.
- www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-mov-blues-brothers-top-illinois-movie-0305-story.html
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- qctimes.com/news/local/blues-brothers-named-top-illinois-movie/article_8f2997fe-3147-5ef5-8cf4-40e6f5479a19.html
The top-10 ...
1. “The Blues Brothers” — Jake and Elwood Blues try to raise money to save an orphanage.
2. “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” — Bueller, his best friend and girlfriend skip school to explore Chicago
3. “A League of Their Own” — Women get a chance to play pro baseball during World War II
4. “The Fugitive” — Dr. Richard Kimble tries to avoid capture while tracking down his wife’s killer in Chicago
5. “The Untouchables” — Federal agents risk everything to bring down Al Capone
6. “The Sting” — Two Chicago con men go after a gang boss who killed their friend in the film that earned an Academy Award for Best Picture
7. “Chicago” — a musical exploration of hunger for wealth and fame in the Jazz Age in a movie that earned the Academy Award for Best Picture.
8. “Eight Men Out” — the story of the Chicago White Sox throwing the 1919 World Series
9. “Hoop Dreams” — a documentary about disadvantaged Chicago kids and their dreams of basketball stardom
10. “Ordinary People” — The death of a child tears apart a Lake Forest family in a film that earned the Academy Award for Best Picture.
2. “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” — Bueller, his best friend and girlfriend skip school to explore Chicago
3. “A League of Their Own” — Women get a chance to play pro baseball during World War II
4. “The Fugitive” — Dr. Richard Kimble tries to avoid capture while tracking down his wife’s killer in Chicago
5. “The Untouchables” — Federal agents risk everything to bring down Al Capone
6. “The Sting” — Two Chicago con men go after a gang boss who killed their friend in the film that earned an Academy Award for Best Picture
7. “Chicago” — a musical exploration of hunger for wealth and fame in the Jazz Age in a movie that earned the Academy Award for Best Picture.
8. “Eight Men Out” — the story of the Chicago White Sox throwing the 1919 World Series
9. “Hoop Dreams” — a documentary about disadvantaged Chicago kids and their dreams of basketball stardom
10. “Ordinary People” — The death of a child tears apart a Lake Forest family in a film that earned the Academy Award for Best Picture.
So there ya go
As determined by MORE than 1,500 people who voted at ...- www.illinoistop200.com/
