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4 Movies that were filmed in Waukegan
2021-06-13
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Situated within the Chicago Metropolitan Area, Waukegan is the largest city as well as the county seat in Lake County, Illinois, United States. According to the 2019 census of the United States, 87,297 people live here. It is located almost 47 miles North of Chicago.
The city is famous for its “ArtWauk,” an event featuring different forms of arts that take place every Saturday of the month. The city began as a French trading base. In 1849 it was renamed Waukegan, meaning “fort” in the Potawatomi Language. Bowen Park and Waukegan beach provide a great view of the shorebirds, and migrating hawks.
Some of the movies filmed in this city are mentioned below:
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Batman Begins (2005):
This action film is a masterpiece of the director Christopher Nolan and written by Bob Kane (characters), and David S. Goyer (story by). It has the tagline “This summer, evil fears the knight.” It is the first movie of the Batman movie series. The movie has numerous nominations and awards. The movie won the Saturn award for best fantasy film from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, the USA in 2006.
The story revolves around the life of Bruce Wayne aka Batman who prepares to wipe out the evils of Gotham City after the murder of his parents. Bruce chooses bat as a symbol to put fear into the criminals. After training with his mentor Batman begins his fight to wipe out corruption from Gotham city.
Filming locations:
Waukegan, Illinois
Öræfasveit, Iceland
Skaftafell, Iceland
Hertfordshire, England
Ocean’s Twelve (2004):
The crime thriller movie is written by George Nolfi, George Clayton Johnson and directed by Steven Soderbergh. . It has the tagline of “Three years ago, they stole 160 million dollars. Now the only thing between their old enemy and their new one is an Ocean.” The movie won the BMI Film and TV awards 2005, Hollywood Film Awards 2004.
The story revolves around the life of Danny Ocean and his team after completing their heist in the prequel “Ocean’s Eleven.” They were hoping to enjoy all that money but they are in trouble. Their job is to get back the money they spent and return it to Terry Benedict or go to jail.
Filming Locations:
Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Lombardia, Italy
Waukegan, Illinois
Paris, France
Groundhog Day (1993):
Groundhog Day is a romantic comedy movie written by Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis and directed by Harold Ramis. It has the tagline of “He's having the worst day of his life... over, and over...” This movie won a BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1994.
The story revolves around the life of a weatherman, Bill Murray, who is reluctantly sent to cover a story about a weather forecasting groundhog (or a rat as he calls it). He is all frustrated and can’t hide it more as it’s been four years. It takes him a while to realize that covering this story is his life for eternity and every day is going to be Groundhog Day.
Filming locations:
Woodstock, Illinois
Waukegan, Illinois
Rockford, Illinois
Cary, Illinois
The Blues Brothers (1980):
It is an action, comedy movie written by Dan Aykroyd, John Landis, and directed by John Landis. It has the tagline of “The show that really hits the road.” The film won the Golden Reel Award for best sound in 1981.
The story tells us that after the release of Jake Blues from the prison, he and his brother go visit the last of the nuns that raised them up in “The Penguin.” They find out that their school’s property will be sold to the government. They want to help but the only way is by paying 5000$ in just 11 days as the property tax. They plan on doing so by putting the blues band back together but on their mission they make themselves a lot of enemies.
Filming Locations:
Waukegan, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
Joliet, Illinois
Harvey, Illinois
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