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Daley Center & Plaza
Daley Plaza with its famed Picasso sculpture was the setting for a sensational chase scene in cult movie classic The Blues Brothers
(1980). Stars John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, playing ex-criminal
brothers, dramatically crash their car through the center’s plate-glass
windows, specially installed for the filming, as the authorities
hopelessly attempt to stop them. James R. Thompson Center In Running Scared
(1986) Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines are Chicago police pals planning
early retirement, but first they must thwart a drug kingpin and stay
alive. The final chase scene takes place in the Thompson Center
where the two swap wisecracks while swinging on ropes through the airy
atrium, shooting out glass elevators, and ultimately triumphing.
Exterior of State of Illinois Center as featured in Running Scared
The Art Institute of Chicago The consummate high school comedy Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
(1986) stars Matthew Broderick, who skips school and takes his
girlfriend (Mia Sara) and best friend (Paul Ruck) on an action-packed
Chicago day. At the Art Institute, Broderick and Sara kiss in front of a
window designed by Chagall, while Ruck stares intensely at
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte –1884
. Union Station Elliott Ness (Kevin Costner) brings down Chicago gangster Al Capone (Robert De Niro) in the true story The Untouchables
(1987). In one unforgettable scene, a shoot-out on a Union Station
staircase causes a mother to lose her grip on her baby carriage, which
bounces in slow motion down the stairs, saved at the last moment by
Ness’s partner. Drake Hotel In feel-good film Hero
(1992) John Bubber (Andy Garcia) dupes the public into thinking he’s a
hero. Feeling guilty, he resolves to jump off a window ledge at The Drake.
Reality interrupted the filming when guests arrived for a party at the
hotel. Director Stephen Frears protested so violently, he almost got
arrested. The Hilton Chicago Wrongly
accused and convicted of murder, Dr. Richard Kimble (Harrison Ford)
dodges the authorities led by Tommy Lee Jones to prove his innocence in The Fugitive (1993). He winds up in a pulse-pounding chase through this grand hotel onto its roof, down its elevator shaft, and into the hotel’s laundry room. Randolph El Station The El tracks are an apt symbol of hard-working Chicago, and they feature significantly in the romantic comedy While You Were Sleeping
(1995). Sandra Bullock plays an El station clerk who falls in love with
a handsome commuter. He tumbles off the platform, Bullock saves his
life, and comedy and romance ensue. Field Museum Scare-fest The Relic
(1997) starred Penelope Ann Miller and Tom Sizemore as researchers
trying to stop a murderous monster before it killed again. Many interior
scenes were shot on replica sets but were near-perfect matches to the
real museum. Michigan Avenue Bridge
Chain Reaction (1996) sees Keanu Reeves as a science student at the University of Chicago who is framed for murder. In a nail-biting chase scene, he try's to escape by running up the Michigan Avenue Bridge as it’s raised. Wrigley Building In Road to Perdition
(2002) Tom Hanks is Michael Sullivan, an Irish gangster living in 1930s
Chicago. After his wife and young son are murdered, he flees town with
his older son. In seeking a safe refuge, they enter a hotel, the
exterior of which is the beautiful Wrigley Building. However, the interior scenes were actually filmed at The Hilton Chicago.
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