Every Wednesday, join us in guessing the Chicago-based movie or television show from one screenshot. Visit our archive to play the ones you missed! One-Shot Wednesday On Wednesdays, guess the Chicago-based movie or television show from one screenshot. The Break-Up This screenshot comes from The Break-Up , a 2006 romantic comedy co-starring Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston. Here, we see Vaughn's character working as a tour guide on the Chicago River. The Break-Up 's screenwriter, along with Vaughn (a Chicago native), wanted to be sure Chicago was a star in the film as well: "It was without question something the two made clear right from the get-go: they really wanted this film to not only look like Chicago but really, really embrace Chicago" (Chicago Tribune , 2006). How do you think they did? 🤔 Welcome to One-Shot Wednesday! Think you’re a Chicago screen buff? On Wednesdays, we post one still from a movie or TV show filmed or set in the Windy City. Your mission? Guess the title! You've already seen this week’s image above. If you're feeling nostalgic, explore the full archive of past challenges to keep the fun rolling. Psst: you're on screenshot: 84 Access Archive

Every Wednesday, join us in guessing the Chicago-based movie or television show from one screenshot. Visit our archive to play the ones you missed! One-Shot Wednesday On Wednesdays, guess the Chicago-based movie or television show from one screenshot. Candyman Today's #OneShotWed comes from the horror film Candyman (1992), filmed primarily in the former Cabrini-Green public housing project on the Near North Side of Chicago. In this scene, Candyman (Tony Todd) appears to Helen (Virginia Madsen) in a parking garage and hypnotizes her. According to the film's co-director, Bernard Rose, and Madsen herself, Madsen was actually hypnotized in scenes in which she came into contact with Candyman. Apparently, a keyword was used to make the actress snap in/out of her onscreen trance. Creepy! Welcome to One-Shot Wednesday! Think you’re a Chicago screen buff? On Wednesdays, we post one still from a movie or TV show filmed or set in the Windy City. Your mission? Guess the title! You've already seen this week’s image above. If you're feeling nostalgic, explore the full archive of past challenges to keep the fun rolling. Psst: you're on screenshot: 84 Access Archive

Every Wednesday, join us in guessing the Chicago-based movie or television show from one screenshot. Visit our archive to play the ones you missed! One-Shot Wednesday On Wednesdays, guess the Chicago-based movie or television show from one screenshot. Man of Steel In this scene from Man of Steel (2013), Superman (Henry Cavill) battles his enemy, General Zod (Michael Shannon), to the death. The lengthy fight scene, part of which you can watch below, ends inside Chicago's Union Station . At right, a family is trapped in the fire beams emanating from Zod's deadly eyes. During an interview with Chicago's WGN, actor Michael Shannon—who plays General Zod and went to high school in Chicago's north suburbs—recalls filming this scene in Union Station : ”I’ve been to Union Station a lot, mostly when I'm taking the train somewhere. [For Man of Steel ] we were in the same room where they shot that amazing sequence in The Untouchables . I would look over at the staircase and see the baby carriage coming down the stairs." I'm not sure which is more terrifying: seeing "the ghost" of The Untouchables ' baby carriage or Zod's fiery eyes take down a marble wall inside Chicago's historic Union Station. Welcome to One-Shot Wednesday! Think you’re a Chicago screen buff? On Wednesdays, we post one still from a movie or TV show filmed or set in the Windy City. Your mission? Guess the title! You've already seen this week’s image above. If you're feeling nostalgic, explore the full archive of past challenges to keep the fun rolling. Psst: you're on screenshot: 84 Access Archive

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Featured film history expert for WGN, NBC 5, and The Washington Post. Dr. Kelli Marshall provides expert insight on Chicago’s cinematic legacy. Media inquiries welcome. Chicago Movie Tours in the News With a Ph.D. and more than 15 years in higher education, Dr. Kelli Marshall specializes in the intersection of film history, art, and Chicago culture. She has presented over 200 programs at libraries, nonprofits, and senior centers, bridging the gap between scholarly research and public storytelling. Play Video Play Video Play Video Play Video Play Video Play Video Official Chicago Cubs Website May 27, 2026 "Chicago Movie Tours offer[s] walking tours of filming locations across the city. Themed options include The Art of Ferris Bueller, Dark Hollywood in Chicago, and general movie highlights." Read More Chicago Film Experience Feb 17, 2026 Chicago film historian Donte Diesel Williams talks with film professor Dr. Kelli Marshall of Chicago Movie Tours about romantic comedies made in Chicago. Watch Now Block Club Chicago Jan 8, 2026 Lovers of the classic 1986 Chicago film “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” can get an exclusive tour at the Art Institute that guides guests through the iconic art featured in the film. Read More WGN Morning News Dec 17, 2025 Kelli Marshall takes guests through the Art Institute of Chicago on a tour titled “The Art of Ferris Bueller”—it looks at the same artworks as Ferris and his friends in the 1986 teen comedy “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” Watch Now Chicago Tribune Nov 19, 2025 “In this instance, you’re discovering Chicago through a very specific part of a very specific film,” Marshall said. Read More NBC 5 Chicago May 4, 2025 Marshall gives tours at Union Station, and her customers always ask about that infamous scene [in The Untouchables]. “We know this scene was improv’d. It was not in the original script, which I find fascinating. It’s about nine and half minutes, so it’s lengthy.” Watch Now Patch Mar 1, 2025 "Through the use of original photographs, vintage newspaper articles, and a virtual reality Ferris Wheel experience, Kelli Marshall explores how women's fashion at the time had to balance both practicality and style." Read More NBC 5 Chicago Nov 21, 2024 "As 'Wicked' heads to theaters across the country, NBC Chicago’s Lexi Sutter takes a look at the city’s connection to 'The Wizard of Oz.'” Watch Now Chicago Symphony Orchestra Oct 23, 2024 "Chicago Movie Tours has offered a virtual walking tour (not currently available) that allows viewers wander (via HD video) through Oz Park, which pays tribute to the Tin Man, Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion, Dorothy and Toto." Read More Off Topic Podcast Aug 12, 2024 "In this episode I had the chance to discuss the rich history of movie making in Chicago with Kelli from Chicago Movie Tours. Check out the episode, go follow her on all of the social media sites, and, more importantly, book a tour and learn something about cinema in Chicago." — Tom Powell, Jr. Listen Now WBEZ Chicago Jun 17, 2024 “From Fairgrounds to Film Set: Chicago’s Midway, Movies, and the 1893 World’s Fair” starts from the Midway Plaisance, whose ties go back to the World’s Fair, then winds along the tree-lined streets of Hyde Park to showcase five stops tied to the movies." Read More SHRM Apr 9, 2024 "Fans of the movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” can even follow in the footsteps of Ferris and his pals through a special tour at the Art Institute of Chicago." Read More WGN Spotlight Chicago Nov 28, 2023 "You can walk in the footsteps of Ferris Bueller to see the Art Institute of Chicago through the eyes of the characters in the movie." Watch Now ABC 7 Chicago Oct 27, 2023 "The Brewster Building in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood catches the eye, inside and out." Watch Now Choose Chicago Oct 9, 2023 "Take a Chicago movie guided tour. Go 'on location' at various Chicago movie hotspots with Chicago Movie Tours. You’ll hit the highlights and even learn some unexpected history." Read More Chicago Mag Oct 9, 2023 "Step into Ferris’s shoes at the Art of Ferris Bueller tour, put on by Chicago Movie Tours." Read More Yahoo Jul 21, 2023 "Someone else [hey, that's us!] shared a photo of a mural painted on the side of a building in his birth city of Chicago..." Read More WBEZ Chicago Jun 22, 2023 "Build your own bucket list with our customizable guide to 250+ events and happenings around the city." Read More CNN Brazil Apr 2, 2023 "Those who go to Chicago will also be able to find special tours that involve famous locations and make movie lovers know the city from another perspective. One of them is Chicago Movie Tours." Read More The Points Guy Nov 18, 2022 "Scan the internet and you’ll find tour companies that have crafted '80s-movie-themed itineraries paying homage to the city’s famed landmarks and magical moments of movie lore: the demolition derby of "The Blues Brothers," the underbelly of Gotham City and, of course, the cultural touchstones and museums of "Ferris Bueller’s Day Off." — Caroline Lascom Read More Chicago Reader Oct 25, 2022 "If you’ve ever strolled through Woodlawn Cemetery in suburban Forest Park (which, given the season, might apply to some of you) you might have happened upon a section that features five elephant-shaped monuments...Learn more tonight from Chicago Movie Tours as they offer a free 20-minute online presentation on their Facebook page that will tell you more about the plots and their place in both Chicago and circus history." Read More Forgotten Hollywood Podcast Sep 19, 2022 "Doug Hess from Forgotten Hollywood discusses the impact Chicago has on the movies and Kelli's passion for Gene Kelly." Listen Now Washington Post Sep 16, 2022 "The director featured 40 works in that segment, notes Kelli Marshall, founder of Chicago Movie Tours. Marshall leads a 75-minute The Art of Ferris Bueller tour, which focuses on how the artwork relates to the characters and Hughes himself." Read More Chicago Reader Aug 23, 2022 "Chicago Movie Tours offers a free and entirely online look at the S.S. Eastland disaster, the 1915 shipwreck that resulted in the loss of over 800 passengers and crew after the ship rolled over onto its side while tied to a dock on the Chicago River. The tour company will offer a virtual presentation including insight from a cigar maker who lost family in the disaster, as well as recently unearthed film documenting the tragedy. It’s viewable on the Chicago Movie Tours Facebook page tonight at 7 PM." Read More Riverside-Brookfield Landmark Sep 21, 2021 "This presentation, which showcases Union Station and the special way it connects us all, is Part One of the library’s 'All Aboard!' series." — Riverside/Brookfield Landmark Read More Patch Jun 4, 2021 "Movie lovers can dive into three new classes by Chicago Movie Tours." Read More Chicago History Podcast May 20, 2021 "Tommy Henry from Chicago History Podcast and Kelli sat down with the screenwriter of Backdraft to discuss his experience with the fiery action thriller, shot in Chicago and released 30 years ago May 2021." Listen Now Moraine Valley Community College May 1, 2021 "Students who take Marshall's class will learn how to analyze specific subjects or film types. 'I always try to situate the material within the time frame it was created,' she says. 'After all, art, including cinema, isn’t created in a vacuum. There are reasons a film exists when it does, why it looks like it does, and why it affects who it does.'" Read More Chicago Reader Mar 5, 2021 "Chicago Movie Tours hosts a virtual tour of Union Station with an emphasis on its role in the movies." Read More Patch Feb 25, 2021 "On Tuesday, March 9, Kelli Marshall of Chicago Movie Tours leads a presentation about how Hollywood portrays women." Read More WBEZ Chicago Feb 8, 2021 "A local tour company is highlighting Chicago's historic connection to Mardi Gras." WBEZ Chicago Read More Patch Dec 29, 2020 "Explore the movie’s backstories, mix of Hollywood genres, and impact on Chicago-based film making. This program will be presented LIVE on Zoom by movie historian Kelli Marshall." Read More The UCSD Guardian Oct 4, 2020 "Watch tutorials by Chicago Movie Tours on how costumes, make up, and hair were put together for movies in the 1920s." Read More Riverside-Brookfield Landmark Jul 28, 2020 "Film scholar Kelli Marshall will explore the movie’s backstories, mix of Hollywood genres and impact on Chicago-based film-making." Read More Chicago Tribune May 28, 2020 "In April 2020, film scholar Kelli Marshall was ready to launch her new business, Chicago Movie Tours. 'I had a tour lined up for April 5 at Old Joliet Prison and it was actually sold out,' she said. 'But then the pandemic hit...'" Read More Washington Post "Could Ferris Bueller’s Day Off really be done?" "The director featured 40 works in that segment, notes Kelli Marshall, founder of Chicago Movie Tours. Marshall leads a 75-minute The Art of Ferris Bueller tour , which focuses on how the artwork relates to the characters and Hughes himself." Keep Reading

Every Wednesday, join us in guessing the Chicago-based movie or television show from one screenshot. Visit our archive to play the ones you missed! One-Shot Wednesday On Wednesdays, guess the Chicago-based movie or television show from one screenshot. The Trial of the Chicago 7 Today's #OneShotWed comes from The Trial of the Chicago 7 , a movie set in Chicago but filmed only partially here. Start at min. 18:40 in Netflix's behind-the-scenes video below. You'll learn how Grant Park—including set pieces like protest signs, Chicago police cars, and ammo—was transformed for the two weeks that production took place in the city. Welcome to One-Shot Wednesday! Think you’re a Chicago screen buff? On Wednesdays, we post one still from a movie or TV show filmed or set in the Windy City. Your mission? Guess the title! You've already seen this week’s image above. If you're feeling nostalgic, explore the full archive of past challenges to keep the fun rolling. Psst: you're on screenshot: 84 Access Archive

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Every Wednesday, join us in guessing the Chicago-based movie or television show from one screenshot. Visit our archive to play the ones you missed! One-Shot Wednesday On Wednesdays, guess the Chicago-based movie or television show from one screenshot. Source Code Source Code is a 2011 sci-fi thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, and Jeffrey Wright. Gyllenhaal plays a soldier tasked with identifying a terrorist in a simulated reality. In this slightly low-angle long shot, Gyllenhaal’s character stands with his friend/love interest (Monaghan), before the Bean (aka. Cloud Gate ) in Chicago’s Millennium Park . You can watch the full 90-second scene below. According to Gyllenhaal, the cast and crew spent only one day filming Source Code in Chicago. That said, the actor expresses much fondness for the city: "It would have been nice to have the whole movie there; it's such an amazing city and we had a great time the day that we were there. A lot of what you see in the movie is really Chicago that was digitally inserted [in post-production, like Metra trains ]. With a movie like this, with budgets being what they are, there were constraints.” (Chicago Tribune , 1 Apr 2011) Despite the short production schedule, this scene at the Bean is significant to Source Code ’s narrative. The director, Duncan Jones, says, the sculpture “is the perfect representation of what the movie is. We need to begin and end the movie there." And so, they did. Jones talks more about filming at the Bean in this interview . Welcome to One-Shot Wednesday! Think you’re a Chicago screen buff? On Wednesdays, we post one still from a movie or TV show filmed or set in the Windy City. Your mission? Guess the title! You've already seen this week’s image above. If you're feeling nostalgic, explore the full archive of past challenges to keep the fun rolling. Psst: you're on screenshot: 84 Access Archive

Every Wednesday, join us in guessing the Chicago-based movie or television show from one screenshot. Visit our archive to play the ones you missed! One-Shot Wednesday On Wednesdays, guess the Chicago-based movie or television show from one screenshot. Prison Break This long shot, filmed at a low angle, comes from the second episode of the TV series Prison Break (2005-2009). Two women, a lawyer (Veronica) and a witness to a murder (Leticia), meet covertly near Crown Fountain in Chicago’s Millennium Park . The meeting does not last long, however. The witness is convinced she was followed and runs away. Her hunch is correct: later in the episode, she is kidnapped and killed. Prison Break follows Michael Scofield, a structural engineer, and his brother Lincoln Burrows, who has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit (hence the lawyer/witness meeting above). To save Lincoln, Michael deliberately gets himself incarcerated, using a plan hidden in his full-body tattoo. Yes, a full-body tattoo . (The show is better than it sounds!) Much of Prison Break ’s first season is filmed in and around Chicago. Scenes depicting Fox River State Penitentiary, the fictional prison where Michael and Lincoln are sentenced, take place in Old Joliet Prison in Joliet, IL, where Chicago Movie Tours also gives walking tours . Prison Break ’s first two episodes aired August 29, 2005, and were watched by roughly 10.5 million viewers in the U.S. While on air, the series continued to draw viewers here and around the globe. And when it began streaming on Netflix in 2024, the show raced to the #1 spot, now discovered by a new audience. Welcome to One-Shot Wednesday! Think you’re a Chicago screen buff? On Wednesdays, we post one still from a movie or TV show filmed or set in the Windy City. Your mission? Guess the title! You've already seen this week’s image above. If you're feeling nostalgic, explore the full archive of past challenges to keep the fun rolling. Psst: you're on screenshot: 84 Access Archive

Every Wednesday, join us in guessing the Chicago-based movie or television show from one screenshot. Visit our archive to play the ones you missed! One-Shot Wednesday On Wednesdays, guess the Chicago-based movie or television show from one screenshot. Backdraft Today's #OneShotWed comes from Backdraft (1991), filmed all over Chicago and its suburbs. In this scene, Chicago's vacant Uptown Theater catches on fire. The victim: the unsuspecting man in today's screenshot. As AFI points out, Backdraft was praised universally for its special effects, particularly the look of fire onscreen. "Fire presents itself as a personality with motive and intent, moving across ceilings and down walls in ways that defy the laws of physics. Filmmakers achieved this by building a set upside down and filming the fire in slow motion as it traveled its natural course along the floor and up the wall. A similar 'upside-down effect' was used to film smoke that appears to retreat of its own accord." Watch some of these effects in the video below. Welcome to One-Shot Wednesday! Think you’re a Chicago screen buff? On Wednesdays, we post one still from a movie or TV show filmed or set in the Windy City. Your mission? Guess the title! You've already seen this week’s image above. If you're feeling nostalgic, explore the full archive of past challenges to keep the fun rolling. Psst: you're on screenshot: 84 Access Archive

Every Wednesday, join us in guessing the Chicago-based movie or television show from one screenshot. Visit our archive to play the ones you missed! One-Shot Wednesday On Wednesdays, guess the Chicago-based movie or television show from one screenshot. My Best Friend's Wedding My Best Friend's Wedding is a romantic comedy that centers on Julianne (Julia Roberts), a food critic who realizes she's in love with her longtime best friend, Michael (Dermot Mulroney). Inconveniently, Julianne figures this out only a few days before Michael’s wedding to Kimmy (Cameron Diaz). Determined to win Michael’s love, Julianne tries to sabotage the wedding. The 1997 movie—which filmed on location all around Chicago —explores themes of love, friendship, and the complexities of unrequited feelings. This long shot of Julianne and Kimmy takes place inside the china department in the old Marshall Field & Co. department store on State St. (the store is now owned by Macy’s). Here, Julianne tries to convince Kimmy to get her wealthy father to offer Michael a job. This, she knows, will upset Michael and lead him, presumably, to break off the wedding. Julianne's scheme fails. A box office success in 1997, My Best Friend’s Wedding is notable for at least two reasons: First, the movie subverts rom-com tropes . Unlike most romantic comedies, in which the protagonist ends up with the person she loves, My Best Friend's Wedding defies expectations by not having Julianne "win" Michael in the end. Instead, Michael goes through with his marriage to Kimmy, leaving Julianne to come to terms with her feelings and behavior. For a mainstream Hollywood rom-com, the conclusion is rather bittersweet. Second, Julia Roberts plays a villain (of sorts). Considered “America’s sweetheart” at the time, Roberts does not play the typical lovable rom-com heroine in My Best Friend’s Wedding . She spends much of the film manipulating people to break up her best friend's wedding—unconventional actions not only for a protagonist in this genre, but also for Julia Roberts’ established 1990s star image. Welcome to One-Shot Wednesday! Think you’re a Chicago screen buff? On Wednesdays, we post one still from a movie or TV show filmed or set in the Windy City. Your mission? Guess the title! You've already seen this week’s image above. If you're feeling nostalgic, explore the full archive of past challenges to keep the fun rolling. Psst: you're on screenshot: 84 Access Archive

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