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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. The Fugitive (1993) In The Fugitive (1993), Harrison Ford plays Dr. Richard Kimble, a Chicago surgeon wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife. Kimble escapes custody and sets out to prove his innocence while being relentlessly pursued by U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard, played by Tommy Lee Jones. Filmed in iconic Chicago locations like City Hall, Daley Plaza, and (the former) Cook County Hospital, as well as rural areas in North Carolina, The Fugitive combines suspense with a vivid sense of place: that place, of course, Chicago. The above screenshot is a close-up of a book called Atlas of Limb Prosthetics: Surgical and Prosthetic Principles by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. In this scene, Dr. Kimble has rented an apartment from a Polish woman and her son (see clip below). Here, Kimble plans to hide from the police while researching the one-armed man that, he believes, killed his wife. In this shot, Kimble is asleep with the medical book he's been reading resting on his chest. In The Fugitive , the book Atlas of Limb Prosthetics functions as a fictional prop. That said, it is an actual book , first published in 1981, aimed at orthopaedic surgeons. Four editions of the book have been published since 1981, the most recent in 2023 . The prop department for The Fugitive secured the most recent edition at the time, the second (1992), for Harrison Ford to hold while his character naps. 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. Beginning of the End Beginning of the End (1957) centers on a scientist who uses radiation to grow gigantic vegetables, which are then eaten by locusts that transform into enormous creatures and attack Chicago. The movie was produced during the early boom years of American science-fiction cinema. In this screenshot, giant locusts (actually male grasshoppers from Waco, Texas) begin their attack by crawling up Chicago’s Wrigley Building . For this scene, the movie’s director/producer/special effects coordinator, Bert I. Gordon , planned to build miniatures of Chicago landmarks for the grasshoppers to climb on. But he found it too costly. Instead, Gordon used still photographs, filming the grasshoppers moving across these images. Despite being criticized for its poor special effects, Beginning of the End , some critics argue, has a certain charm that makes it watchable. Check out the full film 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. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off In this medium-long shot from Ferris Bueller's Day Off , the school secretary, Grace (Edie McClurg), pulls multiple pencils out of her hair. With each reach, McClurg acts surprised, as though the No. 2 pencils are growing there like weeds. At the end of the scene, she’s (hilariously) sniffing Liquid Paper at her desk. Director John Hughes recalls McClurg’s “very sprayed hairdo,” which he thought would be fun to stick stuff in during filming. “There was a lot more than pencils in there, by the way,” he tells us in 1992. 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. Flatliners Flatliners (1990) stars Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, William Baldwin, Oliver Platt, and Kevin Bacon. The movie follows five medical students conducting clandestine near-death experiments and was filmed at Loyola University Chicago between October 1989 and January 1990. The character in this close-up shot is Winnie Hicks (Kesha Reed ), a girl Kevin Bacon’s character, David, bullied in grade school. While flatlining, he is confronted by the 8-year-old girl on an ‘L’ train . She taunts him the way he taunted her, with ample amounts of vulgarity and hate. Watch the full scene below. Later in the movie, David visits Winnie , now an adult and played by Kimberly Scott . He apologizes for the way he tormented her, and she accepts his apology. Despite her small role, Scott received sigificant praise from film critics. One even says her “well-played, genuinely poignant scene with Bacon” balances Flatliners’ repetition and excess (The Monitor , 10 Aug 1990). 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

Explore a professional video library of Chicago film history and terminology. Watch expert-led lessons on cinematography, editing, and theory by Dr. Kelli Marshall. Master the art of filmmaking through the lens of Chicago cinema. Explore this curated collection of video lessons—originally produced for our Film 101 courses—designed to help you become a more active and informed movie-watcher. Expert-Led Film Studies These lessons are curated by Dr. Kelli Marshall , a film historian with over 15 years of university-level teaching experience, and introduce core concepts in film studies through Chicago-based movies. Each video breaks down key elements of film language—such as cinematography, editing, and visual storytelling—to help you become a more active, informed viewer. Film Language Library: Lesson Excerpts NOTE: These videos conclude by referencing an older “membership” page. For current offerings, browse available talks and educational programs . Play Video Play Video Play Video Play Video Play Video Play Video Play Video Play Video Continue Exploring Chicago through Film Want to go further? Discover Chicago film through tours, talks, and in-depth articles. Explore Chicago Movie Locations Visit iconic filming sites across Chicago on a guided walking tour led by a film historian. View Tours Book a Film History Talk Bring a film-focused talk to your group or event—featuring Chicago cinema and beyond. Explore Talks Read About Chicago Movies Dive deeper into Chicago’s film history, locations, and cultural impact through in-depth articles . Visit the Blog

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. Airplane! Airplane! is a 1980 film comedy that parodies popular 1970s disaster movies like Airport (1970), The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Earthquake (1974) and The Towering Inferno (1974). More specifically, Airplane! borrows its story, characters, and some lines of dialogue from an earlier disaster drama, Zero Hour! (1957). In today’s screenshot, a member of ground control accidentally sends a plane crashing through the airport terminal’s window. As the plane breaks through, people scatter right and left. One woman even throws her baby in the air before she runs (look for the pink blanket near the airplane's nose). For all the hijinks, watch the short clip below. While Airplane! was not shot in Chicago, the flight in the story is headed here (from Los Angeles). And Chicago is mentioned nearly 40 times in the screenplay. One of the silliest Chicago references in the film comes in this short insert . As a radio DJ says, “This is WZAZ in Chicago, where disco lives forever,” the airplane flies over WZAZ's tower, destroys its antenna, and kills the signal. Hardcore Airplane! (or Chicago movie) fans can even buy a WZAZ Chicago t-shirt . 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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