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Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Saturday, May 31, 2008 - 7:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Good movie. Tear jerker. Really pulls on the heart strings. Well done. John Cusack is the only "name" in the movie. Marisa Tomei is also listed in the cast, but her scenes were completely cut.

Anyways early in the movie, John is driving along a commercial highway. I see a street sign coming up. For no particular reason, wondered if I could read it? "Belmont - Finley" Belmont - Finley? I see a Fannie May candy store. Shell gas station on the corner. Hmmmmm. You're kidding? So I looked at filming locations on the IMDB. Yep! It's in this area. Corner where I turned off Finley onto Ogden to get to my last job. There are other locations in this area that I don't recognize.

Bob2112
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06-12-2002

Saturday, May 31, 2008 - 8:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bob2112 a private message Print Post    
If you head 2 miles north on Finley you'd be at the location of my first job out of college. I know that Fannie May store. One of the other locations is near where I grew up and another is close to where I live now. Guess it would have been more exciting if I had actually been there while they were shooting.

I'll have to keep my eyes open if we rent that movie.


Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Saturday, May 31, 2008 - 9:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Where north on Finley? To get to my LAST job, I had to drive south on Finley from north of Roosevelt Rd. to the intersection in the movie. Then I turned right to go west on Ogden to Ogden and Iroquois in Naperville. My last job was in the office complex on the southwest corner.

What other locations did you actually recognize? These locations in our area were supposed to be some place in Minnesota.

Bob2112
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06-12-2002

Saturday, May 31, 2008 - 10:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bob2112 a private message Print Post    
The Holiday Inn in Carol Stream is one I know. They don't say where they were in Itasca, but that's right next to where I grew up. Were there any scenes in a country club or golf course? Nordic Hills Country Club in Itasca comes to mind. Itasca is pretty small, so I can't really think of anything else they would use that I would recognize except maybe the downtown area.

I worked closer to Finley and Butterfield, just off of Opus. You would have passed it taking Finley from Roosevelt to Ogden. You would have also passed my next job taking Ogden to Iroquois. It was just south west of Ogden and Yackley. Small company back then, which grew to a large company only to layoff around 70% of the people when the dot com bubble (actually telecom bubble) burst. Not Lucent, but close.

My next job took me out to Franklin Park, but that doesn't seem to have anything to do with anything, unless you are a lover of Gene & Judes. Julieboo will now pop in to vote for Portillo's and I would probably agree with her. Now I'm hungry!



Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Saturday, May 31, 2008 - 10:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
I remember Finley & Opus and Ogden & Yackley.

There were more scenes of him driving on a commercial highway, but I didn't recognize anything else. The address in LaGrange listed in Filming Locations may be either John's character's house or his parents' house. Don't know what in the movie would have been in Wilmette.

Bob2112
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06-12-2002

Saturday, May 31, 2008 - 10:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bob2112 a private message Print Post    
I found a blurb about the locations in Itasca:
On Tuesday, May 9, 2006, the Village of Itasca was the backdrop for several segments of a new movie in production, “Grace is Gone” starring John Cusack and Marisa Tomei. Some of the local scenes used included Usher Park and the Itasca Baptist Church, along with driving scenes along Irving Park Road from Walnut to Broker.
So that would basically be the downtown area I was picturing. Can't believe I forgot about the church. It makes for a good back drop. This drive down Irving would have put them around 2 miles from my parent's home, with the church being around 3 miles away.


Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Saturday, May 31, 2008 - 10:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
There were scenes in a church at the end, but I don't remember any externals of it. I could be wrong.

I was looking forward to seeing Marisa in it too. There was a woman under a towel by the pool, but that was it. The woman was talked about a little later, but she was totally cut out.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Sunday, June 01, 2008 - 6:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Hey I lived in Itasca! I living on Irving Park Rd! I also lived really close (grew up) not far from Finley Road-like between Finley and Main Street in Lombard.

I think we are overdue for another Portillos meet. Maybe we could get Color, Bob, GraceUF, Sharinia and more...

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Sunday, June 01, 2008 - 7:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
I'm there !!

Snoopy jump