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UNITED STATES OF MOVIES: Really, PA?

POSTED: Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 8:03 PM

Filed Under: Movies | Web Junk

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Came across this map of the U.S., in which each state is assigned its "most representative" movie, on Towleroad, and people are Not! Happy! As my friend Jonas says: "Really? Groundhog Day? Not Philadelphia, Philadelphia Story, Wonder Boys, Trading Places, 1776, Gettysburg, Flashdance, Rocky or even Mannequin?" Good points, all. Here are some particularly astute comments from the site and Reddit: Fargo is in North Dakota, not Minnesota. Also, Maryland appears to have annexed the Virginia part of the Delmarva peninsula. —Chris If Gummo is an accurate representation of Ohio, I don't know how they haven't all killed themselves. —ShakerLife I was like "Why the shit is Wayne's World in Delaware. They're from Aurora, Illinois." Then I reveled in my superiority over OP. Fuck yeah. —Itsdeuce One of the stupidest things I've seen on the Internet. —K in VA What do you guys think? Is Groundhog Day a fair assessment of the Keystone State? Or is it, in fact, the stupidest thing on the Internet? Or somewhere in between?

Rock Colors

Posted 2010-10-27 15:16:19

Most of the suggestions you mention are too Philly-centric to represent the whole state.

It's just a shame this was done before Unstoppable came out.

Drew Lazor

Posted 2010-10-27 15:23:11

Groundhog Day is an amazing movie, a total classic, but I would venture to say more people have seen Rocky.

It would be amazing if Pennsylvania's state movie was Mannequin.

Joe

Posted 2010-10-27 16:06:41

â'There's Something About Mary' has absolutely nothing to do with Rhode Island. Surely they meant 'Me, Myself, and Irene'

As far as PA, I would go with Slap Shot.

Jesse D

Posted 2010-10-27 16:11:54

A movie to represent all of Pennsylvania? Witness. It's perfect.

miss lilacs

Posted 2010-10-27 16:42:00

this map is all kinds of wrong! is it just me, or does everyone else associate deliverance with alabama?
at least texas is no country for old men. i can agree with that one.

Sam Fran

Posted 2010-10-27 16:54:14

Yeah, "Witness" is a good choice. Other than the title, "Fargo" is mostly set in and fairly depicts Minnesota. I'm happy it's that and not "Little Big League."

Tom

Posted 2010-10-27 18:42:54

Fargo the city is in North Dakota, but Fargo the movie? That's in Minnesota. 

From the movie's title card: 

"The events depicted in this film took place in Minnesota in 1987."

LouF

Posted 2010-10-27 23:04:38

This is what passes for journalism these days?  You went to some bulletin board on the internet and republished what some random stoners posted there?

Rock Colors

Posted 2010-10-28 01:07:59

Awesome call on Slap Shot.

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