Arlington Heights is a municipality in Cook and Lake Counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. It lies about 25 miles northwest of the city’s downtown. The population was 75,101 at the 2010 Census. It is the most populous community in the United States that is incorporated as a “village”, and is the 13th most populous municipality in Illinois.
Arlington Heights is known for Arlington Park Race Track, home of the Arlington Million, a Breeders’ Cup qualifying event; it also hosted the beeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championship in 2002. This village is also home to Arlington Heights Memorial Library, which has one of the largest collections of books in the state.
Some of the movies filmed in this city are mentioned below.
The Lucky Ones (2007):
This adventure-comedy drama movie is written by Neil Burger, and Dirk Wittenborn and it is directed by Neil Burger. This movie has the tagline of “Sometimes losing your way home means finding yourself.”
The story revolves around the life of three soldiers - Colee, TK and Cheever, who return from the war after suffering injuries and learn that life has moved on without them. When they see that people have moved on and things have changed, they go on an unexpected trip across the U.S. with Colee on a mission to bring her boyfriend’s guitar back to his family because he saved her life, TK seeking the confidence to face his wife after having a weak sexual function after the injuries, and Cheever who now plans to hit casinos in a desperate effort to pay for his son’s college.
Filming Locations:
Arlington Heights, Illinois
Naperville, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
Barrington, Illinois
St. Louis, Missouri
Blood and Wine (1996):
This crime-drama thriller is Nick Villiers (story), Bob Rafelson (story), and Alison Cross (screenplay) and directed by Bob Rafelson. This movie was nominated for 2 awards out of which it won 1 award (San Sebastian International Film Festival). It has a tagline of “There is no honor amongst thieves.”
The story revolves around the life of Nicholson, who is a wealthy wine dealer. He is so serious about his business that he has distanced himself from his wife with his philandering and from his son with his negligence. After he steals a diamond necklace with the help of a safecracker partner, Victor, things coming apart.
Filming Locations:
Arlington Heights, Illinois
Buffalo Grove, Illinois
Schaumburg, Illinois
Virginia Key, Florida
Key Largo, Florida
Normal Life (1996):
This crime drama movie is written by Peg Haller, and Bob Schneider and it is directed by John McNaughton. This movie has a tagline of “They found the American Dream...One bullet at a time!”
The story revolves around the life of a young idealistic cop Chris, who falls in love with a young but emotionally unstable woman, Pam, who has a problem of alcoholism and drug addiction. Chris is trying his best to live a good life and make money but Pam is a big spender and their marriage is constantly troublesome with the financial situation getting worse and worse. Things fall apart when Chris loses his job. Now in these desperate times Chris uses his Police skills to rob banks and earn money.
Filming Locatons:
Arlington Heights, Illinois
Hanover Park, Illinois
Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Schaumburg, Illinois
De Plaines, Illinois
Lucas (1986):
This comedy-drama romance movie is written and directed by David Seltzer. This movie was nominated for Young Artists Awards. It has the tagline of “It’s about falling in love. For the first time.”
The story revolves around the life of a fourteen year old who has two best friends, an older-brother figure and a young girl. He experiences his first heartbreak when he falls in love with his girl bestfriend but she falls in love with the boys’ other bestfriend. This heartbreak helps him learn the importance of sacrifice and love.
Filming Locations:
Arlington Heights, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
Highland Park, Illinois
Glen Ellyn, Illinois
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington_Heights,_Illinois
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0981072/?ref_=adv_li_tt
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115710/?ref_=adv_li_tt
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117202/?ref_=adv_li_tt
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091445/?ref_=adv_li_tt