Champaign is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. As of July 1, 2019, according to the United States Census Bureau, the estimated population of this city was 88,909, making Chaimpagn the ninth-populous city in Illinois. It is included in the Champaign-Urbana metropolitan area.
Champaign is notable for sharing the campus of the University of Illinois and it is also the home to Parkland College which serves about 18,000 students during the academic year. Due to the university and the number of well-known technology startup companies, it is often referred to as the hub, or a significant landmark, of Silicon Prairie.
Some of the movies filmed in this city are mentioned below.
Consumed II (2015):
This thriller-drama movie is written by Zoe Lister-Jones and Daryl Wein and is directed by Daryl Wein. The tagline of this movie is, “Consumed is a modern political thriller that explores the complex world of Genetically Modified Food.” This movie also won a Cinema Verde Film Festival Award.
The story revolves around the life of a single mother who sparks on a journey to uncover the cause of her son’s mysterious illness. This movie is set in the world of GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms). There are three stories interwoven, of a CEO grappling with his son’s autism, an organic farmer in danger of losing his farm, and two scientists on the brink of a major discovery.
Filming Locations:
Champaign, Illinois
Act Your Age (2011):
This comedy-drama movie is written by Robin Christian, and Michael Muhney and directed by Robin Christian. This movie won two awards Accolade Competition Award of Excellence for Best Feature Film and the Breckenridge Festival of Film Audience Award for Best Feature Film.
The story revolves around the life of a young actor who is currently struggling to find work. He has no respect for the elderly and does not treat them right. But now the tables have turned and he has to pretend to be an old man to get a part in a play. When research requires him to spend a week at a nursing home, he is forced to review his life choices and feels bad that for treating the elderly rudely.
Filming Locations:
Champaign, Illinois
Urbana, Illinois
Mission: Impossible (1996):
This action-adventure thriller movie is written by Bruce Geller (television series), David Koepp (story), and Steven Zaillian (story) and it is directed by Brian De Palma. The movie stars Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, and Emmanuelle Beart. This movie was nominated for 17 nominations out of which it won 3 awards (BMI Film Music Award, Golden Screen Award Germany, and PGA Nova Award). It has a tagline of “Only the mission matters.”
The story revolves around Ethan Hunt who is an American Agent. Jim Phelps along with his wife was sent to Prague for a mission to prevent the theft of classified material. He is accompanied by his most trusted partner Ethan Hunt. Unfortunately, the mission fails and all the team members die, leaving Ethan Hunt the lone survivor. He is now under false suspicion of disloyalty and must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization.
Filming Locations:
Champaign, Illinois
McLean, Virginia
The Czech Republic, Prague
London, England
Washington District of Columbia
With Honors (1994):
This comedy-drama movie is written by William Mastrosimone and directed by Alek Keshishian. This movie was nominated for 4 awards (Golden Globes, Grammy Awards, MTV Movie Awards, and MTV Music Award). It has the tagline of “If you want a degree go to Harvard. If you want an education go to Simon Wilder.”
The story revolves around the life of Monty who is a student at Harvard. When his computer crashes he is only left with a single copy of his thesis which he believes is the only thing that would help him in getting an honors degree from Harvard. He rushes to get a copy of it but drops it and now his thesis is in the hands of a homeless man who is going to keep his thesis hostage in return for food and necessities.
Filming Locations:
Champaign, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Boston, Massachusetts
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champaign,_Illinois
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3760966/?ref_=adv_li_tt
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0464891/?ref_=adv_li_tt
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117060/?ref_=adv_li_tt
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111732/?ref_=adv_li_tt