Cicero (originally knows as Hawthorne) is a suburb of Chicago and incorporated town in Cook County, Illinois, United States. As of 2019, this town had an estimated population of 80,796, making this town the 11th largest municipality in Illinois. The town of Cicero is named after Marcus Tullius Cicero, a Roman statesman and orator.
Cicero is situated next to Chicago and the railroad so its roots lie in industry. By the 1920s, Cicero was Illinois’ largest manufacturing center, and by 1930 it had 115 factories.
Some of the movies filmed in this city are mentioned below.
Welcome Back to the Barrio (2006):
This drama movie is written by Jaime Mariscal and David J. Miller, and it is directed by Jaime Mariscal. This movie stars Tony Ramirez, Ramses Jimenez, and Tony Zurita Jr.
The story revolves around the life of a young man who after many years returns back to his hometown and his old dear town streets. This is the place where he grew up and he feels super connected to it obviously. He meets up with all of his old friends but when he meets up with this one particular old friend from Barrio, he gets into trouble.
Filming Locations:
Cicero, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
Naperville, Illinois
Hammond, Indiana
El Evangelista (2006):
This movie is written and directed by Juan Daniel Zavaleta. It has a tagline of “Are you ready to meet your maker.” A fun fact about this movie is that it is an entirely independent movie with Latin accents.
Pablo is a Bible-quoting hitman who works for his sidekick Pedro. Pablo is pretty good at what he does and he even offers his victims the opportunity to redeem themselves before terminating their life. Things start getting bad when Pablo is ordered to kill a local pastor. The security of his own family, his friendship with Pedro, and his own life are at risk when he starts having second thoughts about killing a reverend.
Filming Locations:
Cicero, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
Berwyn, Illinois
Wayne’s World (1992):
This comedy music movie is written by Mike Myers (based on characters created by), Bonnie Turner, and Terry Turner. It has a tagline of “You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll hurl.” This movie has been nominated for 5 awards out of which it won 4 awards (ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards, Brit Awards, MTV Movie, and MTV Video Music Awards).
The story revolves around the life of Wayne, who is still living at his parent’s home. He has a world-class collection of name tags from the job he’s tried but he has his own public access TV show. A local station decides to hire him and his friend, Garth, to do a show professionally. When they start doing it they realize that it is no longer the same. Wayne falls in love with a bass guitarist and uses his and Garth’s video to win over the girl as soon as possible, knowing too well that if he doesn’t do anything fast, Ben Oliver, the sleazy advertising guy who is ruining their show will snatch her away from him.
Filming Locations:
Cicero, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
Berwyn, Illinois
Covina, California
Uncle Buck (1989):
This comedy movie is written and directed by John Hughes. It has the tagline of “OH NO! IT’S…” This movie stars John Candy, Macaulay Culkin, and Jean Louisa Kelly.
The story revolves around the life of an idle, good-natured bachelor Uncle Buck who is the last choice of his relatives as a babysitter. However, during a certain crisis, he is suddenly left in charge of his nephew and niece. He immediately charms his younger relatives Miles and Maizy with his hefty cooking and his new style of doing things. But his carefree style does not impress everyone.
Filming Locations:
Cicero, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
Lake Forest, Illinois
Evanston, Illinois
Ontario, Canada
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicero,_Illinois
https://www.movoto.com/guide/cicero-il/cicero-stereotypes/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437545/?ref_=adv_li_tt
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0820070/?ref_=adv_li_tt
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105793/?ref_=adv_li_tt
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098554/?ref_=adv_li_tt