The Mountains of Illinois: Difference between revisions

* The docu-drama ''Gacy'', about real-life serial killer John Wayne Gacy, is set in Illinois -- indeed, in the city of [[Meaningful Name|Des Plaines]]. The movie clearly shows mountains and wild palm trees, none of which exist in Illinois. On the DVD commentary, the producer and director actually ''counts'' them.

* In John Carpenter's ''[[Halloween (film)|Halloween]]'', the town of Haddonfield is supposed to be in Illinois, but a sharp-eyed viewer can not only see mountains in the background of some scenes, but palm trees as well. Of course, a sharp-eyed viewer probably already had their suspension of disbelief broken by the ''weather'' in the film, which, in the Midwest, is considerably less green and summery by that point in the year.

* In ''[[Independence Day]]'', the first sighting of the alien ship takes place in Novosibirsk, Russia. A news reporter says the ship is "clearing the mountains." There are no mountains in Novosibirsk -- it is located on the West Siberian Plain, surrounded by swamps and pine forests in all directions.

** Inverted in the same film: the landscape supposedly surrounding El Toro shows a desert. El Toro Marine Base is located in a hilly section of Orange County.