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Illinois

Groundhog Day (1993)

Although the film takes place in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, Groundhog Day was actually shot in Woodstock, Illinois—only fifty miles away from Bill Murray's hometown of Wilmette, Illinois). A small plaque was placed on the curb where Muray continuously steps in a puddle, which reads "Bill Murray stepped here".

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