The Biggest Box Office Hits Filmed in Each State

Ohio: The Shawshank Redemption

While the original story was set in Maine, this IMDB chart-topper was filmed at the Mansfield Reformatory in Ohio. Other films shot here were Air Force One and Tango & Cash.

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The More You Know

  • Like Facebook, Star Wars was originally prefixed by the definite article ‘The’. Much cleaner without it.
  • The bridge blown up by Eli Wallach and Clint Eastwood in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly was prematurely detonated by a Spanish Army Captain. Upon learning of his mistake the Captain ordered his troops to rebuild the bridge, only for it to suffer another explosion once complete.
  • Brad Pitt injured his Achilles heel while playing Achilles.
  • Sean Connery wore a wig in every single one of his Bond performances.
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