Name a book, a TV show, and a movie set in your state

[XemaSab]

I'm in California, so I pick The Human Comedy, Party of Five, and Sneakers. :)

[Chan790]

1. NY

Motherless Brooklyn, Rescue Me, and Dog Day Afternoon.

[Lethe]

2. All the Pretty Horses, Beavis and Butthead, Bottle Rocket

i think all those were set in Texas

[GirlAfire]

6. I Have Never...

...thought the two brothers looked that much alike, but wow, they look almost identical in this picture (except for the hair color, of course)

[lost-in-nj]

3. The Station Agent

& Atlantic City
these are movies
not sure about the tv show or book

I know there are others


lost

[Tommy_Carcetti]

9. I can think of at least one New Jersey based television show:

[lost-in-nj]

27. DOH!!

hits self on head....

lost

[TommyO]

32. An even better suggestion for a TV show with a New Jersey setting

[NJmaverick]

4. Unfortunately the Sapranos was set in my state and even my area of the state

[LynneSin]

5. "Fight Club" is based on Wilmington DE

mainly because all of the credit card business setup here.

[Dr. Strange]

7. Revenge of the Sith

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. Sick Puppy, Burn Notice, and Sunshine State

Florida, of course.

As for my state of birth, Maryland:

The Accidental Tourist, The Wire and Diner.

[madeline_con]

65. Shows: Flipper, Maximum Bob, Miami Vice

books: Anything Hiassan, Cross Creek, movies: The Orchid Thief

[TZ]

81. You didn't name Homicide?

Shame on you Baltimoron.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

82. Well, I was assuming just one entry for each category.

But yes, Baltimore also has Homicide:Life on the Street, as well as The Corner miniseries (which I still would like to see).

Not to mention the superb, outstanding, incredible and yet to be defeated Joe Flacco Show every Sunday afternoon during the fall. :)

[supernova]

10. Nell, Cold Mountain, Nights in Rodanthe,

Not set here but shows us off well:

Dirty Dancing
Last of the Mohicans

[sagetea]

11. Napoleon Dynamite...

And yes, it describes the people here pretty well.

[armyowalgreens]

29. "But my lips hurt REAL bad!"...

:rofl: :hide:

I love that movie.

[ceile]

12. No Country for Old Men, King of the Hill, Dazed and Confused

[Richardo]

13. Local Hero, True Stories, Blood Simple

[timtom]

14. Florida

"The Barefoot Mailman" by Theodore Pratt
"Miami Vice"
"The Yearling" with Gregory Peck

[flvegan]

15. Any of Hiaasen's work, Golden Girls, The Punisher (2004)

[SoxFan]

16. Peyton Place, On Golden Pond, Jumanji

I also remain convinced that Larry, Darryl, and his other brother Darryl from "Newhart" really lived across the river in NH, not in Vermont.

[bigwillq]

17. Gilmore Girls was, I believe (nt)

[Blue_In_AK]

18. Lots of books have been written about Alaska,

but I'll say "Into the Wild" (book and movie), and "Northern Exposure" for the TV show, even though it was filmed in Washington. Another movie that was filmed here was "Runaway Train." There were some pretty serious factual errors in it, but at least it was filmed here.

[LNM]

19. Most anything by John Sanford, Mary Tyler Moore and Fargo

[Forkboy]

50. I loved the first batch of "Prey" novels.

Haven't read any of the more recent ones though for some reason.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

90. Main Street, Coach, and the new Coen Brothers film, A Serious Man

:-)

[Initech]

20. LA:

Entourage
Collateral

Can't think of a book off the top of my head

[CaliforniaPeggy]

48. Any book by Jonothan Kellerman...

He's a local child psychologist turned mystery writer, and has had considerable success...

Most of his stories are set in LA.

:hi:

[RT Atlanta]

21. Dukes of Hazzard

from the fictional Hazzard County, Georgia.

Yahoooooooo!

[Jetboy]

40. Coo Coo I luv it I luv it!

Sheriff Roscoe P Coltrane cracks me up every time.

[charlie and algernon]

22. Every M. Night Shamalyn movie takes place in Pennsylvania

[TommyO]

33. There is no Bucks County Police Department!

[no name no slogan]

23. Main Street, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Fargo.

[taterguy]

24. Cold Mountain, Andy Griffith Show, Cape Fear

[sakabatou]

25. The Grapes of Wrath, Rugrats,The Big Lebowski

[Love Bug]

26. War for the Oaks, Coach, and Fargo

[armyowalgreens]

28. Into The Wild (At least for part of the story), Medium ,Hamlet 2

Quote from Hamlet 2

Student:
"This is way better than Tucson!"

Teacher:
"Chuy, you're going to have a magical life. Because no matter where you go, it's always going to be better than Tucson."


LOL So true.

[Rambis]

30. Zadar Cow from Hell- Field of Dreams

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250124/

and the opening scenes of the show coach were film on my campus.

[wickerwoman]

31. The Wheedle on the Needle, Frasier, War Games

Sorry, books for Seattle are bloody hard. I'm sure there's a bunch of Lewis and Clark books that are partially set there. And tons of writers live around here... they just don't tend to make it the setting.

[XemaSab]

39. David Guterson's books are set in Washington state

:shrug:

[WCGreen]

61. Singles is one of my favorite movies set in Seatltle...

Here come the Brides a 60's TV show...

[mitchum]

34. Deliverance

[WinkyDink]

35. PA: "Rabbit, Run"; "The Office"; "Philadelphia Story".

[Patiod]

78. Excellent choice all

Was trying to think of an Updike, and you beat me to it.

[backwoodsbob]

36. SW Virginia WV border

probably the true story the wrong turn movies were based on :toast:

[Maccagirl]

37. WKRP in Cincinnati, Family Ties (set in Columbus).

Book: several books by Bob Greene.

[MorningGlow]

38. Either too easy or too hard

New York? Feh--a brazillion pieces of entertainment set in NYC. But if I tried to keep to my stomping grounds of western NY (a realm unto itself), now THAT'S more of a challenge.

Book: hm...not sure. A quick google shows lots of mysteries, but I'm not well versed in that genre to choose a good one.
TV show: Wonderfalls :D
Movie: It's a Wonderful Life

[Auggie]

41. Tales of the City, The Maltese Falcon, The Streets of San Francisco

All San Francisco

I can cover books and movies with the Maltese Falcon, and books and TV with Tales of the City. Can't do all three on one title... yet

[fishwax]

42. Native Son, Roseanne, The Breakfast Club

Illinois :)

[fishwax]

43. Book: The Virginian; TV Show: The Virginia; Movie: The Virginian -- State, ironically, Wyoming

There are better books and movies set in the state where I grew up, but I'm not sure off the top of my head that there's another TV series set there :)

[Wapsie B]

44. The Bridges of Madison County, Apple's Way, & Field of Dreams

[rurallib]

54. There was that one about tornados shot down by Kalona

in the mid-'90s.

[Auggie]

45. Sex and The City can cover all three for New York State and New York City

[Chan790]

64. "What is...the worst book, TV series and movie sharing a title ever set in NYC?"

"I'll take obvious answers for $200, Alex."

[suninvited]

46. Alabama is supposedly the setting of

To Kill a Mockingbird, although the book never specifies. It might be speculation based on the fact that Harper Lee was from Alabama.

Norma Rae was a movie set in Alabama

To tell you the truth, I cannot think of a single television show set in Alabama.

on edit: Just thought of a TV show. Although Malcolm in the Middle never specifies what state the family lived in, Frances was in Military School in Alabama. Does that count?

[azmouse]

47. Set in AZ...

Book: The Walking by Bentley Little
TV: Not sure... I think back in the '70s Dick Van Dyke had a show set in the desert :shrug:
Movie: Raising Arizona

[Sabriel]

49. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, Picket Fences, Public Enemies

It's a beautiful state, both to film in and write about.

[jobycom]

92. Can you convince me to finish, or even make a serious start, on Edgar Sawtelle?

I got maybe a tenth of the way into that book and couldn't get interested in it in any way. Maybe it was the dog. Is it really about the dog through the whole book? I want to hear someone who liked it convince me to finish it. :)

[Forkboy]

51. Spencer For Hire, Boondock Saints, The Departed.

[doc03]

52. Ohio: book That Dark and Bloody River

TV show WKRP in Cincinnati, movie Tommy Boy.

[femmocrat]

53. PA: "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh"; "The Guardian"; and "Lady Beware" (all set in Pittsburgh)

Pittsburgh has great scenery!

[WCGreen]

60. Mysteries of Pittsburgh is areally good book for a first novel...

[Patiod]

79. "Lovely Bones" "Cold Case" and "The Sixth Sense"

all set in and around the other side of the state

True story: I used to dis Pittsburgh all the time, having gone to PSU, where that sort of cross-state rivalry is encouraged. My friend got tired of it, and took me on a whirlwind tour of your fine city:]
Friday night: Froggy's and the Incline
Saturday: Polo, followed by I-don't-know-where-because-I-drank-and-entire-bottle-of-champagne-on-the-way-out-of-the-polo-grounds
Sunday: Private box at TRS (RIP) for the Steelers

Never dissed Pittsburgh again!

[pokerfan]

55. in pictures....

[abq e streeter]

56. Milagro Beanfield War, Stagecoach, Breaking Bad

[intheflow]

69. The Milagro Beanfield War is a wonderful movie.

It's a little slow, but the pace of the movie fits the pace of the small town, and the old man who speaks with the ancestors. I can (and have) watch(ed) it over and over.

[abq e streeter]

71. It really is...

I actually was using it as the book for this post , with the classic western Stagecoach as the movie (the stagecoach was on its way to Lordsburg New Mexico, even though the movie was actually filmed around Monument Valley Utah), but I actually never read the Milagro Beanfield War, only saw the movie. My old roommate at The University of New Mexico ( and still a good friend) had a bit part in it, as did a couple of other casual friends at that time. I need to rent it again, and see if I can still spot Dave in the 2 or 3 scenes ( if I remember correctly) that he's in. I thought they did a really good job of capturing the feel of those little villages up in the mountains of Northern New Mexico. ( It was filmed in and around Truchas I think).

[intheflow]

77. I tried reading the book after seeing the movie,

but just couldn't get through it for some reason. So I'm glad Redford made the movie so I could be exposed to the story. :)

[madamesilverspurs]

57. Centennial

Michener taught at Colorado State College (now University of Northern Colorado) in Greeley, and his research materials for the book were bequeathed to the Michener Library at UNC. The book is about the northeast part of the state, and much of the movie was shot in the immediate vicinity using locals as extras.

[MrScorpio]

58. Hung

It's shot all over Metro Detroit

[WCGreen]

59. Winesburg, Ohio, Glee and Stranger Than Paradise...

[AllenVanAllen]

62. 3 from the Lone Star

Book ~ Dead City - It's a zombie plague story set in San Antonio

TV show ~ King of the Hill - It takes place in the fictional Texas town of Arlen

Movie ~ The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Nuff said.

[NNadir]

63. "Being John Malkovich" and the awful, awful, awful, "IQ" and "A Beautiful Mind."

These were all set in New Jersey. "IQ" was filmed here.

One night at the ice cream shop in Princeton when they were filming "IQ" we saw Meg Ryan.

We left her alone, because I would guess she just wanted to eat an ice cream and not be bothered by people saying "Are you Meg Ryan?"

They just made the "Transformers Part" (whatever) film here on the Princeton campus, but I don't know if it was set in New Jersey and I think I don't want to find out.

[nuxvomica]

66. Last of the Mohicans, Last of the Mohicans, Sleepaway Camp

Not just my state but close to where I actually live.

[huskerlaw]

67. NCIS: Los Angeles

Don't ask me why LA has an NCIS team when we don't have a large naval base. Not sure what the hell they have jurisdiction over, but they've made a show about it anyway. NCIS: San Diego would have made more sense.

[intheflow]

68. The Shining, Mork & Mindy, and South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut

Colorado, baby! :)

[PJPhreak]

70. These...

Book...In Cold Blood
TV Show...Jericho
Movie...The Wizard of OZ (I Know,I know,Please no munchkin jokes please,lol)

[Petrushka]

72. West Virginia

Book: Ancient Lights by Davis Grubb

TV show: Hawkins (w/Jimmy Stewart, 1973-74, CBS)

Movies: Fools' Parade; & Night of the Hunter (both based on Davis Grubb novels & both filmed in his/my home county)

[sarge43]

73. New Hampshire: On Golden Pond

If you're ever up this way, take a boat tour of Squam Lake. The island and house where it was filmed are still there.

(typo)

[RebelOne]

74. Gone With The Wind. Need I say the state? n/t

[sarge43]

75. Home state Michigan: Anatomy of a Murder, film and book n/t

[bif]

76. "Middlesex" "Grosse Pointe" (tv show) and "Grosse Pointe Blank"

[GreenPartyVoter]

80. I'm in Maine so the book and movie can be covered by Stephen King's stuff, and I think

"Murder She Wrote" was set here?? (Worst evah Maine accents on that show! Here's the real deal: http://timsample.com/video_clips.html )

[brendan120678]

83. Okay...

Book: The Stepford Wives; The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (short story, actually)
TV Show: Gilmore Girls; Judging Amy
Movie: The Ice Storm

[fizzgig]

84. the shining, south park and things to do in denver when you're dead

i can't believe i had to do a google search to come up with a tv show and a movie other than 'the shining' :eyes:

[Burma Jones]

85. For Maryland:

Book: Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets

TV Show: Hot L Baltimore

Movie: Pink Flamingos

[elshiva]

86. Murlin:

Accidental Tourist, The Corner, Avalon

[crim son]

87. The Strange Woman,

Murder She Wrote, Empire Falls (my car was used in that movie!!!)

[BuelahWitch]

88. Wizard of Oz, both book and movie(s)

Not sure about a TV show, but there was a TV movie called The Day After that was about Lawrence, KS and was filmed here too.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

89. Looking for Allibrandi, Mother and Son and Lantana

[jobycom]

91. Lonesome Dove, "Lonesome Dove: The Series", and Lonesome Dove.

[bluesbassman]

93. East of Eden,Two and a Half Men, and the town of Niles.

East of Eden was primarily set in the Salinas Valley. Two and a Half Men is set in Malibu. Charlie Chaplin filmed five movies in Niles (about half way between San Jose and Oakland).