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Emanuel? Emanuel? Emanuel?
Mayor Rahm declared that today's Blackhawks celebration would give everyone in the city a chance to "feel like 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'." In honor of the unofficial official holiday, we asked our Second City family to share their all-time favorite Chicago flicks.
About Last Night
Based off a Mamet Play, screenplay by Second City's own Tim Kazurinski, and featuring Jim Belushi in his finest role. "Where did she develop her personality...a car crash?" --Ronnie Feldman, Product Director, RealBiz Shorts
Backdraft
Hot, sweaty heroes. I watched it twelve times in the theater the summer it was released. --Lisa Linke, Lead Facilitator, Second City Communications
The Blues Brothers
Greatest film soundtrack, period. --Chrissy Borne, Account Coordinator, BizCo
I can quote the whole damn thing. --Dujuan Pritchett, Head Stage Manager, Training Center
Who could argue with the wisdom of Jake and Elwood? "It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses.” --Scott Zoll, Account Director, BizCo
The Breakfast Club
"That man... is a brownie hound" --Andrea Miller, Group Events & Catering Manager
Child's Play 2
The reason for a lot of childhood nightmares as I realized none of the movies had children actually playing in them. --Chris Redd, TourCo/SCN Contributor
Cool Runnings
When the bobsled is carried over the finish line, the sobbing commences. --Heather Whinna, Manager
The Dark Knight
It's the movie Chicago deserves, but not the one it needs right now. --James Dugan, Box Office
Chicago's never looked more cinematic. It's the perfect stand-in for Gotham. --Steve Kakos, VP, Second City Communications
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Captures a perfect day in Chicago in an hour and a half. --Tyler Alexander, VP of Digital Media
The Fugitive
"The guy did a Peter Pan right off of this dam, right here." --Nancy Fast, SCTC Student Services Coordinator
"My, my, my, my, my... what a mess." --Joseph Ruffner, Associate Producer, Touring & Theatricals
Glengarry Glen Ross
A movie where the only morally upstanding characters are offscreen and unseen. --John Hartman, National Touring Company Member
Because coffee is for closers, and it's Mamet. --Jeremy Smith, Associate Producer
High Fidelity
Because I was that mix-tape guy. --Kelly Leonard, EVP, The Second City
It made me fall in love with not only Chicago, but also John Cusack’s inner monologue voiceovers. --Emily Walker, National Touring Company Member
There's a Frisbie/Big Star poster hanging in John Cusack's apartment. --Jocelyn Geboy, Box Office
Home Alone
"Buzz! Your girlfriend! WOOF!" --Jessica Antes, Second City Training Center, Youth & Teen Programs Assistant
Kevin vs. the "Wet Bandits" --Patrick Loughman, Freelance Video Producer
My fourth grade husband, Macaulay Culkin, would be miffed if I chose anything else. --Casey Pilkenton, Account Coordinator for Second City Communications
Home Alone 2
“Suck brick, kid!” --Meghan Newman, Reception
Hoop Dreams
Great basketball story in the greatest basketball city. Also, I'm a pretentious ass. --Rob Gornik, Box Office
A League of Their Own
It gave us the greatest Cubs player of all-time, Jimmy Dugan, and the one and only Marla Hooch...what a hitter! --Eddie Mujica, National Touring Company Member
Midnight Run
"I can say hello in a lot of different languages. Not yours, but a lot of them." While it spends only a brief time in Chicago, as DeNiro/Jack Walsh learns, it's the work you do here that will benefit/haunt you forever. --Joseph Ruffner, Associate Producer, Touring & Theatricals
My Best Friend's Wedding
Because I can't figure out how Julia Roberts drives from Winnetka to the Loop in such a short amount of time! In rush hour. --Jeff Gandy, Youth Program Manager
It taught college-me that it’s ok not to get the guy, because there will always be a fabulous gay man to catch you when you fall. --Emily Walker, National Touring Company Member
A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon
River Phoenix performs beat poetry, scores with no less than 3 girls, and crashes a 57 Buick racing the L. --Billy Bungeroth, Resident Director/SCN Creative Director
North by Northwest
Because Hitchcock is a genius, and Grant is one helluva sexy man. --Kerry Sheehan, President, Training Center
Pet Sematary
Because my dog just died. --Griffin Wenzler, Box Office
Return to Me
Italians and Irish mixing, Twin Anchors, Pro-Organ Donation and David Duchovny. --Katie Rich, Mainstage Actor
Sixteen Candles
“Dong, where is my automobile? Auuutomobiiiile? --Adrienne Kerwin, Executive Assistant, Second City Communications
Some Like It Hot
Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis stumble upon the Valentine's Day Massacre. Hilarity ensues. --Kristina Felske, SNC Contributor/BoatCo Alumni
The Sting
Newman AND Redford. Pant. Pant. --Rachael Mason, Head of Advanced Improvisation
The Time Traveler's Wife
Only movie I've loved that involved time travel. --Claire Swanson, Box Office
Uncle Buck
"Take this quarter, go downtown, and have a rat gnaw that thing off your face." The scene was filmed in my elementary school. --Liz Kozak, SCN Editor-in-Chief
John Candy's unbreakable china. --Pete Parsons, Groups Concierge
The Untouchables
Baseball bat to the head. ---Ed Furman, SCN Contributor
Wayne's World
Zang! ("Excellent" in Cantonese) --Tiffany Smith, Manager of Group Sales
While You Were Sleeping
Not a big fan of the movie, but I could watch the paperboy falling off his bike and the kid wiping out while ice skating all day long. --Nikki Pierce, SCN Contributor
Do you agree with our list? What would you add? Let us know what your favorite #ChicagoMovies are!
