{"id":79342412,"date":"2012-03-13T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/travel-trends\/three-chicago-tours-that-let-you-step-into-the-movies\/"},"modified":"2018-09-10T04:31:19","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T08:31:19","slug":"three-chicago-tours-that-let-you-step-into-the-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/three-chicago-tours-that-let-you-step-into-the-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Chicago Tours That Let You Step into the Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you think of movie tours, you probably think of <a href=\"\/going-places\/tag\/los-angeles\/\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles<\/a> or <a href=\"\/going-places\/tag\/new-york-city\/\" target=\"_blank\">New York City<\/a>.\u00a0 These are obviously the cities that make the stars and become the basis for big films, but Chicago \u2013 the often overlooked big city of the Midwest \u2013 has just as much to offer as the others.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Think about movies like <em>Ferris Bueller\u2019s Day Off<\/em> and <em>The Blues Brothers<\/em>.\u00a0 These are some of the iconic films that can help you get a real-life glimpse of Chicago through the Windy City\u2019s many movie tours.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chicago Film Tour<\/strong>: This tour allows participants to ride around <a href=\"\/going-places\/tag\/chicago\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago<\/a> on a luxury coach to some 30 locations where a staggering 80 movies were shot.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The ride goes for less than 2 hours, but will cover the distance from Uptown to Downtown.\u00a0 When at a location, scenes from the famous movies will play on screens across the bus.\u00a0 Some of the movies to be touched upon on the tour include T<em>he Dark Knight, Road to Perdition, The Fugitive, Blues Brothers,<\/em> and <em>The Break-Up<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the process, gain insight into filmmaking history and participate in movie trivia.\u00a0 Tour season starts March 31, 2012. Learn more on the <a href=\"http:\/\/chicagofilmtour.com\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chicago Film Tour website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Onscreen Illinois Podcast Tour<\/strong>:\u00a0 Onscreen Illinois have put together a guided podcast tour to get in touch with major motion picture icons like the Sears Tower and The Green Mile.\u00a0 Narrated by Bill Kurtis, the tour will take you all across Chicago, and the map with the nearby subway and El stops will help get you there.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Simply <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enjoyillinois.com\/movies\/home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">download the Podcast<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enjoyillinois.com\/movies\/ChicagoPodCastMap.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Podcast Map<\/a> before getting started.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>TimeOut Chicago\u2019s Romantic Comedy Walk<\/strong>: TimeOut Chicago have put together several neighborhood walks in Chicago, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/timeoutchicago.com\/things-to-do\/sights-tours\/89145\/romantic-comedy-walk-mag-milegold-coast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Romantic Comedy Walk<\/a> is located in the Magnificent Mile and Gold Coast area.\u00a0 Retrace the locations that became the basis for movies like <em>The Break-Up, My Best Friend\u2019s Wedding <\/em>and <em>Save the Last Dance<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The tour is said to take about 1.5 hours and starts at Twin Anchors and ends at the Chicago Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>TimeOut lists a number of other movie walks on their website, including Mini Walk:\u00a0 Uptown Gangster Tour (Public Enemies and Thief) and Mini Walk: High Fidelity Tour (High Fidelity).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you fancy yourself a movie buff, then you should definitely look into one of these tours after booking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/cheap-flights\/chicago-chi-illinois-deals\" target=\"_blank\">flights to Chicago<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you think of movie tours, you probably think of Los Angeles or New York City.\u00a0 These are obviously the cities that make the stars and become the basis for big films, but Chicago \u2013 the often overlooked big city of the Midwest \u2013 has just as much to offer as the others. &nbsp; Think [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,112,141],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79342412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chicago","category-top-us-destinations","category-travel-inspiration"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79342412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79342412"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79342412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98896252,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79342412\/revisions\/98896252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79342412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79342412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79342412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}