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Filming at the intersection of culture and commerce.(The Business of Life)(films shoot in town )(Brief Article)
Crain's Chicago Business, July, 2005 by Scheffler, Mark
Byline: Mark Scheffler Over the years, many Chicago businesses and corporate headquarters have served as stunt doubles of sorts for other "businesses'' conjured up by Hollywood filmmakers. As several films shoot in town this summer, here's a montage of some of the major players, past and present.
* Digital composite of Chicago Board of Trade Building and 1 Riverside Plaza Wayne Enterprises in "Batman Begins'' (2005) * Sears store at Madison and State streets Generic retail backdrop for Queen Latifah scene in "Stranger Than Fiction,'' now in production * Rookery Building, 209 S. LaSalle St. Hipster Chicago ad agency in "What Women Want'' (2000) * R. R. Donnelley Building, 77 W. Wacker Drive City Hall in "The Negotiator'' (1998) * Interior space at...
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