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8 Places Where Movies Were Entirely Filmed
If one of your favorite films is on this list, you might be interested in visiting the place where it was made.
- Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. The Vineyard was made to look like the fictional New England beach town of Amity Island for the original Jaws.
- Natchitoches, Louisiana. Steel Magnolias was filmed in the small community where the events it dramatizes took place.
- Mansfield, Ohio. The Ohio State Reformatory operated as a prison for almost a century until closing its doors in 1990, just a few years before being used to film Shawshank Redemption, starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman.
- Micanopy, Florida. This tiny village was transformed into the fictional town of Grady, South Carolina, for the 1991 film Doc Holiday, starring Michael J. Fox.
- St. Petersburg, Florida. Cocoon, Ron Howard's 1985 science-fiction film, was shot in and around the city.
- Winterset, Iowa. Bridges of Madison County, starring Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep, was filmed in John Wayne’s hometown.
- Toms River, New Jersey. The Amityville Horror, a 1979 movie, is set on Long Island, New York, but was filmed in and around this Jersey Shore city.
- Dyersville, Iowa. This town, about 25 miles west of Dubuque, still offers tours of the baseball field and home where Field of Dreams was filmed.