Conquer the United States of America!!

[connordenney]

New Jersey - Jersey Boys

30%Show

Alabama - Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
Colorado
Connecticut - The Wedding Singer (Frank Coraci, 1998)
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas - Kansas City (Robert Altman, 1996)
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota - Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner, 2014)
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire - Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, 1962)
New Jersey - Jersey Boys (Clint Eastwood, 2014)
New Mexico
New York - Taking Off (Miloš Forman, 1971)
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio - Tommy Boy (Peter Segal, 1995)
Oklahoma - Cimarron (Wesley Ruggles, 1931)
Oregon
Pennsylvania - Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas - Rolling Thunder (John Flynn, 1977)
Utah
Vermont
Virginia - Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier, 2013)
Washington - McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)

[connordenney]

South Dakota - Badlands

32%Show

Alabama - Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
Colorado
Connecticut - The Wedding Singer (Frank Coraci, 1998)
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas - Kansas City (Robert Altman, 1996)
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota - Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner, 2014)
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire - Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, 1962)
New Jersey - Jersey Boys (Clint Eastwood, 2014)
New Mexico
New York - Taking Off (Miloš Forman, 1971)
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio - Tommy Boy (Peter Segal, 1995)
Oklahoma - Cimarron (Wesley Ruggles, 1931)
Oregon
Pennsylvania - Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota = Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
Tennessee
Texas - Rolling Thunder (John Flynn, 1977)
Utah
Vermont
Virginia - Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier, 2013)
Washington - McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)

[connordenney]

Hawaii - Aloha

34%Show

Alabama - Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
Colorado
Connecticut - The Wedding Singer (Frank Coraci, 1998)
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii - Aloha (Cameron Crowe, 2015)
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas - Kansas City (Robert Altman, 1996)
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota - Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner, 2014)
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire - Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, 1962)
New Jersey - Jersey Boys (Clint Eastwood, 2014)
New Mexico
New York - Taking Off (Miloš Forman, 1971)
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio - Tommy Boy (Peter Segal, 1995)
Oklahoma - Cimarron (Wesley Ruggles, 1931)
Oregon
Pennsylvania - Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota - Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
Tennessee
Texas - Rolling Thunder (John Flynn, 1977)
Utah
Vermont
Virginia - Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier, 2013)
Washington - McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)

[connordenney]

Massachusetts - Spotlight

36%Show

Alabama - Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
Colorado
Connecticut - The Wedding Singer (Frank Coraci, 1998)
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii - Aloha (Cameron Crowe, 2015)
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas - Kansas City (Robert Altman, 1996)
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts - Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, 2015)
Michigan
Minnesota - Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner, 2014)
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire - Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, 1962)
New Jersey - Jersey Boys (Clint Eastwood, 2014)
New Mexico
New York - Taking Off (Miloš Forman, 1971)
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio - Tommy Boy (Peter Segal, 1995)
Oklahoma - Cimarron (Wesley Ruggles, 1931)
Oregon
Pennsylvania - Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota - Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
Tennessee
Texas - Rolling Thunder (John Flynn, 1977)
Utah
Vermont
Virginia - Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier, 2013)
Washington - McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)

[connordenney]

Colorado - Cop Car

38%Show

Alabama - Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
Colorado - Cop Car (Jon Watts, 2015)
Connecticut - The Wedding Singer (Frank Coraci, 1998)
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii - Aloha (Cameron Crowe, 2015)
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas - Kansas City (Robert Altman, 1996)
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts - Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, 2015)
Michigan
Minnesota - Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner, 2014)
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire - Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, 1962)
New Jersey - Jersey Boys (Clint Eastwood, 2014)
New Mexico
New York - Taking Off (Miloš Forman, 1971)
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio - Tommy Boy (Peter Segal, 1995)
Oklahoma - Cimarron (Wesley Ruggles, 1931)
Oregon
Pennsylvania - Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota - Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
Tennessee
Texas - Rolling Thunder (John Flynn, 1977)
Utah
Vermont
Virginia - Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier, 2013)
Washington - McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)

[connordenney]

West Virginia - The Night of the Hunter

40%Show

Alabama - Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
Colorado - Cop Car (Jon Watts, 2015)
Connecticut - The Wedding Singer (Frank Coraci, 1998)
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii - Aloha (Cameron Crowe, 2015)
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas - Kansas City (Robert Altman, 1996)
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts - Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, 2015)
Michigan
Minnesota - Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner, 2014)
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire - Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, 1962)
New Jersey - Jersey Boys (Clint Eastwood, 2014)
New Mexico
New York - Taking Off (Miloš Forman, 1971)
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio - Tommy Boy (Peter Segal, 1995)
Oklahoma - Cimarron (Wesley Ruggles, 1931)
Oregon
Pennsylvania - Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota - Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
Tennessee
Texas - Rolling Thunder (John Flynn, 1977)
Utah
Vermont
Virginia - Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier, 2013)
Washington - McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
West Virginia - The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
Wisconsin
Wyoming - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)

[connordenney]

Florida - Some Like It Hot

42%Show

Alabama - Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
Colorado - Cop Car (Jon Watts, 2015)
Connecticut - The Wedding Singer (Frank Coraci, 1998)
Delaware
Florida - Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
Georgia
Hawaii - Aloha (Cameron Crowe, 2015)
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas - Kansas City (Robert Altman, 1996)
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts - Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, 2015)
Michigan
Minnesota - Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner, 2014)
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire - Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, 1962)
New Jersey - Jersey Boys (Clint Eastwood, 2014)
New Mexico
New York - Taking Off (Miloš Forman, 1971)
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio - Tommy Boy (Peter Segal, 1995)
Oklahoma - Cimarron (Wesley Ruggles, 1931)
Oregon
Pennsylvania - Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota - Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
Tennessee
Texas - Rolling Thunder (John Flynn, 1977)
Utah
Vermont
Virginia - Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier, 2013)
Washington - McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
West Virginia - The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
Wisconsin
Wyoming - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)

[connordenney]

Georgia - Driving Miss Daisy

44%Show

Alabama - Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
Colorado - Cop Car (Jon Watts, 2015)
Connecticut - The Wedding Singer (Frank Coraci, 1998)
Delaware
Florida - Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
Georgia - Driving Miss Daisy (Bruce Beresford, 1989)
Hawaii - Aloha (Cameron Crowe, 2015)
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas - Kansas City (Robert Altman, 1996)
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts - Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, 2015)
Michigan
Minnesota - Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner, 2014)
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire - Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, 1962)
New Jersey - Jersey Boys (Clint Eastwood, 2014)
New Mexico
New York - Taking Off (Miloš Forman, 1971)
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio - Tommy Boy (Peter Segal, 1995)
Oklahoma - Cimarron (Wesley Ruggles, 1931)
Oregon
Pennsylvania - Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota - Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
Tennessee
Texas - Rolling Thunder (John Flynn, 1977)
Utah
Vermont
Virginia - Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier, 2013)
Washington - McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
West Virginia - The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
Wisconsin
Wyoming - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)

[connordenney]

Oregon - Night Moves

46%Show

Alabama - Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
Colorado - Cop Car (Jon Watts, 2015)
Connecticut - The Wedding Singer (Frank Coraci, 1998)
Delaware
Florida - Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
Georgia - Driving Miss Daisy (Bruce Beresford, 1989)
Hawaii - Aloha (Cameron Crowe, 2015)
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas - Kansas City (Robert Altman, 1996)
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts - Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, 2015)
Michigan
Minnesota - Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner, 2014)
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire - Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, 1962)
New Jersey - Jersey Boys (Clint Eastwood, 2014)
New Mexico
New York - Taking Off (Miloš Forman, 1971)
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio - Tommy Boy (Peter Segal, 1995)
Oklahoma - Cimarron (Wesley Ruggles, 1931)
Oregon - Night Moves (Kelly Reichardt, 2013)
Pennsylvania - Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota - Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
Tennessee
Texas - Rolling Thunder (John Flynn, 1977)
Utah
Vermont
Virginia - Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier, 2013)
Washington - McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
West Virginia - The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
Wisconsin
Wyoming - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)

[connordenney]

Arizona - Real Life

48%Show

Alabama - Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)
Alaska
Arizona - Real Life (Albert Brooks, 1979)
Arkansas
California - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
Colorado - Cop Car (Jon Watts, 2015)
Connecticut - The Wedding Singer (Frank Coraci, 1998)
Delaware
Florida - Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
Georgia - Driving Miss Daisy (Bruce Beresford, 1989)
Hawaii - Aloha (Cameron Crowe, 2015)
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas - Kansas City (Robert Altman, 1996)
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts - Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, 2015)
Michigan
Minnesota - Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner, 2014)
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire - Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, 1962)
New Jersey - Jersey Boys (Clint Eastwood, 2014)
New Mexico
New York - Taking Off (Miloš Forman, 1971)
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio - Tommy Boy (Peter Segal, 1995)
Oklahoma - Cimarron (Wesley Ruggles, 1931)
Oregon - Night Moves (Kelly Reichardt, 2013)
Pennsylvania - Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota - Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
Tennessee
Texas - Rolling Thunder (John Flynn, 1977)
Utah
Vermont
Virginia - Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier, 2013)
Washington - McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
West Virginia - The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
Wisconsin
Wyoming - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)

[connordenney]

Montana - Certain Women

50%Show

Alabama - Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)
Alaska
Arizona - Real Life (Albert Brooks, 1979)
Arkansas
California - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
Colorado - Cop Car (Jon Watts, 2015)
Connecticut - The Wedding Singer (Frank Coraci, 1998)
Delaware
Florida - Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
Georgia - Driving Miss Daisy (Bruce Beresford, 1989)
Hawaii - Aloha (Cameron Crowe, 2015)
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas - Kansas City (Robert Altman, 1996)
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts - Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, 2015)
Michigan
Minnesota - Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner, 2014)
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana - Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt, 2016)
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire - Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, 1962)
New Jersey - Jersey Boys (Clint Eastwood, 2014)
New Mexico
New York - Taking Off (Miloš Forman, 1971)
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio - Tommy Boy (Peter Segal, 1995)
Oklahoma - Cimarron (Wesley Ruggles, 1931)
Oregon - Night Moves (Kelly Reichardt, 2013)
Pennsylvania - Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota - Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
Tennessee
Texas - Rolling Thunder (John Flynn, 1977)
Utah
Vermont
Virginia - Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier, 2013)
Washington - McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
West Virginia - The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
Wisconsin
Wyoming - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)

[connordenney]

Iowa - The Straight Story

52%Show

Alabama - Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)
Alaska
Arizona - Real Life (Albert Brooks, 1979)
Arkansas
California - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
Colorado - Cop Car (Jon Watts, 2015)
Connecticut - The Wedding Singer (Frank Coraci, 1998)
Delaware
Florida - Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
Georgia - Driving Miss Daisy (Bruce Beresford, 1989)
Hawaii - Aloha (Cameron Crowe, 2015)
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa - The Straight Story (David Lynch, 1999)
Kansas - Kansas City (Robert Altman, 1996)
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts - Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, 2015)
Michigan
Minnesota - Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner, 2014)
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana - Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt, 2016)
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire - Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, 1962)
New Jersey - Jersey Boys (Clint Eastwood, 2014)
New Mexico
New York - Taking Off (Miloš Forman, 1971)
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio - Tommy Boy (Peter Segal, 1995)
Oklahoma - Cimarron (Wesley Ruggles, 1931)
Oregon - Night Moves (Kelly Reichardt, 2013)
Pennsylvania - Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota - Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
Tennessee
Texas - Rolling Thunder (John Flynn, 1977)
Utah
Vermont
Virginia - Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier, 2013)
Washington - McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
West Virginia - The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
Wisconsin
Wyoming - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)

[connordenney]

Michigan - Ordinary People

54%Show

Alabama - Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)
Alaska
Arizona - Real Life (Albert Brooks, 1979)
Arkansas
California - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
Colorado - Cop Car (Jon Watts, 2015)
Connecticut - The Wedding Singer (Frank Coraci, 1998)
Delaware
Florida - Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
Georgia - Driving Miss Daisy (Bruce Beresford, 1989)
Hawaii - Aloha (Cameron Crowe, 2015)
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa - The Straight Story (David Lynch, 1999)
Kansas - Kansas City (Robert Altman, 1996)
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts - Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, 2015)
Michigan - Ordinary People (Robert Redford, 1980)
Minnesota - Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner, 2014)
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana - Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt, 2016)
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire - Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, 1962)
New Jersey - Jersey Boys (Clint Eastwood, 2014)
New Mexico
New York - Taking Off (Miloš Forman, 1971)
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio - Tommy Boy (Peter Segal, 1995)
Oklahoma - Cimarron (Wesley Ruggles, 1931)
Oregon - Night Moves (Kelly Reichardt, 2013)
Pennsylvania - Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota - Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
Tennessee
Texas - Rolling Thunder (John Flynn, 1977)
Utah
Vermont
Virginia - Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier, 2013)
Washington - McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
West Virginia - The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
Wisconsin
Wyoming - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)

[connordenney]

Mississippi - The Beguiled

56%Show

Alabama - Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)
Alaska
Arizona - Real Life (Albert Brooks, 1979)
Arkansas
California - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
Colorado - Cop Car (Jon Watts, 2015)
Connecticut - The Wedding Singer (Frank Coraci, 1998)
Delaware
Florida - Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
Georgia - Driving Miss Daisy (Bruce Beresford, 1989)
Hawaii - Aloha (Cameron Crowe, 2015)
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa - The Straight Story (David Lynch, 1999)
Kansas - Kansas City (Robert Altman, 1996)
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts - Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, 2015)
Michigan - Ordinary People (Robert Redford, 1980)
Minnesota - Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner, 2014)
Mississippi - The Beguiled (Don Siegel, 1971)
Missouri
Montana - Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt, 2016)
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire - Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, 1962)
New Jersey - Jersey Boys (Clint Eastwood, 2014)
New Mexico
New York - Taking Off (Miloš Forman, 1971)
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio - Tommy Boy (Peter Segal, 1995)
Oklahoma - Cimarron (Wesley Ruggles, 1931)
Oregon - Night Moves (Kelly Reichardt, 2013)
Pennsylvania - Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota - Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
Tennessee
Texas - Rolling Thunder (John Flynn, 1977)
Utah
Vermont
Virginia - Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier, 2013)
Washington - McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
West Virginia - The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
Wisconsin
Wyoming - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)

[connordenney]

Rhode Island - Irrational Man

58%Show

Alabama - Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)
Alaska
Arizona - Real Life (Albert Brooks, 1979)
Arkansas
California - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
Colorado - Cop Car (Jon Watts, 2015)
Connecticut - The Wedding Singer (Frank Coraci, 1998)
Delaware
Florida - Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
Georgia - Driving Miss Daisy (Bruce Beresford, 1989)
Hawaii - Aloha (Cameron Crowe, 2015)
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa - The Straight Story (David Lynch, 1999)
Kansas - Kansas City (Robert Altman, 1996)
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts - Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, 2015)
Michigan - Ordinary People (Robert Redford, 1980)
Minnesota - Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner, 2014)
Mississippi - The Beguiled (Don Siegel, 1971)
Missouri
Montana - Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt, 2016)
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire - Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, 1962)
New Jersey - Jersey Boys (Clint Eastwood, 2014)
New Mexico
New York - Taking Off (Miloš Forman, 1971)
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio - Tommy Boy (Peter Segal, 1995)
Oklahoma - Cimarron (Wesley Ruggles, 1931)
Oregon - Night Moves (Kelly Reichardt, 2013)
Pennsylvania - Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)
Rhode Island - Irrational Man (Woody Allen, 2015)
South Carolina
South Dakota - Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
Tennessee
Texas - Rolling Thunder (John Flynn, 1977)
Utah
Vermont
Virginia - Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier, 2013)
Washington - McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
West Virginia - The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
Wisconsin
Wyoming - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)

[connordenney]

Missouri - Meet Me in St. Louis

60%Show

Alabama - Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)
Alaska
Arizona - Real Life (Albert Brooks, 1979)
Arkansas
California - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
Colorado - Cop Car (Jon Watts, 2015)
Connecticut - The Wedding Singer (Frank Coraci, 1998)
Delaware
Florida - Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
Georgia - Driving Miss Daisy (Bruce Beresford, 1989)
Hawaii - Aloha (Cameron Crowe, 2015)
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa - The Straight Story (David Lynch, 1999)
Kansas - Kansas City (Robert Altman, 1996)
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts - Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, 2015)
Michigan - Ordinary People (Robert Redford, 1980)
Minnesota - Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner, 2014)
Mississippi - The Beguiled (Don Siegel, 1971)
Missouri - Meet Me in St. Louis (Vincente Minnelli, 1944)
Montana - Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt, 2016)
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire - Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, 1962)
New Jersey - Jersey Boys (Clint Eastwood, 2014)
New Mexico
New York - Taking Off (Miloš Forman, 1971)
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio - Tommy Boy (Peter Segal, 1995)
Oklahoma - Cimarron (Wesley Ruggles, 1931)
Oregon - Night Moves (Kelly Reichardt, 2013)
Pennsylvania - Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)
Rhode Island - Irrational Man (Woody Allen, 2015)
South Carolina
South Dakota - Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
Tennessee
Texas - Rolling Thunder (John Flynn, 1977)
Utah
Vermont
Virginia - Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier, 2013)
Washington - McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
West Virginia - The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
Wisconsin
Wyoming - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)

[connordenney]

Louisiana - Déjà Vu

62%Show

Alabama - Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)
Alaska
Arizona - Real Life (Albert Brooks, 1979)
Arkansas
California - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
Colorado - Cop Car (Jon Watts, 2015)
Connecticut - The Wedding Singer (Frank Coraci, 1998)
Delaware
Florida - Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
Georgia - Driving Miss Daisy (Bruce Beresford, 1989)
Hawaii - Aloha (Cameron Crowe, 2015)
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa - The Straight Story (David Lynch, 1999)
Kansas - Kansas City (Robert Altman, 1996)
Kentucky
Louisiana - Déjà Vu (Tony Scott, 2006)
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts - Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, 2015)
Michigan - Ordinary People (Robert Redford, 1980)
Minnesota - Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner, 2014)
Mississippi - The Beguiled (Don Siegel, 1971)
Missouri - Meet Me in St. Louis (Vincente Minnelli, 1944)
Montana - Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt, 2016)
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire - Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, 1962)
New Jersey - Jersey Boys (Clint Eastwood, 2014)
New Mexico
New York - Taking Off (Miloš Forman, 1971)
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio - Tommy Boy (Peter Segal, 1995)
Oklahoma - Cimarron (Wesley Ruggles, 1931)
Oregon - Night Moves (Kelly Reichardt, 2013)
Pennsylvania - Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)
Rhode Island - Irrational Man (Woody Allen, 2015)
South Carolina
South Dakota - Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
Tennessee
Texas - Rolling Thunder (John Flynn, 1977)
Utah
Vermont
Virginia - Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier, 2013)
Washington - McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
West Virginia - The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
Wisconsin
Wyoming - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)

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Illinois - Young Mr. Lincoln

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Alabama - Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)
Alaska
Arizona - Real Life (Albert Brooks, 1979)
Arkansas
California - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
Colorado - Cop Car (Jon Watts, 2015)
Connecticut - The Wedding Singer (Frank Coraci, 1998)
Delaware
Florida - Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
Georgia - Driving Miss Daisy (Bruce Beresford, 1989)
Hawaii - Aloha (Cameron Crowe, 2015)
Idaho
Illinois - Young Mr. Lincoln (John Ford, 1939)
Indiana
Iowa - The Straight Story (David Lynch, 1999)
Kansas - Kansas City (Robert Altman, 1996)
Kentucky
Louisiana - Déjà Vu (Tony Scott, 2006)
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts - Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, 2015)
Michigan - Ordinary People (Robert Redford, 1980)
Minnesota - Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner, 2014)
Mississippi - The Beguiled (Don Siegel, 1971)
Missouri - Meet Me in St. Louis (Vincente Minnelli, 1944)
Montana - Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt, 2016)
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire - Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, 1962)
New Jersey - Jersey Boys (Clint Eastwood, 2014)
New Mexico
New York - Taking Off (Miloš Forman, 1971)
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio - Tommy Boy (Peter Segal, 1995)
Oklahoma - Cimarron (Wesley Ruggles, 1931)
Oregon - Night Moves (Kelly Reichardt, 2013)
Pennsylvania - Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)
Rhode Island - Irrational Man (Woody Allen, 2015)
South Carolina
South Dakota - Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
Tennessee
Texas - Rolling Thunder (John Flynn, 1977)
Utah
Vermont
Virginia - Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier, 2013)
Washington - McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
West Virginia - The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
Wisconsin
Wyoming - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)

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New Mexico - High Noon (Fred Zinnemann, 1952)

66%Show

Alabama - Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)
Alaska
Arizona - Real Life (Albert Brooks, 1979)
Arkansas
California - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
Colorado - Cop Car (Jon Watts, 2015)
Connecticut - The Wedding Singer (Frank Coraci, 1998)
Delaware
Florida - Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
Georgia - Driving Miss Daisy (Bruce Beresford, 1989)
Hawaii - Aloha (Cameron Crowe, 2015)
Idaho
Illinois - Young Mr. Lincoln (John Ford, 1939)
Indiana
Iowa - The Straight Story (David Lynch, 1999)
Kansas - Kansas City (Robert Altman, 1996)
Kentucky
Louisiana - Déjà Vu (Tony Scott, 2006)
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts - Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, 2015)
Michigan - Ordinary People (Robert Redford, 1980)
Minnesota - Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner, 2014)
Mississippi - The Beguiled (Don Siegel, 1971)
Missouri - Meet Me in St. Louis (Vincente Minnelli, 1944)
Montana - Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt, 2016)
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire - Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, 1962)
New Jersey - Jersey Boys (Clint Eastwood, 2014)
New Mexico - High Noon (Fred Zinnemann, 1952)
New York - Taking Off (Miloš Forman, 1971)
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio - Tommy Boy (Peter Segal, 1995)
Oklahoma - Cimarron (Wesley Ruggles, 1931)
Oregon - Night Moves (Kelly Reichardt, 2013)
Pennsylvania - Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)
Rhode Island - Irrational Man (Woody Allen, 2015)
South Carolina
South Dakota - Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
Tennessee
Texas - Rolling Thunder (John Flynn, 1977)
Utah
Vermont
Virginia - Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier, 2013)
Washington - McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
West Virginia - The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
Wisconsin
Wyoming - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)

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Maine - The Mist (Frank Darabont, 2007)

68%Show

Alabama - Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)
Alaska
Arizona - Real Life (Albert Brooks, 1979)
Arkansas
California - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
Colorado - Cop Car (Jon Watts, 2015)
Connecticut - The Wedding Singer (Frank Coraci, 1998)
Delaware
Florida - Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
Georgia - Driving Miss Daisy (Bruce Beresford, 1989)
Hawaii - Aloha (Cameron Crowe, 2015)
Idaho
Illinois - Young Mr. Lincoln (John Ford, 1939)
Indiana
Iowa - The Straight Story (David Lynch, 1999)
Kansas - Kansas City (Robert Altman, 1996)
Kentucky
Louisiana - Déjà Vu (Tony Scott, 2006)
Maine - The Mist (Frank Darabont, 2007)
Maryland
Massachusetts - Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, 2015)
Michigan - Ordinary People (Robert Redford, 1980)
Minnesota - Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner, 2014)
Mississippi - The Beguiled (Don Siegel, 1971)
Missouri - Meet Me in St. Louis (Vincente Minnelli, 1944)
Montana - Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt, 2016)
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire - Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, 1962)
New Jersey - Jersey Boys (Clint Eastwood, 2014)
New Mexico - High Noon (Fred Zinnemann, 1952)
New York - Taking Off (Miloš Forman, 1971)
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio - Tommy Boy (Peter Segal, 1995)
Oklahoma - Cimarron (Wesley Ruggles, 1931)
Oregon - Night Moves (Kelly Reichardt, 2013)
Pennsylvania - Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)
Rhode Island - Irrational Man (Woody Allen, 2015)
South Carolina
South Dakota - Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
Tennessee
Texas - Rolling Thunder (John Flynn, 1977)
Utah
Vermont
Virginia - Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier, 2013)
Washington - McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
West Virginia - The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
Wisconsin
Wyoming - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)

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I keep seeing this one crop up, so I wanted to keep track. I'm including DC, and I hit three different states yesterday:

Iowa - Music Man (1961)
Louisiana - A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Washington DC - All the President's Men (1976)

3/51 StatesShow

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa The Music Man (1962)
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Washington DC All the President's Men (1976)
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

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North Carolina - Cape Fear (Martin Scorsese, 1991)

70%Show

Alabama - Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)
Alaska
Arizona - Real Life (Albert Brooks, 1979)
Arkansas
California - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
Colorado - Cop Car (Jon Watts, 2015)
Connecticut - The Wedding Singer (Frank Coraci, 1998)
Delaware
Florida - Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
Georgia - Driving Miss Daisy (Bruce Beresford, 1989)
Hawaii - Aloha (Cameron Crowe, 2015)
Idaho
Illinois - Young Mr. Lincoln (John Ford, 1939)
Indiana
Iowa - The Straight Story (David Lynch, 1999)
Kansas - Kansas City (Robert Altman, 1996)
Kentucky
Louisiana - Déjà Vu (Tony Scott, 2006)
Maine - The Mist (Frank Darabont, 2007)
Maryland
Massachusetts - Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, 2015)
Michigan - Ordinary People (Robert Redford, 1980)
Minnesota - Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner, 2014)
Mississippi - The Beguiled (Don Siegel, 1971)
Missouri - Meet Me in St. Louis (Vincente Minnelli, 1944)
Montana - Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt, 2016)
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire - Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, 1962)
New Jersey - Jersey Boys (Clint Eastwood, 2014)
New Mexico - High Noon (Fred Zinnemann, 1952)
New York - Taking Off (Miloš Forman, 1971)
North Carolina - Cape Fear (Martin Scorsese, 1991)
North Dakota
Ohio - Tommy Boy (Peter Segal, 1995)
Oklahoma - Cimarron (Wesley Ruggles, 1931)
Oregon - Night Moves (Kelly Reichardt, 2013)
Pennsylvania - Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)
Rhode Island - Irrational Man (Woody Allen, 2015)
South Carolina
South Dakota - Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
Tennessee
Texas - Rolling Thunder (John Flynn, 1977)
Utah
Vermont
Virginia - Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier, 2013)
Washington - McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
West Virginia - The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
Wisconsin
Wyoming - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)

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Spoiler: click to toggleShow

01 - Washington DC

02 - Minnesota

Movies watched:
The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
A Serious Man (2009)
God's Country (1985) - I'll recommend this as the best of the bunch / the best film about Minnesota

Travelogue: Minnesota: 'Land of Plenty' (1942)

Short film: How to Talk Minnesotan (highly recommended - its hilarious: http://www.pbs.org/video/tpt-documentar ... innesotan/ )

Food: Scotcheroos (we came close to making tater-tot casserole (sorry, "hotdish"))

Worst thing advertised in the "Only in MN" state tourism brochure: Minnesota State Public School Orphanage Museum

Activity: Played the boardgame "Life on the Farm"

Best Minnesotan Phrase: "Oh, for cute"

Random Google Maps find: Kensington Runestone

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SpoilerShow

01 - Washington DC
02 - Minnesota

03 - Wyoming

Movies Watched:
Heaven's Gate (1980) - very Close call with Brokeback, but I'm declaring this the best of the bunch. I've no clue why this was so hated upon release and why anyone would call this "the worst film ever made" + it killing the Western genre. I guess people wanted something to lash out at, but this was clearly a brilliant film - and it depicts probably the only interesting thing to ever happen in Wyoming.

Brokeback Mountain (2005) - I finally watched this all these years later - after having lived through all the idiotic "controversy" / terrible "jokes" that resulted from this movie's existence. Its perhaps most amusing that this was seen as an "attack on Western culture + American values" due to the whole "gay cowboy" thing - but their sexuality is rather vague to say the least. From a historic view, the old west was an exceptionally gay period - as large groups of men were the first to arrive in isolated areas - leading to relationships between them. Anyway, I suspect all of those who were so worked up over the film never actually watched it. Though maybe they did and were offended by the dichotomy between the idyllic gay eden vs the disgusting misery of heteronormativity.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - I think most of the spectacle has long since worn off with this one - as alot of this film seems more like a special effects tech demo (same problem with The Howling ).

The Nasty Rabbit (1964) - Perhaps one of the most juvenile films I've ever seen. Its great if you like foreign stereotypes trying to chase after a one-liner delivering talking rabbit - all the while Arch Hall Jr shows up every now and then. I couldn't watch this fast enough when I saw the description; but it turned out to be a huge disappointment. Inane, immature, and idiotic really summarize it well. Although I'll give it high praise for the credits (written on rabbit-shaped signs - placed outdoors)

Travelogue:
Yellowstone Park: ‘Nature’s Playground’ (1936)

Food:
We tried looking forever for any sort of Wyoming dessert - and they either didn't exist or were just a one-off from some BS list or blog. We almost just settled for chocolate truffles. But we ended up making a traditional Wyoming gay cowgirl meal of Basque potatoes, bbq beans, and meatballs. Bison or Rocky Mountain Oysters weren't readily available.

Random Google Maps finds:
Just Dandy Outwest + Outstanding Clothes store
Lethal Weapon 3 pinball machine at Flipper's Family Arcade
Old Faithful Inn with a sign advertising their lunch buffet - which apparently serves brownies du jour, sign me up.

Phrases:
“He’s got a burr under his saddle” means he’s in a bad mood
“They looked like 10 miles of dirt road” means they looked disheveled.

Tourism Brochure Finds:
Aladdin General Store -which advertised: "Come see the Peeling Wallpaper!"
Hoofprints of the Past Museum
Mormon Handcart Historic Site
Mangy Moose Saloon
Chugwater Chili Cookoff
1838 Mountain Man Rendezvous
Cowgirls of the West Museum & Emporium
Campbell County School Science Center Adventurarium

Facts:
Known as the "Equality State" - since it gave women the right to vote in the 1800s.
Despite that motto, only 11.1% of the state legislature is held by women - which is actually the lowest of any state in the country!
Only one Wyoming county did not vote for Trump.
Democrats only make up 18% of registered voters vs 68% for Republicans.
The largest city in the state, Cheyenne (the capital) only has 60,000 people.
Absolutely nothing interesting has happened in the state since the 1890s

Activity:
Tried lassoing one of the chairs. It didn't work.

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Utah - Hereditary (Ari Aster, 2018)

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Alabama - Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)
Alaska
Arizona - Real Life (Albert Brooks, 1979)
Arkansas
California - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
Colorado - Cop Car (Jon Watts, 2015)
Connecticut - The Wedding Singer (Frank Coraci, 1998)
Delaware
Florida - Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
Georgia - Driving Miss Daisy (Bruce Beresford, 1989)
Hawaii - Aloha (Cameron Crowe, 2015)
Idaho
Illinois - Young Mr. Lincoln (John Ford, 1939)
Indiana
Iowa - The Straight Story (David Lynch, 1999)
Kansas - Kansas City (Robert Altman, 1996)
Kentucky
Louisiana - Déjà Vu (Tony Scott, 2006)
Maine - The Mist (Frank Darabont, 2007)
Maryland
Massachusetts - Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, 2015)
Michigan - Ordinary People (Robert Redford, 1980)
Minnesota - Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner, 2014)
Mississippi - The Beguiled (Don Siegel, 1971)
Missouri - Meet Me in St. Louis (Vincente Minnelli, 1944)
Montana - Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt, 2016)
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire - Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, 1962)
New Jersey - Jersey Boys (Clint Eastwood, 2014)
New Mexico - High Noon (Fred Zinnemann, 1952)
New York - Taking Off (Miloš Forman, 1971)
North Carolina - Cape Fear (Martin Scorsese, 1991)
North Dakota
Ohio - Tommy Boy (Peter Segal, 1995)
Oklahoma - Cimarron (Wesley Ruggles, 1931)
Oregon - Night Moves (Kelly Reichardt, 2013)
Pennsylvania - Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)
Rhode Island - Irrational Man (Woody Allen, 2015)
South Carolina
South Dakota - Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
Tennessee
Texas - Rolling Thunder (John Flynn, 1977)
Utah - Hereditary (Ari Aster, 2018)
Vermont
Virginia - Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier, 2013)
Washington - McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
West Virginia - The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
Wisconsin
Wyoming - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)

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Maryland - Multiple Maniacs (John Waters, 1970)

74%Show

Alabama - Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)
Alaska
Arizona - Real Life (Albert Brooks, 1979)
Arkansas
California - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
Colorado - Cop Car (Jon Watts, 2015)
Connecticut - The Wedding Singer (Frank Coraci, 1998)
Delaware
Florida - Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
Georgia - Driving Miss Daisy (Bruce Beresford, 1989)
Hawaii - Aloha (Cameron Crowe, 2015)
Idaho
Illinois - Young Mr. Lincoln (John Ford, 1939)
Indiana
Iowa - The Straight Story (David Lynch, 1999)
Kansas - Kansas City (Robert Altman, 1996)
Kentucky
Louisiana - Déjà Vu (Tony Scott, 2006)
Maine - The Mist (Frank Darabont, 2007)
Maryland - Multiple Maniacs (John Waters, 1970)
Massachusetts - Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, 2015)
Michigan - Ordinary People (Robert Redford, 1980)
Minnesota - Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner, 2014)
Mississippi - The Beguiled (Don Siegel, 1971)
Missouri - Meet Me in St. Louis (Vincente Minnelli, 1944)
Montana - Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt, 2016)
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire - Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, 1962)
New Jersey - Jersey Boys (Clint Eastwood, 2014)
New Mexico - High Noon (Fred Zinnemann, 1952)
New York - Taking Off (Miloš Forman, 1971)
North Carolina - Cape Fear (Martin Scorsese, 1991)
North Dakota
Ohio - Tommy Boy (Peter Segal, 1995)
Oklahoma - Cimarron (Wesley Ruggles, 1931)
Oregon - Night Moves (Kelly Reichardt, 2013)
Pennsylvania - Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)
Rhode Island - Irrational Man (Woody Allen, 2015)
South Carolina
South Dakota - Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
Tennessee
Texas - Rolling Thunder (John Flynn, 1977)
Utah - Hereditary (Ari Aster, 2018)
Vermont
Virginia - Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier, 2013)
Washington - McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
West Virginia - The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
Wisconsin
Wyoming - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)

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Arkansas - Nathan for You: Finding Frances (Nathan Fielder, 2017)

76%Show

Alabama - Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)
Alaska
Arizona - Real Life (Albert Brooks, 1979)
Arkansas - Nathan for You: Finding Frances (Nathan Fielder, 2017)
California - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
Colorado - Cop Car (Jon Watts, 2015)
Connecticut - The Wedding Singer (Frank Coraci, 1998)
Delaware
Florida - Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
Georgia - Driving Miss Daisy (Bruce Beresford, 1989)
Hawaii - Aloha (Cameron Crowe, 2015)
Idaho
Illinois - Young Mr. Lincoln (John Ford, 1939)
Indiana
Iowa - The Straight Story (David Lynch, 1999)
Kansas - Kansas City (Robert Altman, 1996)
Kentucky
Louisiana - Déjà Vu (Tony Scott, 2006)
Maine - The Mist (Frank Darabont, 2007)
Maryland - Multiple Maniacs (John Waters, 1970)
Massachusetts - Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, 2015)
Michigan - Ordinary People (Robert Redford, 1980)
Minnesota - Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner, 2014)
Mississippi - The Beguiled (Don Siegel, 1971)
Missouri - Meet Me in St. Louis (Vincente Minnelli, 1944)
Montana - Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt, 2016)
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire - Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, 1962)
New Jersey - Jersey Boys (Clint Eastwood, 2014)
New Mexico - High Noon (Fred Zinnemann, 1952)
New York - Taking Off (Miloš Forman, 1971)
North Carolina - Cape Fear (Martin Scorsese, 1991)
North Dakota
Ohio - Tommy Boy (Peter Segal, 1995)
Oklahoma - Cimarron (Wesley Ruggles, 1931)
Oregon - Night Moves (Kelly Reichardt, 2013)
Pennsylvania - Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)
Rhode Island - Irrational Man (Woody Allen, 2015)
South Carolina
South Dakota - Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
Tennessee
Texas - Rolling Thunder (John Flynn, 1977)
Utah - Hereditary (Ari Aster, 2018)
Vermont
Virginia - Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier, 2013)
Washington - McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
West Virginia - The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
Wisconsin
Wyoming - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)

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SpoilerShow

01 - Washington DC - Earth vs the flying saucers + Happy Hooker goes to Washington + Being There
02 - Minnesota - The Heartbreak Kid + A Serious Man + God’s Country
03 - Wyoming - Heaven's Gate + The Nasty Rabbit + Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind + Brokeback Mountain

04 - Nebraska (finally! we started this back in December)

Movies Watched

Boys Town (1938) - At least Going My Way has some fun songs in it; this is just a chore that does everything you know it will do.

Boys Don’t Cry (1999) - Painful to watch on many levels (especially with the film's big Fuck You to Brandon at the end credits). We were waiting to complete Nebraska until we found this movie, which is why this state took over 6 months to complete.

Hex (1973) - The best of the bunch by far + I love the way it handles the feminine power through witchcraft theme.

Travelogue
Postcards from Nebraska - I highly recommend this to everyone. Roger Welsch creates these short little poetic segments on life in rural Nebraska. They can range on topic from Why do people shoot at road signs?; to antique shops are just museums you can buy stuff at; to this super touching short on a trucker who gives people in retirement community's something to look forward to - by sending them anonymous postcards on his travels, giving the forgotten people with few loved ones - something to cling to life to. I can't recommend this show enough to everyone.

Food
We of course made regular popcorn + caramel popcorn (corn is a big thing in Nebraska). And when we visited Florida last month, our hotel had an Omaha Steakhouse in it, so we're counting that as well!

Random Google Maps finds
Hollywood Candy - with an Emergency Candy Rescue ambulance outside (oh God, save the candy!)
Dodge Street in Omaha - which changes directions each day; with overhead lights to tell you which lane goes which direction + no dividers on the ground to help you out! Sheesh

Phrases
Doodinkus = gadget
Detasseling - remove top part of corn

Tourism Brochure Finds
Testicle Festival (yes, this exists)
Prairie Chicken Festival (see which rooster will win the heart of the hen!)
Captain Critter’s Country Campground
Quack-Off Duck Races
Klown Doll Museum
Harold Lloyd home
Brandy’s Balloons and Mini Yoga
Dairy Queen; Arby’s; Pizza Hut - yes, these were all listed in the tourism brochure as places we had to visit whilst in Nebraska .....
Tourism brochure was so boring we no longer want to visit Nebraska.

Facts
The Nebraska Wikipedia's Culture section is completely empty
Fans of Nebraska University wear novelty foam corn hats on their head (ala Wisconsin and their cheeseheads)
The tourism slogan is "not everybody is going to like it here"
Kool-Aid + Arbor Day were invented in Nebraska
This rap song about Omaha exists
How do 2 million people live in this state if its all just farms / ranches?

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SpoilerShow

01 - Washington DC - Earth vs the flying saucers + Happy Hooker goes to Washington + Being There
02 - Minnesota - The Heartbreak Kid + A Serious Man + God’s Country
03 - Wyoming - Heaven's Gate + The Nasty Rabbit + Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind + Brokeback Mountain
04 - Nebraska -Boys Town + Boys Dont Cry + Hex

05 - Florida

Death Curse of Tartu (1966) - Buncha teens at the Everglades, disrespecting Seminole curses with their dorky dancing. For as cool as the monster looks, you never really see it - as the curse takes the form of animals. So they spent all this time making this great monster, and then decided to never use it. It just lays there the whole time. This is also the worst sin of bad horror films: super boring. You just want anything to happen, but instead get to trudge through the swamp.

Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959) - The leeches still looks like garbage bags to me. And this is mostly a love triangle with some dopey monsters thrown in. The leeches /movie also manages to be super cruel with the victims on top of everything else. I hated this film.

Terror from the Year 5000 (1958) - One of those movies that throws in a peeper subplot, just to add some titillation. One of those movies where the things that are ugly must be destroyed. One of those movies where you can escape from a hospital by walking out the front door in your greaser outfit.

The Blood Waters of Dr Z (1971) - Scientists turns self into a fish + plans to take over world by, as the trailer puts it, "polluting the universe" - with his little spray bottle of doom. Or at least until he decides having a fish mate is way more interesting. It continues the mess of Florida films.

Vernon Florida (1981) - I still wish we'd have gotten that nub city documentary. But instead, this felt like a real-life Redgreen Show, with all the small town characters that just go on and on about nothing. I love Morris' description in the extras of the town being full of philosophers who've lost their minds. Also funny that the town was described as being so dangerous, whereas now it looks no different than the many gun & pawn shop towns that we drove through on our trip. Just 20mins outside of Orlando you can be deep in the South.

Travelogues
Glimpses of Florida (1941) - Mostly just Fitzpatrick creeping out on all the swimming beauties.
Quaint St. Augustine (1939) - Manages to somehow be one of the most racist Traveltalks.

Food
Key Lime Pie - had some in Florida + we made some (which was the tartest fucking thing ever made).

Random Google Maps finds
-Vernon FL image: Guy on bannister w/Subway cup
-Hog's Breath Saloon
-Mullet Key
-Breakfast Station - served 6AM to 3PM
Lone shopping cart = epitome of Florida
Separate golf cart road next to car road

Phrases
Bih - which can mean absolutely anything (noun)

Tourism Brochure Finds
-“Best Buffet in FL” = Golden Corral
-World’s Largest “entertainment” McDonalds (no idea what that means)
Nightly good ole fashion gangster shootout
Come meet Queen Esther
Family activity: flea market
Worm Gruntin’n Festival
Old Joe Taxidermy Aligator
Interstate Mullet toss - toss a mullet into Alabama!

Activity:
We spent a week in Florida for a wedding a couple months ago; so we're counting that. It was lovebug season, which was disgustingly horrifying - especially at the beach - with tourists in something akin to a bug horror movie!

Facts
Whilst part of Spain, Florida was a refuge for escaped slaves, until the US government took over Florida and then immediately decided to have wars against + forcibly remove the Seminole Tribe + brought Florida in as a slave state ; which led to most Floridanos moving to Cuba.

For those of you uninitiated, I highly suggest all check out the subreddit - Florida Man

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01 - Washington DC - Earth vs the flying saucers + Happy Hooker goes to Washington + Being There
02 - Minnesota - The Heartbreak Kid + A Serious Man + God’s Country
03 - Wyoming - Heaven's Gate + The Nasty Rabbit + Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind + Brokeback Mountain
04 - Nebraska -Boys Town + Boys Dont Cry + Hex
05 - Florida - Death Curse of Tartu + Attack of the Giant Leeches + Terror from the Year 5000 + Zaat +Vernon Florida

06 - Kentucky

Return of the Living Dead (1985) - OK, so exactly one shot was actually taken in Kentucky; and the "setting" is barely ever mentioned either. But Kentucky doesn't have many films for some odd reason. This is such a fantastic film though. It manages to strike a perfect middleground between scary, funny, and poignant. If somehow in the midst of all the craziness you can have an existential conversation with a zombie, you have to give the film serious praise. Special effects, the punk music, and the camaraderie between the characters really make this a jewel.

Naughty Neighbors (1939) - Easily one of the worst Looney Tunes shorts I've ever seen. Its the Hatfields vs McCoys feud, only with barnyard animals. But that's a sideplot to the main story: Porky + girlfriend pig = in love. They sing a duet, Porky stutters for 5mins, buncha feuding animation, and its over. Its never funny nor endearing. I already dislike Porky, but my goodness this was awful.

Pilgrim Song (2012) - This was the most authentically Kentucky - we even get a bourbon factory tour thrown in! Its initially about a blah couple, where the husband decides he must do this Kentucky hiking trail; but it soon devolves into the life of smalltown Kentucky locals. This feels a bit like King of the Hill when Lucky was introduced - and then follows Lucky's story. Its an early effort from a director, but it was quite enjoyable. The main character is very reserved / mopey / uninteresting; but I really enjoyed the setpieces, the cinematography and the rural charm to it all. It deserves better attention than it has received.

Our Day (1938) - Super endearing short about a day in the life of a Kentucky family. From being awoken by the surly mom; to cutaway shots that seem more like proving they have things like electric lights or running water. The intertitles really sell the comedy inherit here though - like the family "battles for croquet supremacy" - which mostly shows the dog running off with a croquet mallet! I also enjoyed seeing Crokinole - which I had no idea existed. Its interesting to see how little has changed in 80 years. The younger man goes to bed with his malto milk and a magazine, which I'd say was the 30's version of staying up with your phone. I highly recommend this short.


Travelogue
Glimpses of Kentucky (1941) - Horses and racism (everything is "white man ____")

Food:
Our friend made us a great Kentucky dinner. We supplied the drinks and dessert though!
Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp + homemade Lemonade + Fried Chicken + Bacon greens + Biscuits with honey + mac n cheese

Google Maps:
drive-in laundry dropoff place - The Clotheshanger
McMansion hell
Giovanni's Pizza Power
Lost River Cave - covered wedding venue with waterfall thing
National Corvette (sinkhole) Museum

Brochure finds:
history = Hatfield vs McCoys
Lincoln was motherfucking born here
Cathedral of the Assumption
Kentucky's Best: Bourbon, Horses, and Trains (this sums up the brochure perfectly)
The Ark Encounter! ( I wonder if they would allow me in there)

Activity
We watched old Kentucky Derby videos + placed fake bets on who would win. Didn't go so well, as we couldn't tell what order the horses ran / completely understand the announcer.

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Indiana - Monrovia, Indiana (Frederick Wiseman, 2018)

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Alabama - Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)
Alaska
Arizona - Real Life (Albert Brooks, 1979)
Arkansas - Nathan for You: Finding Frances (Nathan Fielder, 2017)
California - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
Colorado - Cop Car (Jon Watts, 2015)
Connecticut - The Wedding Singer (Frank Coraci, 1998)
Delaware
Florida - Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
Georgia - Driving Miss Daisy (Bruce Beresford, 1989)
Hawaii - Aloha (Cameron Crowe, 2015)
Idaho
Illinois - Young Mr. Lincoln (John Ford, 1939)
Indiana - Monrovia, Indiana (Frederick Wiseman, 2018)
Iowa - The Straight Story (David Lynch, 1999)
Kansas - Kansas City (Robert Altman, 1996)
Kentucky
Louisiana - Déjà Vu (Tony Scott, 2006)
Maine - The Mist (Frank Darabont, 2007)
Maryland - Multiple Maniacs (John Waters, 1970)
Massachusetts - Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, 2015)
Michigan - Ordinary People (Robert Redford, 1980)
Minnesota - Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner, 2014)
Mississippi - The Beguiled (Don Siegel, 1971)
Missouri - Meet Me in St. Louis (Vincente Minnelli, 1944)
Montana - Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt, 2016)
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire - Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, 1962)
New Jersey - Jersey Boys (Clint Eastwood, 2014)
New Mexico - High Noon (Fred Zinnemann, 1952)
New York - Taking Off (Miloš Forman, 1971)
North Carolina - Cape Fear (Martin Scorsese, 1991)
North Dakota
Ohio - Tommy Boy (Peter Segal, 1995)
Oklahoma - Cimarron (Wesley Ruggles, 1931)
Oregon - Night Moves (Kelly Reichardt, 2013)
Pennsylvania - Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)
Rhode Island - Irrational Man (Woody Allen, 2015)
South Carolina
South Dakota - Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
Tennessee
Texas - Rolling Thunder (John Flynn, 1977)
Utah - Hereditary (Ari Aster, 2018)
Vermont
Virginia - Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier, 2013)
Washington - McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
West Virginia - The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
Wisconsin
Wyoming - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)

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Previous StatesShow

01 - Washington DC - Earth vs the flying saucers + Happy Hooker goes to Washington + Being There
02 - Minnesota - The Heartbreak Kid + A Serious Man + God’s Country
03 - Wyoming - Heaven's Gate + The Nasty Rabbit + Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind + Brokeback Mountain
04 - Nebraska -Boys Town + Boys Dont Cry + Hex
05 - Florida - Death Curse of Tartu + Attack of the Giant Leeches + Terror from the Year 5000 + Zaat +Vernon Florida
06 - Kentucky - Return of the Living Dead + Naughty Neighbors + Pilgrim Song + Our Day

07 - Vermont

Pressure Point (1997) - Dumb action film that was watched on Rifftrax. The best part was the balding middle aged boring white guy star who someone thought would make for a decent action hero ...

Super Troopers (2001) - Dumb comedy film that was a blast back in college, but manages to hold up slightly less well today. Its at least imaginative and avoids all the crass gross-out humor of its contemporaries. For that alone, I have to give it some praise!

Johnny Tsunami (1998) - Dumb Disney Channel film about inequity and racism in Vermont prep schools. Well, that's at least what the subtext was saying .... whereas the rest of the film is about a tubular surfer kid who learns snowboarding is also cool.

Travelogue
Boring VT 40s short = marble, dairy, Ethan Allan, buncha cities. They actually ran out of stuff in Vermont to cover, so they just end it with a "review" which is hilarious.

Food
Maple candy! Turned out great, even though the first batch hardened far too quickly and we had to redo it.

Phrases
Flatlander: Anyone from out of state
Jeezum crow: Jesus Christ
Had the radish = it is no longer viable

Maps
Firehouse pizza with witch figures outfront

Guidebook
Steampunk festival
Strolling of the heifers (which Bernie Sanders has attended)
Vermont Teddy bear sells a Bernie Sanders bear!

Activity
Made a house out of paper, which included a "Witch Window" (a 45 degrees window found in the gables of most Vermont homes).
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As a side project, which I'll only include here when we have another state entry: we're doing all 58 counties of California! So here's our first entry on our home County

01 - Ventura County

Char Man (2019)
Found footage film that has a decent setup, but quickly falls apart in the 3rd act – with over-exposure of the spooky children + dumb excuses to keep them at the same location day after day ("oh no, the gate is locked!"). Plus the ending is just awful.

Food
Went to Wood Ranch BBQ! + Toppers Pizza - two local chains that started in Ventura County. If you ever visit the area, I highly recommend both

Travelogue
Roadtrip with Huell Howser – Fillmore

Phrases
The Grade
Kraproom (Moorpark spelled backwards)

Music
Ojai Valley Boys
Lean Like a Cholo (the greatest musical talent to come forth Ventura County)

Activity
Hiked Mt Reyes + drove through most all of the county
Ojai haunted hayride!

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As a side project, which I'll only include here when we have another state entry: we're doing all 58 counties of California!

That's really cool. So many beautiful places. I lived in California for four years, but by my count I only visited 16 counties. Even with all the film history, I imagine it might be hard to find movies filmed in some of the more remote, unpopulated counties.

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Previous StatesShow

US States (7/49)

01. Alabama
02. Alaska
03. Arizona
04. Arkansas
05. Colorado
06. Connecticut
07. Delaware
08. Florida - Death Curse of Tartu (1966) + Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959) + Terror from the Year 5000 (1958) +Blood Waters of Dr Z (1971) + Vernon Florida (1981)
09. Georgia
10. Hawaii
11. Idaho
12. Illinois
13. Indiana
14. Iowa
15. Kansas
16. Kentucky - Return of the Living Dead (1985) + Naughty Neighbors (1939) + Pilgrim Song (2012) + Our Day (1938)
17. Louisiana
18. Maine
19. Maryland
20. Massachusetts
21. Michigan
22. Minnesota - The Heartbreak Kid (1972) + A Serious Man (2009) + God's Country (1985)
23. Mississippi
24. Missouri
25. Montana
26. Nebraska - Boy's Town (1938) + Boys Don't Cry (1999) + Hex (1973)
27. Nevada
28. New Hampshire
29. New Jersey
30. New Mexico
31. New York
32. North Carolina
33. North Dakota
34. Ohio
35. Oklahoma
36. Oregon
37. Pennsylvania
38. Rhode Island
39. South Carolina
40. South Dakota
41. Tennessee
42. Texas
43. Utah
44. Vermont - Pressure Point (1997) + Super Troopers (2001) + Johnny Tsunami (1999)
45. Virginia
46. Washington - Benny and Joon (1993) + St. Helens (1981) + Gold Diggers: the Secret of Bear Mountain (1995) + Harry and the Hendersons (1987) + Century 21 Calling (1962) + Dante's Peak (1997)
47. West Virginia
48. Wisconsin
49. Wyoming - Heaven's Gate (1980) + The Nasty Rabbit (1964) + Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind (1977) + Brokeback Mountain (2005)

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US Territories (1/6)

01. American Samoa
02. District of Columbia - Earth Vs Flying Saucers (1956) + Being There (1979) + The Happy Hooker goes to Washington (1977)
03. Guam
04. Northern Mariana Islands
05. Puerto Rico
06. U.S. Virgin Islands

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Canada (0/13)

01. Alberta
02. British Columbia
03. Manitoba
04. New Brunswick
05. Newfoundland and Labrador
06. Northwest Territories
07. Nova Scotia
08. Nunavut
09. Ontario
10. Prince Edward Island
11. Quebec
12. Saskatchewan
13. Yukon

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California Counties (1/58)

01. Alameda
02. Alpine
03. Amador
04. Butte
05. Calaveras
06. Colusa
07. Contra Costa
08. Del Norte
09. El Dorado
10. Fresno
11. Glenn
12. Humboldt
13. Imperial
14. Inyo
15. Kern
16. Kings
17. Lake
18. Lassen
19. Los Angeles
20. Madera
21. Marin
22. Mariposa
23. Mendocino
24. Merced
25. Modoc
26. Mono
27. Monterey
28. Napa
29. Nevada
30. Orange
31. Placer
32. Plumas
33. Riverside
34. Sacramento
35. San Benito
36. San Bernardino
37. San Diego
38. San Francisco
39. San Joaquin
40. San Luis Obispo
41. San Mateo
42. Santa Barbara
43. Santa Clara
44. Santa Cruz
45. Shasta
46. Sierra
47. Siskiyou
48. Solano
49. Sonoma
50. Stanislaus
51. Sutter
52. Tehama
53. Trinity
54. Tulare
55. Tuolumne
56. Ventura - Char Man (2019)
57. Yolo
58. Yuba

08 - Washington

Benny & Joon (1993)
I have a weird history with this film. A Spanish teacher in high school said I reminded her of the the leads in this film. To which I retrospectively say: "what? I remind you of Buster Keaton?" The fun elements of the Depp as Keaton role get downplayed in favor of the horrors of schizophrenia and the effects mental illness take on your family. The film likes to follow the brother - and how his life is controlled by the genuine care he has for his sister. You don't really see this perspective too often - about the stresses caused by mental illness on a family. Of course the film also explores Joon's illness superbly. Despite some poor reviews that decry Joon as a "cute and quirky look at mental illness" - this film has one of the truest depictions of schizophrenia I've seen. The sequence with Joon's psychotic episode on the bus was terrifying for me - as I've had that exact experience myself (alone rather than in public thankfully). A cute rom-com about a hot Johnny Depp as Buster Keaton doesn't have any right to be this accurate with mental illness. Its all an odd juxtaposition of quirky fun and then anguish of uncontrollable symptoms. I do wish the film had focused better on Depp + Joon rather than the brother, but for what this is - I'm impressed - and can see a lot of myself in it.

St Helens (1981)
Surprisingly accurate and entertaining depiction of the events leading up to the eruption. The one disappointment is that Art Carney's character was far more entertaining in reality than depicted here (with a habit of pushing people into lakes when he didn't like them). But hey, for an HBO film rushed into production 6 months after the eruption - it managed to capture the competing experiences of people in a small town. Its still surprising that over 50 people died - given the amount of warning they had. You'd think it might be worth leaving your home if the volcano is going to explode any minute.

Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain (1995)
A girl adventure movie thats full of charm but also the harsh realities of child abuse. Seriously - it feels like two separate movies going on here - about the power of friendship and exploration .... and then the horrors of addiction and family power. Despite that issue - its definitely a fun movie and one worth checking out. It has an element of The Goonies mixed with this gay friendship. You don't get many girl adventure movies - let alone ones that are quite good - so don't pass this one by.

Harry and the Hendersons (1987)
I wasn't expecting a film about gun culture in what I remembered being a silly family comedy. The prosthetics are fine, but I can't shake the feeling that they could've done a better job with it - as Harry seems to only have three facial expressions. Its an ok film if you want to see John Lithgow trying to out-act a sasquatch.

Century 21 Calling... (1962)
A visit to the Seattle World's Fair as brought to you by Bell. See amazing technologies like: call waiting, transferring your call, party lines, and being able to operate your oven via phone! Odd that this was a concept in the 60s and its only now become available.

Dante's Peak (1997)
OK, so I enjoy volcano disaster films - they feel the most realistic to me + I find volcanoes fascinating. This managed to be far dumber and more gruesome than I expected. Whereas St Helens felt mostly realistic, this was an absurd farce where the whole town is destroyed within seconds and without warning (and before the volcano even erupts!) St Helens felt like a battle between townfolks and science; whereas this is just watching shit get destroyed. Most damning though was the worst use of a Wilhelm Scream that killed an otherwise fairly tense moment. That and Pierce Brosnan wasn't the right actor to cast here - he doesn't match any of his surroundings. But its still a decent film for those naturally drawn to these sort of things.

Travelogue
Youtube video where, 30 years after the fact, some guy explores the signs of civilization and destruction that still remain around Mt St Helens. Quite a few abandoned / destroyed trucks tucked into the undergrowth. Its rather fascinating.

Food
Made a cherry pie (+ learned nobody here likes cherry pie) + had a Cosmic Crisp apple (I'll stick to honey crisp) + Almond Roca (nominated to be the Washington state food)

Activity
Made a diorama of the eruption of Mt St Helens

Tourism Brochure Finds
Washington State University Bear Center
MarDon Resort - cost is either $42 or $325 dependent on the season
Stonehenge Memorial in Goldendale

Phrase
"The Mountain is Out" - its clear enough to see Mt Rainier

Google Maps finds
Iron Horse Inn Bed and Breakfast - stay in rail cabooses

As a side project, which I'll only include here when we have another state entry: we're doing all 58 counties of California!

That's really cool. So many beautiful places. I lived in California for four years, but by my count I only visited 16 counties. Even with all the film history, I imagine it might be hard to find movies filmed in some of the more remote, unpopulated counties.

I've been working on tracking down films for this CA county project - and whilst tough, it 100% looks doable! I doubt any other state can manage to do this (maybe Delaware at 3 with its 3 counties). We'll have some trouble doing the full roster of stuff we like to do - food, phrases, etc - but the fun of the search and effort will more than make up for any shortcomings. I think those interested in the Conquer the World challenge can also add bonus challenges for "regions of France" or every county in England, state of India, etc. There's just too much of the world to explore!

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08 - Washington

Benny & Joon (1993)
I have a weird history with this film. A Spanish teacher in high school said I reminded her of the the leads in this film. To which I retrospectively say: "what? I remind you of Buster Keaton?" The fun elements of the Depp as Keaton role get downplayed in favor of the horrors of schizophrenia and the effects mental illness take on your family. The film likes to follow the brother - and how his life is controlled by the genuine care he has for his sister. You don't really see this perspective too often - about the stresses caused by mental illness on a family. Of course the film also explores Joon's illness superbly. Despite some poor reviews that decry Joon as a "cute and quirky look at mental illness" - this film has one of the truest depictions of schizophrenia I've seen. The sequence with Joon's psychotic episode on the bus was terrifying for me - as I've had that exact experience myself (alone rather than in public thankfully). A cute rom-com about a hot Johnny Depp as Buster Keaton doesn't have any right to be this accurate with mental illness. Its all an odd juxtaposition of quirky fun and then anguish of uncontrollable symptoms. I do wish the film had focused better on Depp + Joon rather than the brother, but for what this is - I'm impressed - and can see a lot of myself in it.

Yay! I'm glad you took an interest in this film - I haven't seen it in many years, but it was filmed in my hometown. It always has a special place in my heart because I've been to so many of those places.

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Nevada - The Shootist (Don Siegel, 1976)

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Alabama - Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)
Alaska
Arizona - Real Life (Albert Brooks, 1979)
Arkansas - Nathan for You: Finding Frances (Nathan Fielder, 2017)
California - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
Colorado - Cop Car (Jon Watts, 2015)
Connecticut - The Wedding Singer (Frank Coraci, 1998)
Delaware
Florida - Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
Georgia - Driving Miss Daisy (Bruce Beresford, 1989)
Hawaii - Aloha (Cameron Crowe, 2015)
Idaho
Illinois - Young Mr. Lincoln (John Ford, 1939)
Indiana - Monrovia, Indiana (Frederick Wiseman, 2018)
Iowa - The Straight Story (David Lynch, 1999)
Kansas - Kansas City (Robert Altman, 1996)
Kentucky
Louisiana - Déjà Vu (Tony Scott, 2006)
Maine - The Mist (Frank Darabont, 2007)
Maryland - Multiple Maniacs (John Waters, 1970)
Massachusetts - Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, 2015)
Michigan - Ordinary People (Robert Redford, 1980)
Minnesota - Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner, 2014)
Mississippi - The Beguiled (Don Siegel, 1971)
Missouri - Meet Me in St. Louis (Vincente Minnelli, 1944)
Montana - Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt, 2016)
Nebraska
Nevada - The Shootist (Don Siegel, 1976)
New Hampshire - Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, 1962)
New Jersey - Jersey Boys (Clint Eastwood, 2014)
New Mexico - High Noon (Fred Zinnemann, 1952)
New York - Taking Off (Miloš Forman, 1971)
North Carolina - Cape Fear (Martin Scorsese, 1991)
North Dakota
Ohio - Tommy Boy (Peter Segal, 1995)
Oklahoma - Cimarron (Wesley Ruggles, 1931)
Oregon - Night Moves (Kelly Reichardt, 2013)
Pennsylvania - Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)
Rhode Island - Irrational Man (Woody Allen, 2015)
South Carolina
South Dakota - Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
Tennessee
Texas - Rolling Thunder (John Flynn, 1977)
Utah - Hereditary (Ari Aster, 2018)
Vermont
Virginia - Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier, 2013)
Washington - McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
West Virginia - The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
Wisconsin
Wyoming - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)

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Wisconsin - Public Hero Number 1 (J. Walter Ruben, 1935)

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Alabama - Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)
Alaska
Arizona - Real Life (Albert Brooks, 1979)
Arkansas - Nathan for You: Finding Frances (Nathan Fielder, 2017)
California - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
Colorado - Cop Car (Jon Watts, 2015)
Connecticut - The Wedding Singer (Frank Coraci, 1998)
Delaware
Florida - Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
Georgia - Driving Miss Daisy (Bruce Beresford, 1989)
Hawaii - Aloha (Cameron Crowe, 2015)
Idaho
Illinois - Young Mr. Lincoln (John Ford, 1939)
Indiana - Monrovia, Indiana (Frederick Wiseman, 2018)
Iowa - The Straight Story (David Lynch, 1999)
Kansas - Kansas City (Robert Altman, 1996)
Kentucky
Louisiana - Déjà Vu (Tony Scott, 2006)
Maine - The Mist (Frank Darabont, 2007)
Maryland - Multiple Maniacs (John Waters, 1970)
Massachusetts - Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, 2015)
Michigan - Ordinary People (Robert Redford, 1980)
Minnesota - Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner, 2014)
Mississippi - The Beguiled (Don Siegel, 1971)
Missouri - Meet Me in St. Louis (Vincente Minnelli, 1944)
Montana - Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt, 2016)
Nebraska
Nevada - The Shootist (Don Siegel, 1976)
New Hampshire - Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, 1962)
New Jersey - Jersey Boys (Clint Eastwood, 2014)
New Mexico - High Noon (Fred Zinnemann, 1952)
New York - Taking Off (Miloš Forman, 1971)
North Carolina - Cape Fear (Martin Scorsese, 1991)
North Dakota
Ohio - Tommy Boy (Peter Segal, 1995)
Oklahoma - Cimarron (Wesley Ruggles, 1931)
Oregon - Night Moves (Kelly Reichardt, 2013)
Pennsylvania - Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)
Rhode Island - Irrational Man (Woody Allen, 2015)
South Carolina
South Dakota - Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
Tennessee
Texas - Rolling Thunder (John Flynn, 1977)
Utah - Hereditary (Ari Aster, 2018)
Vermont
Virginia - Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier, 2013)
Washington - McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
West Virginia - The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
Wisconsin - Public Hero Number 1 (J. Walter Ruben, 1935)
Wyoming - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)