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Is there a US state that has not been shown/represented on film or TV?

Good Will Riker

Good Will Riker

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Obviously, California, Neveda, Texas, Florida, New York, New Jersey, Hawaii, Alaska, Illinois, Michigan, Massachusetts, and Washington D.C. (technically, not a state, but stilll...) have been fairly represented, but are there any US states that just have not made it on screen?
 
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Not North Carolina. Represented by Kiss the Girls, Bull Durham, and Nell, all of which were filmed there. The Rookie and Cold Mountain were also set there, but not filmed there.
 
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I'm going to go out on a limb here and say "no".
 
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Name one film/TV example for each of the 50 states + Washington D.C. if all the states have been represented?

I dare you.
 
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"Sleepless in Seattle" takes care of my home state, for better or worse.

I'm sure every state has made it on screen at some point.
 
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I found a list. I didn't make it, but it proves every state has been represented:

Alabama: “Big Fish”
Alaska: “Mystery, Alaska”
Arizona: “Raising Arizona”
Arkansas: “Sling Blade”
California: “American Graffiti”
Colorado: “The Shining”
Connecticut: “The Ice Storm”
Delaware: “Dead Poets Society”
District of Columbia: “All the President’s Men”
Florida: “Scarface”
Georgia: “Gone With the Wind”
Hawaii: "Blue Crush"
Idaho: “Napoleon Dynamite”
Illinois: “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”
Indiana: “Breaking Away”
Iowa: “Field of Dreams”
Kansas: “Paper Moon”
Kentucky: "Stripes"
Louisiana: “The Apostle”
Massachusetts: “Good Will Hunting”
Maine: “The Cider House Rules”
Maryland: “Diner”
Michigan: “Out of Sight”
Minnesota: “Fargo”
Missouri: “Meet Me in St. Louis”
Mississippi: “O Brother Where Art Thou”
Montana: “A River Runs Through It”
Nebraska: “Election”
Nevada: “Casino”
New Hampshire: “Primary Colors”
New Jersey: “On the Waterfront”
New Mexico: "The Tao of Steve"
New York: “The Godfather”
North Carolina: “Bull Durham”
North Dakota: “Leprechaun”
Ohio: “Lolita” (Kubrick version)
Oklahoma: “Oklahoma!”
Oregon: “Stand By Me”
Pennsylvania: “Rocky”
Rhode Island: “Outside Providence”
South Carolina: “Lords of Discipline”
South Dakota: “Badlands”
Tennessee: “Nashville”
Texas: “The Last Picture Show”
Utah: “SLC Punk”
Vermont: “Super Troopers”
Virginia: “Remember the Titans”
Washington: "Say Anything..."
West Virginia: “October Sky”
Wisconsin: “American Movie”
Wyoming: "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"
 
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^^ and who said Leprechaun was a pointless movie?
 
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Good Will Riker said:
Although, some of those southern and midwestern states tend to blend together...I honestly can't tell the difference between Nebraska and Oklahoma for one thing.
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Clearly you haven't seen Oklahoma!
 
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Alabama - Home state in Forrest Gump.
Alaksa - Featured and many movies and TV. Most notable (to me) Northern Exposure.
Arizona - Any movie or show featuring The Grand Canyon
Arkansas - Sling Blade
California - LA, 'nuff said.
Connecticut -
Delaware -
Florida - Plenty.
Georgia - Atlanta is there, plenty of movies featuring Atlanta.
Hawaii - Plenty of movies/shows there.
Idaho - Napoleon Dynamite.
Illinois - Chicago.
Indiana -
Iowa -
Kansas - Leavenworth. The Day After.
Kentucky
Louisianna - New Orleans
Maine -
Maryland - Close to D.C. It's likely any show/movie in D.C. has been in Maryland at some point. Hell, for all intents and purposes D.C. is *in* Maryland.
Massachusetts - Boston. Cheers, to name one.
Michigan - Detroit. Beverly Hills Cop, Robocop.
Minnestoa -
Mississippi -
Missouri - St. Louis. Quite a few movies centered around St. Louis.
Montana - TV Series Coach to name one.
Nebraska -
New Hampshire -
New Jersey - Any movie featuring NYC is bound to mention/go into NJ sooner or later.
New Mexico - I know "Vacation" went here.
New York - New York City
North Carolina -
North Dakota -
Ohio - Cleveland, Major League
Oklahoma - Musical of the same name.
Oregon - IIRC Short Circuit.
Pennsylvania - Philadelphia is here: Rocky.
South Carolina -
South Dakota - Mt. Rushmore. (Plenty of movies featuring this.)
Tennessee -
Texas - Certainly, Dallas anyone?
Utah -
Vermont - TV series "Newhart"
Virginia - The Pentagon is here.
Washington - Seattle.
West Virginia -
Wisconsin - No specific examples I can think of, but I'm sure it has.
Wyoming -
Washington D.C. - 'Nuff said.
 
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Wikipedia didn't "miss" it, nobody has added a Delaware example to the article yet.
 
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A search by location at IMDb returns 103 results for Delaware, including Dead Poets Society. Somebody... go!
 
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Ah, even I can name some reasonably popular films taking place in Nebraska:

Citizen Ruth, Election, About Schmidt. I'm sure there are others, but those are the ones that spring to mind.
 
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Wikipedia tells me Fight Club was set in Wilmington, Delaware.
 
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Emh said:
Not North Carolina. Represented by Kiss the Girls, Bull Durham, and Nell, all of which were filmed there. The Rookie and Cold Mountain were also set there, but not filmed there.
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I think they shoot One Tree Hill there.

Further, I believe the film October Sky was filmed in West Virginia.
 
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Canadave said:
Wikipedia tells me Fight Club was set in Wilmington, Delaware.
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That is never specifically stated, only gleaned from the fact that that's where most of America's credit card companies are based.
 
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and one for the territories - Flying Nun was set in Puerto Rico
 
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