Thank You To Terri And Richard Poemape For Helping Me Track Down The Fake Diner Location And Where The Gym Was Located
- (0:01) Tommy Reily's House / 5320 S. Prairie Avenue, Chicago (Note: The House Has Since Been Torn Down But The Building Seen In The Second Screen Shot On E. 53rd Street Is Still There)
- (0:03) Reily Passes A Small Playground On His Way To School / Harding Playground; 4912 S. Calumet Avenue, Chicago
- (0:03) The Basketball Court Near The School / 200 S. Hoyne Avenue, Chicago (Note: The Court Is No Longer There But Stood On The Southwest Corner Of W. Adams Street And S. Hoyne Avenue)
- (0:04) The High School / Cregier Multiplex; 2040 W. Adams Street, Chicago
- (0:12) Dawn's Family Diner / Northeast Corner Of E. 63rd Street And S. University Avenue, Chicago (Note: This Diner Was Fake And Made For The Movie And Was Torn Down After The Production. Also, The El Tracks Were Removed Since The Movie Was Made)
- (0:21) Spot Where The Boxing Matches Are Held / Some Street On Goose Island, Chicago (Note: The Raised Road Seen In The Screen Shots Was Ogden Avenue But It Was Removed Since The Movie Was Made)
- (0:34) The Boxing Club Building / 1608 S. Jefferson Street, Chicago (Note: This Building Has Either Been Torn Down Or Totally Refurbished. Also, The Whole Area Has Changed A Lot Since The Movie Was Made)
- (0:47) Riley Helping Abraham Lincoln Haines Out From Being Beat Up / Under The El Tracks Just South Of E. 49th Street, Chicago (Note: This Is Right Next To That Harding Playground Seen Earlier In The Movie. The House They Hide In Looks To Have Been Torn Down)
- (0:54) Tommy Reily's Boxing Trainer's House / 8254 S. Burley Avenue, Chicago (Note: The Church Seen In The Background Is Saint Michael's Catholic Church)
- (0:57) Dawn's House / 1841 W. Newport Avenue, Chicago
Better than Russell Crowe's Gladiator...
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. I hate that this film gets lost because it shares a title with massively successful (but pretty tedious) film.
DeleteThe boxing matches were filmed at 5323 s western
ReplyDeleteRegarding the address of the boxing gym - 1608 S Jefferson. I can’t find any records saying that Windy City Boxing was located there. Were the interiors of the gym perhaps filmed elsewhere? Been curious about this for a long time.
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