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DOWNTOWN CHICAGO TV & MOVIE SITES TOUR

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• Calendar Availability: Daily
• User Ages: All ages
• Hour Glass Duration: 2 hours
• Tag Tour Type: Walking Tour/Self-Guided Tour
• Open Book Language: English

Downtown Chicago TV & Movie Sites Tour by On Location Tours

Enjoy a two-hour walking trip down movie-making memory lane as you visit sites from shows and movies like Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The Untouchables, The Dark Knight, The Bear, and many more.

The tour begins near the Roosevelt University Auditorium Building, and features several iconic landmarks featured on-screen, including the Willis Tower, The Art Museum of Chicago, and Millennium Park. Kick off or wrap up your Chicago adventure with your family and friends as you see these city landmarks from a new blockbuster perspective. Throughout the tour, your tour guide, a local actor/actress, will offer interesting facts, trivia and behind-the-scenes scoops. See the sites where your favorite stars filmed your favorite tv shows and movies on the Downtown Chicago TV & Movie Sites Tour!

Looking for a more intimate way of seeing Chicago’s most-filmed locations? Check out our private tour options!

What Will You See On This Tour?

• Visit the Willis Tower and Calder’s Flamingo sculpture as you relive the parade scene as seen in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
• Take a trip down to the L Train as seen in movies like The Fugitive, High Fidelity, and While You Were Sleeping
• Flash your group back to the early 20th century and live out your mobster lifestyle dreams at locations where Road to Perdition, The Untouchables , and Public Enemies were filmed
• Live out the iconic chase scenes featured in Blues Brothers
• Save Gotham with your favorite caped crusader as you visit Bruce Wayne’s penthouse building, the site of Harvey Dent’s fundraiser, and Harvey Dent’s office building, all seen in The Dark Knight

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Chicago Movie Tours offers guided walking tours and virtual tours that inspire locals and visitors to discover Chicago through film. Led by a Ph.D. with 20 years of experience, our public and private tours will teach you something new about Chicago and movies, guaranteed. (Yep, guaranteed!)

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Private Chicago TV & Movie Locations Walking Tour

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• Hour Glass Duration: 2-6 Hours
• Ticket Tour Type: Walking
• Calendar Day Of Week: Daily
• Clock Start Time: Variable
• Lock Private Only?: Private Tour
• Walking :: Custom Pick up and Drop off

Explore Famous Chicago Movie Sites

A tour designed to hit some of Chicago’s must-see TV and movie filming locations may include stops at locations from hit movies such as the action-packed Batman Begins , The Dark Knight , and Public Enemies.  

Walk by some of Chicago’s most famous skyscrapers seen in Rampage, The Transformers: Rise of the Beasts , and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – a true love letter to Chicago.

Besides iconic Chicago landmarks like the Willis Tower, movie fans may want to visit some must-see spots from popular films and also have time to explore locations from hit TV shows, with a chance to spend more time seeing these places up close. 

Visit locations around the city from the thriller The Negotiator , avoid a pileup on Lake Street (from The Blues Brothers ), see Chicago’s Union Station from The Untouchables , or walk on the front steps of the Art Institute of Chicago like Ferris and his friends did on their day off!

• Local English-speaking guide

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• Food and drink
• Tips/gratuities for your guide

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Vintage newspaper articles and ads

Classic movie fan magazine excerpts

Well-researched commentary

Additionally, we always include opportunities for audience contribution.

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