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* ''Film/LegallyBlonde 2'' takes place in Washington, D.C. Not a single scene was filmed there. Luckily for the filmmakers, plenty of states have state capitols that look very similar to the US Capitol. They chose [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_State_Capitol Illinois']] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_State_Capitol Utah's,]] then hung around Salt Lake City to film other scenes in the offices of the venue now known as Vivint Smart Home Arena.

* ''Film/WaynesWorld'' takes place in Aurora, Illinois. Near the beginning of the film Wayne & Garth are cruising around and pass the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spindle_(sculpture) Spindle]] in Berwyn - a trip of almost an hour each way. Some joyride.

* ''Film/AGoodDayToDieHard'' contains a scene where the protagonists drive from Moscow to Pripyat (the ghost city evacuated during the Chernobyl disaster) in about two or three hours like it's no big deal. In reality, it is 600 miles away, is a restricted zone, and, oh yeah, is located in ''Ukraine''. Russian viewers were unamused.

** Looking at a map of Indiana, there is one location in the southwest part of the state near Evansville where the Indiana/Kentucky border is north of the Ohio River on solid ground. 200 years ago it followed the river, but the river changed paths and the border stuck, so a land crossing between the two states does exist. Still, that does not account for the issue with the hills in Southern Indiana.
** After you cross the Ohio River into that one small slice of Kentucky, you literally can't miss the Ellis Park horse racing track on your right. The track property runs right up to the state border.

* ''Film/GetCarter'' ends with a scene where [[spoiler:Michael Caine]] chases after [[spoiler:Ian Hendry]] with a shotgun. They run away from Blythe Staithes (in the county of Northumberland) onto the beach at Blackhall Rocks (in the County of Durham), a mere 35 miles farther south.

** Shortly after Bond arrives in Nassau, he drives along a lovely Bahamian ocean road past some sort of charming open-air food market, toward the Ocean Club. [[note]]In real life, that road doesn't actually exist as shown, and the nearest coastal roads that match the distance given on his GPS certainly aren't that close to the beach, and the owners probably wouldn't allow those markets in such an upscale location.[[/note]] The beach is clearly on nearby New Providence Island, but he looks at his GPS, then drives past Compass Point[[note]]You can tell by the distinctive colorful wall. There's also some schoolgirls in the wide driving shot, and Compass Point is a few minutes walk from a local primary school.[[/note]] (still New Providence), then arrives at the Ocean Club (Paradise Island), which is a half-hour away and across a bridge. West Bay St. matches the GPS pretty exactly, but it's by Compass Point, not the Ocean Club. And also he'd be travelling in the wrong direction for the scenery. And also there's basically nothing on that road but homes, hotels, and retail.

* In ''Film/{{Next}}'' the main character enters a building on Fremont Street, Las Vegas and then exits the building onto the main strip.

* The ''Film/KingKong'' rip-off A.P.E. was set in South Korea. For some reason, despite being filmed in Korea and being co-financed by a Korean film company, they did few establishing shots of Seoul. Instead, two characters simply sit in the backseat of a car and describe Seoul landmarks as they come (the main train/subway station, city hall, the capitol, etc.) In order to see all of these landmarks, they would spend a couple hours driving in different directions.

* ''Film/CloakAndDagger'' was filmed in San Antonio, Texas. In a climactic scene, Thomas's character, Davy, has to get from San Antonio's Riverwalk (downtown) to the airport (on the outskirts of the city) in less than fifteen minutes. If he'd left for the airport immediately, he still probably wouldn't have made it in time. Yet, Davy has time for a shootout with the {{mooks}}, followed by a car chase with the {{mooks}}, before showing up at the airport to confront the BigBad with a few minutes to spare.

* Averted in ''Film/TheCollector'', which is set and filmed entirely within the confines of the city of Vancouver. And "'only'" Vancouver, none of the adjacent municipalities.

* ''Film/FortyEightHours'': Chinatown is ''not'' "down the alley" from the Mission District.

* In the beginning of ''The Wild Stallion'', Hanna narrates that she grew up in Cleveland, with an aerial view of a city that is obviously Boston, with shots of the Back Bay, the New England Aquarium, and the Tobin Bridge.

** At one point, Bond drives along a lovely Bahamian ocean road past some sort of charming open-air market. There's absolutely ''nothing'' out there but houses.