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.
ReplyDeleteThe exterior shot of Windy City Boxing was the original Windy City Boxing gym located at 4401 W. Ogden. It has since been closed but trainer Sam Colonna now runs a gym and Montell Griffin runs a gym in Pilsen on Canalport.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.chicagotribune.com/2006/12/30/ringing-out-an-old-boxing-gym/