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From daring dramas to heartfelt romances (and terrifying thrillers!), the Keystone State has made plenty of star appearances on the big and little screens. Rocky, 1976 Make Rocky Balboa’s famous climb up the 72 stone steps at the entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Night of the Living Dead, 1968 Stand where the opening scene of this zombie movie was filmed when you visit Evans City Cemetery in Evans City. Silver Linings Playbook, 2012 Scoot into a booth at the 24-hour Llanerch Diner in Upper Darby to revisit where Tiffany and Pat (played by Jennifer Lawrence and PA’s-own Bradley Cooper) have a disastrous first date. The Silence of the Lambs, 1991 We won’t blame you if you get some goosebumps touring the filming location of Buffalo Bill’s House in Perryopolis. Feeling extra brave? Rent it for an overnight stay. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, 2012 Leave the stunts to the professionals but get a glimpse where the famous tunnel scenes were filmed when you drive through Fort Pitt Tunnel and Fort Pitt Bridge in Pittsburgh. Hustle, 2022 Belly up to the bar at Ray’s Happy Birthday Bar in Philadelphia—a stand-in for the fictional bar McGlinchey’s—where this sports movie wraps up in a flash-forward scene. A League of Their Own, 1992 (TV series 2022) See where the action happens when you visit the baseball field of the fictional all-female sports team, the Peaches, at Community College of Allegheny County’s Boyce Campus in Monroeville. The beginning of the new spin-off series was filmed on the south side of Pittsburgh. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, 2020 Pittsburgh native August Wilson wrote the play, and Netflix recently released this adaptation featuring Viola Davis. In Pittsburgh, stroll down the North Side’s West North Avenue, which doubled as the location outside the Chicago recording studio. The Office, multiple episodes Cooper’s Seafood House is a 1948 Scranton institution and mentioned numerous times throughout this television series.
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