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Mayor Rahm declared that today's Blackhawks celebration would give everyone in the city a chance to "feel like Ferris Bueller's Day Off." In honor of the unofficial official holiday, we asked our Second City family to share their all-time favorite Chicago flicks.
About Last Night
Based off a Mamet Play, screenplay by Second City's own Tim Kazurinski, and featuring Jim Belushi in his finest role. "Where did she develop her personality... a car crash?" -- Ronnie Feldman, Product Director, RealBiz Shorts
Backdraft
Hot, sweaty heroes. I watched it twelve times in the theater the summer it was released. - -Lisa Linke, Lead Facilitator, Second City Communications
The Blues Brothers
Greatest film soundtrack, period. -- Chrissy Borne, Account Coordinator, BizCo
I can quote the whole damn thing. -- Dujuan Pritchett, Head Stage Manager, Training Center
Who could argue with the wisdom of Jake and Elwood? "It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses." -- Scott Zoll, Account Director, BizCo
The Breakfast Club
"That man... is a brownie hound" -- Andrea Miller, Group Events & Catering Manager
Child's Play 2
The reason for a lot of childhood nightmares as I realized none of the movies had children actually playing in them. -- Chris Redd, TourCo/SCN Contributor
Cool Runnings
When the bobsled is carried over the finish line, the sobbing commences. -- Heather Whinna, Manager
The Dark Knight
It's the movie Chicago deserves, but not the one it needs right now. -- James Dugan, Box Office
Chicago's never looked more cinematic. It's the perfect stand-in for Gotham. -- Steve Kakos, VP, Second City Communications
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Captures a perfect day in Chicago in an hour and a half. -- Tyler Alexander, VP of Digital Media
The Fugitive
"The guy did a Peter Pan right off of this dam, right here." -- Nancy Fast, SCTC Student Services Coordinator
Glengarry Glen Ross
A movie where the only morally upstanding characters are offscreen and unseen. --John Hartman, National Touring Company Member
Because coffee is for closers, and it's Mamet. -- Jeremy Smith, Associate Producer
High Fidelity
Because I was that mix-tape guy. -- Kelly Leonard, EVP, The Second City
It made me fall in love with not only Chicago, but also John Cusack's inner monologue voiceovers. -- Emily Walker, National Touring Company Member
There's a Frisbie/Big Star poster hanging in John Cusack's apartment. -- Jocelyn Geboy, Box Office
Home Alone
"Buzz! Your girlfriend! Woof!" -- Jessica Antes, Second City Training Center, Youth and Teen Programs Assistant
Kevin vs. the "Wet Bandits" -- Patrick Loughman, Freelance Video Producer
My fourth grade husband, Macaulay Culkin, would be miffed if I chose anything else. --Casey Pilkenton, Account Coordinator for Second City Communications
Home Alone 2
"Suck brick, kid!" -- Meghan Newman, Reception
Hoop Dreams
Great basketball story in the greatest basketball city. Also, I'm a pretentious ass. -- Rob Gornik, Box Office
A League of Their Own
It gave us the greatest Cubs player of all-time, Jimmy Dugan, and the one and only Marla Hooch...what a hitter! -- Eddie Mujica, National Touring Company Member
Midnight Run
"I can say hello in a lot of different languages. Not yours, but a lot of them." While it spends only a brief time in Chicago, as DeNiro/Jack Walsh learns, it's the work you do here that will benefit/haunt you forever. -- Joseph Ruffner, Associate Producer, Touring & Theatricals
My Best Friend's Wedding
Because I can't figure out how Julia Roberts drives from Winnetka to the Loop in such a short about of time! In rush hour. -- Jeff Gandy, Youth Program Manager
It taught college-me that it's ok not to get the guy, because there will always be a fabulous gay man to catch you when you fall. -- Emily Walker, National Touring Company Member
A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon
River Phoenix performs beat poetry, scores with no less than three girls, and crashes a 57 Buick racing the L. -- Billy Bungeroth, SCN Creative Director
North by Northwest
Because Hitchcock is a genius, and Grant is one helluva sexy man. -- Kerry Sheehan, President, Training Center
Pet Sematary
Because my dog just died. -- Griffin Wenzler, Box Office
Return to Me
Italians and Irish mixing, Twin Anchors, Pro-Organ Donation and David Duchovny. -- Katie Rich, Main Stage Actor
Sixteen Candles
"Dong, where is my automobile? Auuutomobiiiile? -- Adrienne Kerwin, Executive Assistant, Second City Communications
Some Like It Hot
Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis stumble upon the Valentine's Day Massacre. Hilarity ensues. --Kristina Felske, SNC Contributor/BoatCo Alumni
The Sting
Newman and Redford. Pant. Pant. -- Rachael Mason, Head of Advanced Improvisation
The Time Traveler's Wife
Only movie I've loved that involved time travel. -- Claire Swanson, Box Office
Uncle Buck
"Take this quarter, go downtown, and have a rat gnaw that thing off your face." The scene was filmed in my elementary school. -- Liz Kozak, SCN Editor-in-Chief
John Candy's unbreakable china. -- Pete Parsons, Groups Concierge
The Untouchables
Baseball bat to the head. -- Ed Furman, SCN Contributor
Wayne's World
Zang! ("Excellent" in Cantonese) -- Tiffany Smith, Manager of Group Sales
While You Were Sleeping
As a kid it taught me that if you lie enough, people will love you. -- Chelsea Devantez, National Touring Company Member
Not a big fan of the movie, but I could watch the paperboy falling off his bike and the kid wiping out while ice skating all day long. -- Nikki Pierce, SCN Contributor
Do you agree with our list? What would you add? Let us know what your favorite Chicago movies are!
This post originally appeared on The Second City Network.