Delaware at the Movies - Fight Club, Empire Records & More!

RIGHT HERE is where we begin “AIN’T THAT AMERICA” our state by state movie breakdown that will encompass years. At least 10 movies per state, with two episodes of 5 movie discussions. (see our parameters for the theme below) We’re going in order of statehood and the first U.S. state is amongst the hardest states to pull movies from but we got deep cuts, cult classics, and notorious film fare here in our first batch and we got a thicc episode to show for it. We’re talking about the 2nd smallest state, DELAWARE and we break down some Delaware geography flick by flick as well as presenting plenty of fun facts about the Blue Hen State on that Delmarva peninsula. Part 2 coming soon.

 

0:00 - Intro / The Mission

7:05 - Angela’s Delaware facts

14:27 - Meet the People (1944)

38:20 - Delaware geography of “Meet the People”

45:02 - Hiding Out (1987)

1:01:56 - Delaware geography of “Hiding Out”

1:04:03 - Empire Records (1995)

1:28:25 - Delaware geography of “Empire Records”

1:32:52 - Fight Club (1999)

2:05:18 - Delaware geography of “Fight Club”

2:12:22 - Trigger Man (2007)

2:27:08 - Delaware geography of “Trigger Man”

2:30:24 - What’s next / Outro

CREDITS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_Aut1Af7rs - Szabo Music (Delaware’s State Song)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKqGXSKCIb4 - Dan Doherty (Wilmington dusk footage)

AIN’T THAT AMERICA THEME QUALIFYING PARAMETERS

• The movie has to occur within the state at least 60% of the time but preferably more
• It doesn’t matter if it’s filmed somewhere else, it matters what the story says, the filmmaker’s perceived setting is key
• While many will be filmed and set in the state, being only filmed in the state does not count if the story doesn’t claim the state
• It doesn’t matter if the town is fictional within the state, this is actually very common
• Some states are harder to gather for so parameters may bend here and there

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