"SLC Punk" for Utah? FAIL. I've lived here most my life and there are a few nuggets of truth to that film, but that's about it. My vote would have been for Sandlot.
When people think movies they think of Hollywood and California. Here's a list of films shot in Utah.
- Three Word Brand - 1921
- With Buffalo Bill on the U. P. Trail - 1926
- Forlorn River - 1926
- West of the Rockies - 1931
- Heritage of the Desert - 1932
- The Man from Utah - 1934
- The Lady Consents - 1936
- Western Trails - 1938
- The Utah Trail - 1938
- The Desperadoes - 1943
- The Utah Kid - 1944
- The Merry Monahans - 1944
- North of the Border - 1946
- Wagon Master - 1950
- Utah Wagon Train - 1951
- Robbers' Roost - 1955
- Quincannon, Frontier Scout - 1956
- The Girl in Black Stockings - 1957
- The Big Country - 1958
- The Man from Button Willow - 1965
- Fort Courageous - 1965
- Convict Stage - 1965
- Il grande silenzio - 1968
- Vanishing Point - 1971
- Brigham - 1977
- The Electric Horseman - 1979
- Melvin and Howard - 1980
- Savannah Smiles - 1982
- Footloose - 1984
- Fletch - 1985
- Choke Canyon - 1986
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 1989
- Rubin and Ed - 1991
- The Sandlot - 1993
- Alfred Packer: The Musical - 1993
- Dumb & Dumber - 1994
- Safe Passage - 1994
- Broken Arrow - 1996
- Independence Day - 1996
- Orgasmo - 1997 (Much better than SLC Punk! at mocking Utah culture, by the way.)
- Animals with the Tollkeeper - 1998
- SLC Punk! - 1998
- My 5 Wives - 2000
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back - 2001
- The Singles Ward - 2002
- Out of Step - 2002
- Punch-Drunk Love - 2002
- Charly - 2002
- Handcart - 2002
- The R.M. - 2003
- The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story - 2003
- Pride and Prejudice - 2003
- The Home Teachers - 2004
- Napoleon Dynamite - 2004
- Baptists at Our Barbecue - 2004
- Sons of Provo - 2004
- RV - 2006
- Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy - 2006
- September Dawn - 2006
- Believe - 2007
- Resident Evil: Extinction - 2007
- Red Canyon - 2008
- Parade - 2008
- Rigged - 2008
- Diantha's Crossing - 2009
- Memorias del desarrollo - 2010
And the best they can come up with is "SLC Punk!"?