Minneapolis, Minnesota

:This article is about the city in Minnesota, USA. There are two other cities named Minneapolis in the United States: Minneapolis, Kansas and Minneapolis, North Carolina. For an overview of the Twin Cities metropolitan area, see Minneapolis-St. Paul.

Minneapolis in the media

The Mary Tyler Moore Show, a popular television situation comedy in the 1970s, was set in Minneapolis. A statue of Mary Tyler Moore was erected downtown in 2002 to commemorate the program.

Related Topics:
Mary Tyler Moore Show - Statue - Mary Tyler Moore - 2002

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Although the city is not often a setting for movies, a few notable ones have been filmed there:

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• Fargo
• Grumpy Old Men and Grumpier Old Men (set in Wabasha)
• The Mighty Ducks
• Jingle All the Way
• That Was Then, This Is Now, based on the novel by S.E. Hinton
• Untamed Heart
• Prince's movie Purple Rain featured First Avenue, considered the city's most influential music venue.
• Drop Dead Fred
• Joe Somebody
• Beautiful Girls
• 20 Bucks
• Drop Dead Gorgeous
• The Heartbreak Kid (some scenes)

The Minnesota Film Board has a listing of films made in Minnesota, many in Minneapolis.

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