It’s Sunday morning, and (if you are a geography nerd) you’re probably wondering what the capital of Idaho is. It’s Boise, but rather do any unnecessary Internet research now that you’ve thought of what Tennessee’s capital might be, you should watch this supercut of several state capital mentions that have occurred in film. (BTW: Nashville is the capital of Tennessee.)
Click through to see the entire list of references, provided by YouTube user dondrapersayswhat.
Intro – Romy & Michelle’s High School Reunion (1997)
AL – 25th Hour (2002) / Forrest Gump (1994)
AK – Juno (2007) / Simpsons Movie (2007)
AZ – Arsenic & Old Lace (1944)
AR – Pelican Brief (1993) / Sling Blade (1996)
CA – Pale Rider (1985) / Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
CO – They Live (1988)
CT – Full Metal Jacket (1987)
DE – Charlie Wilson’s War (2007)
FL – Zombieland (2009) / Creepshow (1982)
GA – Catch Me If You Can (2002)
HI – Last Dance (1996)
ID – S. Darko (2009)
IL – Call Northside 777 (1948)
IN – The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
IA – The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
KS – Black Dynamite (2009)
KY – Major Payne (1995) / Jackie Brown (1997)
LA – The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
ME – Wet Hot American Summer (2001) / Dreamcatcher (2003)
MD – Heartbreak Ridge (1986) / Cry-Baby (1990)
MA – Far & Away (1992)
MI – Tape (2001)
MN – Miracle (2004)
MS – Milk (2008)
MO – Planes Trains & Automobiles (1987) / Bonnie & Clyde (1967)
MT – A River Runs Through It (1992) / Montana (1950)
NE – Terms of Endearment (1983)
NV – The 39 Steps (1935)
NH – Affliction (1997) / Wedding Crashers (2005)
NJ – Broken Arrow (1996)
NM – Santa Fe (1951)
NY – The Honeymoon Killers (1970)
NC – Smoke (1995) / Maximum Overdrive (1986)
ND – Sink the Bismarck (1960) / Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
OH – Point Break (1991)
OK – An Officer & a Gentleman (1982)
OR – Hocus Pocus (1993) / Short Circuit (1986)
PA – Deep Impact (1998)
RI – Barcelona (1994)
SC – Old School (2003) / Prince of Tides (1991)
SD – Annie Hall (1977) / North By Northwest (1959)
TN – The Notorious Bettie Page (2005)
TX – Smokey & the Bandit Part 3 (1983)
UT – Anywhere But Here (1999)
VT – Frozen Kiss (2009) / Clerks (1994)
VA – Shawshank Redemption (1994)
WA – My Fellow Americans (1996) / Broadcast News (1987)
WV – Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005) / Silence of the Lambs (1991)
WI – Mr. North (1988)
WY – Unforgiven (1992) / Roxanne (1987)
(via BuzzFeed)
