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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to acknowledge the City of Plano and its
4impressive transformation into "Smallville" in August of 2011,
5during the filming of the 2013 blockbuster movie, "Superman:
6Man of Steel"; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Plano is a small city 60 miles southwest of
8Chicago with a population of 10,900 people; and
 
9    WHEREAS, "Superman: Man of Steel", directed by Zach Snyder,
10is set to be released in June of 2013; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Warner Bros. Pictures chose the City of Plano out
12of more than 60 Chicagoland areas to be transformed into Clark
13Kent's adoptive childhood home of Smallville, Kansas because of
14Plano's all-American small town ambience and architecture, as
15well as Plano's friendly and helpful community; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Plano's downtown area and a significant stretch of
17Main Street were closed and transformed into Smallville; and
 
18    WHEREAS, A wide range of local Plano contractors worked
19with Warner Bros. Pictures throughout the preparation and
20filming of the movie, providing a boost to the community's

 

 

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1local economy; and
 
2    WHEREAS, Local businesses embraced and supported the
3filming by selling a wide array of Superman-inspired items; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Numerous casting calls for extras to appear in the
5movie were held during the month of June and were attended by
6thousands of Plano residents and other adjacent communities;
7and
 
8    WHEREAS, Members of the Plano community caught glimpses of
9Hollywood stars, such as Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Kevin
10Costner, Diane Lane, and Russell Crowe, throughout town during
11filming; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Plano hopes to create a "Superman: Man of Steel"
13museum to attract future visitors and host an annual
14celebration to celebrate Superman's hometown and the movie's
15filming in Plano; therefore, be it
 
16    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
17NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
18we celebrate and acknowledge the City of Plano and its
19residents for its transformation into Clark Kent's adoptive
20childhood home of Smallville during the filming of "Superman:
21Man of Steel"; and be it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to the City of Plano.