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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to acknowledge the City of Plano and its | ||||||
| 4 | impressive transformation into "Smallville" in August of 2011, | ||||||
| 5 | during the filming of the 2013 blockbuster movie, "Superman: | ||||||
| 6 | Man of Steel"; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Plano is a small city 60 miles southwest of | ||||||
| 8 | Chicago with a population of 10,900 people; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, "Superman: Man of Steel", directed by Zach Snyder, | ||||||
| 10 | is set to be released in June of 2013; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Warner Bros. Pictures chose the City of Plano out | ||||||
| 12 | of more than 60 Chicagoland areas to be transformed into Clark | ||||||
| 13 | Kent's adoptive childhood home of Smallville, Kansas because of | ||||||
| 14 | Plano's all-American small town ambience and architecture, as | ||||||
| 15 | well as Plano's friendly and helpful community; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Plano's downtown area and a significant stretch of | ||||||
| 17 | Main Street were closed and transformed into Smallville; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, A wide range of local Plano contractors worked | ||||||
| 19 | with Warner Bros. Pictures throughout the preparation and | ||||||
| 20 | filming of the movie, providing a boost to the community's | ||||||
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| 1 | local economy; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Local businesses embraced and supported the | ||||||
| 3 | filming by selling a wide array of Superman-inspired items; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Numerous casting calls for extras to appear in the | ||||||
| 5 | movie were held during the month of June and were attended by | ||||||
| 6 | thousands of Plano residents and other adjacent communities; | ||||||
| 7 | and | ||||||
| 8 | WHEREAS, Members of the Plano community caught glimpses of | ||||||
| 9 | Hollywood stars, such as Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Kevin | ||||||
| 10 | Costner, Diane Lane, and Russell Crowe, throughout town during | ||||||
| 11 | filming; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Plano hopes to create a "Superman: Man of Steel" | ||||||
| 13 | museum to attract future visitors and host an annual | ||||||
| 14 | celebration to celebrate Superman's hometown and the movie's | ||||||
| 15 | filming in Plano; therefore, be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 17 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 18 | we celebrate and acknowledge the City of Plano and its | ||||||
| 19 | residents for its transformation into Clark Kent's adoptive | ||||||
| 20 | childhood home of Smallville during the filming of "Superman: | ||||||
| 21 | Man of Steel"; and be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to the City of Plano.
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