35 College Campuses Where Hollywood Movies Were Secretly Filmed

29. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: With Honors (1994)

Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons @Killivalavan Solai

Though Harvard gets the credit in With Honors, several key scenes were actually filmed at UIUC, which doubled for the Ivy League school thanks to its elegant Georgian architecture and sprawling green spaces. The Main Quad, with its red-brick buildings and stately trees, stood in for Harvard Yard. The university’s atmospheric libraries and lecture halls gave the film academic gravitas while offering a touch of Midwestern sincerity. This kind of stand-in casting proves that sometimes, the best version of an elite East Coast institution is hiding in plain sight in the American heartland.

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