Thanks to the production notes on the DVD version of TBC I now have the definitive desciption of the filming location used in TBC.

• As I was able to piece together before from various sources, the movie was in fact filmed almost entirely at Maine North High School, , which is now an Illinois State Police Station!. It is located on Dee Road, Des Plaines.

• The library were the majority of the film is set was actually a HUGE set constructed from stratch in the Main North High School Gymnasium!. This amazing task was the was the work of the production designer. The detail that went into making this complete library is nothing short of amazing!. Next time you watch the movie take time out to appreciate how much work went into not only designing but constructing a complete life size school library!
  This had me fooled for the last 15 years, I thought it was a real library, no wonder I couldn't find it no matter how hard I searched!
  Maine North High School had been closed for a few years before the filming of the movie, and was never reopend before it was sold and became a Police Station.

• The library was designed so as the add the feeling of confinement relevant to the story.

• The cast and crew were made to eat their meals in the school caferteria

• During breaks in filming the cast and crew would play basketball in the smaller gymnasium.

• The movie was shot almost entirely in sequence, which is another amazing aspect of this film

• The football oval used at the end of the movie is located behind Glenbrook North High School, from which John Hughes graduated. It is still there to my knowledge.

• There is no suburb called Shermer, nor is there a Shermer High School. The name Shermer comes from Shermer Rd which is the street that Glenbrook North High School is located on. Although Glenbrook used to be known as Shermerville many decades ago. Here is a map showing the location

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