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...production spent six days on location at the projects, employing Horner kids as extras. Betsy Bottando, the location manager, knows a policeman with relatives in the local gangs, and he met with them to ensure that the filming would take place undisturbed. Bottando says one scene was set at nearby Chicago Stadium before a Bulls game, but the building's manager called the extras "animals" and refused to open the stadium doors. "I know the guy's family," says Bottando. "They're from Evergreen Park" -- a middle-class village near Chicago -- "Ever-WHITE Park, just like I am." The scene...
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