It was featured in movie classics such as "The Sting" and "The Blues Brothers," and now another major motion picture will film scenes at the former Joliet Correctional Center in Illinois.
Portions of "Derailed," a thriller starring Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston, are scheduled to be filmed this fall in Joliet, located about 40 miles south of Chicago. The movie is about an advertising executive whose life turns upside down after he misses his train to work.
Owen, who recently starred in "King Arthur," will be in town when a prison sequence is filmed, said Joe Amari, senior location scout for the Illinois Film Office.
It is unlikely Aniston — of TV's "Friends" — will be in Joliet, Amari said.
The Joliet prison closed in 2002 after 144 years. Film officials say having the vacant prison close to Chicago could be a good draw for other movies, since many other empty jails are either too decrepit or remote to be practical.