The Biggest Box Office Hits Filmed in Each State

Maine: The Man Without a Face

Mel Gibson’s directorial debut was set entirely in the great state of Maine, which tells the story of a teacher who was disfigured in a car accident and isolated himself until a child teaches him to open up again.

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