list of films shot, often partially, sometimes with significant production, within the Metro East. All data can be rechecked via the Internet Movie Database. "Uncredited" means a Metro East location was not credited within the database, but was clearly shot on Metro East soil upon watching the film itself. In the Heat of the Night - feature-length film, shot in Belleville, Illinois (1968 Oscar winner for Best Picture of 1967) Things Are Tough All Over (uncredited) - feature-length film, shot on the East St. Louis riverfront (1982) King of the Hill - feature-length film, shot in Alton, Illinois (1993) A Will of their Own - feature-length TV film, shot in Belleville, Illinois (1998) The Big Brass Ring - feature-length film, shot in Alton, Illinois (1999) Steel City - feature-length film, shot in Alton, East Alton, Godfrey, and Jerseyville, Illinois (2006) The Lucky Ones - feature-length film, Shot in Edwardsville, Illinois (2008) The Coverup - feature-length film, shot in Alton, Illinois (2008) Kingshighway - feature-length film, shot in Fairview Heights, Illinois (2010) Joint Body - feature-length film, shot in various locations throughout the Metro East (2011) Metro East in fiction Laurell K. Hamilton has used the Metro East as a setting in several books from the Anita Blake and Merry Gentry series. In the Merry Gentry series, fairies of the Unseelie Court have made their home in Monk's Mound. Robert J. Randisi set one of his Joe Keough mysteries, East of the Arch (2002), in the Metro East communities of East St. Louis and Fairview Heights. Awards The 2010 issue of Family Circle magazine named Edwardsville third in their "Top 10 Best Towns for Families". Area codes Area code 217: extreme northeast part of Metro East Area code 618: the majority of the Metro East is in this area code. References External links Illinois Department of Employment Security - Metro East: 1965 to Today By: Dennis Hoffman Regions of Illinois Regions of Greater St. Louis