Editing Willis Tower (section)

== Cultural depictions ==
The building has appeared in numerous films and television shows set in Chicago such as ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off]]'', where Ferris and company visit the observation deck.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/f/ferris.html |title=Filming Locations for Ferris Bueller's Day Off |publisher=Movie-locations.com |access-date=September 14, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430072431/http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/f/ferris.html |archive-date=April 30, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]'' introduced a character called The Sears Tower Dressed In Sears Clothing when the show visited Chicago in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbc5.com/video/9204958/index.html |title=The Sears Tower Dressed In Sears Clothing |publisher=Nbc5.com |access-date=October 31, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302213015/http://www.nbc5.com/video/9204958/index.html |archive-date=March 2, 2008 }}</ref> The building is also featured in History Channel's ''[[Life After People]]'', in which it and other human-made landmarks suffer from neglect without humans around, collapsing two hundred years after people are gone.<ref>{{cite web|author=Keith Darcé |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070131/news_1n31ads.html |title=Madison Avenue turns to Main Street|work=The San Diego Union-Tribune |date=January 31, 2007 |access-date=September 14, 2009}}</ref>

In the 2008 film ''[[The Dark Knight]]'', it is part of [[Gotham City]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 17, 2013 |title=The Dark Knight helped spawn a filmmaking boom in Chicago |url=https://www.avclub.com/the-dark-knight-helped-spawn-a-filmmaking-boom-in-chica-1798163383 |access-date=September 3, 2022 |website=The A.V. Club |language=en-us}}</ref> In the 2011 film ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'', it is featured in a number of scenes.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Transformers' jumpers up in birdland |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-xpm-2011-06-29-ct-ent-0630-transformers-jumpers-20110629-story.html |access-date=September 3, 2022 |website=Chicago Tribune|date=June 29, 2011 }}</ref> In the 2013 film ''[[Man of Steel (film)|Man of Steel]]'', the tower is the location of the offices of the ''[[Daily Planet]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20110907/NEWS07/110909951/willis-tower-cbot-building-star-in-superman-filming|title=Willis Tower, CBOT Building star in Superman filming|access-date=July 26, 2013|date=September 7, 2011|publisher=ChicagoBusiness|author=Merrion, Paul}}</ref>