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In the original script, the band took over a house in a developing neighborhood for rehearsal. [...]	D
According to John Landis, John Belushi sprained his back falling down the stairs in the desk fr [...]	D
When riding up the elevator at the courthouse, near the end of the movie, to the eleventh floor [...]	D
The motor home driven by The Good Ole Boys is referred to as a "Winnebago". However, it is a So [...]	D
The Howard Johnson's in the film was the real-life O'Hare Oasis, located on the Illinois Tollwa [...]	D
Universal won a close bidding war with Paramount for the project.	D
While filming of the opening scene, guards at the prison fired at the helicopter filming overhe [...]	D
The scene in which the band appears in a sauna, clad only in towels, is an allusion to the cove [...]	D
During filming, James Brown got separated from the vehicle caravan and drove the Bluesmobile 10 [...]	D
On all DVD and Blu-ray releases, the credits end differently than originally shown. Universal's [...]	D
In a scene restored to the DVD release, Elwood parks the Bluesmobile in a tiny Chicago Transit [...]	D
The resolution for the Blu-Ray (HD) video is 1292x708 if you count the black bars on the sides, [...]	D
The following off-screen dollar amounts reflect inflation from 1979 (the year of production & p [...]	D
When Jake and Elwood are stuck in traffic, backed up by Nazi marchers, they ask a cop what is g [...]	D
The line about the "handy dandy notebook" and the mail song were deleted from the final cut of [...]	D
Singer and guitarist Joe Walsh can be seen during the "Jailhouse Rock" sequence at the end. He [...]	D
The premise of the underlying plot was somewhat unrealistic. It would be unlikely that a church [...]	D
The line "They broke my watch!" occurs three times in the film, each time spoken or voiced over [...]	D
Just before the Good Ol' Boys' RV drives into the river, it passes by a building whose sign rea [...]	D
Elwood's license number, B263-1655-2187, unfortunately isn't for someone by the name of Elwood [...]	D
The choice of Marquette Park as the location where Elwood drives the Bluesmobile across a lagoo [...]	D
This was the first movie to film on location in Chicago after the depiction of a Chicago Police [...]	D
In the basement of the orphanage, Elwood reminisces about his youth, thanking Curtis for "singi [...]	D
Little Richard was asked to appear and perform in this film. He declined, because he was only p [...]	D
Judy Jacklin: A waitress when Jake and Elwood meet with Murph and The Magictones.	D
John Belushi was nicknamed "The Black Hole" because he went through hundreds of pairs of sungla [...]	D
At the time, it was one of the most expensive films ever made, costing $30 million. For compari [...]	D
Sharon Schaffer's debut as a stunt double.	D
At their concert, Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd) uses a Shure 520DX "Green Bullet" blues harp micro [...]	D
On one occasion, John Landis went in to John Belushi's trailer and found a gigantic pile of cok [...]	D
The rough draft of the script, written by Dan Aykroyd, was more of a free form than a clear sto [...]	D
Curtis is an homage to Curtis Salgado, a Portland, Oregon, blues musician, who inspired John Be [...]	D
Elwood and Jake get champagne and Elwood uses the wrong glass. Symbolizing The duo, tall and sk [...]	D
"gruppenfuhrer" means "group leader" in German.	D
The pinball machines visible in Bob's Country Bunker are from left to right Gottlieb's 4 Square [...]	D
Cindy Fisher (the eldest daughter in the Chez Paul restaurant scene whom Jake Blues tried to bu [...]	D
In the opening sequence, one of the two guards escorting Jake to be checked out of prison is Je [...]	D
John Landis: [Ipanema] The music in the elevator.	D
Released on the same day as L'Impero colpisce ancora (1980). Both movies starred Carrie Fisher [...]	D
According to Dan Aykroyd, cocaine was included in the film's budget to help the cast and crew s [...]	D
The movie is part of the german "KulFaZ" series. Thus, it was aired as the 4th entry in that se [...]	D
13 different Dodge Monaco's were purchased at auction to be used as the Bluesmobile. When all 1 [...]	D
On the set, there was a version (on cassette) the Blues Brothers band did of "Rawhide" that inc [...]	D
[1:29:33]After Jake and Elwood leave Bob's Country Bunker, they pass a billboard advertising th [...]	D
The fleabag hotel where Elwood rents a room is the Plymouth Hotel at Van Buren and Plymouth Ct. [...]	D
The first line of dialogue that Jake (John Belushi) says is "Well thank-you. The day I get out [...]	D
Dan Aykroyd was only 27 years old at the time of filming. John Belushi was 30. See "filming dat [...]	D
Chaka Khan: In the choir at The Triple Rock Church.	D
The tenth most popular movie at the U.S. and Canadian box-offices in 1980.	D
The Bluesmobile drove under the elevated train line at 118 mph. The film crew got permission to [...]	D
When Aretha Franklin is describing Jake and Elwood to Matt Murphy, she says "They look like the [...]	D
[29:52]In the mall chase, the woman who throws up cake in front of Davidson's and is deaf stunt [...]	D
The film's production schedule in 1979 is reflected in a scene about 30 minutes into the movie [...]	D
After the release of the movie, the original car that fell apart in front of Daley Plaza was ro [...]	D
The scene where Jake and Elwood are sneaking out of the concert into the tunnel was actually fi [...]	D
Carrie Fisher(Mystery Woman) & Cindy Fisher(Eldest daughter at the Chez Paul, whom Jake was try [...]	D
[23:57]Before Elwood is pulled over the first time, Murph and the Magic Tones, in their Cadilla [...]	D
Since the Bluesmobile is an ex-police car, it has the "radio delete" plate installed in the ins [...]	D
At the end, after the Universal Studios logo is shown, there is an ad for Universal Studios in [...]	D
In Curtis's basement room there is a Kewanee Type R boiler. Kewanee Boiler Corp was located in [...]	D
When the Bluesmobile crashes through the widow of the record store, a cardboard cut out of Robi [...]	D
Both Aretha Franklin and Matt Murphy who plays husband and wife and owners of the Soul food caf [...]	D
Murphy Dunne is the son of the then-president of the Cook County Board, George Dunne, who helpe [...]	D
Cab Calloway's basement room and Ray Charles' music store, framed photos of Dr. Martin Luther K [...]	D
The scene in which Henry Gibson taunts the assembled counter protesters, and leads his men in a [...]	D
Ralph Foody is a Chicago police dispatcher in this film. In Codice Magnum (1986) he was a Chica [...]	D
The stage show of the Blues Brothers at the Palace Hotel Ballroom is called "The Blues Brothers [...]	D
Every time the window in Elwood's apartment is visible, a train goes past.	D
Jake and Elwood steal the speaker from Oscar F. Mayer grammar school.	D
Olivia Newton-John was considered for the role of the Mystery Woman. But she was unavailable as [...]	D
A sign that reads "Al Bennett Hubcaps" is a reference to car dealer Al Bennett, popularly known [...]	D
Prospects for a successful release did not look good. Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi had left "Il [...]	D
The Soul Food CafÃ©, where Aretha Franklin sings, was Nate's Deli on Chicago's famed Maxwell [...]	D
The Springfield High School class of 1980, from Akron, Ohio, had a surprise in their yearbook, [...]	D
[1:38:14]When Burton Mercer (John Candy) picks up his phone and says "Get me troopers Daniel & [...]	D
The interior for the Blues Brothers' concert was the Hollywood Palladium. Audience members were [...]	D
When Cab Calloway originally recorded "Minnie The Moocher" in the 1930s, the chorus lyrics were [...]	D
In an interview with John Amos on Howard Stern, Amos, who met Howard's writer in a steam bath c [...]	D
John Wayne's son Ethan Wayne was a stunt driver on the film.	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the 500 movies nominated for the Top [...]	D
Some performers were not used to lip-syncing to pre-recorded songs, standard procedure for movi [...]	D
John Landis: [filmmakers] Appearances by Frank Oz and Steven Spielberg.	D
John Landis: [See You Next Wednesday] on the roadside billboard the cops were hiding behind.	D
The film quickly surpassed its original budget, and back in Los Angeles Lew Wasserman grew incr [...]	D
When John Belushi wasn't on-set, he went everywhere in Chicago. When he did, everybody was slip [...]	D
The following amounts are adjusted for inflation in 2022: The $23.07 given back to Jake Blues w [...]	D
The t-shirt Matt Murphy wears is from Uncle Tom's Tavern in Stone Mountain, Georgia. The place [...]	D
Dan Aykroyd's script was originally titled "The Return of the Blues Brothers" and was three hun [...]	D
The Bluesmobile's Illinois license plate is BDR-529. It's a reference to Dan Aykroyd's motorcyc [...]	D
According to Lou Marini, even though there are only three horn players in the band (himself, To [...]	D
Carrie Fisher became engaged to Dan Aykroyd during this shoot shortly after he saved her from c [...]	D
The "'woman on the cutting-room floor" (Shirley Levine) in the credits is the mother of John La [...]	D
When the leader of the Illinois nazi's chases after the Blues Brothers in the final big chase, [...]	D
Marks the only time competing actors John Candy and John Belushi appeared in the same scene in [...]	D
Colleen Camp's Playboy Magazine poster, also featured in Apocalypse Now (1979), is hanging on t [...]	D
In 2020, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of [...]	D
In the scene when Jake and Elwood are questioning Mrs. Tarantino in the whereabouts of the two [...]	D
A distressing number of viewers have failed to recognize that the entire premise of The Blues B [...]	D
In the original script, The Magictones were Mexican immigrants. Also, The Blues Brothers Band w [...]	D
"Universal" kept trying to get the filmmakers to replace the blues and soul stars with more con [...]	D
Maury Sline (Steve Lawrence) mentions Lake Wazzapamani while telling the Blues Brothers where t [...]	D
Kathleen Freeman (the penguin) previously appeared in Cantando sotto la pioggia (1952) with Car [...]	D
Ralph Foody (the police dispatcher) was also in the fake black & white gangster movie, "Angels [...]	D
Frank Oz: Just before the Bluesmobile crashes through the Toys"R"Us, a man asks if they have a [...]	D
For the 30th anniversary of the movie, The Vatican newspaper "L'Osservatore Romano" called the [...]	D
The popularity of the film boosted Ray-Ban's Wayfarer sunglasses, which were then experiencing [...]	D
The bridge off which the Illinois Nazis drive during the car chase was in downtown Milwaukee, W [...]	D
[1:47:15]Burton Mercer (John Candy) orders three orange whips. This line was not scripted; Cand [...]	D
During the car chase in the mall, Jake and Elwood drive through a formalwear shop. The reflecti [...]	D
Elwood removes his hat three times in the film: [37:05]when going to sleep in his roomto break [...]	D
Sheilah Wells(Claire; Bob's wife at Bob's Country Bunker) had her 38th birthday during filming. [...]	D
Right before shooting the final scene, which required him to do all sorts of on-stage acrobatic [...]	D
When recording the soundtrack, Cab Calloway was needed to record his hit "Minnie the Moocher" i [...]	D
Over five hundred extras were used for the next-to-last scene, the blockade of the building at [...]	D
The Bluesmobile has a Sam & Dave 8-Track in it, and their music ("Hold On, I'm Comin'") is hear [...]	D
Before the falling Pinto scene could be filmed, the filmmakers had to get an "Air UN-worthiness [...]	D
When Jake Blues is being processed for release from prison, the guards tell the clerk that Blue [...]	D
Murphy Dunne also played a piano player in Alta tensione (1977) and Il fantabus (1976).	D
Paul Shaffer was an original member of the Blues Brothers Band, and was supposed to be in the f [...]	D
The dancing scene outside of Ray's Music Exchange had 100's of people dancing in the street. Th [...]	D
Before Jake and Elwood go into the Soul Food CafÃ©, John Lee Hooker gets into an argument wit [...]	D
[28:38]While driving through the mall parking lot, Jake calls Elwood "MotÃ¶rhead". Later in t [...]	D
After the concert, the State Troopers chase the Blues Brothers back to Chicago. The scene in wh [...]	D
The "Illinois Nazis" use a 1975 Ford LTD Wagon and a 1977 Ford Pinto Wagon. Henry Ford, who for [...]	D
According to Dan Aykroyd, many theaters in the American South refused to show the film because [...]	D
Lobbying from the Italian-American community ensured that the line "The Mafia's out there" was [...]	D
The first cut of the film lasted two and a half hours, with an intermission. After one early sc [...]	D
A book titled "Blues Brothers: Private", written and designed by Judith Belushi-Pisano and Tino [...]	D
Carrie Fisher was the guest host of SNL in "Il Saturday Night Live: Carrie Fisher/The Blues Bro [...]	D
The "Palace Hotel Ballroom", where the band performs its climactic concert, was at the time of [...]	D
Crawdaddy! reporter Miami Mitch (Glazer) wrote a novelization of the film based on an earlier v [...]	D
The boat going under the bridge that Jake and Elwood jump at the beginning of the film is the W [...]	D
The original trailer for the film contains scenes that were not included in either the original [...]	D
The SCMODS (State County Municipal Offender Data System) Readout for Elwood is as follows: Blue [...]	D
The limousine seen outside the Chez Paul belonged to the owner of the restaurant. He almost had [...]	D
While the band mixed its 1978 album "Briefcase Full of Blues", a live recording of concerts, Jo [...]	D
[1:07:04]When Carrie Fisher is in the hair salon doing her nails, and reading the instruction m [...]	D
Jesuit priest Gerald Walling plays one of the prison guards, and is credited with the honorific [...]	D
John Landis: The state trooper driving the second car, the one that shows up after the first ca [...]	D
Film debut of Aretha Franklin.	D
This movie features four artists who would later have their own bio films - Wired (1989) (John [...]	D
[1:19:00]At Bob's Country Bunker, the Blues Brothers perform "Gimme Some Lovin". The original s [...]	D
[1:22:16]At the Bob's Country Bunker gig, Jake introduces "Stand By Your Man" by saying it's a [...]	D
The film was considered to be a box office bomb until it became a blockbuster in overseas marke [...]	D
Bob's Country Bunker was a set built for the film on the backlot of Universal Studios. It stood [...]	D
John Belushi disappeared while filming one of the night scenes. Dan Aykroyd looked around and s [...]	D
The Blues Brothers recorded and filmed Johnny Horton's song "Sink the Bismarck" for the gig at [...]	D
In the original script, the Illinois Nazis were trying to buy the orphanage, and set it up as t [...]	D
The Bluesmobile is a 1974 Dodge Monaco. The vehicles used in the film were used police cars pur [...]	D
A world record 103 cars were wrecked during filming. "The Junkman (1982)" broke the record 2 ye [...]	D
Paul Reubens: the waiter serving Jake and Elwood, when they go to find Mr. Fabulous.	D
The record label president who offers the Blues Brothers a recording contract identifies himsel [...]	D
Dan Aykroyd's original script was so long that, as a joke, Aykroyd had it bound in the covers o [...]	D
The dive hotel Elwood and Jake go to looks just like the hotel room that Kirk Douglas was in wh [...]	D
Most of the chase scenes had to be filmed twice. The first times, pedestrians had been cleared [...]	D
The film was parodied in The Unpredictable Michael Barrymore Live (1983) (Video).	D
Dan Aykroyd tasked Howard Shore; then the musical director of Il Saturday Night Live (1975); to [...]	D
Steven Spielberg appears in this film as a favor to director John Landis, who frequently casts [...]	D
While at the phone booth, Elwood asks Jake "Who you gonna call?" This same line became the tagl [...]	D
The speaker that Elwood and Jake tie to the roof of the Bluesmobile is a Canadian CLM model 927 [...]	D
Graffiti on the bridge under which the Blues Brothers hide their car during the show reads "Joh [...]	D
In the public restroom where the Good Ole Boys' front man discovers the graffiti, and advertise [...]	D
Jake's jilted fiancÃ©e was originally supposed to be blonde.	D
The production used six Ford Pintos, four of which were wrecked, and 12 specially outfitted Blu [...]	D
Dixie Square Shopping Center was used to film the shopping center sequence. Merchandise was pur [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2004 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 [...]	D
The exteriors and many interiors at Daley Center were shot on-location, including the shot of the Bl [...]	D

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