joeranger
Sr Member
Growing up in Chicago, I thought movies were filmed in NYC, LA, outer space, far off places or the ocean. A film in Chicago was cool. A film that really caught the spirit of Chicago was mindboggling as a teenager in 1980.
I just found a great article about how the movie was developed and how it was almost never finished... the movie producers dad was a mob lawyer and Hollywood fixer in Chicago that said, "Let's just say we were welcomed by the mayor"
Destroying an entire shopping mall? Wrecking 70+ police cars? A full scale invasion of Chicago? Both main characters never take off their sunglasses? Well, once Putting a R&B band together made up of the best musicians in the industry..Side note, Paul Shaffer made it happen and then got frustrated and quit.
This is a great read. It discusses how movie stars took control from movie studios. Everyone was on coke. Interesting racial element in the article but let's leave it out of this discussion.
http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/01/making-of-blues-brothers-budget-for-cocaine
It went way over budget but made $100 million which was a lot at the time I would love to hear other opinions about this Chicago trainwreck/masterpiece.
I just found a great article about how the movie was developed and how it was almost never finished... the movie producers dad was a mob lawyer and Hollywood fixer in Chicago that said, "Let's just say we were welcomed by the mayor"
Destroying an entire shopping mall? Wrecking 70+ police cars? A full scale invasion of Chicago? Both main characters never take off their sunglasses? Well, once Putting a R&B band together made up of the best musicians in the industry..Side note, Paul Shaffer made it happen and then got frustrated and quit.
This is a great read. It discusses how movie stars took control from movie studios. Everyone was on coke. Interesting racial element in the article but let's leave it out of this discussion.
http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/01/making-of-blues-brothers-budget-for-cocaine
It went way over budget but made $100 million which was a lot at the time I would love to hear other opinions about this Chicago trainwreck/masterpiece.