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The use of unnecessary violence in the apprehension of the Blues Brothers... has been approved.
Well it was Chicago
The actor who said that line was also the same actor who played the gangster in the movie Kevin was watching in Home Alone.
Little bit of cast trivia that rarely gets talked about: The kid that tries to steal the guitar from Ray's Music Shop would grow up to be the Limo Driver in Die Hard.
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You have James Avery and James DuMont dancing in the street on front of Rays shop and a random guy on the street , Laurence Tureaud , better known as Mr T .
Argyle!
so... he's not Argyle yet, just merely Plaid?
Dang I never knew that if you compare the faces it makes sense
John Landis had mentioned that the mayor's office declined them to film in certain areas of Chicago, but they were given permission from the Chicago mob.
Now THAT'S 'CART-BLANCHE'!!
One of my favorite memories was I had some millennial friends who were musicians who one night I found out they had never seen this movie. I instantly declared a movie night with beers and I invited them over to watch. Seeing them in SHOCK over how many INSANELY talented people were in this was so worth it. This is a capsule of great music and of a changing time in America. The gritty Chicago was going away and we lost something. Now with so many of the artists gone it's even more special. This movie also saved Carrie Fisher's life. At the time she was addicted and was extremely unreliable. Carrie would credit Dan not only for keeping her on but for encouraging her to get help.
The music in this movie is some of the best used in a Film ever . Even the background music Sam and Dave , Peter Gunn Theme , Ride of The Valkyries , I Can't Turn You Loose ( Mall chase ) but the John Lee Hooker scene is my favorite with the Haw haw haw haws . ZZ Tops Billy Gibbons Haw Haw Haws in La Grange is a tribute to John . I seen The Breifcase full of blues tour at Winterland in San Francisco New Years Eve 1978 with many of the musicians in the movie playing in the band and Aykroyd and Belushi were great Cartwheels and all.
Another reaction channel, during the opening shots of industrial Chicago, asked " Is this a post-apocalyptic movie?"
That scene in the tunnels, everyone comments on how crazy she looks and I'm out here singing "some get their kicks from cocaiaiaiaiaiane..." she was SO high for that scene, but it worked perfectly. She had such balls to pull her life back together and keep being awesome. I was so sad when she and her mom passed away. I have a young daughter and can't even imagine... I'm tearing up again over here.
@@rcrawford42 No, the mid-term future will be post-apocalyptic and much worse than some smog and factories
I think this close to when Belushi told her she had a drug problem
"I ran out of gas. I... I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake. A terrible flood. Locusts! IT WASN'T MY FAULT, I SWEAR TO GOD!"
Three of my favorite comedies came out in 1980. The Blues Brothers, Used Cars, and Airplane!.
Damn locusts have been the bane of my life. So much work, deadlines & responsibilities missed due to the goddamn locusts
"Used Cars" is so often overlooked for this era of comedy films.
Why do you wear that toy on your head?
@@alhollywood6486 what about mad Pete Trillio. Who supplied the limos for her wedding party.
Quello che viene detto nella versione italiana è ancora più spassosa e surreale
The man singing "boom, boom, boom" is blues legend John Lee Hooker.
The two best cameos in this movie are John Lee Hooker performing Boom Boom and Cab Calloway doing Minnie the Moocher. Two absolute legends.
What about John candy and Carrie fisher
@@bkurtz8770 If I cared about actors, maybe.
About 15 yrs ago I had the privilege of meeting a man who did special effects on this, and many other, big movies/ TV series. He said that this was his favorite movie to have worked on, because everyone on set was treated like they were important. there was no separation between actors and crew, stars and b-listers. when Dan and John threw parties, etc., everyone was welcome. Always thought that was a great way to remember this film, and the people involved.
A few bits of trivia:
When they were driving through Chicago towards the end, they were actually doing that at speed. It wasn't sped up footage. In fact, they did it twice. The first time they cleared the streets, but then they realized that without having bystanders in the scene, most people wouldn't realize that they were really driving that fast, so they shot it again with people so that everyone would realize that the stunt drivers had actually driven in those streets at that speed.
When this film came out, both Aretha Franklin's and James Brown's careers had pretty much gone dead (Think Steely Dan's "Hey Nineteen" with the line "She don't remember Aretha Franklin"). This movie revived both of their careers. Aretha Franklin said that she was always grateful for this movie because of that.
And another small cameo. The first prisoner to jump on the table and dance during "Jailhouse Rock" was Joe Walsh.
I love that scene. With all of the "high speed" car chases in modern movies where they are zig-zagging and cornering at an incredible 30 or 40 mph with tires squealing to suspenseful music, to actually see a car fly through the streets of Chicago at 118 mph for real is sooo much more impactful !!
The city of Chicago and the state of IL got fleets of new cars as part of this movie deal. Some of the drivers in the chase scenes were police driving their own cars to fill up the scene. My dad was a state trooper at the time and got a new car when his was used.
Also James Brown. Not forgotten but like know they cant recognize or hear the music. It turned on kids from 62 to 72 years of birth just to remind them.
Frank Oz and Steven Spielberg's cameos always make me chuckle.
Frank Oz has a cameo in many Landis films.
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The sheer number of cameos in this is just astounding. It's just a Who's Who of music royalty.
"We're on a mission from God"-one of the absolute greatest lines in the history of cinema
I hate Illinois nazi!
It’s 106 miles to Chicago, we’ve got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark and we’re wearing sunglasses.
@@jameswhittingham8027 "Hit it."
Minnie the Moocher was Cab Calloway's big hit back in the late 1920's to early 1930's. That crowd was sure in for a treat when hearing that legend sing his heart out.
"I didn't see anyone doing cocaine." That Powder Room joke is funnier because
Carrie Fisher was doing so much blow during this film Belushi told her she needed to slow down.
Carrie later said when John Belushi tells you you're doing too much drugs there's a problem.
and belushi broke his ankle just before filming the final concert, and instead of going to a doctor he inhaled enough cocain to ignore the pain through that entire dancing scene, so you know carrie fisher was -loaded-
Kettle calling the pot black
BOTH victims of the ILLEGAL TOBACCO DRUG, which should be BANNED, NOW!
@@tripjet999 yeah because that has worked so well with other contraband. You can't save people from themselves.
Cab Calloway is a freaking treasure. Loved the other musicians, obviously (especially the backing band, btw -- Duck Dunn, Steve Cropper, etc.), but this is where I, as a young man, first realized who Cab was, and I still love his work.
He was the number one male black singer of the 1930s/40s.
It's a shame most people have never heard of him today.
He was sooo talented.
i'm 43 and got turned onto Cab Calloway through this movie, and i recently turned a 22 year-old coworker on him using this movie.
Steve Cropper's own work made him a legend in his own right. His contributions as musician, writer and producer of the 60s and 70s can't be overstated.
@@vapoet Well, he and Donald "Duck" Dunn were both in this movie (along with a few others from the day). "Green Onions", anyone?
Cab Calloway was making songs about marijuana as far back as 1930. Definitely an underrated pioneer.
I miss the 80's where every one was parodied and it was all tongue and cheek and no one got mad.
This movie is pure gold.
In high school, Elwood was my nickname, I've seen this movie a few dozen times, bought and still have the album.
This movie is like a perfect storm.
No Network or studio execs ever conceived this SNL warmup skit would ever become a massive cultural icon that it did.
"If the shit fits, wear it." - Donald "Duck" Dunn bassist for Booker T and the MGs, , Stax house band.
Steve Cropper, he of the perfect hair and guitars, was also in that band and has many songwriting credits including co-writing with Otis Redding "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay."
The mucians all have a lot of credits.
Cab Calliway had seriously insane dancers who performed with his band see the dance compilation version of Bruno Mars' Uptown Funk. They jump off the top of stairs and land in splits. Insane.
"The royal, 'Y'all.'" LOL
Cab Calloway was 73 when he recorded this. The Blues Brothers started as a Saturday Night Live skit that took off. Most of the band were the in SNL band at the time. Yes it was an amazing band. Matthew: Flack, Flack, Flack! The soundtrack is available on CD and Vinyl!
I love the line in the toy store when the guy asks, "Do you have Miss Piggy?" while holding a Grover puppet. The man who voiced both characters is Frank Oz, who listed Jake's possessions when he was being released from prison.
p.s. I loved Emily's reaction to "Who ya gonna call, Jake?"
“The are on a mission…From God” is how, as I’ve gotten older, I justify the craziness in this film. It’s been an all time fave since I was a kid and got me into music big time. I adore this film. The soundtrack is one of my all time favourites too.
I'm from Chicago and when I saw this movie back in the 80's, I was more in love with the fact that Chicago was well represented in this movie and like you both said, the city was a character in the movie as much as the cast, so it holds a special place for me. I actually lived pretty close to that mall that they crashed into, so that's another plus for me. 🤣
I really love when they set films in the non-touristy neighborhoods of the city. The Fugitive also does that really well.
This movie is more nostalgia for me moreso than entertainment. It's good for what it was, but at the time I saw it, at the theater in the 80's I was more focused on picking out the locale and the Chicago references than I was with the story. When I watch it now, I just like to see all those old places that I remember, especially the places that are no longer standing, and watching the musical performances. I liked that Matt and Emily watched the extended version of the movie because most of the musical performances were longer than the theatrical cut and that scene where they stored their car wasn't in that version either. Not a top Landis film, but good nonetheless.
I remember the first time I stood under the train lines in the late 90s. This was the movie I thought of at 23 years old
I went to Thornton HS which was pretty close to Dixie Square Mall.
@@ronalddobis6782 Wow I went to Thornwood!
I love the car chase at the end, because it's the culmination of the ridiculous cartoon slapstick of the movie. From Jake surviving being blown up multiple times to the Penguin gliding across the floor like a ghost, it's a movie meant to be taken with a mountain of salt.
*Edit:* Also, look at the dancers during Ray's music number. One of them is veeeery familiar. It's James Avery! (Uncle Phil on the original Fresh Prince, and Shredder in the 80's TMNT cartoon).
This movie turned me on to the art of Cab Calloway. There aren't many movies I can say I'm _grateful_ to, but this is one of 'em.
this turned me on to john lee hooker, too. forever grateful.
A generational musician, and he did a great job in his part, too 😎
@@CinHotlanta And here he is with "Minnie" in 1958: ruclips.net/video/8mq4UT4VnbE/видео.html
Skeedle-a-booka-diki biki skeedly beeka gookity woop!
This movie was the one where I discovered John Lee Hooker. An underappreciated great. I think his count is 91 albums, not including compilations.
fun fact,this movie held the record for the most cars wrecked in one movie,till they made blues brothers 2000 where they crashed one extra
103 in Blues Brothers and 104 in Blues Brothers 2000.
we don't talk about blues brothers 2000
Don’t look back.
Matrix currently holds the record I believe.
FYI: The kid who was shot at in Ray's store trying to steal the guitar was the actor who played Argyle, the limo driver in Die Hard.
The extra car crashing was shown to exude & poke fun of how OUTRAGEOUS yet nonchalant the Blues Brothers were & the havoc they cause 😅😂
John & Dan actually toured as The Blues Brothers for a few years before John died. His brother Jim took his place & did a great job. In the 90’s they preformed at Universal Studios in Florida & I happen to be there & got to see them, it was a lot of fun.
My dad and I were lucky to have seen Jim and Dan as The Blues Brothers in concert back in 2019.....I was in awe and in heaven.
Guest legend #1: Cab Calloway...............
The band was the original Saturday Night Live band. At the end of the movie when they were playing in prison, one of the prisoners at front of a table was Joe Walsh.
Cab Calloway was FAMOUS for that song (Minnie the Moocher). He made it a legend in the 1930's. Amazing he could still perform in the early 1980's.
You can't set a World Record without cracking a few cop cars.
One of my favorite films, and very important to the early ‘80s teen I was! My Catholic high school (in Joliet, IL, no less) used “We’re on a mission from God” as our homecoming theme that fall. My college drama professor at Marquette, Father Walling, was the shorter of the two guards escorting Jake across the Collins Street prison. And the father of one of my college roommates was a Mt. Prospect cop whose car was one of the Bluesmobiles in the film.
JCA Alum??? Or SFA/JC?
@@TheDstempien I was a Franny! Born at St. Joe’s, grew up in Shorewood.
Belushi did the flips I hear kust dont know how. the guy that ask if they had a miss piggy was tge voice of kermit the frog
@@gdiaz8827 That was definitely not Jim Henson, Kermit’s voice/Muppeteer. You might be thinking of Frank Oz, who is the person behind Miss Piggy and others-he was the guard at the prison who gave Jake his clothes and possessions.
How many were dressed like the Blues Brothers during that prom?
Fun Fact: All of John Belushi's stunts he did himself, even the back flips
Lovely idea but untrue 😉
When someone asks me what movie I think when I hear the word Chicago and its this movie. This is my favorite movie of all time! This movie is SO quotable!
Top 5 favorite quotes:
1) "Its 106 miles to Chicago. We got a full tank of gas. Half of a pack of cigarettes. Its dark and we're wearing sunglasses."
2) "I don't believe it. Its the shit box Dodge again!"
3) "YOU'RE The Good Ole Boys?!"
4) "We are on a mission from God"
5) "First you pick me up in a police car. Then you lied to me about the band. NOW you are going to put me back in the joint!"
I’m having fun working through your reactions. Pippin is such a buddy. Thanks for including him. Cats make the world go round.
This movie is so much a product of its era, especially for enlarging the careers of the post-SNL cast. It’s merely fun, and there couldn’t have been of a goal beyond that.
24:10 Emily's reaction to that car backflip and saying "Bitch" has me in tears damn near! 😅😅😂😂😂
The Blues Brothers is the best movie musical ever made, and I will die on that hill. :)
This is the very first movie I saw on cable TV, one of our 'rich' neighbors had just gotten it hooked up and their kids invited all us poor kids over to watch it. Storer Cable south Florida played every feature repeatedly so we watched it three times in a row until about 2am until we could all quote the dialog in most every scene. It was magic and will always be one of my favorites. Loved your reaction!
PS trivia: The kid in Ray's music store that tried to steal the guitar is De'voreaux White who also played Argyle the limo driver in Die Hard.
I taped it... on Beta... played it so much after the first minute it turned to black and white. I memorized it... even the dance numbers. Imagine a 9 year old reciting it top to bottom, including the songs.
5:53 The Godfather Of Soul, I miss that man. He died on my 25th birthday. 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
YESSIR!!! This movie will always bring a BIG smile on my face and makes me a little emotional with all the legends in it.
The greatest film to ever be put on celluloid!
"I know all about that stuff. I've been exploited all my life."
It would have been great if they had included a Hill Street Blues cameo or two.
One of my favorite movies! And criminally underappreciated
Jake and Elwood grew up together in the orphanage and adopted each other, legally changing their names to "Jake Elwood Blues" and "Elwood Jake Blues" respectively.
I love how the cat is in a new position in almost every cut.
"Orange whip? Orange whip?"
Clicked "Like" on principle alone ;)
- amazing editing job.
Hands down the best SNL film ever made
Faint praise indeed. 😄
Paul Schaffer was originally supposed to be in the movie, but he was doing a live stage show with Gilda Radner at the time, so Murphy Dunne took his place on the piano.
Did you notice the fancy restaurant was called The Sha Paul.
Cripes, seeing Cab Calloway did my heart a world of good. I forgot he was in this one.
"I'm pretty sure I'm related to him." Dammit woman, I almost spit out my drink on that one. 😂
The escalating carnage is one the greatest things about this movie.
The studio actually bought a whole fleet of police cars from a station that was upgrading! That's how they were able to destroy so many. That was all practical stuff. Same with the mall, it was scheduled for demolition.
18:37 Matthew "Howdy how indeed." Great play on the lyrics to Minni the Moocher. I just need this to be noticed. Matt's references are so on point, and this one was subtle and kind of flew under the radar, but that was the perfect thing to say!
One of the greatest films of all time. Perfect tone and such a ride.
John Belushi did all his own stunts and gymnastics, including the fall down the stairs sitting in the desk from the nun's office at the beginning, all of the flips, roundhouses, and cartwheels, etc.
This is one of my top 5 movies. Absolutely love it. The music, the cast (the cameo's), the comedy, it all just hits perfectly for me.
I've got some bootlegs of live shows that the Blues Brothers performed in the 70's and 80's and they're amazing live performers. The band were touring and session musicians, and top of the line ones at that. Blues Bothers Live in Winterland is on youtube and well worth watching.
They destroyed 103 cars in this film. A record at the time that stood for 20 years until Blues Brothers 2000 came out and during filming they deliberately destroyed - 104. 😁
Orange whip? Orange whip? Three orange whips! 🍊🍊🍊
I like how Emily reacted when Dan Akroyd said to John Belushi “who you gunna call” which would later be Ghostbusters with Dan Akroyd. Not sure of who doesn’t know this but John Belushi was suppose to be in Ghost Busters but sadly he passed away and they replaced him with Bill Murray.
You can also see the effects of his death on Akroyds body. He was so skinny in this and then shortly after is Ghost Busters and he gained a lot of weight. I assume it had to do with the grief and probably depression eating or such.
Isaw this when it came out in 1980. This movie introduced me to blues music. The car chase is just another character in the movie. At the time it was made it broke the world record for most cars destroyed in a movie.
When he was younger, and fitter, John Belushi may have been able to do at least some of the back handsprings, if not all of them. When in high school he played football, wrestled, and did gymnastics. When performing as the Blues Brothers he would often do cartwheels and a few other simpler gymnastics moves on stage.
Last film I watched with my stepfather. RIP “Mack” 🙏
The car stunts are like poetry. Amazing.
Some of the finest musicians in the world are in their band - mostly former STAX geniuses from Memphis - Steve the Colonel Cropper, Donald Duck Dunn, Willie too big Hall, Matt guitar Murphy and many more. This movie was born from an SNL skit, but the band are responsible for writing and playing on some of the biggest songs in American History.
So true
As a Chicagoan I love that we have a visual record of the streets of Chicago at that time.
This is a 12 Out of 10 for me! I guess you both haven't seen the light 😁
kids these days
My father's favorite movie ..he passed back in 2000, he was a studio musician in the late 70s 80s and early 90s and was close friends with all the band members because alot of them was also studio artists. I've seen this movie hundreds of times and can easily quote every line ..thank you both for letting me watch it with yall.
This came out when I was 14 years old. During those 14 years I had never once seen my father hum, whistle, or sing along to a song or even so much as listen to music on the radio. I did not believe he had a musical bone in his body. This aired on network TV one night and I was watching it and my father came in and started singing along to Cab Calloway's Minnie the Moocher like he wrote the song. It was at that moment that I understood why Cheap Trick wrote Surrender.
11:17 -- There was NOTHING like the roar of big engines sucking air through a 4 barrel. They had a voice... Cars today just don't have the same soul.
Fun fact: the idea from this movie came out of Belushi's time in Eugene Oregon all places which had a bit of a blues scene based out of U. Oregon and South Eugene high school.
You should add #Runaway (1984) to the list Emily if you wanna see the great Gene Simmons as a villain, Tom Selleck is a Cop.
Nice coincidence wearing a baby Yoda shirt while watching a movie with Frank Oz, the voice of Yoda
The "Peter Gunn" theme, classic blues, and Cab Calloway!
21:48 I literally LOL'd at "Water you doing?", and flipped you off at the same time. ;-)
Just watched The Blues Brothers last night. Perfect timing.
R.I.P. John Belushi.
I had a boyfriend in the 80's that had the 8-track from this movie. He played it constantly & I liked it BUT didn't see the movie for a few more years. THEN I Loved it all!
I appreciate that you both give your honest opinions of each film, I would not want you to give a phony rating. Of course you're entirely wrong int this case 🙂 The humor works for me and the music is to die for (most of these artists are now gone so that's probably an unfortunate phrase to use). Yes there are plot holes and some are worse than others but it's all in good fun.
And the number of cars they destroyed to make this movie is phenomenal,It's just a classic comedy with a large number of big name stars in it.I loved this movie then and now.
@@andrewmccormack4295 It must have been a gift from God for Chrysler. This is when the company had two year old new cars sitting on empty lots all over Detroit during their bankruptcy years.
11:30 -- I miss those old V-8 engines.... When you mashed the throttle, it sounded like they were sucking the whole environment in and turning it into horsepower....
The guy with the perfect haircut is legendary guitarist Steve Cropper, and the "if the shit fits" guy was his long-time colleague, the equally legendary Donald "Duck" Dunn. Together they were 50% of Booker T. & The MG's, and were part of STAX's house band.
As a Blues Brothers fan back in the early 1980s, it blew my mind that Cropper and Dunn were even listed in the ancient music lexicon in my very conservative European school's library.
I went out with Steve Cropper's niece a couple of times back in high school. She was a redhead too.
Enormously entertaining edit Emily!!
This is such a comfort film for me!! I love every second and it’s lowkey responsible for my love of blues music as an adult because I watched this film so many times as a kid 😅 so fun to watch you guys, as always ❤️
YESSSSS!!! You picking some great movies. I showed up for Smokey & The Bandit and been laughing with you ever since. Just a suggestion, but maybe an Animal House/PCU double feature reaction...
Heck, I'll give it another try on my recommendation. You like alot of stars and comedy ? Please try the 80's movie called "Cannonball Run". Racing coast to coast with some crazy and funny people. The end bloopers are some of the best for a laugh !
It's on the list!
YES!!! The best thing is that it is based on various stories around the original Cannonball Run race. Including posing as priests and paramedics.
Fun trivia fact: The prison worker giving them back their personal affects was Frank Oz, the voice of Yoda, (appropriate shirt choice for this reaction), and, easter egg, Miss Piggie.
You two seem like the kind of people I would hang out with.
This is hands down one of my favourites, so much so that I quote it in my every day life LMAO
Fun fact: This film set the record for most cars destroyed in a movie production, with 103 cars destroyed. That record stood for 18 years, when it was exceeded by the sequel film "Blues Brothers 2000", during which 104 cars were destroyed.
This movie is full of cameos of celebrities who were popular at that time. The girl the Elwood meets at the gas station is 70s supermodel Twiggy.
I thought none of my favorite reactors would ever do this one because of how much of a PAIN the editing would be. Glad you did it! My all time favorite movie ever since I saw it in the theater (multiple times) when I was 12.
Is it because of the music needs to be copyrighted
@@johnnymoreno5065 I assume so. I've always thought that, but I could easily be wrong. One of the few things I DON'T know about this movie. ;)
The main appeal of Blues Brothers is the A-list blues musician cameos. Blues Brothers 2000 wasn't as good, but the cameos there are top-tier as well, especially the Louisiana Gator Boys.
I spent many days in Broken Hill in regional New South Wales in Australia. Half way down the main strip, Argent Street, there is a beauty salon called Curl Up and Dye. Love the reference
"If the shit fits, wear it. Scoot over, goddammit.."
My favorite number here is Ray Charles. Such an iconic scene, between the amazing music and such fun choreography! The group Hanson did a great tribute to the song in their video for “Thinking ‘Bout Sonething,” which is a catchy tune.
That’s my favorite song in the movie. Because the legendary Donald “Duck” Dunn, is laying down a fat baseline.
I have never heard of "Thinking 'Bout Something" before today, and I love it. Thank you!
Agreed - the scene in Ray's Music and through the capper after the song is for me the centerpiece of the whole movie.
Thank you! I just discovered Hanson because of your comment. That was a fun song and an awesome tribute! :)
7:44 "What're ya doin? What're ya doin?"
It's a cop. He's doing doughnuts.
The Blues Brothers band, while not household names, were all well known and well respected in the music industry. Steve Cropper, Donald ‘duck’ Dunn, Matt ‘Guitar’ Murphy, etc have played with a who’s who of rock, blues, and soul music.
The shopping mall scene was, at the time, the most expensive scene ever filmed. They found a shut-down mall and rebuilt the inside and stocked all the stores. Then they destroyed it.
I can’t imagine not LOVING this movie. It’s a perfect musical comedy.
Hi from Lyon , France ^^ I havef 45 yo and this movie is still one of my fav ,and will be forever.What a cast ( One of the best fotr sure ) , what a soundtrack ( hard to do better ONLY LEGENDS ) , the blues brothers humor , the car chaaase
The Dixie Square Mall in Harvey, Illinois is the mall they destroyed. It had gone under about a year prior, but was still largely intact. When they dressed it for the movie, they put in a bunch of stores that had never been there when the mall was open, like the Jewel grocery store. Reportedly the film company left the place partially destroyed, but it didn't matter because they were never able to anything with the building again. The area had changed radically economically and demographically. The place sat there decades slowly decaying, and was legendary among urban explorers and dead mall fans. The remains of it were finally demolished about 5 or 10 years ago.
The car chases could be tighter, especially the later ones but I still love it. The best gag will always be Ray hanging the poster upside down.
The 70s was the era of car chases and stunt driving in film, and this was the capstone, a parody of the entire decade's excesses.
"He didn't do that"
Me: "oh yes he did".