@@zebunker Legendary is also defined as- Remarkable enough to be famous; very well known. "his wisdom in matters of correcting others comments on You Tube was legendary"
That's one of my favorite gags in comedy movie history: He throws the lighter out the window at the beginning, then at the end after he decides the car is okay to keep he says "fix the cigarette lighter". It's such a small thing, but it shows how detailed the joke-writing was.
Ackroyd and Belushi have great comedic chemistry, and they aren't half-bad musicians, either. But we must never forget the whole purpose of this movie was to introduce a new American generation to the best R&B ever, played by the original artists.
They didn't just introduce it to a new American audience. When I was a kid and just got my license I bought my own blues mobile and drove along the entire coast of Norway playing R&B all the way with my friends. It was an epic ride, for an epic time with epic music.
That introduction outside the prison as John and Dan's name comes up, then the title with both of them in shot is one of the best openings to a movie ever
Dude, and you i know that you know this is a old cclassic! I used to watch this in the 80s. as a kid. And i also know that you know you knew that horn was signaling something epic about to jump off! I already know. 😎
In feel u my mother and I loved watching this. She also worked at a Hilton that the Blue's Brothers stayed at when to they were performing in Michigan. Got to meet them. They gave her tickets to the show.
@@Imperial0666 Actually, it was a retired California Highway Patrol car (all the Dodge Monaco's they used for the Bluesmobile were retired CHP cars). It was just brushed up to look like a retired Mount Prospect Police car.
@@danielmagdariaga1843 because Mount Prospect PD's cars were black and white (making it a decent choice for the Bluesmobile), most other PD cars in Illinois (like Chicago) tended to be white.
"Cars got a lot of pick up" LMFAO as Belushi then says, "fix the cigarette lighter" that he previously threw away! Brilliant one-liners throughout this movie gem.
God that is my favorite line. The whole movie and script is brilliant to a T. Jake asleep in the passenger during the massive chase and Elwood yells “Jake, I gotta pull over” fucking goes thru the meridian at full speed.
Dan A. went on to make some important statement movies (Canada's Avro Arrow) but I have to wonder how Belushi would have developed as an actor along the last few decades. A Jim Carrey? Or even better? Or move to drama? A treasure gone too soon.
I graduated from East Catholic High School in 1977 and immediately brought a 1972 Galaxie 500 state police cruiser at auction for $500 it had a 429 V8 engine weather Cleveland had and could top 140 miles an hour. This reminds me of many of the pickups of my pals that summer Peachy Silver ,Duffy Leone,Tony the Tiger Barrett, and me Big Bad Jon!
One of the things that makes “The Blues Brothers” my all time favorite comedy is the complete lack of inhibition from the film makers. I think a big factor in how well a movie works is how seriously it takes itself compared to how seriously it SHOULD take itself. Movies often fail because of a large gap between the two. But the people who made "The Blues Brothers" knew how ridiculous the movie was, decided to just have a blast being ridiculous, and it works spectacularly.
An astute observation. Many movies take themselves far too seriously for how not good they are. But it is more nuanced than that- there’s a golden ratio that needs to be struck
In my opinion, 1980 was one of the finest years for movies--The Blues Brothers, The Shining, Fame, The Competition, Airplane! (Surely I do not want to forget that one), and of course, Ordinary People, which took the Oscar prize.
This movie is an ALL time CLASSIC! I have to watch this every few years because NO other movie is close to same entertainment value of this flic! It NEVER gets old!
Watched for the first time when I was 9 I guess, I loved it, so funny, and I loved the music so much. I also had a crash for Carrie Fisher, if my right hand could talk….
@@mikerees5321 That was an awesome night, wasn't it? Perfect weather and it was the first time I'd really been out of the house since March. Didn't really care that the screen was barely bright enough to see.
I'm from Lockport which borders Joliet and at 14 remember all the excitement of a Hollywood movie being filmed nearby in Joliet at the old prison and went with my sister to the Collins St viaduct which the film crew had blocked off when they were filming these shots. I actually got to see them in progress on this shot. The overhead intro refinery shots were the then Romeoville Union 76 and the now defunct Lockport Texaco refineries.
@@rauldiaz7309 July 1984 was the explosion. My parent's home was on the other side of Lockport and the shockwave literally felt like a bulldozer hit the house at full speed
@@24hourgmtchannel64 ...yes I remember being in my Iiving room watching TV with my brother and the whole house rattled. Then came the news as to what had occured. Thank you!
This was my childhood go-to movie. Watched it with my dad 1000 times. Always said if i won lotto id meet him outside his work with that song playing to tell him he never going back there.
@J. M. We forgetting that aykroyd helped write both of the ghostbusters after they put this out? Would you not say they were successful films? Granted he wrote some stinkers also but to downplay every single film he wrote as unsuccessful is a bit unfair
@@jeffystocker7457 its available on blu ray as a double disc with blues brothers 2000 i didn't know it till i got it and said contains expanded version and tells you how its edited back in
Its got a Cop Motor a Fourhundred Fourty Cubic Inch Plant. Its got Cop Tires, Cop Shocks, Cop Suspension, its a Model Made before Catalytic Convertors so It'll run good on Regular Gas
The best part about this movie is that the idea of the Blues Brothers is completely absurd. The entire premise of the movie and everything that happens in it is insane. But the Elwoods, they're almost expressionless. In a movie that surrounds them in ridiculous chaos at which they are the center, they're the calm center. Like the eye of a hurricane. Anyone who knows the trope of the straight-laced white blues guy knows exactly where this premise came from.
That is exactly what I love about it as well - crazy shit going on all around them, and they just continue moving through the scenes cool as cucumbers (even after a building literally falls on top of them! 😂)
1:52 Everyone's mentioning Jake tossing the cigarette lighter out the window, but I get a kick out of the very clear sound it makes hitting the pavement.
It's got a cahhhp motor, a 440 cubic inch plant. It's got cahhhp tires, cahhhp suspension, cahhhp shahhhcks. It's a model made before catalytic converters, so it'll run good on regular gas. Waduyu say, is it the new blues mobile or wahht? Aykroyd aced the Chicago accent.
"Its got a 440 cubic inch plant, cop shocks, cop tires, cop suspension, a model made before catalytic converters so it will run good on regular gas." I love that line. In Blues Brothers 2000 the cop car there is a Ford and only has a 351 cubic inch plant.
The Ford cop car that Elwood drove in Blues Brothers 2000 was a 1990 model with a 351 Windsor. The cop cars that the cops drove had the 4.6 liter OHC V8 like you mentioned.
I was 11 years old in 2000, just moved to a different country and all I had was bicycle, a video tape of some brady bunch movie and a tape of the blues brothers. Needless to say the blues brothers have a big place in my heart. And I will always own a pair of wayfarers.
Love this movie! I watched it as a kid growing up in Romania. I watched it many times over the years and it was funnier every time because my English was better and I was getting the jokes, puns. Always loved the footage of Chicago…. I did eventually move to the US and lived in Chicago for 9 years..
I once worked for a company that made video server racks and cards for local cable companies. To "burn them in" we ran this movie for 100 hours straight off an old school laser disk player. So I have seen it more than the average person...
As soon as I saw the close-ups for each Blues Brother, heard the music, and watched them hop a bridge, I knew I was in for something awesome as a kid! And I still love it as much now!
@@bitmapman Shure Micropphones- Skokie IL, good stuff- but beyond the budget- hence- gotta got to Calumet City (not gonna vouch for the legality of how they got there though..)
It really is. You learn everything you need to know about Jake, Ellwood, and the Bluesmobile (the main characters of the movie) in this one quick scene right at the beginning. It jumps right into the plot after that. No wasted time or dialogue or shots. Everything introduced neatly and cleanly in a memorable way that hooks the audience and sets the tone. There are movies that take half of the runtime to do what they did here in 3 minutes.
This always reminded me of myself and my sister; she was two years older and knew everything so I listened to her when she taught me to appreciate music. And we kind of raised ourselves, like Jake and Elwood.
@@samirsan9105 that prison is still located in my home. I always see it when I pass by.; So's Cook County Jail in Chicago, My parents lived in Pilsen, Douglas Park, and Little Village neighborhoods immmdeiately surrounding Cook County Jail. The nuns in parochial school always reminded us that if we didn't behave, we would wind up having to go to graduate from public school kids....in Cook County Jail. They don't sing there either I heard.
When o was about 12, I rented this on pirate video in the early 80’s and watched it one Saturday morning, went out to town, bought the soundtrack and hey presto, I’m still loving it to this day. Saw the Blues Brothers band a few times, loved that too.
3:22 - "It's got a cop motor, a 440-cubic-inch plant. It's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks...it's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas. What do you say, is it the new Bluesmobile or what?"
Until everyone starting quoting it the way Elwood casually no expression says the cop this cop that was always my fav dialogue. Favorite scenes not one but I always could relate to Jake and his ex always trying to kill him.
Today I just gave one of my best friends a copy of briefcase full of blues. I'm so glad to see clips of this epic film. One tiny portion was filmed in front of where I lived when I was kid. That was a really cool thing to experience as an 8 year old. The exit that the good old boys took off the highway was right in front of where I lived. The Canfield road exit off of I 90.
My bandmate had a1975 fury ll. It was an ex rcmp pursuit car with a 440 4 bbl, sway bars front and back and went like hell. It still had the zippers in the roof and you couldn’t open the back doors from the inside…lol…best car ever
I bought a 1964 Impala police car when I was 20 . It had a 427 and shift kit and huge 4barrel carb. That car was untouchable on the highway. So powerful it was dangerous
One of the greatest openings to a movie ever they don't even have to say anything they just hug that is true brotherhood right truly understanding each other
I’m 30 and this was my favorite childhood movie of all times. I didn’t get the SNL reference until years later. I’m so thankful for my mom showing this to me
Brilliant movie move start to finish. I just love the brilliant gold light behind Jake when he gets out of the joint. "She caught the Katy And left me a mule to ride She caught the Katy And left me a mule to ride Now my baby caught the Katy Left me a mule to ride The train pulled out, I swung on behind Crazy 'bout her That hard headed woman of mine"
After watch de main family movie, on times when cinema used to offer double or triple program, we were leaving...then my father told us to me and my brother: "let's give a chance to this movie that's beginning"... and the rest is history..I never saw my father laughing this way again. And now, 44 years later, I still enjoying this wonderful movie and memory of my dad.
It always gets me when Jake tells Elwood to fix the cigarette lighter after he throws it out the window. It was literally his way of saying yes when Elwood asked him about the car.
"The day I get outta prison, my own brother picks me up in a POLICE car." Everything about this movie is legendary.
😂😅🤣😉👍my favorite line
"You don't like it"? Jake: NO, I don't like it", but in a completely flat deadpan voice
Where's the Caddy, The Blues Mobile.
The word legend refers to myth, this was a real movie. Update word choices.
@@zebunker Legendary is also defined as- Remarkable enough to be famous; very well known.
"his wisdom in matters of correcting others comments on You Tube was legendary"
That's one of my favorite gags in comedy movie history: He throws the lighter out the window at the beginning, then at the end after he decides the car is okay to keep he says "fix the cigarette lighter". It's such a small thing, but it shows how detailed the joke-writing was.
My favorite scene
And the noise of the lighter hitting the ground
I love the fact they jump the bridge
saw this movie about 100 times and never noticed 🤣🤷🏻♂️
Great minds think alike !
Ackroyd and Belushi have great comedic chemistry, and they aren't half-bad musicians, either. But we must never forget the whole purpose of this movie was to introduce a new American generation to the best R&B ever, played by the original artists.
We knew them in the UK
They didn't just introduce it to a new American audience. When I was a kid and just got my license I bought my own blues mobile and drove along the entire coast of Norway playing R&B all the way with my friends. It was an epic ride, for an epic time with epic music.
And world. Some I knew, like Aretha Franklin & James Brown, but not Cab Calloway & all the others
@@marknewbold2583 big in Australia
The bees
That introduction outside the prison as John and Dan's name comes up, then the title with both of them in shot is one of the best openings to a movie ever
Jake is framed in all white light doorway as he's being born again, little does he know he's been sent on a mission... from God.
Truth
Fix the cigarette lighter!
I knew the second I heard the horns, I was about to witness something special. Little did I know I was going to witness something legendary
Probably the greatest film opener, ever!
I am Lion Man classic movie
@@WardyLion You misspelled legendry.
Driveway STAR No I didn’t.
Dude, and you i know that you know this is a old cclassic! I used to watch this in the 80s. as a kid. And i also know that you know
you knew that horn was signaling something epic about to jump off! I already know. 😎
Man.. my dad and I loved watching this together . Probably our favorite of all time. . . Miss you pops . RIP .
hes not on youtube bro
In feel u my mother and I loved watching this. She also worked at a Hilton that the Blue's Brothers stayed at when to they were performing in Michigan. Got to meet them. They gave her tickets to the show.
Same here...my Dad and I would watch and recite the lines along with the actors. Such a great movie and great memories as well!
@Don Smith omg u just called his dad "shit that gets stuck in ur shoes"
Mine too. Was the last movie we watched together cause it was our favourite. Quoted it all the time. Fuck cancer :-( ❤️
One of the best movies ever made!
Where did 40 years go?
Ohhh I LOVE THIS MOVIE!
I’ve been watching this movie almost all my life.
Sounds strange but this was my dad and my favorite movie.
Absolutely it’s my all time favourite ever it’s pretty much impossible to make anything like this nowadays with all the copyright music and laws ....
The fact that this was an _actual_ former police car is what makes this just so much better.
It probably was an actual Mt Prospect police car at that
@@Imperial0666 They were practically *GIVING* them away!
@@Imperial0666 Actually, it was a retired California Highway Patrol car (all the Dodge Monaco's they used for the Bluesmobile were retired CHP cars). It was just brushed up to look like a retired Mount Prospect Police car.
Why they choose mount prospect?
@@danielmagdariaga1843 because Mount Prospect PD's cars were black and white (making it a decent choice for the Bluesmobile), most other PD cars in Illinois (like Chicago) tended to be white.
"Cars got a lot of pick up" LMFAO as Belushi then says, "fix the cigarette lighter" that he previously threw away! Brilliant one-liners throughout this movie gem.
Mall scene,"The new Oldsmobiles are in early this year!"
God that is my favorite line. The whole movie and script is brilliant to a T.
Jake asleep in the passenger during the massive chase and Elwood yells “Jake, I gotta pull over” fucking goes thru the meridian at full speed.
Then he lites his cigarette w a zippo
It didn't work, that's why he fired it out the window.
How are those lines "brilliant"? Yeah, they're kind of funny, but "brilliant"?
God, I miss John Belushi. He was a great comedian, funny actor, had an energy that was second to none. RIP
Dan A. went on to make some important statement movies (Canada's Avro Arrow) but I have to wonder how Belushi would have developed as an actor along the last few decades. A Jim Carrey? Or even better? Or move to drama? A treasure gone too soon.
@@thedwightguy I like to think he like the movie would have aged well.
The energy was from the cocaine.
@@nikkismith6384 and the control came from the heroin. It’s about the balance
John should have been around longer, think how many more movies hd would have made, he was great!
I graduated from East Catholic High School in 1977 and immediately brought a 1972 Galaxie 500 state police cruiser at auction for $500 it had a 429 V8 engine weather Cleveland had and could top 140 miles an hour. This reminds me of many of the pickups of my pals that summer Peachy Silver ,Duffy Leone,Tony the Tiger Barrett, and me Big Bad Jon!
One of the things that makes “The Blues Brothers” my all time favorite comedy is the complete lack of inhibition from the film makers. I think a big factor in how well a movie works is how seriously it takes itself compared to how seriously it SHOULD take itself. Movies often fail because of a large gap between the two. But the people who made "The Blues Brothers" knew how ridiculous the movie was, decided to just have a blast being ridiculous, and it works spectacularly.
Are you referring to the police chase through the mall? That was definitely over the top.
@@losfromla1480 or when the nazis fly through the air like a spacecraft
@@losfromla1480 Maybe the producers had a soft spot for Chrysler.
“I hate Illinois Nazis”
An astute observation. Many movies take themselves far too seriously for how not good they are. But it is more nuanced than that- there’s a golden ratio that needs to be struck
40 years later, still comedy gold!
In my opinion, 1980 was one of the finest years for movies--The Blues Brothers, The Shining, Fame, The Competition, Airplane! (Surely I do not want to forget that one), and of course, Ordinary People, which took the Oscar prize.
@@Juliaflo Caddyshack!
More than comedy; reading between the lines- truly shows what that poor struggling people are not just drug dealers, gangbangers, etc.
@@Juliaflo How did you leave out Raging Bull, which was miles better than Ordinary People?
This movie is an ALL time CLASSIC! I have to watch this every few years because NO other movie is close to same entertainment value of this flic! It NEVER gets old!
I was 11 when I saw this fir the first time. Watching it as a 52 year old I sometimes have a tear in my eye for the many passed cast members.
I was 15 myself when I first saw this fine film, and suffering from my first hangover.
Great memories!
When I saw it the first time I was about 7 or 8 years old. Like Jake I saw the light & I was struck by the power of blues.
Watched for the first time when I was 9 I guess, I loved it, so funny, and I loved the music so much. I also had a crash for Carrie Fisher, if my right hand could talk….
This movie definitely aged like fine wine. Classic.
Turn signal: stick arm out the window. This movie has so many subtle EPIC moments.
That is perfectly legal- got stopped by a millenial cop that didn't know.
Yeah that detail killed me!
I cracks me up so bad when he throws the cigarette lighter out the window
then tell elwood to fix it
Me too 🤣
...made before catalytic converters so it runs good on regular gas...
The Caty where’s the Caty ?
I traded it 😏
You don't like it?.
In August I went to Joliet Prison to see a 40th anniversary screening of this. It was awesome.
Noho 2000 Cool! I remember reading about it online.
I went to that also on Friday night . . .
Still SO COOL to see this clip and to watch it there in the courtyard.
@@mikerees5321 That was an awesome night, wasn't it? Perfect weather and it was the first time I'd really been out of the house since March. Didn't really care that the screen was barely bright enough to see.
@@Nhamp2000 yup it was a great time.
I drove up from Souther Indiana.
I thought they did it perfect with the virus, and with the circles.
So, is it still a prison?
I'm from Lockport which borders Joliet and at 14 remember all the excitement of a Hollywood movie being filmed nearby in Joliet at the old prison and went with my sister to the Collins St viaduct which the film crew had blocked off when they were filming these shots. I actually got to see them in progress on this shot. The overhead intro refinery shots were the then Romeoville Union 76 and the now defunct Lockport Texaco refineries.
Also from the area. Was it 1983 when there was a big explosion at maybe Unocal..? If I got the right refinery. I remember that day, I was 10.
@@rauldiaz7309 July 1984 was the explosion. My parent's home was on the other side of Lockport and the shockwave literally felt like a bulldozer hit the house at full speed
@@24hourgmtchannel64 ...yes I remember being in my Iiving room watching TV with my brother and the whole house rattled. Then came the news as to what had occured. Thank you!
This was my childhood go-to movie. Watched it with my dad 1000 times. Always said if i won lotto id meet him outside his work with that song playing to tell him he never going back there.
My favorite movie of all time ever, hands down. Most people my age have never even heard of it. Its been my favorite since I was a kid
Same here. I grew up with it.
Same here great movie
Born in 2000 grew up with this movie
Mine too. And probably same for all my childhood friends.
To this day when people ask what is my favorite it is always The Blues Brothers.
Insane stunt bonus lol... Also always loved that after all that he just goes "car's got a lotta pickup." Like it was nothing haha
This movie was so brilliant. Aykroyd and Landis and they were both in their prime.
Landis is a hack who's just hitched his wagon to the right people.
@@TheThisguy1983 the script was a fuckin tome before landis, man. There's no Blues without him.
@@evancrosley2857 exactly, Aykroyd by himself makes crazy bullshit that is unwatchable
@J. M. We forgetting that aykroyd helped write both of the ghostbusters after they put this out? Would you not say they were successful films? Granted he wrote some stinkers also but to downplay every single film he wrote as unsuccessful is a bit unfair
And another nominee for the Kiss Ass Award.
When I feel down, I watch this and it makes everything better.
Hear Hear. I know exactly what you mean.
Watch the expanded edition with extra 12 mins put back in.. It fab
@@kevconnell5649 were can I watch it with the extra 12 mins
@@jeffystocker7457 its available on blu ray as a double disc with blues brothers 2000 i didn't know it till i got it and said contains expanded version and tells you how its edited back in
"You don't like it..?"
"....No, no I don't like it."
*swift neutral drop into first, 440 screaming alive*
Possie traction to boot
Uuuhhhhhh noooooicee
Uhhh, no neutral drop... just 440 ci of pure Mopar power!
Honestly with a 440, you can just bury it at a dead stop to get rubber like that.
Its got a Cop Motor a Fourhundred Fourty Cubic Inch Plant. Its got Cop Tires, Cop Shocks, Cop Suspension, its a Model Made before Catalytic Convertors so It'll run good on Regular Gas
*"We're on a mission from God."*
*That is the greatest line in the history of existence.*
I still say that to people.
I often remind people that there are two kinds of music: Country and Western 😂
* "They're not gonna catch us"
Don't you blaspheme in here.
*"Who wants an Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Three Orange Whips."*
That was one quick trip from Joliet to the southeast side of Chicago.
😄 "The Hunter" with Steve McQueen (1980) has a very cool opening scene in Joliet. Same thing happens there..👌
Didn't you see the bridge scene? That's how they got there so quickly, they flew.
The best part about this movie is that the idea of the Blues Brothers is completely absurd. The entire premise of the movie and everything that happens in it is insane. But the Elwoods, they're almost expressionless. In a movie that surrounds them in ridiculous chaos at which they are the center, they're the calm center. Like the eye of a hurricane.
Anyone who knows the trope of the straight-laced white blues guy knows exactly where this premise came from.
That is exactly what I love about it as well - crazy shit going on all around them, and they just continue moving through the scenes cool as cucumbers (even after a building literally falls on top of them! 😂)
1:52 Everyone's mentioning Jake tossing the cigarette lighter out the window, but I get a kick out of the very clear sound it makes hitting the pavement.
The Blues Brothers will always be my favorite movie!
You know when those gates start opening, something epic is about to start.
This movie never gets old...it just gets better with time...Thank goodness the Blues Mobile wasn't an electric car...😎
Just like wine 🍷!
I watch this with one of my friends who never even heard of this movie I showed it to him and watches it probably watches about it every single month
$10 says that car smells like bowling alley
and stale donuts.
The car really tied the movie together dude!
Cig's and freedom
I laughed way to hard at this
SMELL? The cluttter sliding around on the dash should tell you, smashed can of beer and empty pack of cirgarettes and some other food wrappers.
I never found that moment with the cigarette lighter funny as a kid but now I laugh at it every time I see it
It's got a cahhhp motor, a 440 cubic inch plant.
It's got cahhhp tires, cahhhp suspension, cahhhp shahhhcks.
It's a model made before catalytic converters, so it'll run good on regular gas.
Waduyu say, is it the new blues mobile or wahht?
Aykroyd aced the Chicago accent.
fix the cigarette lighter
Aykrod was Canadian bud lol but yea he does well
Matthew Sweet fix the cigarette lighter
this was always my favorite part of the movie
440's were ok, great comment!
"Its got a 440 cubic inch plant, cop shocks, cop tires, cop suspension, a model made before catalytic converters so it will run good on regular gas." I love that line. In Blues Brothers 2000 the cop car there is a Ford and only has a 351 cubic inch plant.
I'm from Mt Prospect, where he got the car from, and when I tell people where I'm from I say this is our claim to fame
In 2000 the crown vic had only a 4.6l v-8 that's a 281 cubic inch plant
The Ford cop car that Elwood drove in Blues Brothers 2000 was a 1990 model with a 351 Windsor. The cop cars that the cops drove had the 4.6 liter OHC V8 like you mentioned.
Fix the cigarette lighter
@@oscarinacan 500
"A microphone? ...Ok I can see that."😂😂
I love this movie me and Grandma used to watch it all the time before she went blind🥺🥺
“What do you say is it the new blues mobile or what?”
“Fix the cigarette lighter!”
Hahaha gold!
I must have missed that part.
After he's thrown it out the window!
@@AndrewBlucher yes! Literally throws it haha 😂
One of my all time favorites! And I never get tired of watching it; brilliant writing and acting.
I was 11 years old in 2000, just moved to a different country and all I had was bicycle, a video tape of some brady bunch movie and a tape of the blues brothers. Needless to say the blues brothers have a big place in my heart. And I will always own a pair of wayfarers.
I wonder how long they had to wait for that precise light, just amazing
Love this movie! I watched it as a kid growing up in Romania. I watched it many times over the years and it was funnier every time because my English was better and I was getting the jokes, puns. Always loved the footage of Chicago…. I did eventually move to the US and lived in Chicago for 9 years..
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@@stevechristie2569 come on man, please don’t make fun of me
@@marcelcovaci9922 I'm not 🇷🇴 🇺🇸
@@stevechristie2569 ok.
My irrational childhood dream was to have The Blues Brothers meet The Dukes of Hazzard, The General Lee vs The Bluesmobile
I had read that the left over surviving Monicos were used in the first few seasons of the Dukes Show until they got wrecked.
It sounds like a new version of the car chase from Bullitt, unless you just wanted to see both cars jump over the bridge.
Tyler Tilwick Mine would be the Blues Brothers in their Bluesmobile in the Cannonball Run.
Two classic American boats going head to head. I think the world would just explode.
The General Lee vs The Bluesmobile vs Bandit 1
I once worked for a company that made video server racks and cards for local cable companies. To "burn them in" we ran this movie for 100 hours straight off an old school laser disk player. So I have seen it more than the average person...
As soon as I saw the close-ups for each Blues Brother, heard the music, and watched them hop a bridge, I knew I was in for something awesome as a kid! And I still love it as much now!
Every time when I watch this movie I laugh so hard easily. My dad requested me to watch this when I was a kid. Oh and RIP John.
I love the fact that the door from which Belushi came through is very bright even though the sky above is overcast. Amazing!
Love their rendition of this song
This was the first R rated movie 🎬 that my dad ever took me to and I still love it ☠
Lol. The First Rated "R" movie my Dad took me to was "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest," And Everyone Can Tell 😊
This is one of my favorite movies ever, reminds me why i love having an older brother.
one of the greatest movies of all time. a classic!
_"The day I get out of prison..."_
_"...my OWN BROTHER picks me up in a POLICE CAR!"_
😂 2:26😅
A microphone?
Okay I can see that
Always loved that part
A vintage Shure Green Bullet taxi dispatcher mic. Not a reissue, but the real thing. Best way to get that Chicago blues harp sound.
Bowsette!
@@bitmapman Shure Micropphones- Skokie IL, good stuff- but beyond the budget- hence- gotta got to Calumet City (not gonna vouch for the legality of how they got there though..)
Now that’s how you start a movie 🎥😂👌🏻
It really is. You learn everything you need to know about Jake, Ellwood, and the Bluesmobile (the main characters of the movie) in this one quick scene right at the beginning. It jumps right into the plot after that. No wasted time or dialogue or shots. Everything introduced neatly and cleanly in a memorable way that hooks the audience and sets the tone.
There are movies that take half of the runtime to do what they did here in 3 minutes.
Man I still Rock “She Caught the Katy” on many a playlist...
Growing up in Illinois in the 70's, I always remember people telling you that if you screw up, your going to Joliet.
I’m watching this in the parking lot of the Old Joliet Prison.
NO WAY!!!... BRAVO MY GOOD MAN!!
Did you pick up your bro from the big house?
@@lyleswann6296 I dropped mine off there once…
THE MORE I WATCH THIS MOVIE THE BETTER IT GETS
Best musical ever made. Imo. Great comedy, great music, great actors and John Landis.
Hands down my favorite movie of all time.
Best Chicago movie ever! Got my own Bluesmobile in the garage!
I’ve been watching the movie once a year since 1985.
Aussie born in the 80s and same!
This always reminded me of myself and my sister; she was two years older and knew everything so I listened to her when she taught me to appreciate music. And we kind of raised ourselves, like Jake and Elwood.
I'm so lucky that prison is still located in my home. I always see it when I pass by.
Don't go there friend,
Blues brothers won't sing anymore for you 😉
@@samirsan9105 that prison is still located in my home. I always see it when I pass by.; So's Cook County Jail in Chicago, My parents lived in Pilsen, Douglas Park, and Little Village neighborhoods immmdeiately surrounding Cook County Jail. The nuns in parochial school always reminded us that if we didn't behave, we would wind up having to go to graduate from public school kids....in Cook County Jail. They don't sing there either I heard.
Dad and I always watched this together. So good!
Some thing's NEVER GET OLD !!! ROCK ON !!!!!
Wasn't sure what I was expecting when my running buddies and I went to see this but its legendary.
Yes sir, this will always be one of my favorite movies of all time. The laughs, the music, the stunts ... definitely in my top ten.
When o was about 12, I rented this on pirate video in the early 80’s and watched it one Saturday morning, went out to town, bought the soundtrack and hey presto, I’m still loving it to this day. Saw the Blues Brothers band a few times, loved that too.
"car's got a lot of pickup"
3:22 - "It's got a cop motor, a 440-cubic-inch plant. It's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks...it's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas. What do you say, is it the new Bluesmobile or what?"
fix the lighter
“cars got alot of pickup” is the best line in this scene hahah
@@mrceleb2006 "Fix the cigarette lighter."
Until everyone starting quoting it the way Elwood casually no expression says the cop this cop that was always my fav dialogue. Favorite scenes not one but I always could relate to Jake and his ex always trying to kill him.
Today I just gave one of my best friends a copy of briefcase full of blues. I'm so glad to see clips of this epic film. One tiny portion was filmed in front of where I lived when I was kid. That was a really cool thing to experience as an 8 year old. The exit that the good old boys took off the highway was right in front of where I lived. The Canfield road exit off of I 90.
Top ten best looking cars ever.
My bandmate had a1975 fury ll. It was an ex rcmp pursuit car with a 440 4 bbl, sway bars front and back and went like hell. It still had the zippers in the roof and you couldn’t open the back doors from the inside…lol…best car ever
I bought a 1964 Impala police car when I was 20 . It had a 427 and shift kit and huge 4barrel carb. That car was untouchable on the highway. So powerful it was dangerous
Best movie ever made love all the songs
Never be another great movie like the Blues Brothers.
This movie had an incredible soundtrack!
One of the greatest openings to a movie ever they don't even have to say anything they just hug that is true brotherhood right truly understanding each other
Jake seemed quite impressed after that bridge jump. He did not need convincing twice.
If I ever go to prison I want this music to play when I get out.
You'll only be hearing banjos...🤦🏻♂️🤣🤣
Taj Mahal amigo one of my favorites in blues
I play it every time I get out of Facebook Jail. Lol
Dukes of hazard never jumped a bridge like that. Blues brother's is a classic
I’m 30 and this was my favorite childhood movie of all times. I didn’t get the SNL reference until years later. I’m so thankful for my mom showing this to me
Ackroyd’s breakdown about the cars features is one of the best parts of that scene!
One wants a whole chicken and a coke. Jake! The other toast, plain. Elwood! The Blues Brothers!
Brilliant movie move start to finish. I just love the brilliant gold light behind Jake when he gets out of the joint.
"She caught the Katy
And left me a mule to ride
She caught the Katy
And left me a mule to ride
Now my baby caught the Katy
Left me a mule to ride
The train pulled out, I swung on behind
Crazy 'bout her
That hard headed woman of mine"
One of the best scenes ever shot for the theater.😂
I was on a business trip to Chicago when the chase scene into the city was being filmed.
My first movie in cinema. Thank you ❤️😊
"They were practically giving them away" hahah reminds me of my cousin lol
After watch de main family movie, on times when cinema used to offer double or triple program, we were leaving...then my father told us to me and my brother: "let's give a chance to this movie that's beginning"... and the rest is history..I never saw my father laughing this way again. And now, 44 years later, I still enjoying this wonderful movie and memory of my dad.
Best opening scene ....perhaps Ever! Especially for any car enthusiast. Thanks for the video.
This movie inspired me to get my own chapp car. Black Betty 2010 p71 Crown Vic!!!!!! Love it
The most iconic pickup jail scene in movie history
WOW, i ain't get tired watching this 4 min scene.
Thanks John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd
It always gets me when Jake tells Elwood to fix the cigarette lighter after he throws it out the window. It was literally his way of saying yes when Elwood asked him about the car.
It's got a cop motor.... love it! I have an HO slotcar model of this. California Highway Patrol loved these, able to catch almost anything.
"Fix the cigarette lighter!" Still gets me every time ...
What's so funny about it?
One of THE Top Comedies ever!
One of the best movies ever