The Blues Brothers Filming Locations Then and Now (4k UHD, 2018)

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  • Опубліковано 16 гру 2020
  • This is the final, extended version from Dec. 2020 with enhanced, new audio to avoid copyright claims. Watch in full screen mode!
    About:
    In May, 2018 I visited Chicago to see the original filming locations from the 1980 Blues Brothers movie. Most prominent: the Joliet correctional center, the Calumet bridge, the Triple Rock Church and the shots in Downtown, Chicago.
    More information:
    ostfriesland-entdecken.de/and...
    Thanks to:
    Brian Scanlon (www.thechicagobluesmobile.com) and his Bluesmobile.
    Used gear:
    Filmed with Fuji X-T2 in 4k/30 fps (UHD).
    Copyrights:
    Stills and soundtrack from the original movie (c) Universal Studios
    Soothe Me - WMG
    Hold On, I'm Coming - WMG
    She Caught The Katy by The Incredible Southern Bluesband

КОМЕНТАРІ • 83

  • @FF-wv8kz
    @FF-wv8kz 3 роки тому +26

    Really loved the way you edited this. No constant rambling or voice over. Just the quiet observation of the changes to city and the voices of ghosts from a timeless classic film.

  • @jvelsey2504
    @jvelsey2504 Місяць тому +1

    I love how you have the pack of Chesterfields on the dash of the car and an 8-track tape of the Sam & Dave album playing! Looks like the actual model of the Bluesmobile, too!

    • @12barde
      @12barde  Місяць тому +1

      It's actually Brian's Chicago Bluesmobile. You can still rent it: www.thechicagobluesmobile.com/

  • @jorgdietz6672
    @jorgdietz6672 Місяць тому +1

    Thanks for this trip :)

  • @chicovoylez3216
    @chicovoylez3216 3 роки тому +5

    Thank you!!! It's been years and I always wanted to know those locations. Thanks for the addresses!

  • @myreadingmapped
    @myreadingmapped Рік тому +2

    Its amazing most of these sites can be found in Google Earth and look exactly as they did then.

  • @johnhanson3562
    @johnhanson3562 Рік тому +2

    I got out of USN boot camp in Waukegan,in '88.i left Chicago from that bus station.

  • @SRZ418
    @SRZ418 Рік тому +5

    I believe the gas station scene with Twiggy was filmed in the suburb of West Chicago, IL along IL Rt. 59 and May still be there. Also… the nearby West Wind Motel located in Winfield, IL along Rt. 38 is still there.

    • @12barde
      @12barde  Рік тому +3

      The gas station is no more, the motel is still there as far as I know.

    • @dancollins982
      @dancollins982 Рік тому +1

      Gas station was at that location, but it was constructed for the movie. They blew it up but the explosion didn't make the final cut.

  • @strongerandwiser2023
    @strongerandwiser2023 Рік тому +1

    Superb thanks for this man. Loved it. Love the memories from this film too.

    • @12barde
      @12barde  Рік тому

      Thanks! Get there if you can...

  • @richardfoster9499
    @richardfoster9499 11 місяців тому +1

    Love the video, I was born and raised in Illinois. I'm 2 hours south of Chicago, I've always wanted to go tour the filming locations. I work with a guy that was from Chicago, he mentioned alot of the old wrecked police cars were still there and the mall wasn't demolished yet.

  • @bretthooper4909
    @bretthooper4909 8 місяців тому +1

    Great job

  • @Danny-fs1hk
    @Danny-fs1hk 3 роки тому +8

    Great job! I live here in Chicago and it was cool seeing all of these locations.

  • @alfdickinson1971
    @alfdickinson1971 Рік тому +3

    Just ran the Chicago Marathon 2022-Great video, it really enhanced my experience! What a great city, the best marathon I've ran so far-mainly because of the crowds and the music! Love The Blues Brothers

  • @gregmize01
    @gregmize01 8 місяців тому +11

    "It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses."

  • @Openairgarage
    @Openairgarage 2 роки тому +2

    It's never too late to mend.

  • @thebrummierailenthusiasts5329
    @thebrummierailenthusiasts5329 2 роки тому +4

    A lot has changed over 38 years after the blues brothers was filmed here

  • @arthurvanderlinden.5204
    @arthurvanderlinden.5204 3 місяці тому +3

    Nice video. cool to see the places where blues brothers was filmed. I have see the movie so much, but still it is the best movie ever...

  • @roybulger4095
    @roybulger4095 Рік тому +3

    Had only one problem with this The Pinto drop was made in Milwaukee on the 794 unfinished bridge it has been finished and connects down town to0 the south side.

  • @ralphmammen
    @ralphmammen 3 роки тому +1

    Ja sehr schön, ich hab den Film XXX Mal gesehen, ein Klassiker und toll diese Orte so zu sehen. Great ! Greetings Ralph

  • @daveburrows2678
    @daveburrows2678 3 роки тому +2

    Good job!!!

  • @roogi1080
    @roogi1080 7 місяців тому

    Good work 👏

  • @adventureswithrobbie
    @adventureswithrobbie 2 роки тому +2

    Great video. Even though I have never actually seen the movie I love Dan Akroyd and John Belushi together. Visited the prison last October - a cool abandoned place. Now I am going to watch the movie for sure. Thanks

    • @chriskroll4166
      @chriskroll4166 2 роки тому

      Just wondering if you have watched the movie yet ??

    • @oges74
      @oges74 Рік тому

      😱

  • @nuniucel
    @nuniucel 2 роки тому +1

    Great Job! Regards from Madrid!

  • @sangriaproperties.5507
    @sangriaproperties.5507 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks fantastic

  • @briantinker7290
    @briantinker7290 11 місяців тому +1

    Thank you. Inspiring me to make it to Chicago. Can't wait now. Still the best movie ever

  • @didiaurich
    @didiaurich 3 роки тому +1

    Hello my friend, again and again nice Videos.
    I wish a happy Christmas time. Many greetings.

  • @xennial80sxberner
    @xennial80sxberner 2 роки тому +1

    I love those gritty, seedy old buildings (like Elwood's apartment) from the 80s and 90s before so many cities were gentrified with bourgeois condos and big box chains

  • @dickpaul3083
    @dickpaul3083 Рік тому +2

    I worked security for the production while filming in Park Ridge.......The location of the Shell station and Funeral home is incorrect. It is at Talcott and Cumberland. The park across fron the funeral home was used for parking the cars and equipment during the filming. Gillick at Cumberland was the SCMODS scene and the overhead chase was Talcott-Devon and Courtland Avs.

    • @12barde
      @12barde  9 місяців тому +2

      You're right, the gas station is at the Cumberland crossing, Devon is nearby and used for the chase. Thanks.

  • @joleomanggi7983
    @joleomanggi7983 2 роки тому +4

    1974 Dodge Monaco

  • @jasonnoonzio3473
    @jasonnoonzio3473 Рік тому +1

    This is awesome. Thankyou for posting this.

  • @djunclemilo
    @djunclemilo 3 роки тому +6

    Thanks! My son and I are going to do a self guided tour this spring break. Any pro tips on accessing any particularly tricky locations you visited?
    This was really helpful, great work!

    • @12barde
      @12barde  3 роки тому +1

      Hi! Depends on how much time you have. I have a map at the end of the page linked above, those spots are not too hard to find. Ray's Music Exchange is no more, there was a fire a while ago. Take a ride in Brian's Bluemobile, it's worth every cent!

    • @algetar
      @algetar Рік тому

      How was your tour?

  • @lucagirelli2429
    @lucagirelli2429 3 роки тому +1

    Grande video, form italy

  • @oges74
    @oges74 Рік тому +1

    Brilliant work, well done! We watched this so much as kids, knew it word for word. Would love to come over and visit these locations myself one day, the Curl Up & Dye building is still there too. Not sure if Bob's Country Bunker is still around. Just a question about the Bluesmobile, did it have a cigarettte lighter? 😁

  • @mantia39
    @mantia39 Рік тому +1

    Great video! Thank you so much!

  • @dewkeating
    @dewkeating 8 місяців тому +2

    They got SCMODS! What State County Municipal offender data system. My favorite line of any movie.

  • @daniel0-01
    @daniel0-01 2 роки тому +1

    Dude thank you for this. So cool. Post more!

  • @12barde
    @12barde  3 роки тому +2

    Some Q&A from the first upload, which is now blocked:
    Q: What about the Holiday Inn Murph & The Magictones we’re performing at?
    A: It's now the Quality Inn O'Hare Airport. You'll find it on Google street view, but it looks quite different. I wanted to visit it but had too much trouble with the rental car company at the airport wasting too much time.
    Q: Did you ever try to see Bob's Country Bunker?
    A: Bob's Country Bunker was built at the Universal Studios Backlot (Universal City) and demolished after the movie (see comments below)

  • @JohnRohoboth
    @JohnRohoboth 2 роки тому +1

    Very nice. Thanks for putting it together. :)

  • @edwynnkelley136
    @edwynnkelley136 3 роки тому +3

    Ray's Music Exchange located at 300 E 47th St is no more.
    It was destroyed by fire from the riots and looting of 2019.

  • @kenlarson944
    @kenlarson944 2 роки тому

    Well, you got some of them. Places I witnessed them shooting: The routes along Devon and Talcott in Park Ridge, under the El tracks on Van Buren, alley off Adams st.
    The mall is gone, the south loop dives where their flophouse was modeled is gone...

  • @gregmize01
    @gregmize01 8 місяців тому

    Joe Walsh can be spotted in the finale/Jailhouse Rock scene.

  • @elendshuraglump3620
    @elendshuraglump3620 6 місяців тому +1

    GORGEOUS !!!

  • @VengefulBatz
    @VengefulBatz Рік тому

    i think the hwy where they did the flip over the pinto was in milwaukee?

    • @12barde
      @12barde  Рік тому +1

      Yes, but the free fall was in Chicago

  • @paoloorsolini3954
    @paoloorsolini3954 Рік тому +1

    Al porto di Chicago il bar del blues rum e coca Cola USA hello

  • @jamessawyer8889
    @jamessawyer8889 2 роки тому

    When my sister & I were in Chicago 3 years ago, we were in Park Ridge, & ended up driving past the funeral home in the movie while heading to a hot dog stand

    • @markstone1619
      @markstone1619 9 місяців тому

      Lemme take a guess that you were headed to SuperDawg hot dog stand, a bit east of there.

  • @steveferguson823
    @steveferguson823 Рік тому

    Who else was class of 1980

  • @ploppill34
    @ploppill34 8 місяців тому

    ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍

  • @WarriorMigs24
    @WarriorMigs24 8 місяців тому +2

    Timeless

  • @steveferguson823
    @steveferguson823 Рік тому

    Was class of 1980 go class of 1980 1980 had good music whet to prom dates that year after each prom date pool party. Keg of beer

  • @silverfox6883
    @silverfox6883 2 роки тому +1

    Great stuff! Just one thing. It's Soul Food Cafe, not Sould Food Cafe ...

    • @12barde
      @12barde  2 роки тому

      Yes, a typo. I'm not a native speaker :)

  • @caixatimbarepiolli6059
    @caixatimbarepiolli6059 2 роки тому

    Absolut Geil!! Ich fahre selber einen 76er Monaco! So eine Tour durch Chicago wäre echt ein Traum! Hast du die Tour selbst geplant? Argentur? Beste Grüße Olli aus Norddeutschland

    • @12barde
      @12barde  2 роки тому +1

      Keine Agentur, alles selber geplant. Geht ja heutzutage recht einfach. Feines Auto, dein Monaco!

    • @caixatimbarepiolli6059
      @caixatimbarepiolli6059 2 роки тому

      @@12barde Coole Sache! Und das Bluesmobile? Dort geliehen?

    • @12barde
      @12barde  2 роки тому

      @@caixatimbarepiolli6059 Ja, Link steht in der Beschreibung. Super Typ, ist auch auf FB. Mittlerweile tourt er mit Dan Aykroid...

  • @44werewolfnomore
    @44werewolfnomore 2 роки тому

    What's the make and model of that 8 track player?

  • @dannyfranvifranco3798
    @dannyfranvifranco3798 2 роки тому

    My Mission ended today

  • @markstone1619
    @markstone1619 9 місяців тому +1

    I chuckled a bit when you showed that you couldn't find a 'SAFE place to park' at 300 E 47th St (Ray's Music Exchange, now Shelly's Loan Company).
    Wise decision, as it's not very safe at all anywhere in that area.

    • @12barde
      @12barde  9 місяців тому +1

      The main problem was that I booked and payed a cheap, small rental car before, but they refused to give it to me because they said my credit card wasn't working - the same card I already used at Wal Mart and other locations. So I had to get another car, the only one I got was a big, expensive SUV. I had to sign that I didn't park in unsafe locations, whatever that means in Chicago. I never had any problems during that trip, all people where friendly and helpful, except the guy at the car rental.
      It's a shame that some southern locations in Chicago are not safe at all and gangs are controlling the streets.

  • @brownguy0718
    @brownguy0718 3 роки тому

    Can u do these movie locations speed killer klowns from outta space dawn of the dead commando the mask Beverly hill cop one two and three coming 2 America the running man vampire movie total recall red and two chopped mall 967 evil fight night bud the chud

  • @mattthompson8671
    @mattthompson8671 5 місяців тому

    “ unnecessary violence “ 😅

  • @ToyotaGuy1971
    @ToyotaGuy1971 3 роки тому

    Imagine being the stunt-driver that did that blind-landing, bridge jump...
    *"Ho-ly Shiiiiiiii......"*

  • @punklover99
    @punklover99 Рік тому

    Really sorry you had to go to Joliet

  • @noname4u2see
    @noname4u2see 12 днів тому

    the fish place at the 95th st bridge pis closed now, maaaaaan i loved their skrimps and smoked shmelts