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AUTOS: Hollywoods Hottest Car Chases; The Blues Brothers (1980)
Thirteen different cars were obtained via a California Highway Patrol auction to become the Bluesmobile.
A car modeled after the 'Blues Mobile' during the NHL Winter Classic at Wrigley Field on January 1, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo: Getty Images)
Ah yes… The Blues Brothers. Its one of the great comedic classics of all time, offering some very entertaining ‘car chase’ scenes as well. Starring Dan Aykroyd (playing Elwood Blues) and John Belushi (playing ‘Joliet’ Jake Blues.), based on the characters they created from Saturday Night Live, combine their driving ‘prowess’ with slapstick humor and memorable cinematography.
Part of the fun resides in the now famous ‘Bluesmobile,’ a battered 1974 Dodge Monaco with the squad-car package. For the movie, the car is stated as an ex-Mount Prospect, Ill., police car. Jake’s quote described it well. "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."
Thirteen different cars were obtained via a California Highway Patrol auction to become the Bluesmobile, while the police chase vehicles – 60 of them in total – were bought at $400.00 a piece. More than 40 stunt drivers destroyed most of the cars during the shoot, which wound up, at the time, as the most cars ever destroyed in a single movie at the time. It was only surpassed by the series sequel, Blues Brothers 2000.
What to look for… The linked chase is the mall scene. One of the funniest things about this movie is what Belushi and Aykroyd talk about while they are driving through a mall at high speed. This car chase was actually filmed at a real mall, the abandoned Dixie Square Mall in Harvey, Ill.
Watch the chase.
Watch the trailer.
Everyone has their favorite car chase scene… and many have multiple ones. On Thanksgiving Night (Nov. 25), SPEED enters the conversation with a two-hour special called, Hollywood’s Hottest Car Chases, premiering at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
New York City’s Pangolin Pictures looks at the last 40 years of cinematic car chases, re-living many great scenes through the eyes of those who created, shot and played out what has become one of Hollywood’s greatest creative contributions. Broken out in themes, this feature presentation is produced to be the most comprehensive look at how this genre has evolved from Steve McQueen’s Bullitt to Matt Damon’s Bourne Identity.
Through Thanksgiving, SPEED will roll out some of our favorites from around the studio here in Charlotte. This not a countdown per se, and we want to hear from you, as we’ll introduce a new car chase scene every Monday through Thursday. Let the Chase Begin…
Here’s What They Are Saying over at Autoblog.com…
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/11/speed-announces-hollywoods-hottest-car-chases-with-mega/
Part of the fun resides in the now famous ‘Bluesmobile,’ a battered 1974 Dodge Monaco with the squad-car package. For the movie, the car is stated as an ex-Mount Prospect, Ill., police car. Jake’s quote described it well. "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."
Thirteen different cars were obtained via a California Highway Patrol auction to become the Bluesmobile, while the police chase vehicles – 60 of them in total – were bought at $400.00 a piece. More than 40 stunt drivers destroyed most of the cars during the shoot, which wound up, at the time, as the most cars ever destroyed in a single movie at the time. It was only surpassed by the series sequel, Blues Brothers 2000.
What to look for… The linked chase is the mall scene. One of the funniest things about this movie is what Belushi and Aykroyd talk about while they are driving through a mall at high speed. This car chase was actually filmed at a real mall, the abandoned Dixie Square Mall in Harvey, Ill.
Watch the chase.
Watch the trailer.
Everyone has their favorite car chase scene… and many have multiple ones. On Thanksgiving Night (Nov. 25), SPEED enters the conversation with a two-hour special called, Hollywood’s Hottest Car Chases, premiering at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
New York City’s Pangolin Pictures looks at the last 40 years of cinematic car chases, re-living many great scenes through the eyes of those who created, shot and played out what has become one of Hollywood’s greatest creative contributions. Broken out in themes, this feature presentation is produced to be the most comprehensive look at how this genre has evolved from Steve McQueen’s Bullitt to Matt Damon’s Bourne Identity.
Through Thanksgiving, SPEED will roll out some of our favorites from around the studio here in Charlotte. This not a countdown per se, and we want to hear from you, as we’ll introduce a new car chase scene every Monday through Thursday. Let the Chase Begin…
Here’s What They Are Saying over at Autoblog.com…
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/11/speed-announces-hollywoods-hottest-car-chases-with-mega/
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