At one time, this movie was in the Guinness Book of Records, for destroying the most cars in a single movie.
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The Blues Brothers (1980) - 7 trivia entries
Directed by John Landis, starring Carrie Fisher, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi (add more)
At one time, this movie was in the Guinness Book of Records, for destroying the most cars in a single movie.
In every John Landis film, you can see or hear the phrase "See you next Wednesday." In this film, it's the big movie ad sign (starring King Kong) where a police car is hiding behind.
Right after the first police car pileup in the mall, a police office says, "He broke my watch." If you listen carefully, right after every police car pileup thereafter you can hear a police office yell, "He broke my watch."
The Cook County collector is played by Steven Speilberg.
The mall the Blues Brothers drove through is the old Dixie Square mall in Harvey Illinois. The 800,000 square foot shopping center had been abandoned in 1979 and was renovated specially for the chase sequence, the mall still stands and has remained unused since filming was completed.
When the Blues Brothers sing "Jailhouse Rock," there are several shots of a long-haired prisoner who eventually leaps onto the table to dance. The performer is Joe Walsh, guitar player for The Eagles.
Notice the Graffiti on the Bridge the Blues Brothers use to hide the car. One of them is *John (heart) Debbie*. This is a reference to the Director, John Landis, and his wife Deborah.
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