At the time, it held the record of most cars destroyed for a film. That has since been eclipsed various times, mainly by films from the fast and furious franchise. But the current record holder is one of the transformers films.
Oh cool, thanks for sharing! I knew the movie held some kind of record for destroying cars, but couldn’t think of exactly what it was. All I can say is that none of those other movies will ever have nearly the same amount of satisfaction with scenes like this
I just don’t have the words to describe how awesome this movie is to folks who haven’t seen it. It’s a must-watch.
Awesome soundtrack with
Very many celebrity cameos (including musical performances by Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, others), and some you won’t even notice until you google them
Funny and bad things happening to Nazis
Cops looking like fools (to be fair, that’s nearly every movie of this era)
Folks who would today be magas looking like fools
Late 70s/Early 80s kinda ribald humor
Over the top car chases (see OP)
Carrie Fisher
An actual mission from God (in the context of the film)
John Belushi at his best
Dan motherfucking Aykroyd
The Blues Brothers
Almost bizarrely, a positive message of inclusivity and brotherly love.
sorry I forgot it wouldn’t be obvious to everyone.
I’m pretty sure they just didn’t want to say Orange Julius. That was the big brand at the time, and it was amazing. Looks like they are still around, but I don’t know if they have been enshittified. www.orangejulius.com/en-us/
It was just a frothy orangey creamy cold drink - not icy like a slurpee or icee, just very cold and frothy. Somehow amazing.
I remember watching this movie when I was around 12 years old. Had never heard of it before just started watching it and loved it. It’s It has become one of my top 3 favorite movies. It also introduced me to the world of the blues and some of the best blues musicians/singers.
I remember buying the soundtrack on CD and playing it over and over again. I think I was the only pre-teen that knew of Cab Calloway and could sing “hi-de-ho” .
I think I was the only pre-teen that knew of Cab Calloway and could sing “hi-de-ho” .
I thought the same thing at that age, and then my music teacher at the time was like “oh hey fun fact I played Minnie The Moocher with Callaway before he died” and busted out a picture of him with Callaway
He and I both played trumpet so I learned how to play those lines from someone who performed with the legend himself, and Ive always thought that was one of the coolest things I’ve ever done
I have never seen Blues Brothers and, to my knowledge, have never seen this clip. Somehow I still knew almost immediately that this must be from Blues Brothers.
