Poster The Blues Brothers 1980

Where was The Blues Brothers filmed

1980, Comedy Action Crime Adventure
Filming country: USA

The Blues Brothers was filmed in Chicago & Los Angeles in the United States of America.

Locations

Ray’s Music Exchange

Chicago

Scene where Ray shows the quality of his instruments. The band start playing and people are dancing in the street.

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City Hall Chicago

Chicago

Scene where Jake and Elwood crash their car against the building and see how it falls apart.

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Pilgrim Baptist Church of South Chicago

Chicago

Scene where Jake sees the light while attending the service of Reverend Cleophus James.

Scene was shot The church was only used for exterior shots. The scenes inside the church were filmed in Los Angeles.

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North LaSalle Street & Lake Street

Chicago

Scene where Jake and Elwood try to escape from the police. A huge number of police cars crash…

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Old Jolie Prison

Joliet

Scene where Jake Blues is released from prison. He is picked up by his blood brother Elwood in his Bluesmobile.

Scene was shot Joliet Correctional Center (originally known as Illinois State Penitentiary, colloquially as Joliet Prison, Joliet Penitentiary and the Collins Street Prison) was a prison in Joliet, Illinois, America from 1858 to 2002. In 2018, it opened for tours.

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Jackson Park Bridge

Chicago

Scene where Jake and Elwood make the nazi’s who are protesting in the park jump off the bridge.

Scene was shot The bridge is part of Jackson Park, a 500-acre (2 km²) park located at 6401 South Stony Island Avenue in the Woodlawn community on the South Side in Chicago. It is named for the seventh President of the USA, Andrew Jackson. The parkland was first developed as the host site of the World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago World's Fair) in 1893, memorialized today by the Statue of The Republic.

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