Film 1980. Written by Dan Aykroyd and John Landis. Directed by John Landis. Starring John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Carrie Fisher, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, James Brown and John Candy. Source Features: BBB (13) TIMELINE (5) MAP (3) TRIVIA (1) THEMES (1) Find a Source All MediaAdvertisingAnimated FilmAnimated SeriesComedy ActsComic BooksComic StripsFilmLiteratureMagazinesMusicOtherRadioTheaterTV SeriesVideo Games Search Records Record Name/DescriptionRecord Comments All SourcesThe Blues Brothers Categories All GroupsBogus Business BureauFictitious TimelineMake Believe MapOther Order by Record Name GroupCategorySubcategory ASCDESC Total Record Results: 23 - Medium: FILM

# Record Name Group  Category Subcategory BOGUS BUSINESS BUREAU 1 Al Bennett Sales BBB Vehicles Automotive Services Al Bennett Sales Automotive parts store referencing car dealer Al Bennett, popularly known as the "dealing man" from Flint, Michigan, in the 1970s. 2 The Blues Brothers Band BBB Performing Arts Musicians-misc The Blues Brothers Band Jake and Elwood Blues reunite their old R&B band to save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago. 3 Bluesmobile BBB Vehicles Motor Vehicles Bluesmobile The Blues Brothers' car - an old Mount Prospect police car. 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. 4 Bob's Country Bunker BBB Nightlife Nightclubs Bob's Country Bunker The Blues Brothers perform as The Good Ol' Boys. 5 Curl Up & Dye BBB Personal Care Beauty Salons Curl Up & Dye Beauty salon where Carrie Fisher's Mystery Woman works. 6 The Good Ol' Boys BBB Performing Arts Music-Country The Good Ol' Boys The Blues Brothers pretend they're The Good Ol' Boys and perform at Bob's Country Bunker. 7 Lloyd's Tire Clinic BBB Vehicles Automotive Services Lloyd's Tire Clinic When the Bluesmobile runs out of gas, Jake and Elwood push it to the closest gas station. 8 M-79 Flamethrower BBB Weapons Weapons-misc M-79 Flamethrower Carrie Fisher's Mystery Woman's weapon. There is a real M-79 Grenade Launcher, but no M-79 Flamethrower. 9 Murph and the Magic Tones BBB Performing Arts Musicians-misc Murph and the Magic Tones Lounge act playing the Holiday Inn Armada Room before rejoining The Blues Brothers band. Members include Murphy Dunne, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, Willie "Too Big" Hall and Tom "Bones" Malone. 10 Palace Hotel BBB Travel Hotels Palace Hotel The Blues Brothers Band performs its climactic concert at the Palace Hotel Ballroom, a country club at the time of filming, but later became the South Shore Cultural Center, named after the Chicago neighborhood where it is located. The interior concert scenes were filmed in the Hollywood Palladium. 11 Ray's Music Exchange BBB Performing Arts Music Stores Ray's Music Exchange There never was an actual store called Ray's Music Exchange. The mural on the Prairie Avenue side of the building at 300 E. 47th St. was painted during production in 1979 and remained until May of 2020, when fire damage to the building forced the city to demolish the empty store and two others attached to it. 12 See You Next Wednesday BBB Video Movies-misc See You Next Wednesday Movie starring Donald Sutherland and directed by Carl La Fong, advertised on the billboard that Jake and Elwood pass when they leave Bob's Country Bunker. Reference to Frank Poole's father's last line in his video letter, from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. 13 Soul Food Cafe BBB Dining Cafes and Delis Soul Food Cafe Filmed at what was Nate's Deli on Maxwell Street in Chicago. It is now a parking lot. FICTITIOUS TIMELINE 14 August 5, 1979 Dates 20th Century: 70s Events August 5, 1979 Jake released from prison. 15 August 6, 1979 Dates 20th Century: 70s Events August 6, 1979 The Blues Brothers start getting their band back together. 16 August 7, 1979 Dates 20th Century: 70s Events August 7, 1979 The Blues Brothers pretend they're The Good Ol' Boys and perform at Bob's Country Bunker. 17 August 8, 1979 Dates 20th Century: 70s Events August 8, 1979 The Blues Brothers perform at the Palace Hotel Ballroom. 18 August 9, 1979 Dates 20th Century: 70s Events August 9, 1979 The Blues Brothers pay St. Helen of the Blessed Shroud Orphanage's tax bill. MAKE BELIEVE MAP 19 Palace Hotel Ballroom Map Structures Event Venues Palace Hotel Ballroom The Blues Brothers Band performs its climactic concert at the Palace Hotel Ballroom, a country club at the time of filming, but later became the South Shore Cultural Center, named after the Chicago neighborhood where it is located. The interior concert scenes were filmed in the Hollywood Palladium. 20 St. Helen of the Blessed Shroud Orphanag... Map Residential Communities Orphanages St. Helen of the Blessed Shroud Orphanage Jake and Elwood Blues reunite their old R&B band to save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago. 21 Triple Rock Church Map Structures Churches Triple Rock Church Church in which Jake and Elwood receive the divine intervention. The actual location is modern day Pilgrim Baptist on the South Side of Chicago. OTHER 22 Untitled Other Themes Dark Shadows #000000 #3048b3 #3048b3 23 What name does Steven Spielberg - in his... Other Trivia Name Game What name does Steven Spielberg - in his tax assessor clerk cameo - sign on the $5,000 receipt for Jake and Elwood? B.M. for Bill Murray R.J. Daley, for Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley J.W. Gacy for serial killer John Wayne Gacy

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