The Blues Brothers (1980) Filming Locations

[@ericanspach1532]

This was THE BEST Blues Brothers then and now video EVER!!! Bravo!!!! I watched this over three times in a row. WOW!

[@christianmiddleton7738]

What shit 3 times in a row 😮 no life😂 what u watched next

[@DCOM21]

agree. Excellent

[@suzanneaufang4976]

You must have been and still are living in an isolated cave with shitty internet to believe he this is anything but what it is!!!!! Which is revolting and is as easy to follow like a computer generated pulp fictions filled with dangling participals!!!!

[@HassoBenSoba]

@@christianmiddleton7738 Give the guy a break; what are you doing with YOUR time?

[@clifftarrance]

Especial thanks for not ruining it with some jive ass AI narration.

[@suzanneaufang4976]

So you prefer this nasty noise instead of GETTING REAL INFO????

[@clifftarrance]

@@suzanneaufang4976 If by “nasty noise” you are referring to the music, then yes. The music was appropriate for the subject and all the essential information was conveyed in text on the screen.

[@vicbittertoo]

Spot on, yeah, most of that type of narration is painful and unnecessary

[@gregb6469]

@@vicbittertoo --Especially when the stupid computer mispronounces words!

[@bungalowlogic7676]

As a former tour guide in Chicago, and having visited a number of these sites, extraordinarily well done. What makes this film special is that it approaches geographical sense. They were from Calumet City, they open with steel mills, the bridge they jump was over the Calumet river. Their destination was the County assessor's, and they filmed in the real Cook County/City Hall building. Fun facts:The exterior of the orphanage was the Schoenhoffer brewery from late 1800's. South Shore Club (Palace Hotel exterior) was where the Obama's held their wedding. All the shots under the El tracks, cosmetic differences aside, are structurally the same. And the home in Cicero, the young tree behind their car has fully grown. Great!!

[@suzanneaufang4976]

And no vocal description adding info TOTALLY LOST HERE MAKES THIS CONFUSING AND TWISTED AS EASIER UNDERSTANDABLE AS ONE OF THE NEW AI GENERATED FICTIONALIZED STORY WITH TONS OF DANGLY PARTICIPALS!!

[@3minutestochangetheworld]

I went to grade school and high school in Cicero. My house was 2 blocks from where they filmed. The neighborhood architecture looked familiar but I never knew they filmed that close!

[@TeganX7]

If anyone ever wants to do a film like this for other movies - they should start by watching this one because this is the gold standard. This is beyond fantastic - everything from the lack of voice over to appropriate music in the background to some unbelievable camera work and editing.

[@suzanneaufang4976]

It's because of fools like you, this IS ONE OF THE MAIN REASON THESE VIDEOS AND PROGRAMMING IS GOING DOWN THE TOILET!!!!

[@NorthernChev]

I'm absolutely STUNNED by the amount of effort you took in FRAMING every single shot EXACTLY as it was framed in the original. That alone is worthy of our praise. Phenomenal job.

[@discopants68]

I’m a lifelong Chicagoan, and this movie was my favorite growing up. There was a lot of talk about it locally as it was being filmed. Love the attention to detail in this scene by scene comparison, down to the same camera angles and movement. I noticed signs that the present day footage was taken very recently as well. And I finally know why certain scenes always felt out of place to me-they were shot in Hollywood studios.

[@gluecement]

Yeah most of the footage was taken two weeks ago... right before the snowfall.

[@gary-f2m]

​​@@gluecement I would've put a skeleton outside the west wind motel, to represent twiggy still waiting for Elwood

[@augustowaloonski6]

One of my favorite movies of all time, crazy how many things have changed also how many have stayed the same. ❤ great work everyone this was a most interesting watch!! 👏 👏 👏 BRAVO!!

[@ericniemann8338]

​@@gary-f2m Lol! Good one! 😂 💀🦴

[@charlienyc1]

​@@gary-f2mHeh. She's still alive. Maybe someone could convince her to take a pic there 😆

[@jennifersarahblakeslee4413]

The comparison sequence of the speeding POV under the elevated train is *chef’s kiss*.

[@suzanneaufang4976]

Andhe chef couldn't cook shit for a hobo!!!!!

[@suzanneaufang4976]

Only IF THE CHEF COULDN'T COOK SHIT FOR A HOBO!!!!!

[@LocoCanada]

The sound of the Dodge going 140 mph just wow

[@BigJoeEspo]

Love the shot-for-shot split screen. Outstanding job.

[@soxfan773]

Grew up in Chicago and worked in the film industry. Crazy how much the city and industry here has changed

[@qre268Zrtb]

wow, just wow. This person is the BEST at Filming locations. Thank you soo very much. Regards from Australia.

[@ickleshouse]

not sure of the spelling but try looking for herve atta ? will check and edit. he does some amazing locations, his one on close encounters of the third kind made it onto the official dvd release,

[@SteveDoherty51]

This was the BEST Blue’s Brothers filming location video I’ve ever seen! Absolutely the best! Very well done! Excellent!!!!

[@DavesModelWorkshop]

So well done. The matching of the camera angles? Perfect. Thank you.

[@PeterPistol-u4x]

I was coming here to praise the work taken to get this right and I'll be drowned out by all of the other comments of praise. Excellent job team!

[@suzanneaufang4976]

How can you say that WHEN THE NASTY NOISE IS FAR WORSE THAN AN AI VOICE WITH VIRTUALLY NO DESCRIPTION OF ANYTHING!!!!!! JUST COMPUTER GENERATED NOISE!!!!!! WOW ARE YOU THE SUCK UP!!!!!

[@MissCassandra]

So well done, perfect alignment, shot for shot. Nice quirky jazzy music, no any annoying narration, as the captions were enough. Great vid!! LOTS OF PRAISE!! 👍🏻

[@JoeMarino-q9d]

This is just awesome. As a chicago native , what memories. Just a superb jod.

[@52split]

This is the best video of its kind. Congratulations on a major piece of work.

[@suzanneaufang4976]

YEA, says you with your really internet!!!

[@HSimpson-w1r]

12 years ago there was a web site with the film locations in Chicago. As a present for being on honor roll all year, I flew my 16 y.o. daughter to see the locales as this was her favorite movie. Many of the sites had changed or were rotting away. This sure rekindles great memories. Thanks..

[@binarydinosaurs]

THAT was amazing. The number of times I shouted 'NO WAY' at the screen for a location that still exists today. Awesome.

[@ThreeToesofFury]

OMG. I am a lifelong fan of the Blues Brothers. it is my favorite movie of all time. Even got to do the Blues Brothers convention at Joliet last summer. Your video is one of the best love letters to the film ive seen. thank you SO much for including the addresses!!!!!!!!

[@NipItInTheBud100]

Great job! No talking! Just great shots of from the same angles as what was in the movie! What a trip down memory lane!

[@suzanneaufang4976]

BSMSPHD!!!!! Total garbage and you have no idea what good if WHICH IS OBVIOUS!!!!

[@MrBigdavehd97]

We lost alot of poeple in this one,by far the best filming location for the BB yet,great job!!

[@MatthewK863]

Somewhere I have a picture my dad got of the inside of the warehouse where all the old city of chicago police cars were parked before shooting the movie. There was of course a scandal around using the old cars and a deal being made for brand new replacement cars. Also the tanks in Daley plaza did major damage to the granite and there was a hubbabaloo about replacing them. Loved the video!!!

[@jlh4jc]

Well, the use of unnecessary violence in the apprehension of the Blues Brothers was approved!

[@n.a.2156]

This... was simply INCREDIBLY and TASTEFULLY WELL DONE. I was intimately familiar with essentially every Chicago scene - and (gasp!) learned about ALL the California ones. Fun fact: A pastor I knew was on scene in Chicago when they filmed the 120+MPH street chase. He didn't know any details about the movie and relegated it to memory. Years later, my friend and I watched the movie with him (since it had long been our favorite) - and the story suddenly came to light! Thanks for the memories.

[@liverocknow6683]

Well there will never be a need for another “then and now” Blues Brothers video because you can’t top this! Very well done!

[@xray606]

Nice job. Loyd's gas station was actually a long closed station, but they did completely rebuild the set station. Then they blew it up, which wasn't included in the final cut. They over did the explosion and it blew out windows in a nearby building. We lived down route 59 a ways from there back then, so that's why I remember. Ironically, at the time as a kid, I had no idea I would end up in L.A. as a Location guy for 16 years, and got to talk to some older guys who had been on that crew, and they had great stories.

[@robm3063]

No, that guy that owned that old gas station would not let them blow it up. Where the movie gas station was there used to be an old restaurant. I lived pretty much at RT 38 and County Farm Rd. 4 miles away as the crow flies. Are windows rattled as well. I have a bunch of photos of the aftermath as I used to work at Fox Valley Mall and drove past every day. The motel at the end of the movie is at Garys Mill and Rt 38, it's still there. John went to Wheaton Central High School,

[@alvarocorral1576]

I grew up in West Chicago and always heard about the filming there and the explosion 💥 and I was told by people that it was some truck that exploded and that they later deleted that scene. I drove past that hotel a million times and later drove past it again last month when I went to go visit and had no idea it was part of the movie.. Anyway, this video and your comments filled in some blanks.. Nostalgic as hell!!!

[@sferg9582]

The gas station was a built set where the old Ray Robert's Steakhouse used to be (or something like that). The truck that they blew up was a huge fireball that blew out the windows of the church across the street. My in-laws lived up the street on Gary's mill, right next door to the West Wind Motel. Too bad they deleted the blown-up gas station scene, they spent about a week there filming everything. The semi truck tanker had a mortar under the trailer and threw the trailer into the air with a ball of flame. I was able to hang around with Belushi's stunt double for a few hours while they were filming....a real cool guy.

[@theworldwariioldtimeradioc8676]

Great job. I lived near or traveled past most of those sites my entire life. John Belushi was the pride of Wheaton in the 70’s. Just moved away from the Chicago area a couple months back.

[@Scott-Andy]

Sincerely to Everyone involved in the research and accuracy of the filming locations. Superb ❤ Bravo.

[@suzanneaufang4976]

Suck up!!!! This is nasty from start to end!!!!! Just another stupid hack job by an idiot and a computer!!!!

[@ROGER2095]

Absolutely wonderful! I paused it 50 times to study the pictures. (I'm a Chicagoan and never knew where those Milwaukee shots came from.)

[@smichelle65]

The best "filming locations" video ever! So well produced and filmed; the then-and-now shot of the red car float-falling from the Chicago sky is beautiful!

[@SuperMickey57]

This is a well-produced video! I like the music with the natural sound from the scenes underneath. Most of the locations look nicer now than back then with the exception of the park, someone get busy with a weedeater already. It's a shame they tore down the building that was Ray's Music Emporium. It was on my bucket list of places to visit and get a pic.

[@ryannewsome2981]

This video was very informative. A lot of these scenes were filmed within feet of scenes from child's Play and Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Batman Dark Knight. I was born & raised in Chicago. I love movies, especially those filmed in Chicago. Thank you for the video! I will show this video to my friends. They will not believe it!!!

[@BDUBZ49]

Me too! The Fugitive, The Untouchables, Above the Law, Code of Silence, Running Scared, Stony Island (Andrew Davis' first film).... and all the John Hughes movies filmed in the north suburbs....

[@shawnbirt4161]

Wonderful going back down memory lane. Great movie there was so much talent and musical legends who participated in this film. Had to be a lot of work retracing all those locations. Thank you for your efforts to do that. Your video was top notch.

[@charlestonchewy]

Gotta give mad props, this was a well-made video of before/after!

[@joeavey173]

Best filming location videos I've seen yet. The split screen was done brilliantly.

[@kootybear]

Thank you very much. Its awesome but sad to see these type of videos. So much of our past is just torn down and thrown away or destroyed. Saw one video of Fast Times at Ridgemont high, so many of the scenes in places like the hospital and the gas station have been torn down.

[@RDJ134]

That's a movie classic that even had a cocaine budget (serious google on it). Some locations looks even more worse then before, others barley changed. Thank you for making this.

[@kijekuyo9494]

Great job. A favorite movie of mine. I enjoyed the music as well.

[@thefinerthingsinlife4557]

So good. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

[@OzMoney]

Phenomenal video!!! As a Chicago resident, I’m very familiar with many of these locations, particularly the bridge, the church, and the cultural center.

[@BDUBZ49]

A couple sites from The Fugitive are on the South Side too. The brief scene of the thrift store was on south Commercial, and the small basement apartment Dr. Kimble rented from the Polish lady was at 90th and Houston. The "prison" was actually Ariel Academy in Hyde Park. And the scene where Tommy Lee Jones shot the other fugitive that escaped the train wreck was somewhere on south Green Bay, although those 2-flats are all gone now.

[@jasonotoole1822]

I did my own Blues Brothers filming location tour of Chicago when I visited in 2022 and it’s so cool to see that I was right about a couple of locations in the Chicago CBD that are very different now…but you can see certain landmarks that confirm them. This video was awesome because I got to see what happened to many other sites like the shopping mall. Thanks for a great video…totally enjoyed it.

[@brettspeeler7166]

Great video! A lot of work to recreate one of the best comedies / music flics of all time! Thank you very much!

[@FtungusAmungus]

Outstanding, SO much effort to recreate the right angles, even down to the panning shots. Bravo.

[@clifftarrance]

This is incredible. I’m in awe of the amount of work it must have taken to produce this. Awesome the way you matched shots right down to the synchronized camera movements.

[@richardcarlson127]

Amazing video but there is one minor correction. 17:21 the police car flying into a truck scene was filmed on what was then the unused stub of IL-53 north of IL-68 (Dundee Road). I was there when they filmed it. Since then the expressway was extended north a mile to end at Lake Cook Road.

[@stevefrevert4983]

17:21 you mean

[@richardcarlson127]

@@stevefrevert4983 Yeah, I saw the end time, not the action time. Thanks for the correction!

[@Schush]

Thank you, thank you... I used to live 5 minutes away from there on Rand. You can definitely tell that's Dundee road in the background.

[@RowanRedbrush]

Hi locals! I also had to comment that! I lived literally within a stones throw of that area and I couldn't let it get overlooked!

[@Heathaze813]

Absolute perfect blend of the real film and current footage. So entertaining, thanks. Please do this with all the classic 70s 80s 90s films

[@theemurman1]

Top 5 movie. Living in Chicago my entire life. This is by g=far the best Filming Locations video for the Blues Brothers i've seen. The car chase stuff being in Milwaukee blew my mind a bit. My dad said it was Chicago off some new construction on 90/94. Anyway this was perfect, to bad you couldn't use the music but you nailed it.

[@jimfischer63]

Meticulously researched, expertly filmed and edited. The side by side comparisons are without equal. I was captivated from start to finish. This is one of the best videos anyone can find on You Tube. As a Chicagoan, I am amazed at how many changes there have been to the original locations in the last 40+ years.

[@Sifo_Dyas]

This was just unbelievable. This must have been a painstaking, laborious effort to capture the exact same perspective as the film's shots. There are other videos like this on the BB, but this is the most comprehensive and enjoyable. Bravo and thank you!!

[@POSTAPRILSIXTH]

THE BEST VERSION OF BLUES BROTHERS FILMING. LOCATIONS VLOG VIDEO I'VE EVER SEEN. 100% AUTHENTIC THERE SHOULD BE A GOLDEN OSCAR AWARDED FOR THIS ONE!

[@suzanneaufang4976]

You are a total suck up or you're seriously mentally retarded to believe this garbage with the nasty background noise is good!!!

[@rojopo65]

That was an excellent video. By far the best filming location video I have ever seen. Well done.

[@ElvisPresleyWorldwide]

I've never seen a more comprehensive and entertaining then and now video. This thing deserves an award or something. Brilliant.

[@suzanneaufang4976]

Only those who live isolated in a cave with crappy internet would think this way!!!! I have seen better work from a first grader!!!!

[@charlienyc1]

​@@suzanneaufang4976Why are you spreading hate everywhere? I've seen you make similar comments multiple times. What exactly is your issue?

[@mojoworking1889]

Great memories! I was in high school in Wauconda and rode the bus past the wrecked police cars at highway 12 and 176! Awesome work, great video!!

[@tomkenworthy6802]

This video is absolutely brilliant. The best Blues Brothers ‘now and then’ I’ve ever seen. Unbelievable 👏🏼 thanks for sharing 😎

[@thomaskrueger1728]

This is the best location matching video I've ever seen! Bravo!

[@MatinAmerica]

Incredible tributes and camera angles, cinematography, music, dialogue clips…. This was its own art. Beautiful…

[@SarahRenz59]

Outstanding job matching the "then" and "now" locations shot for shot on split screen! As a lifelong resident of Chicagoland, I've always felt that The Blues Brothers is one of the few films that captures the Chicago "vibe."

[@ray.shoesmith]

Dude, when I saw 'filming locations' I wasnt expecting literally scene by scene! 😂 Great work, I cant imagine the hours that went into this 👏

[@sparkybluefox]

BRAVO ! I bow to you.... This was SO fun to watch and watch again..... BRAVO ! Thank you so much for posting this on KZbin for us. SBF

[@TheDusthound1]

Bravo…this was really well done

[@suzanneaufang4976]

No it is not!!!!! JUST BECAUSE IT HASN'T AN AI VOICE OVER MAKE IT GREAT!!!!

[@TheDusthound1]

@@suzanneaufang4976 I loved it

[@JayWalker]

This film is my absolutel fave of all time. John was my idol. Thanks for this video. I was actually in Chicago last month for first time. Got to see a few locations :)

[@mdit21]

I had to give it a like just for the amount of research, access to locations, and filming detail alone.

[@davidryle]

Thank you for including the exact empty sky shots. Attention to detail. Bravo!

[@malfuncsean]

Amazing job.

[@gluecement]

Thanks, Sean.

[@Mr.Thrasha]

DUDE!! ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC 🔥 I have one of the largest filming location video lists worldwide, but take a different approach, with talking. I am overly impressed you did all this without speaking and how great the clip matchups were timed. Jus subbed, glad I found your channel!! 🤘

[@KINGSMAN_101]

I enjoyed every minute of watching that

[@HassoBenSoba]

Amazing, shot-by-shot demo; your care and diligence has produced a "then and now" video by which all others must be compared and judged.

[@breejohnston9222]

Praise be! Beautiful! Couldn’t keep my eyes off it and so happy to see much of the locations are still standing

[@AndrewBall-z6j]

This is next level stuff. Please keep it up. Absolutely brilliant. Look forward to more.

[@josephpanozzo4815]

One of the best then and now videos I’ve ever seen.

[@harveyhagar]

THANK YOU for doing this, as a native Chicagoan I know many of the locations but I learned a LOT from this..

[@gtptube]

The accuracy of the filming locations, and the pan shots are just phenomenal! Thank you so much

[@wasiuuu1]

what a joy to see these places today. thank you for your time putting this together, we all appreciate your work 🙂

[@lowside2533]

This was an impressive, well put together video here.

[@christopherweise438]

Fantastic as always. You are the best.

[@sebastianbarthel2393]

I like the fact that they filmed those police chase scenes through the City streets with real high speed, without any effects that look like they going fast!

[@b3j8]

It blows my mind they were really doing 120 on Wells under the EL!

[@diogocatalano9557]

What incredible research.

[@ronaldmiller2740]

AWSOME ,,GREAT JOB... CANT STOP LAUGHING ... THX.

[@gregb6469]

One of my all-time favorite movies, so this was quite interesting, and well done!

[@truetrucker4real768]

I've never seen a video of former film locations set up as well as this is. Also, Is it weird that I just watched The Blues Brothers again on DVD last week? I'm subscribing immediately. Amazing work!

[@officialswillis]

Absolutely INCREDIBLE dedication & care taken to produce this wonderful piece - thank you so much for the time you have taken to make it; superb! May the blues be with you.

[@KeithWall-mz9xl]

Awesome, great filmography and angles to show so many locations! Thanks !!!

[@richardhaywood4123]

That was a fantastic set of clips ever to show us fans the locations of all the main parts of the film, great work 😊

[@sanmanross]

Blow away! This is by far the best Before & After filming location video I have ever seen. Thank you for putting together such an excellent video!

[@LarryNewman69]

This is incredible! This must have taken so much work... Thank you!

[@RonaldBruintjes]

Fantastic to see the then and now. Great job! And kudos for the background music. 😜

[@TheV8nutter]

I've watched lots of location videos. This has to be top of the lot. Thanks for all the effort you put in, to make this possible.

[@FingersOnly]

I’m absolutely blown away. This is the GOLD standard for T&N vids. It’s also amazing how you manage to get interior shots of private residences. Lastly, I’m about 95% certain the scene in which the BB elude the cops by driving out of the tunnel was indeed at Lincoln Park.

[@stevenj2380]

What a great head trip this was. Great love for Chi (as it was) from being in college for a brief time in the mid 1970s.

[@spinninggood]

ty for sharing..part of my childhood preserved.

[@mabdman2140]

Excellent job showing then and now together. Best type of then and now videos.

[@bigburrearp7609]

This is fantastic! Thank you for putting all this together for us. Amazing what's changed and what hasn't.

[@Keith-kk6dq]

The sound track was so good! Thanks to the musicians, and the sound crew!

[@RobertFairweatherLuvMachine]

That was great! I appreciate all the time is took to update this. I live near a few of these locations and have reverence for this movie. John grew up 5 blocks from where I am sitting right now. His high school (no longer) sits 200 yards south me.

[@MarchHare59]

18:10: I worked in an animation studio on Hubbard street back in the 1980s. You can just see the building on the extreme left as the Blues-mobile makes a hard turn before dashing under the "El" tracks. The building, which was very tall and narrow, can also be seen in the opening credits of Risky Business. This part of Chicago which was mostly brick warehouses and print shops was called River North and other movies were shot within blocks of this moment in the film: including Backdraft, The Fugitive, Thief, Red Heat and Running Scared.

[@V3Roc]

Brilliant! Have shared to many people who, like me think this is one of the best films ever.

[@williamprice1828]

I grew up in South Chicago. My grandfather, 2 uncles and a couple cousins worked at the South Works of US Steel. I crossed over the 95th St bridge over the Calumet River uncountable times going to my best friends, girl friends and relatives who lived on the East Side. Bought enough fish from Calumet Fishery to feed the 5000!

[@BDUBZ49]

I grew up in Hegewisch. I used to take 41 home from downtown when the Ryan was jammed up. Down Commercial Ave (past the thrift store from The Fugitive) and then left over the bridge to Ewing. The Baptist church is right there at 91st and Burley. (the apartment Dr. Richard Kimble rented from the Polish lady is nearby too at 90th and Houston)

[@charlienyc1]

I took my kid to a climbing class at Steelworker's Park recently and happened upon both the church and the bridge randomly. As I passed 95th Street to go north on 41, I recognized the intersection and pulled over immediately to turn around and go over that bridge. Good to know there are Fugitive locations around, too. Watching that movie after moving to Chicago was nearly as good as watching Blues Brothers since living here. Of course I can't stop watching the latter. 😊

[@BDUBZ49]

@@charlienyc1 Another South Side location: There's also a very brief scene in The Fugitive where they're moving the prisoners out of the building onto the bus. That building is actually Ariel Community Academy at 47th and Greenwood in Hyde Park. (Chicago Bear Otis Wilson has a cameo as a prison guard).

[@OhanaFilms]

I used to go to Phil’s Beach as a teen and I’ve lost skin on that slide.

[@michelleirvin5420]

I went to Phil’s Beach with a girlfriend for our High School ‘Senior Ditch Day’ Spring 1978. I went crazy when I saw it in the movie just a few years later. One hell of a slide!

[@jameschanin]

My family owned the service station near there I believe it was across the street.

[@rbobinsky]

your attention to detail and access to various locations was nothing short of AMAZING! Thank you for this amazing deep look into one of the best motion pictures of all times...!!!!

[@charliegrisel9689]

Outstanding video. The time it must have taken to research and match up those shots. Best locations video I've seen

[@kevincross2435]

Superb video. Excellent attention to detail. Thank you. Cool music, too. Regards from a Blues Brothers fan in England.