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[edit] Electric Generator / Electric Substation
I have seen the extended edition of the film and the compartment in which Elwood parks the bluesmobile is not an electric generator. Instead, it appears to be an electric substation and/or VAr compensator station. I have updated the article to reflect this, although I did not mention the VAr compensator bit in the article itself as I feel this is overly technical for the article, and many electric substations include VAr compensation capacity.
--DrDeke 04:45, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The Bluesmobile Gets Charged?
As I mentioned in the previous section, I have watched the original and extended editions of the Blues Brothers many times. I do not recall hearing Elwood claim that the Bluesmobile gets charged from the substation (or generator) in either version of the film. If you know of a version of the film in which this is mentioned, could you please provide details? Alternatively, if this was mentioned by "Elwood" outside of the film itself, please update the article text to reflect this. I will give it a couple of weeks and remove the text from the article if no objections are made.
--DrDeke 04:45, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] How the car gets charged....
I just recently purchased the 25th aniversary edition of "The Blues Brothers". In the documentaries "Stories Behind the Making of "The Blues Brothers" (specifically chapter 8 of said documentary on the DVD) John Landis and Dan Akroyd details. Akroyd wanted to explain things, rationalizing it, while Landis said it was a "magic car." Akroyd explains that they parked the vehicle in the transformer room which gave the vehicle its special powers and the scene was filmed, but cut out of the theatrical release. It is restored for the extended version in the 25th aniversary edition.
- Ahh, interesting. I have seen the scene in the 25th anniversary edition where they park the car in the transformer room, but I haven't yet watched the documentary. I'll have to do so; I didn't realize it was included on the DVD :). --DrDeke 16:49, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] apocrypha
I can't substantiate it, but I saw an interview with Landis in which he claims to have not gotten the proper permits for the 120 mph chase; that is, city officials allowed the filming, but had no idea that the car would actually be travelling at 120mph. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dagnabbitt (talk • contribs)
- What interview? I'm interested to know so we can possibly view it ourselves. SchuminWeb (Talk) 01:11, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
- There's an interview with Landis on the documentary that's included with the 1998 Collector's Edition DVD of The Blues Brothers and on the 25th anniversary DVD. I don't recall the 120-mph mark being mentioned, but Landis does say that speeds were in excess of 100mph. He had one such scene on a Chicago street reshot so that pedestrians could be seen walking at normal speed, so audiences wouldn't think he just sped the film up to make the cars look like they were going fast. – WiseKwai | Talk | Contribs 03:33, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
- Ah, yes, okay. I have that DVD myself, and I'll give it a watch again when I get a chance. SchuminWeb (Talk) 04:03, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
- There's an interview with Landis on the documentary that's included with the 1998 Collector's Edition DVD of The Blues Brothers and on the 25th anniversary DVD. I don't recall the 120-mph mark being mentioned, but Landis does say that speeds were in excess of 100mph. He had one such scene on a Chicago street reshot so that pedestrians could be seen walking at normal speed, so audiences wouldn't think he just sped the film up to make the cars look like they were going fast. – WiseKwai | Talk | Contribs 03:33, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
