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[dixiesquare]

here are some shots of the bridge taken today .i even got a couple of it in the up postion !also you will see the auto parts/junkyard . and what looks like the bridge from the sound track album cover . oh and yes i was stupid enough to stand in the middle of the street with oncoming traffic at me for some of the shots .

oh , i know chitownjohn has posted some of the same pictures i have here , and i thank him for posting them !











http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i257/dixiesquare2/3906e5ab.jpg
isnt chicago beautiful ? :D
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i257/dixiesquare2/2aa24575.jpg

thank you for the correction , i have changed he post . :D

[ChiTownJohn]

Dude I love the one of the bridge goin up, it looks like the movie!
You were lucky to see it go up, I'd think you'd have to wait all day to see that. Yeah we took pics by the plate to, that was so cool to see in person, right?
Did ya go up that gravel area to the west ot the fish joint? I see the one old one you took.

Oh yeah did you go indie that place they got news clippings and pics of the jump, they even seel DVD's of the movie!!!

[Rizzolo_for_8]

dixiesquare wrote:

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and the fish shack that you see on elwoods side , which would put them going west after the bridge not befor .

The bluesmobile heads East the whole time. The restaurant/Bar on Elwood's side was called Kingfish and was on the north side of the street. I'm not sure when they tore it down. The tower at the bridge is on the east side of the Calumet river (the side where they land) and the north side of the street (Elwoods side).
And yes, that is the skyway bridge from the cover of the soundtrack album.

Cool photos!!!

[bluesharp]

Love the bridge going up dixie,nice one!!
I could see meself flying through the air!!

[Jakefreak]

ever wonder how the hell they filmed that shot???
as i was just looking at the pic with the bridge up and wondering they probubly had to drive the car all the way up to the edge of the bridge while in its upright position, stop the car when they reached the edge and roll back down in reverse.

Am I wrong? Because we do see the car flying up the bridge pretty fast. How'd they do it?

[bluesharp]

Does anybody know,cause that's a good question??

[ChiTownJohn]

God damn! i just sent a message to bluesharp, sry hon' what i meant to say was the fish joint that is there has pics & clippings from qwhen the jumpwent down so here's one pic from inside, i think they have more than my pic show s though, they evn sell DVd's of the movie in there!

[440RULEZ]

Jakefreak said:

ever wonder how the hell they filmed that shot???
as i was just looking at the pic with the bridge up and wondering they probubly had to drive the car all the way up to the edge of the bridge while in its upright position, stop the car when they reached the edge and roll back down in reverse.

Am I wrong? Because we do see the car flying up the bridge pretty fast. How'd they do it?

I forgot where I saw or read it but as far as I know they really jumped the bridge. As always for movie purposes a scene is broken down into several shots. They probably had to stop the Bridge at various angles for hours to get their shots. You can notice the various angles if you look closely at the final shots used in the scene.
I think it was said on one of the DVD special features that they istalled special roll-on and roll-off ramps for a wider angle so the car could accelerate before entering the already opened bridge. Without these ramps it would have been similar to driving into a wall / the floor at the other side.

They also had to do the jump more than one time as far as I heard.
If I only remebered where I saw that... Gotta go through the special features again.

If you look at the car in the final scene after Elwood accelerates you can see the driver slammed onto the brakes just soon enough so he wouldnt crash into the wall in front of him. This is noticeable only for a few frames before the next cut.

Then they must have had the car climbing the bridge at a much more grip-friendly angle.

For the jump itself they needed speed thus the ramps (not visible of course).

[bluesharp]

Thanks for the pic Chi and thanks for the info 440!!

[bbcentral]

Fantastic photos!

Can you see those people standing on the edge of the bridge while it's raised?

You wouldn't catch me doing that in a million years!
And the photos of the Bluesmobile being towed by the camera truck are great, I love seeing that stuff

[JacobSteinAFM]

Seeing these kind of photos are one of the reasons why coming on the forums makes it worthwhile!

[chasbo28]

If you want to see a photo of an action shot or two on the filming go to theybrokemywatch.com You can see the ramp in front of the bridge.



I love seeing the updated shots from Chicago. :D


I got a bunch from my visits but these are wonderful and more detailed.

[440RULEZ]

Heck they jumped the bridge about 20 times!
-Didnt know that! Cool car...

[bluesharp]

cool website man,loved it!!
Thanks chasbo!!

[dixiesquare]

i was even lucky that day to catch it going up .




the bridge from the album cover




the king fisher


and finally crusing up the ryan .
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u108/bluesbrotherspics/DSC00018.jpg

[Mr.HotRodder]

DS, does the fisher still have BB pics inside ?

[Cropper Classic]

You should've tried the jump........

[bbcentral]

Mr.HotRodder said:

DS, does the fisher still have BB pics inside ?

Try here:
http://www.bluesbrotherscentral.com/forum/showthread.php?p=25400#25400

[dixiesquare]

i watched this again , and some thing has allways bugged me , when they are sitting waiting for the bridge , you see the kingfisher from jakes pov looking at elwood with it through elwoods window .

now for that to be seen , the car would have to be facing the other direction , west , not east , as the bridge is behind them , if they were facing east, as we are to belive it would be on jakes side , and elwoods view, would be of the shipyard salt depot that is on the north side of 95th street.

[Rizzolo_for_8]

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i watched this again , and some thing has allways bugged me , when they are sitting waiting for the bridge , you see the kingfisher from jakes pov looking at elwood with it through elwoods window .

now for that to be seen , the car would have to be facing the other direction , west , not east , as the bridge is behind them , if they were facing east, as we are to belive it would be on jakes side , and elwoods view, would be of the shipyard salt depot that is on the north side of 95th street.
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The building in the background is (was) on the North side of the street and West of the Calumet River. It was torn down years ago.