I'm sure many of you are familiar with the IMDb (Internet Movie Database) and if you aren't you should be as it's a wonderful website. One of the many useful things it does is list all the connections a movie as to other movies. The problem is, it doesn't tell you what they are. I'm trying to find out in what way The Blues Brothers references and spoofs these movies, and what way do the other movies reference and spoof The Blues Brothers. Here's a copy of The Blues Brothers movie connections page:
Referenced in
Roadie (1980)
Trading Places (1983)
Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983)
Weird Science (1985)
Viva Shaf Vegas (1986)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Raising Arizona (1987)
Dragnet (1987)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Beetle Juice (1988)
Riding Bean (1989)
Wired (1989)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
American Tail: Fievel Goes West, An (1991)
Sneakers (1992)
Fatal Instinct (1993)
GoldenEye (1995)
Primal Fear (1996)
Nutty Professor, The (1996)
Tatort - Tod im All (1997) (TV)
Kummeli kultakuume (1997)
Deep Rising (1998)
Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
Pitk? kuuma kes? (1999)
Taxi 2 (2000)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Chicken Run (2000)
Driver 2 (2000)
Emperor's New Groove, The (2000)
Shrek (2001)
Hire: Star, The (2001)
ReBoot: Daemon Rising (2001)
Principe e il pirata, Il (2001)
Bloody Mallory (2002)
Country Bears, The (2002)
Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002)
Ghosts of the Abyss (2003)
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
Stitch! The Movie (2003)
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
DragonBlade (2004)
Spoofed in
Sister Act (1992)
Airheads (1994)
Ok?s?n 2 (1995)
Bulletproof (1996)
Kleines Arschloch (1997)
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
We Married Margo (2000)
Chicken Run (2000)
Lost in Las Vegas (2001)
Mummy Returns, The (2001)
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
ReBoot: My Two Bobs (2001)
Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002)
Powerpuff Girls, The (2002)
Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Shrek 4-D (2003)
Lion King 1?, The (2004)
References
Jailhouse Rock (1957)
"Peter Gunn" (1958)
"Rawhide" (1959)
"Sesame Street" (1969)
French Connection, The (1971)
Clockwork Orange, A (1971)
California Reich, The (1975)
Animal House (1978)
Scavenger Hunt (1979)
Spoofs
Night of the Hunter, The (1955)
Psycho (1960)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Now, I know more about movies than most people, but I haven't seen all of these and I can't spot the references in/to some of them. I wondered if anyone had spotted any references in/to the movies mentioned, and could you post them here if they have. I can set the ball rolling:
Referenced in 'Dragnet':
A chase where all the vehicles are police cars.
Referenced in 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles':
They pass a sign saying 'Chicago 106 miles'
Referenced/Spoofed in 'Chicken Run':
The chickens dance to 'Flip, Flop & Fly' and the rats do a very Blues Brothers-esque dance wearing sunglasses.
Referenced in 'Shrek':
Donkey wears BB sunglasses in the finishing number.
Referenced in 'Farenheit 9/11':
Peter Gunn Theme and sunglasses
References 'Jailhouse Rock' "Peter Gunn" and "Rawhide":
Well, that's just obvious isn't it.
References "Sesame Street":
"Do you have a Miss Piggy?"
Spoofs 'Psycho':
The shot up the stairs in the orphanage is similar to Norman Bates's house. Plus the main character/s pulling away from the police.
And those are the only ones I can spot. Anyone noticed any others?
Blues_Sister
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