The Blues Brothers: Difference between revisions
The Blues Brothers: Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
The Blues Brothers: Difference between revisions
[[Image:BB-SP1-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|''"Well, Jake, you look just fine down there."'']]
[[Image:BB-SP1-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|''"Well, Jake, you look just fine down there."'']]
[[Image:BB-SP1-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Jake's Ex-fiance explains to Jake all that he put her through when he left her at the altar while holding her SP1.]]
[[Image:BB-SP1-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Jake's Ex-fiance explains to Jake all that he put her through when he left her at the altar while holding her SP1.]]
[[Image:BB-SP1-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Jake's Ex-fiance fires her SP1 at Jake and Elwood's car as they escape.]]
[[Image:BB-SP1-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Jake's Ex-fiance fires her SP1 at Jake and Elwood's car as they escape. Note the flash hider is doing nothing due to the blank adapter.]]
[[Image:BB-SP1-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two US Army soldiers fire their SP1s at the door that the Blues Brothers blocked. In all other shots they use original M16s, but when they fire, they switch to SP1s in a continuity error.]]
[[Image:BB-SP1-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two US Army soldiers fire their SP1s at the door that the Blues Brothers blocked. In all other shots they use original M16s, but when they fire, they switch to SP1s in a continuity error.]]
[[Image:BB-SP1-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Closeup of the soldiers' SP1s.]]
[[Image:BB-SP1-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Closeup of the soldiers' SP1s.]]
Revision as of 19:03, 28 November 2010
The following weapons were used in the film The Blues Brothers:
When the Blues Brothers and their band go to Ray's Music Exchange, Ray (Ray Charles) draws a Walther PPK and fires at a kid who is about to steal a guitar.
Incorrectly referred to as the "M79 Flamethrower", Jake's Ex-fiance (Carrie Fisher) uses an M1 Flamethrower to try to kill Jake and Elwood when they are in a phonebooth.
Trooper Mount carries with him a Winchester Model 1300 when they arrive at the Blues Brother's concert to arrest them. Several prison guards are seen using them at the end of the film.
One Illinois State trooper is armed with a Smith & Wesson Model 10 during the climax of the film when the police chase the Blues Brothers into the Cook County Accessor's office.
Jake's Ex-fiance (Carrie Fisher) uses an M16 when trying to kill Jake and Elwood after their concert. It has a birdcage flashider, but no foward assist, making it a Colt SP1. Also, while they are normally seen carrying original M16s, two US Army soldiers switch from M16s to SP1s in a continuity error when they are firing through a door when searching for the Blues Brothers.
When she is at her beauty salon, Jake's Ex-fiance (Carrie Fisher) has two weapon manuals on her desk: "M79 Flame-Thrower" and "Anti-Personnel Mines". It's difficult to see the other text on the manuals, but from the logos, it looks like Government files. I wonder how she got those...
This humourous line proved very controversial within the Chicago Police Department. Due to this line, the Chicago Police Department banned use of its name and insignia in films and television shows until the 2000s. Several movies, such as The Negotiator, used names like "Metro Police" because the name "Chicago Police" could not be used.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingA dispatcher tells police officers "Use of unnecessary violence in the apprehension of the Blues Brothers has been approved", a line that caused the Chicago Police Department to ban it's name and insignia from films for 20 years.
Police Car Wreckage
About 60 police cars were used in the film. Most of these cars were humorously wrecked throughout the film. Here are some shots of it.
