[Leica] Bullitt, French Connection

[kenfphoto at gmail.com (Ken Firestone)]

On 8/21/07, Rob McClure <rmcclure2@woh.rr.com> wrote:
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> Ken,
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> At the time, the Blues Brothers chase was one of the most expensive
> ever shot.  Just the tab for wrecked police cars had to be enormous.
> Not to mention the  wrecked shopping mall, or was that in BB II -- I
> forget.  Incredible scenes.
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If I remember correctly the police cars were all junkers that they painted
to look nice, and the mall scenes were shot in a vacant out of use strip
mall, again fixed up to look like the real thing. I knew some of the extras
from the mall shot.

The production company was doing their damndist to keep photographers away
from anything they were shooting. Then, at the end of the production, they
realized they needed more publicity, and were trying to get coverage.

And, Belushi and Aykroyd spent most of the shoot acting like a couple of
complete assholes.

Ken Firestone