tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048530092670628759.post6763108488294699613..comments2007-04-25T04:07:24.420-06:00mikebdothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05348165226950408458noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048530092670628759.post-29408167202485508582007-04-25T04:07:00.000-06:002007-04-25T04:07:00.000-06:00Chicago started to gain much attention for filming until 1979 or so. This had more to do with Byrne being mayor than anything else. She was the 1st non-Daley Machine mayor in decades, which means she probably didn't require the kind of under-the-table graft to "allow" filming that Daley would have. Hollywood is loathe to doing that on films. However, they would buy all the cocaine needed during the production of Blues Brothers. While TBB is certainly a high-profile film that showcased Chicago in those early days of location filming there is one that came BEFORE that and the stunts filmed made headlines all over the papers. That movie would be "The Hunter" starring Steve McQueen as a bounty hunter. This would be his final role. McQueen did many of his own stunts, including scenes on top of a moving EL train. He did not perform the corker of a stunt that sent a car flying out of a parking garage on about the 10th floor and plunging into the Chicago River below. And now you know....the rest of the story. Technically, TBB was released before The Hunter but The Hunter was filmed first.Mr Otis A Blocknoreply@blogger.com