Panjupukan gambar utamané diwiwti ing wulan Juli taun 1979, karo budget filmfilem kang isih ora dingertèni. Kanggo wulan kapisan, things ran smoothly on and off the set. Nalika Weiss ngerti yèn budget finalé iku $17.5 yuta, dhèwèké mènèhi lawakan, " tak pikir aku wis nggunakaké wis akeh"<ref name="Vanity Fair 2013">{{Cite news|last=Zeman|first=Ned|title=Soul Men: The Making of The Blues Brothers|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/01/making-of-blues-brothers-budget-for-cocaine|newspaper=Vanity Fair|date=January 2013|accessdate=December 18, 2012}}</ref>
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Akèh adhegan filem sing jupuk gambar ana ing sakubengé Chicago antarané wulan Juli lan Oktober taun 1979, kalebu Wauconda, Illinois, panggonan mobil tabrakan ing sisihé Route 12.<ref name="BBC">{{Cite web|title=Blues Brothers Central|work=The Blues Brothers : About The Movie|url=http://www.bluesbrotherscentral.com/movies/the-blues-brothers/|accessdate=December 16, 2008}}</ref>
Digawe kanthi ékapraya karo Mayor Jane M. Byrne, iku dadèkaké kutha Chicago ing peta minangka ajang kanggo panggonan nggawé filmfilem.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://chicago.straightdope.com/sdc20091015.php|title=Were no movies made in Chicago while Richard J. Daley was mayor?|author=Cecil Adams|date=October 15, 2009|work=Straight Dope Chicago|publisher=Chicago Reader|accessdate=October 30, 2009}}</ref> Kira-kira 200 filem sing jupuk latar ana ing kutha Chicago. "Chicago iku salah sijiné bintang ing filem iki. kita nulis iku minangka dadi upeti," Dan Aykroyd ngomong ing ''Chicago Sun-Times'' ing salah sijiné artikel sing katulis kanggo nandhani taun ka-25 gebyagan DVD filem iki.<ref name="Chicago Sun-Times">{{Cite news|last=Newbart|first=Dave|title=They 'were on a mission from God'|publisher=''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]''|url=http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-bbintro20.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050825134024/http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-bbintro20.html|archivedate=August 25, 2005|date=June 20, 2005|accessdate=December 16, 2008}}</ref>
