The Blues Brothers (Widescreen 25th Anniversary Edition)
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Actor: Cab Calloway, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown, John Belushi, John CandyBrand: UNI DIST CORP. (MCA)
Primary Contributor: Dan Aykroyd
Primary Contributor: John Belushi
Primary Contributor: Cab Calloway
Primary Contributor: John Candy
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 133 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-08-30
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of The Blues Brothers (Widescreen 25th Anniversary Edition)
Movie Review: The Blues Brothers: A Fantastic Film for Fantastic people
Summary: 5 Stars
The Blues Brothers is a wonderful film about two brothers from a Church orphanage located in Chicago. They grow up to become not quite so gentlemanly. Even so they have good hearts. "Joliet" Jake Blues is released from prison and picked up by his brother El Wood Blues. They go "on a mission from God" to save the church where they were raised. How do they do this? They put the band back together. The movie climaxes to a performance that makes enough money to save the church, however it is at the cost of Jake and El Wood being chased by the police and other people for the majority of the movie. The movie concludes with the whole band playing in jail, right where the movie started. It is a feel good, musical movie that the whole family can enjoy. I highly recommend this movie for all people of all ages. It is a wonderful time to sit back and relax.
Summary of The Blues Brothers (Widescreen 25th Anniversary Edition)
THE BROTHERS LEAN THAT THIER OLD ORPHANAGE WILL BE CLOSED AND SOLD WITHIN DAYS UNLESS THE PROPETY TAX IS PAID AND QUICKLY. SO THEY DECIDE TO PUT THEIR BLUES BAND BACK TOGETHER AND START THEIR MISSION FROM GOD WHICH SEEMS TO MAKE MORE ENEMIES THANFRIENDS. WILL THEY COME UP WITH THE MONEY IN TIME.After building up the duo's popularity through popular recordings and several performances on Saturday Night Live, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd--as "legendary" Chicago blues brothers Jake and Elwood Blues--took their act to the big screen in this action-packed hit from 1980. As Jake and Elwood struggle to reunite their old band and save the Chicago orphanage where they were raised, they wreak enough good-natured havoc to attract the entire Cook County police force. The result is a big-budget stunt-fest on a scale rarely attempted before or since, including extended car chases that result in the wanton destruction of shopping malls and more police cars than you can count. Along the way there's plenty of music to punctuate the action, including performances by Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Cab Calloway, and James Brown that are guaranteed to knock you out. As played with deadpan wit by Belushi and Aykroyd, the Blues Brothers are "on a mission from God," and that gives them a kind of reckless glee that keeps the movie from losing its comedic appeal. Otherwise this might have been just a bloated marathon of mayhem that quickly wears out its welcome (which is how some critics described this film and its 1998 sequel). Keep an eye out for Steven Spielberg as the city clerk who stamps some crucial paperwork near the end of the film. --Jeff Shannon
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