The Blues Brothers Movie Review 1980

As an excuse to run rampant on the city of Chicago, Jake (Belushi) and Elwood (Aykroyd) Blues attempt to raise $5,000 for their childhood orphanage by putting their old band back together. Good music, quotable dialogue, lots of wrecked cars, plenty of cameos. A classic.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 133 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Musical Comedy, Motor Vehicle Dept., Chicago, Slob Comedy, Rock Stars on Film, Screen Teams: Belushi & Aykroyd, Nazis & Other Paramilitary Slugs, Adapted from Saturday Night Live, Rock Flicks, Jazz & Blues, Cops, Nuns & Priests, Road Trip

Screenplay

John Landis, Dan Aykroyd

Cast

Murphy Dunne, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Henry Gibson, Aretha Franklin, Carrie Fisher, John Candy, Kathleen Freeman, Steven Williams, Charles Napier, Stephen Bishop

Cinematography

Stephen M. Katz

Director

John Landis

Music

Ira Newborn, Elmer Bernstein

Other

Frank Oz, Steven Spielberg, Twiggy, Paul (Pee-wee Herman) Reubens, Steve Lawrence, John Lee Hooker, John Landis, Chaka Khan

Producer

Robert K. Weiss