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With Jake's release from Joliet the two brothers, Jake (John Belushi) and Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) Blues, are back together again. After visiting "The Penguin" (Kathleen Freeman), a nun at their old orphanage, they have a quest to save their old orphanage which requires the reformation of the Blues Band. We follow them on their quest, kibitzing when we can as they come across many of the musical greats from the past such as Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Cab Calloway, James Brown etc.
Toss in some Chicago neo-Nazis (Henry Gibson), Twiggy, Carry Fisher, and the entire Cook County police force in an intense chase scene.
Will the band get together?
Will the escape the revenge of Carry Fisher?
Will they be caught by the Real "Good Old Boys?"
Will they be caught by the Cook County Police force?
Will they be able to save the orphanage?
Will we have fun and lots of good music? (YES)
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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.
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I am very pleased with my purchase!!! It was shipped very fast, and item was as promised!!!
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In general, I don't mind the extra footage added to the movie. Some of it could have stayed lost, like the scene where Elwood leaves his job, but some of the other footage is fantastic. We get to hear the full length versions of Boom Boom Boom, Peter Gunn Theme, Can't Turn You Loose and Everybody Needs Somebody to Love. Those alone make the movie great. It's also great seeing any kind of extra footage with Belushi in it. When someone dies that young, seeing the extra footage is like coming across video of somebody that you didn't know existed. This movie shows how the original was butchered so badly in the editing room after Universal ordered it cut down. They don't have a copy of the original version that was close to 3 hours long with an intermission, it was destroyed before the movie was released. The movie was made at a time when MTV was not yet established, therefore, people's attention spans were not so short. So while some reviewers here might complain about the extra footage of the Blues Bros parking the Bluesmobile, as a fan of films, especially those made up until 1980, I love the attention to the details that filmmakers put into their works. It reminds me of Apocolypse Now and The Good The Bad and The Ugly because of the way the director took a long time establishing his shots. It's a well made film in spite of itself. I know the film went over budget and that Belushi was messed up on coke and the film was too long in length and short on jokes. It also came out against The Empire Strikes Back and during a year that movie attendance was down in general, the critics crucified it and didn't make its money back at the time. In spite of it all, it manages to be a memorable classic. It did wonders for blues music and blues artists. Until this movie, I had never heard of Sam & Dave, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, John Lee Hooker, etc etc etc and I definitely wasn't listening to James Brown, Aretha Franklin & Cab Calloway. Not the greatest movie of all time but one that definitley needs to be in your library and tons of quotable lines. Long live Joliet Jake!
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What can I say this is a classic. Why they don't have it at stores with other "classics" is a mystery. We love it as a family!
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