1980 Directed by John Landis
Jake Blues is just out of jail, and teams up with his brother, Elwood on a 'mission from God' to raise funds for the orphanage in which they grew up. The only thing they can do is do what they do best: play music. So they get their old band together, and set out on their way—while getting in a bit of trouble here and there.
Dan Aykroyd John Belushi James Brown Cab Calloway Ray Charles Aretha Franklin Steve Cropper Donald 'Duck' Dunn Murphy Dunne Willie Hall Tom Malone Lou Marini Matt Murphy Alan Rubin Carrie Fisher Henry Gibson John Candy Kathleen Freeman John Lee Hooker Tom Erhart Gerald Walling Walter Levine Alonzo Atkins Chaka Khan Armand Cerami Steven Williams Kristi Oleson Gary McLarty Joe Cuttone Show All…
Gilbert B. Combs Jophery C. Brown Freddie Hice Terry Leonard Jeannie Epper Chuck Hayward Gary McLarty Gary Epper Dick Ziker Karen McLarty Janet Brady Stevie Myers Kitty O'Neil
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I keep thinking about how deeply weird the existence of the Blues Brothers is. Two comedians start a semi-joke band on SNL that’s mostly an excuse to feel like legit musicians, then they end up opening for the Grateful Dead and record an album that goes platinum. Then Dan Aykroyd, that wonderful weirdo, writes this whole bible of mythology for their joke music personas and they make a blockbuster movie featuring Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and Carrie Fisher with a bazooka, and it’s both total nonsense and genuinely amazing. None of this makes sense. I love it.
This film is a rare breed as it simply transcends genre tropes and rules and thus creates a unique action comedy musical. And my love for it knows no bounds.
Every time I see this film I am a bit sad that Belushi did not give himself the chance to fulfil his great potential. It is clear, especially in this film, that he has a unique comedy touch and a rare musical talent. Matched to the unwavering and very reliable Aykroyd and directed with the genius' touch of Landis, this was always going to be a match made in heaven.
The humour is off beat and so wonderfully quirky it just doesn't get old. The action is ludicrously funny and…
you'd think the deadpan slapstick + 80s action excess + musical combo would get tired after awhile but it really doesn't. totally on its own wavelength. cocaine is a helluva drug. anyway, pretty cool how nearly 40 years later including a scene where your heroes break up a nazi rally by driving through it would probably be considered controversial. the cop grunting bit is an all-timer.
Got to introduce my father-in-law to this movie; somehow he'd missed it all these years despite his love of cars and reckless car stunts. It went over very well--except for the parts where I was driving him crazy by quoting the dialogue along with the movie. He laughed hardest at the Nazis' car soaring past Sears Tower. That's my favorite part too.
“What kind of music do you usually have here?
“Oh we got both kinds, we got Country and Western!”
This movie has everything. It has singing, dancing, car chases, cameos, nazis, nuns, Carrie Fisher firing a rocket launcher, everything.
It has by far the greatest car chases in film history. Not Mad Max, not Fast and Furious, not Bullit. Blues Brothers holds that title. You will never see more insane chases in any other movie.
It also might be the funniest movie of all time.
So yeah, this is pretty fucking good.
