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Mar 21, 2024 · Despite The Blues Brothers being over 40 years old, there are still some facts you might not know about the cast and the making of the movie.
- John Landis
- John Belushi
- The Blues Brothers Band Musicians Played Themselves In The Movie. When Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi began taking their Blues Brothers personas more seriously, they rounded up some of the genre's finest musicians (including guitarist Steve Cropper and saxophonist "Blue Lou" Marini) to tour with them.
- Aretha Franklin Had Trouble Lip-Synching Her Blues Brothers Number. Appearing in the film as highly fictionalized versions of themselves were various music legends, including the late Aretha Franklin, to whom The Blues Brothers director John Landis wrote a tribute for The Hollywood Reporter, mentioning her only on set issue was lip-synching her performance of "Think."
- Dancers For Ray Charles’ Blues Brothers Number Were Random Bystanders. Another legendary The Blues Brothers appearance is that of Ray Charles as a music shop owner who convinces Jake and Elwood to buy his keyboard by playing a rendition of "Shake a Tail Feather" on it so mean it gets strangers dancing outside.
- Cab Calloway Wanted To Perform His Recently Cut Disco Version Of Minnie The Moocher. Probably my personal favorite musical performance in The Blues Brothers is by Cab Calloway, who stalls the crowd at the Hollywood Palladium before Jake and Elwood arrive with a rendition of his signature hit "Minnie the Moocher" that sounds just like it did in 1931.
Mar 26, 2024 · The Blues Brothers, a cult classic film that hit the screens in 1980, has left an indelible mark on cinema history. With its fantastic blend of musical comedy, this movie tells the tale of Jake and Elwood Blues - two brothers who reunite their band to save the Catholic orphanage where they grew up. The star-studded cast delivers performances ...
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Jun 24, 2020 · The Last Open Road author, Burt ‘B.S’ Levy, recounts three days of stunt driving for the classic musical comedy that turns 40 this week. Forty years ago, former Saturday Night Live stars John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd brought one of their most popular SNL skits to the silver screen: The Blues Brothers.
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The Blues Brothers: Directed by John Landis. With Tom Erhart, Gerald Walling, John Belushi, Walter Levine. Jake Blues rejoins with his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.
The Blues Brothers: Directed by John Landis. With Tom Erhart, Gerald Walling, John Belushi, Walter Levine. Jake Blues rejoins with his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.
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Aug 16, 2018 · Starring Dan Aykroyd and the late John Belushi as Ellwood and Jake Blues, a pair of ex-con, soul-singing white guys who, over the course of the film, try to put together a benefit...
