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The Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revue band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, who met and began collaborating as original cast members of Saturday Night Live . A common misconception is that the act also originated on SNL.
- 1978–1982, 1988-present
- Calumet City, Illinois, U.S.
Jun 20, 1980 · A comedy film about a pair of brothers who reunite their old R&B band to save a Catholic orphanage in Chicago. IMDb provides information on the cast, plot, reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this classic action adventure comedy musical.
- (209K)
- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- John Landis
- 1980-06-20
The Blues Brothers is a 1980 American musical action comedy film directed by John Landis. It stars John Belushi as "Joliet" Jake Blues and Dan Aykroyd as his brother Elwood, characters developed from the recurring musical sketch "The Blues Brothers" on NBC's variety series Saturday Night Live.
- $115.2 million
- June 20, 1980
- $27.5 million
- Robert K. Weiss
See the full list of actors, writers, directors, and other crew members who worked on the classic comedy film The Blues Brothers. Find out who played Elwood, Joliet, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, and more.
Jake and Elwood Blues, former prisoners and musicians, reunite their band to save a Catholic orphanage from closure. They face various obstacles, enemies, and adventures on their "mission from God" in Chicago.
A musical comedy film starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as a pair of brothers who reunite their band to save an orphanage. See the critics' and audience's ratings, clips, photos, cast and crew, and more on Rotten Tomatoes.
- (91)
- Musical, Comedy, Action
- R
Roger Ebert praises the 1980 comedy film The Blues Brothers, starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as the Blues Brothers, a musical duo who face a series of challenges and adventures. He praises the movie's musical numbers, its use of locations, and its characters, and calls it a "weird and wild" movie.
