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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
Jun 20, 1980 · A comedy action film about two brothers who reunite their old R&B band to save a Catholic orphanage in Chicago. IMDb provides information on the movie's cast, plot, reviews, trivia, awards, videos, and more.
- (209K)
- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- John Landis
- 1980-06-20
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, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, and more.
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)
- John Landis
- R
- John Belushi
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.
Jake and Elwood Blues get out of prison and put their legendary R&B band back together for a musical benefit - with plenty of laughs, car crashes, and slapstick enroute! 14,878 IMDb 7.9 2 h 12 min 1980. X-Ray HDR UHD R.
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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.