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The Blues Brothers
Fresh out of the slammer, Jake Blues, along with his brother Elwood, visit the Catholic home where they both grew up. They find out that it will soon shut down because of lack of funds and support. Jake then puts together his old band to save it.
24 November 1941, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
4 September 1950, Los Angeles, California, USA
30 July 1933, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
7 January 1951, Wheaton, Illinois, USA
4 October 1921, Illinois, USA
8 August 1950, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
18 December 1946, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
27 November 1945, Pughsville [now Suffolk], Virginia, USA
25 May 1944, Hereford, England, UK
6 October 1922, California, USA
23 September 1930, Albany, Georgia, USA
1956
19 December 1968, Northbrook, Illinois, USA
September 05, 2013
lightning in a bottle created more than 30 years ago
October 25, 2011
...an epic musically charged comedy, the likes of which has never been seen before or since.
April 01, 2008
The humor is predicated on underplaying in overscaled situations, which is sporadically funny in a Keaton-esque way but soon sputters out through sheer, uninspired repetition.
July 28, 2009
This long, expensive 1980 cult movie has an energy and individuality lacking in similar films nowadays.
December 06, 2016
The Blues Brothers is, by any objective standard, a messy wreck... That this is so does not in anyway change that it is an absolutely wonderful movie.
December 18, 2010
A cult classic for adults and older teens.
July 24, 2009
The film retains a huge nostalgic kick, thanks in large part to Aykroyd and Belushi's easy rapport, a smattering of daft, shaggy humour and some truly iconic musical sequences.
January 29, 2012
A dazzlingly enjoyable, memorable road trip of comedy and music from two of SNL's best.
October 23, 2004
There's even room, in the midst of the carnage and mayhem, for a surprising amount of grace, humor, and whimsy.
August 20, 2008
A demolition symphony that works with the cold efficiency of a Moog synthesizer gone sadistic.
December 18, 2015
There is no more material sustaining The Blues Brothers"than one would find in a silent comedy short running 10 or 20 minutes.
April 01, 2008
Given all the chaos, director and, with Aykroyd, cowriter, John Landis manages to keep things reasonably controlled and in a straight line.