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The
Blues Brothers DVD (Sealed) Cert 15 142mins John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Cab Calloway,
John Candy, James Brown
Director
: John Landis
Comedy
classic from the ‘Saturday Night Live’ stable which comes packed with car
chases, music and cameo appearances. Blues brothers Jake and Elwood (John
Belushi and Dan Ackroyd) have sold their souls to rhythm’n’blues, but still
lend a hand when the church orphanage in which they were raised is threatened
with closure. Resolving to get their old band together and stage a
fund-raising gig, the brothers have God on their side but everyone else
against them - and that includes a bunch of Country and Western rednecks, an
angry chapter of neo-Nazi thugs, the massed ranks of the Chicago police
force, and Jake’s psychotic ex-girlfriend Camille (Carrie Fisher).
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In
roles made famous by their famed Saturday Night Live skit, Dan
Aykroyd and John Belushi star as Ellwood and Jake Blues in this extremely
entertaining and successful comedy. Upon Jake’s release from prison, the
brothers are reunited and visit the orphanage they grew up in—only to discover
that it is in danger of being shut down by the county for failure to pay taxes.
With a little help from James Brown as a revival preacher, the Blues Brothers
are divinely inspired to raise the $5,000 that the orphanage needs to stay open.
On their mission from God, they must reunite their old band and raise the money
by playing various gigs around town. The wild adventures of the band include
dodging evil neo-Nazis, playing in a rowdy redneck bar, and narrowly escaping
the crazed Carrie Fisher as Jake’s ex-fiancee, who is out to see him dead.
Finally, the boys have to get to a gig at the Palace Hotel Ballroom and deliver
the $5,000 to the county assessor’s office—leading to one of the most wild and
hysterical car-chase smashups in film history. John Landis has spiced this
wonderful romp with fabulous rhythm-and-blues numbers from such greats as
Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Cab Calloway, and Ray Charles.
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