THE BLUES BROTHERS |
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In its own way, The Blues Brothers was the Casablanca of the 1980s: try to find someone who grew up during that decade who can't quote reams of dialogue from the film. Expanding upon their Saturday Night Live characters, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd star as Jake and Elwood Blue, two white boys with black soul. Sporting cool shades and look-alike suits, Jake and Elwood are dispatched on a "mission from God" by their former teacher, Sister Mary Stigmata (Kathleen Freeman). Said mission is to raise $5000 to save their old church from demolition. In the course of their zany adventures, the Blues Brothers run afoul of neo-Nazi Henry Gibson, perform the theme from Rawhide before the most unruly bar crowd in written history, and lay waste to hundreds of cars on the streets and freeways of Chicago. In case you aren't swept up in the infectuous nuttiness of the brothers Blue, you might have fun spotting film's legion of guest stars, including James Brown, Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, John Candy, Carrie Fisher, Murphy Dunne, Steve Lawrence, Twiggy, Paul Reubens (aka Pee-Wee Herman), FranK Oz and Steven Spielberg. John Belushi's death put an end to hopes for a Blues Brothers sequel....but given the current "they loved it once" mentality in Hollywood, who's to say what's in the future? |
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