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The Blues Brothers (1980)

7.4 Listal rating
7.9 IMDB rating

3 Videos

24 Pictures

2 Reviews

48 Lists

487 Ratings

Comedy (27), Music (18), Musical (16), Action (15), 1980s (11), Crime (10), Prison (8), 1980 (6), Classic (4), Car Chase (4), Cops (3), Dancing (3), Condom (2), Orphanage (2), Blues (2), Glasses (2), Police (2), Toaster (2), Catholic (2), Tuxedo (2)

Description

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 ... (more)


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Starring (View all) :
John Belushi

John Belushi

'Joliet' Jake Blues
Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd

Elwood Blues
James Brown

James Brown

Reverend Cleophus James
Cab Calloway

Cab Calloway

Curtis
Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin

Mrs. Murphy
Steve Cropper

Steve Cropper

Steve 'The Colonel' Cropper
Donald Dunn

Donald Dunn

Donald 'Duck' Dunn
Murphy Dunne

Murphy Dunne

Murphy 'Murph' Dunne
Willie Hall

Willie Hall

Willie 'Too Big' Hall


Written by (View all) :
Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd

(written by)
John Landis

John Landis

(written by)


Videos

Blues Brothers Dixie Square Mall

Some guys do a reenactment where the Blues Brother...

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Listal's 100 Films To See Before You Die (100 items) by Kryptic Centurion

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Watched in 2009 (211 items) by E-Mies

Published 9 months, 1 week ago

7 comments

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Listal's A to Z library of films. (250 items) by Grand Assault

Last updated 1 year, 2 months ago

4 comments

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Awesome Polish Posters (98 items) by Raquel

Published 1 month, 1 week ago

1 comment

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Greatest Hats of Cinema (18 items) by Kryptic Centurion

Last updated 9 months, 3 weeks ago

2 comments


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Review

Posted : 2 years, 5 months ago at May 10 15:44
i first saw this film when i was about 8 years old. my parents had a party and me and my sister needed entertaining. one of their friends brought this and animal house (both excellent choice for an 8 year old and a 5 year old to watch. i have loved both fims ever since.

Rating : 8/10

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Posted : 2 years, 8 months ago at Feb 11 12:05
I was first exposed to this film when I was very young, but I still remember that experience to this day. What an amazing film!

My friend's dad actually paused the video whilst we were watching and told me to 'be prepared for the best car chase in cinema history!' and I can't believe how profound those words were! Straight from the off you have comedy genius mixed with energetic and rousing musical numbers. Seeing the amount of different groups the brothers manage to infuriate along the way is hilarious. Add Carrie Fisher's attempts to erase them both from existence and their completely dead pan way of dealing with these attempts on their life, and you've got one of the all time greats.

A splendid and thoroughly enjoyable masterpiece.

Rating : 9/10