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TechnoTV - The Blues Brothers (Widescreen 25th Anniversary Edition)
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List Price: $19.98
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Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, James Brown, Cab Calloway, John Candy
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal
EAN: 9781417034741
Format: AC-3
ISBN: 1417034742
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2005-08-30
Running Time: 133
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 1980-06-20
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Summary: classic comedy
Comment: When Jake and Elwood Blues are reunited after Jake's stint in Joliet, Jake finds that the beloved Bluesmobile has been replaced by a former City of Mount Prospect police car, and the Blues Brothers Band has been disbanded.
They visit "the penguin," the nun who runs the orphanage where they grew up, only to find that the orphanage will be shut down unless they come up with $5000 in back taxes. Since she vetoes any suggestion of ill-gotten gains, Jake comes up with a plan: put the band back together.
From then on it's non-stop action, laughs, and music, as they're "on a mission from God" to collect the former band members one by one, equip them, then try to get enough gigs to earn the money. Along the way, they also collect quite a trail of people out to get them: a mystery woman armed with everything from a bazooka to a flamethrower, Illinois Nazis, a country-western band, as well as the cops.
Star-studded doesn't begin to cover the casting, either. It's practically a who's who of rhythm and blues, as well as immediately recognizable actors. Check the IMDB for the list.
As with Blazing Saddles, the humor is hilarious without being pointless. Maybe I'm showing my age, but my sons agreed, and it's something we've discussed about other movies as well. In this case, nobody's safe from being skewered by humor, and everything's a target: relationships, crime, racism, poverty, country music, etc., etc. It's no surprise that The Blues Brothers' roots are in the original irreverent TV show (SNL).
Anyway, it's a classic that I never get tired of, and I'm not a very patient person when it comes to re-watching movies, so that's saying something. Plus, it's fun to send the boys off to school in the morning with "remember, you're on a mission from God." (Okay, maybe that's just fun for me.)
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Summary: Classic film
Comment: If you didn't see it, you got to get it! Classic saturday night live skit in a movie.
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Summary: The Blues Brothers
Comment: One of my Favorites. Loved the Comedy and loved the music, and it is still
"fresh", and still can make me laugh - A Classic!
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Summary: one of the best
Comment: one of the best movies of all time. two band members try to reunite their old band. what happens is great music non stop action great acting and direction.belushi and aykroyd are incredible as well as the entire cast.
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Summary: Last of the Landis Classics?
Comment: As a musician, the band is second to none. Where else can you see Matt Murphy and Bones Malone play with Duck Dunn and Steve Cropper other than some of the old SNL shows. You better THINK about owning this one ASAP
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The brothers lean that thier old orphanage will be closed and sold within days unless the propety tax is paid and quickly. So they decide to put their blues band back together and start their mission from god which seems to make more enemies than friends. Will they come up with the money in time. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 01/17/2006 Starring: John Belushi Dan Aykroyd Run time: 133 minutes
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