Product Overview
Blues Brothers DVD 1980 / Directed by John Landis / Starring: Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi
UPC 5996051040285
REGION 2 PAL DVD
MADE IN HUNGARY
AUDIO: English 5.1, French 2.0, German mono, Italian 2.0, Spanish mono
SUBTITLES: English HOH, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Danish, Finnish, French, Dutch, Polish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish
Total Runtime: 142 minutes
English Summary:
The Blues Brothers is a 1980 American musical comedy film directed by John Landis.[4] It stars John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as "Joliet" Jake and Elwood Blues, characters developed from "The Blues Brothers" recurring musical sketch on the NBC variety series Saturday Night Live. The film is set in and around Chicago, Illinois, where it was filmed. The film's screenplay was written by Aykroyd and Landis. It features musical numbers by rhythm and blues (R&B), soul, and blues singers James Brown, Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and John Lee Hooker. It features non-musical supporting performances by Carrie Fisher, Henry Gibson, Charles Napier and John Candy.
The story is a tale of redemption for paroled convict Jake and his blood brother Elwood, who set out on "a mission from God" to save from foreclosure the Catholic orphanage in which they were raised. To do so, they must reunite their R&B band and organize a performance to earn $5,000 needed to pay the orphanage's property tax bill. Along the way, they are targeted by a homicidal "mystery woman", Neo-Nazis, and a country and western band—all while being relentlessly pursued by the police.
Blues vocalist and petty criminal "Joliet" Jake Blues is paroled on good behavior grounds from Joliet Correctional Center after serving three years of a five-year sentence, and is picked up by his blood brother Elwood in his Bluesmobile, a battered, decommissioned police car. Elwood demonstrates its capabilities by jumping an open drawbridge. The brothers visit the Roman Catholic orphanage where they were raised, and learn from Sister Mary "the Penguin" Stigmata and old friend Curtis that it will be closed unless $5,000 in property taxes is collected. Jake offers to steal the money, but Sister Mary is offended. During a sermon by the Reverend Cleophus James at the Triple Rock Baptist Church, Jake has another idea: they can re-form their band, the Blues Brothers, which disbanded while Jake was in prison, and raise the money to save the orphanage.
That night, state troopers attempt to arrest Elwood for driving with a suspended license. After a high-speed chase through the Dixie Square Mall, the brothers flee to the flophouse where Elwood lives, miraculously escaping a rocket launcher attack by a mysterious woman. The next morning, as the police arrive at the house, the woman detonates a bomb that demolishes the building, but somehow leaves Jake and Elwood unharmed, and saves them from being apprehended.
Hungarian Summary:
A két kisstílű csibésznek 11 napja van arra, hogy gyermekkora idilli neveldéjét, a templomot és az apácazárdát az adósságokból kimekekítse. Ehhez nem röstellik a blues legjobbainak szolgáltatásait igénybe venni, úgyhogy őrült road-movie-juk során hihetetlen mennyiségben hangzik el, hogy "oh, yeah"!
Cast / Szereplők:
- John Belushi as "Joliet" Jake Blues, a former blues singer, paroled from prison after three years.
- Dan Aykroyd as Elwood Blues, Jake's blood brother, also a former blues singer.
- James Brown as Reverend Cleophus James, a reverend of the Triple Rock Baptist Church. His musical sermon "The Old Landmark" causes Jake to have an epiphany.
- Cab Calloway as Curtis, an old friend of the brothers', who suggests they listen to James, and helps them advertise the show and performs "Minnie the Moocher" for the audience.
- Ray Charles as Ray, a blind music instruments dealer, who performs "Shake a Tail Feather" to demonstrate their effectiveness.
- Aretha Franklin as Mrs. Murphy, Matt Murphy's wife, who owns a soul food restaurant with him. She performs "Think" to persuade him not to join the band.
- Steve "the Colonel" Cropper – lead guitar
- Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass guitar
- Murphy Dunne ("Murph") – keyboards
- Willie "Too Big" Hall – drums
- Tom "Bones" Malone – trombone
- "Blue Lou" Marini – saxophone
- Matt "Guitar" Murphy – lead guitar
- "Mr. Fabulous" Alan Rubin – trumpet
- Carrie Fisher as the Mystery Woman, Jake's former fiancée; she tries to kill him for leaving her at the altar.
- Henry Gibson as the Head Nazi, the head of a division of the American Socialist White People's Party
- John Candy as Burton Mercer, Jake's parole officer assisting the police in their hunt for the Blues Brothers.
- John Lee Hooker as Street Slim, a man singing "Boom Boom" together with a small band on Maxwell Street.
- Kathleen Freeman as Sister Mary Stigmata, a nun leading the orphanage where the brothers grew up.
- Steve Lawrence as Maury Sline, the agent who organized and booked many of the Blues Brothers' performances before Jake was sent to jail.
- Twiggy as the Chic Lady, a woman who flirts with Elwood in the gas station.
- Frank Oz as a corrections officer
- Jeff Morris as Bob, the owner of Bob's Country Bunker.
- Charles Napier as Tucker McElroy, lead singer and Winnebago driver of The Good Old Boys.
- Steven Spielberg as the Cook County Assessor
- Steven Williams as Trooper Mount
- Armand Cerami as Trooper Daniel
- Joe Walsh as Prison Inmate
- Paul Reubens as Waiter
- Chaka Khan as Choir Soloist
| Directed by | John Landis |
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| Produced by | Robert K. Weiss |
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| Cinematography | Stephen M. Katz |
| Edited by | George Folsey Jr. |
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Universal Studios
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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142 minutes |
| Country | United States |
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