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The Blues Brothers is a 1980 American musical comedy film directed by John Landis. It stars John Belushi as “Joliet” Jake Blues and Dan Aykroyd as his brother Elwood, characters developed from the recurring musical sketch “The Blues Brothers” on NBC variety series Saturday Night Live. The script is set in and around Chicago, Illinois, where it was filmed, and the 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 (in his final feature film role), Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Chaka Khan, and John Lee Hooker. It features non-musical supporting performances by Carrie Fisher, Henry Gibson, Charles Napier, Kathleen Freeman and John Candy.

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  • sorebuttfromsitting@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    21·
    10 months ago

    Blues Brothers still checks out - for those of us who grew up on that raw early muppets and SNL vibe. not sure what it looks like to the kids.

    • brsrklf@jlai.luEnglish
      13·
      10 months ago

      For what it’s worth, I watched it for the first time only a couple years ago just to see what the deal was, and I enjoyed it, probably more than I expected. It was definitely not a boring watch.

      I am not nearly a kid anymore but growing up I never encountered SNL (not American) and though I was vaguely aware of them, original Muppet show was a bit before my time, I had seen very little of it, and not before a dozen years after it ended.

      • sorebuttfromsitting@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        51·
        10 months ago

        it’s difficult to distinguish Muppets’ and Jim Henson’s works as an adult versus childhood. I loved LOVED The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth as a kid, can’t stand either of them now. And that old SNL is super cringy to watch, but sometimes it really, really hit.

  • Im14abeer@midwest.socialEnglish
    18·
    10 months ago

    Jesus H. tap-dancing Christ! My all time favorite movie. It’s got everything a mission from God needs, music, comedy, a jilted lover, probably the most epic chase scene ever filmed and Illinois Nazis.

    *You are such a disappointing pair. I prayed so hard for you. It saddens and hurts me that the two young men whom I raised to believe in the Ten Commandments have returned to me as two thieves, with filthy mouths and bad attitudes." -The penguin

    • Pons_Aelius@kbin.social
      15·
      10 months ago

      a mission from God

      Don’t you blaspheme. Don’t you blaspheme in here.

      music

      We have both kinds, country and western.

      a jilted lover

      No, I didn’t. Honest… I ran out of gas. I… I had a flat tire. I didn’t have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn’t come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake. A terrible flood. Locus. It wasn’t my fault. I swear to god!"

      probably the most epic chase scene ever filmed

      Please be advised. The use of excessive force in the apprehension of the Blues Brother…has been approved.

      and Illinois Nazis

      I hate Illinois Nazis.

  • SulaymanF@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    10 months ago

    Its original release was considered a flop in theaters (it didn’t live up to box office expectations despite positive reviews) but it became a cult hit.

  • WarmSodaEnglish
    3·
    10 months ago

    The Peter Gun theme is one of my favorite things to play with my buddy when we jam