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The Blues Brothers is a american film of genre Comedy directed by John Landis released in USA on 16 june 1980 with John Belushi

The Blues Brothers (1980)

The Blues Brothers
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Released in USA 16 june 1980
Length 2h7
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Action,    Adventure,    Musical,    Crime
Rating78% 3.9483353.9483353.9483353.9483353.948335

The Blues Brothers is a 1980 American musical comedy film directed by John Landis. It stars John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as "Joliet" Jake and Elwood Blues, characters developed from "The Blues Brothers" musical sketch on the NBC variety series Saturday Night Live. 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. The film is set in and around Chicago, Illinois, where it was filmed.
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Synopsis

"Joliet" Jake Blues (John Belushi) is released from prison after serving three years for armed robbery. Jake is irritated at being picked up by his brother Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) in the Bluesmobile, a battered former Mount Prospect police car, instead of the Cadillac the brothers used to own. The brothers visit their childhood home, a Roman Catholic orphanage, and learn that it will be closed unless $5,000 in property taxes is collected. The brothers visit an evangelical church service where Jake has an epiphany: they can legitimately raise the funds by re-forming their rhythm and blues band.
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Actors

John Belushi

('Joliet' Jake Blues)
Dan Aykroyd

(Elwood Blues)
James Brown

(Reverend Cleophus James)
Donald "Duck" Dunn

(Donald 'Duck' Dunn)
Steve Lawrence

(Maury Sline)
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