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Release Date: 1980

Cast: Donald "Duck" Dunn, Carrie Fisher, Dan Aykroyd, Charles Napier, Steven Spielberg, Henry Gibson, John Candy, Aretha Franklin, Cab Calloway, Lou Perryman, Ray Charles, John Belushi ...MORE

Cast: Donald "Duck" Dunn, Carrie Fisher, Dan Aykroyd, Charles Napier, Steven Spielberg, Henry Gibson, John Candy, Aretha Franklin, Cab Calloway, Lou Perryman, Ray Charles, John Belushi, James Brown ...LESS

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The Blues Brothers is a 1980 musical comedy film directed by John Landis and starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as "Joliet" Jake and Elwood Blues, characters developed from a musical sketch on the NBC variety series Saturday Night Live. It features musical numbers by R&B and soul singers James Brown, Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and John Lee Hooker. The film is set in and around Chicago, Illinois, and also features non-musical supporting performances by John Candy, Carrie Fisher, Charles Napier, and Henry Gibson. The story is a tale of redemption for paroled convict Jake... MORE

The Blues Brothers is a 1980 musical comedy film directed by John Landis and starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as "Joliet" Jake and Elwood Blues, characters developed from a musical sketch on the NBC variety series Saturday Night Live. It features musical numbers by R&B and soul singers James Brown, Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and John Lee Hooker. The film is set in and around Chicago, Illinois, and also features non-musical supporting performances by John Candy, Carrie Fisher, Charles Napier, and Henry Gibson. The story is a tale of redemption for paroled convict Jake (Belushi) and his brother Elwood (Aykroyd), who take on "a mission from God" to save from foreclosure the Catholic orphanage in which they grew up. To do so they must reunite their rhythm and blues band, The Blues Brothers, and organize a performance to earn $5,000 to pay the tax assessor. Along the way they are targeted by a destructive "mystery woman", Neo-Nazis, and a country and western band—all while being relentlessly pursued by the police. Released in the United States on June 20, 1980, it received generally good reviews. It earned just under $5 million in its opening weekend and went on to LESS