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May 30, 2024 · Police Dispatcher. The absurdity of the announcement over the police radio is pure comedic genius. This line captures the film’s over-the-top approach to the escalating chaos that surrounds Jake and Elwood Blues.
Mar 29, 2021 · The story of orphaned brothers “Joliet Jake” Blues and Elwood Blues truly began on the stage of Saturday Night Live, where John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd performed some classic cuts as the now...
Plot. Blues vocalist and petty criminal Jake Blues is released from prison after serving three years for armed robbery and is picked up by his brother Elwood in his Bluesmobile, a battered former police car. Elwood demonstrates its capabilities by jumping an open drawbridge.
Writer Tom Davis hosts a Blues Brothers retrospective that tells the whole truth about the legendary band’s early days and righteous ways. The Blues Brothers were an unforgettable part of Saturday Night Live’s golden era, making their musical debut in bee costumes singing “I’m a King Bee,” and becoming an overnight sensation.
It stars John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as the Blues Brothers, Jake and Elwood, characters who were created on "Saturday Night Live" and took on a fearsome life of their own. The movie tells us something of their backgrounds: They were reared in a sadistic West Side orphanage, learned the blues by osmosis, and, as the movie opens, have teamed up ...
Jun 20, 1980 · The Blues Brothers: Directed by John Landis. With Tom Erhart, Gerald Walling, John Belushi, Walter Levine. Jake Blues rejoins with his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.
After his release from prison, Jake (John Belushi) reunites with his brother, Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) -- collectively known as the "Blues Brothers." Jake's first task is to save the orphanage the ...
