Blues Brothers Director: John Landis Cast: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown, John Candy
DVD - 2 Disc Set - Anniversary Edition / Pan & Scan Learn more
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- DVD Release Date: 08/30/2005
- Original Release: 1980
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- Sales Rank: 5,365
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Disc Side A: Stories behind the making of The Blues Brothers: Go behind the scenes with John Landis, Dan Aykroyd and the Blues Brothers band; exclusive in-depth interviews with the cast and crew and never-before-seen behind-the-scenes footage; Musical highlights; Disc Side B: Introduction to the film by Dan Aykroyd; Going Rounds: A Day on the Blues Brothers Tour - viewers get to experience a Blues Brothers co
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Disc #1, Side A -- The Blues Brothers [Extended Version]
1. Time Served (Main Titles) [6:36]
2. Tax Assessment [3:36]
3. Seeing the Light [:58]
4. On a Mission From God [5:35]
5. Home Sweet Home [2:27]
6. Reassembling the Band [4:39]
7. Fine Dining [:04]
8. Crashing the Party [5:10]
9. You Better Think! [2:47]
10. Twist & Shake [:08]
11. Bob's Country Bunker [3:05]
12. Good Ole Boys [4:13]
13. Booking a Gig [6:55]
14. The Palace Hotel Show [:36]
15. Waiting in Celibacy [2:18]
16. Maintain Pursuit [5:30]
17. Paying the Taxes [2:23]
18. Jailhouse Rock (End Titles) [2:59]
Disc #1, Side B -- The Blues Brothers [Theatrical Version]
1. Time Served (Main Titles) [5:58]
2. Tax Assessment [3:35]
3. Seeing the Light [:58]
4. On a Mission From God [5:21]
5. Home Sweet Home [1:45]
6. Reassembling the Band [3:50]
7. Fine Dining [:04]
8. Crashing the Party [5:10]
9. You Better Think! [2:46]
10. Twist & Shake [:00]
11. Bob's Country BUnker [:07]
12. Good Old Boys [1:48]
13. Booking a Gig [3:42]
14. The Palace Hotel Show [4:00]
15. Waiting in Celibacy [:36]
16. Maintain Oursuit [2:01]
17. Paying the Taxes [5:31]
18. Jailhouse Rock (End Titles) [2:16]
Editorial Reviews
Expanding on their Saturday Night Live characters, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd star as Jake and Elwood Blues, two white boys with black soul. Sporting cool shades and look-alike suits, Jake and Elwood are dispatched on a "mission from God" by their former teacher, Sister Mary Stigmata (Kathleen Freeman). Said mission is to raise $5000 to save an orphanage. In the course of their zany adventures, the Blues Brothers run afoul of neo-Nazi Henry Gibson, perform the theme from Rawhide before the most unruly bar crowd in written history, and lay waste to hundreds of cars on the streets and freeways of Chicago. In case you aren't swept up in the infectuous nuttiness of the brothers Blue, you might have fun spotting film's legion of guest stars, including James Brown, Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, John Candy, Carrie Fisher, Steve Lawrence, Twiggy, Paul Reubens (aka Pee-Wee Herman), Frank Oz, and Steven Spielberg. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Why We Rated This Appropriate for Ages 15 and UP
What to watch out for
- Drugs:
Lots of smoking and drinking.
- Language:
Considerable cursing, even at a nun.
- Messages
- Violence:
Explosions, threatened violence, and death, shooting at Jake and Elwood, but all comic.
- Consumerism:
Not an issue.
- Sex:
Not an issue.
What Parents Need to Know
About Blues Brothers
Parents need to know that main characters Elwood and Jake Blues steal, destroy property, attempt to run people over, cheat people out of money, lie, drink, and smoke. In other words, kids -- especially teenage boys -- will find them irresistibly cool. There's lots of profanity and violence played for laughs.
Families Can Talk About
Families can talk about how Elwood and Jake's morals are -- or aren't --reflected in their behavior. For instance, they want to save the orphanage they grew up in, but they lie, cheat, and steal to raise the money. Is the damage they cause justified by their goal?
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