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Blues Brothers - DIRECTOR'S CUT (1980)  link to Blues Brothers on IMDb  

Number: 587

cover Blues Brothers

IMDb Rating:
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7.9/10 (154.6K votes)

Also known as: The Blues Brothers

Country: United States, 133 minutes

Spoken languages: English

Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime, Music, Musical

Director(s): John Landis

Storyline:
After the release of Jake Blues from prison, he and brother Elwood go to visit "The Penguin", the last of the nuns who raised them in a boarding school. They learn the Archdiocese will stop supporting the school and will sell the place to the Education Authority. The only way to keep the place open is if the $5000 tax on the property is paid within 11 days. The Blues Brothers want to help, and decide to put their blues band back together and raise the money by staging a big gig. As they set off on their "mission from God" they seem to make more enemies along the way. Will they manage to come up with the money in time?

Cast:

John Belushi 'Joliet' Jake Blues
Dan Aykroyd Elwood Blues
James Brown Reverend Cleophus James
Cab Calloway Curtis
Ray Charles Ray

Medium: DVD R/RW, Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Location: Drawer 2 Slot 94

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1