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Amazon.co.uk Review
The Blues Brothers: John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd--as "legendary" Chicago brothers Jake and Elwood Blues--brought their "Saturday Night Live" act to the big screen in this action-packed hit from 1980. As Jake and Elwood struggle to reunite their old band and save the Chicago orphanage where they were raised, they wreak enough good-natured havoc to attract the entire Cook County police force. The result is a big-budget stunt-fest on a scale rarely attempted before or since, including extended car chases that result in the wanton destruction of shopping malls and more police cars than you can count. Along the way there's plenty of music to punctuate the action, including performances by Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Cab Calloway and James Brown that are guaranteed to knock you out. Keep an eye out for Steven Spielberg as the city clerk who stamps some crucial paperwork near the end of the film.

The Blues Brothers 2000: It's hard to ignore the sad and conspicuous absence of the late John Belushi, but this long-delayed sequel still has Dan Aykroyd to keep the music alive. Once again, Elwood's trying to reunite the original Blues Brothers Band, and this time he's got a strip-joint bartender (John Goodman) and a 10-year-old orphan named Buster (J Evan Bonifant) joining him at centre stage. It's a shameless clone of the first film, and nobody--especially not Aykroyd or director John Landis--seems to care that the story's not nearly as fun as the music. Of course there's a seemingly endless parade of stunts, including a non-stop pileup of police cars that's hilariously absurd, but what really matters here--indeed, the movie's only saving grace--is the great line-up of legendary blues musicians. Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Junior Wells, Eric Clapton, BB King, Jonny Lang, Eddie Floyd and Blues Traveler are among the many special guests assembled for the film, and their stellar presence makes you wonder if the revived Blues Brothers shouldn't remain an obscure opening act. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

Special Features
1.85 Anamorphic Wide Screen
DVD 9
French\German\Italian\Spanish
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital 5.1 English\Dolby Surround French Italian\German Spanish\Mono Spanish German
Dolby Digital 5.1
Dolby Digital Surround
Dolby Digital Mono
Cast And Filmmakers Biographies
Making Of
Production Photographs
Production Notes
Poster Campaign
Trailer
Weblink
Bulgarian\Czech\Danish\Dutch\English\Finnish\French\German\Hungarian\Norwegian\Polish\Portuguese\Swedish\Turkish


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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   8 of 8 people found the following review helpful: A true cult movie, 20 Feb 2005 By  Duncan McLeod (Bogota, Colombia) - See all my reviews    This review is from: The Blues Brothers [1980] (DVD) The best of the SNL spin-offs. John Landis (he of 'Trading Places', 'Animal House' and 'An American Werewolf in London' fame) creates one of the best comedy/musical films of all time. Its true that not everyone finds this film funny (my cat got up and walked out halfway through but everyone else was rolling in the aisles) however I'll guarantee they'll be jiving along to the musical set pieces! Don't just settle with adding this to your wish list. Buy it. Now. Go on then...  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   6 of 6 people found the following review helpful: Extra Scenes No Choice, 26 Jul 2007 By  Gary Sereno "dapprman" - See all my reviews    This review is from: The Blues Brothers [1980] (DVD) I love this movie but have only given it 4 stars for one reason. There are extra scenes included, which you get no option over, adding 14 minutes to the movie. Thing is they add nothing and some of them actually ruin the pace. You can understand why they were originally cut. Alas there is no mention of this on the cover, so just be warned.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   8 of 9 people found the following review helpful: The ultimate in cool entertainment!, 20 Oct 2003 By  F. V. L. Buliciri (London, UK) - See all my reviews       This review is from: The Blues Brothers [1980] (VHS Tape) The Blues Brothers will always stand the test of time as one of the best film comedies ever made. It combines talent in the form of the late John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd, hilarious and unforgettable scenes, great music and musical numbers and an impressive star cast as John Candy, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Twiggy, Steven Spielberg, John Lee Hopper and Carrie Fisher in the film. Jake(John Belushi)is freed from jail and he and his brother (Elwood)visit the school run by nuns that they attended as children. They discover that it's due to shutdown due to a lack of government funding. Therefore they embark on a 'mission from God,'to raise the money needed to save it from closure and they resurrect their former band to perform in a benefit concert to save the school. I love this film and the music throughout it is excellent. I found myself clapping and tapping my feet to the Blues Brothers band and all the musical artists featured.The Blues Brothers is electric, vibrant, outrageously funny and a must see film which I highly recommend to everyone.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) › See all 34 customer reviews...		Most Recent Customer Reviews You sold the Bluesmobile! I am a big fan of Soul, Blues, R'n'B and associated genres and so came to this essentially for the music which is astoundingly good. Read more Published 4 months ago by Big Softy Another Classic ! Simply this is a great film, great cast, great story line, great music and it stars John Belushi & Dan Aykroyd what more could you want from a film ?. Published 5 months ago by A. Murphy NOBODY COULD DO IT BETTER It goes without saying that the combination of Dan Aykroyd and the late John Belushi couldn't be anything except frantic. Read more Published 9 months ago by L. Wilson "We're on a mission from god..." The absolutely seminal Blues Brothers is a must in any DVD collection. It has something for everyone - Blues and soul music that gets even the most stubborn of feet tapping, acid... Read more Published 10 months ago by Gail Parnell Brilliant soundtrack accompanied this well scripted movie This is *the* movie, for anyone who likes blues and soul music, and great humor. It's an old cult classic, and most people will definitely enjoy it. Read more