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List Price: $9.99 | | Label: Universal Studios
Salesrank: 6716
Released: September 9, 1998 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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| Features:
Anamorphic Closed-captioned Collector's Edition Color DVD Widescreen NTSC | |
Editorial Review:
THE BLUES BROTHERS REGROUP THEIR BAND, HOPING TO RAISE MONEY TO SAVE AN ORPHANAGE, AND IN THE PROCESS, THEY RUN AMOK IN CHICAGO.CONTAINS: THE STORIES BEHIND THE MAKING OF THE BLUES BROTHERS DOCUMENTARY FEATURING INTERVIEWS WITH DIRECTOR JOHN LANDIS, DAN AYKROUD, THE BLUES BROTHERS BAND AND PRODUCER ROBERT K. WEISS.
Description of The Blues Brothers (Collector's Edition):
After building up the duo's popularity through recordings and several performances on Saturday Night Live, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd--as "legendary" Chicago blues brothers Jake and Elwood Blues--took their 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. As played with deadpan wit by Belushi and Aykroyd, the Blues Brothers are "on a mission from God," and that gives them a kind of reckless glee that keeps the movie from losing its comedic appeal. Otherwise this might have been just a bloated marathon of mayhem that quickly wears out its welcome (which is how some critics described this film and its 1998 sequel). Keep an eye out for Steven Spielberg as the city clerk who stamps some crucial paperwork near the end of the film.--Jeff Shannon
The Blues Brothers (Collector's Edition) Reviews:
The Blues Brothers: A Fantastic Film for Fantastic people 
2009-12-15 - The Blues Brothers is a wonderful film about two brothers from a Church orphanage located in Chicago. They grow up to become not quite so gentlemanly. Even so they have good hearts. "Joliet" Jake Blues is released from prison and picked up by his brother El Wood Blues. They go "on a mission from God" to save the church where they were raised. How do they do this? They put the band back together. The movie climaxes to a performance that makes enough money to save the church, however it is at the cost of Jake and El Wood being chased by the police and other people for the majority of the movie. The movie concludes with the whole band playing in jail, right where the movie started. It is a feel good, musical movie that the whole family can enjoy. I highly recommend this movie for all people of all ages. It is a wonderful time to sit back and relax.
The Blues Brothers
2009-11-21 - I am very pleased with my purchase!!! It was shipped very fast, and item was as promised!!!
Belushi lives on!
2009-11-20 - In general, I don't mind the extra footage added to the movie. Some of it could have stayed lost, like the scene where Elwood leaves his job, but some of the other footage is fantastic. We get to hear the full length versions of Boom Boom Boom, Peter Gunn Theme, Can't Turn You Loose and Everybody Needs Somebody to Love. Those alone make the movie great. It's also great seeing any kind of extra footage with Belushi in it. When someone dies that young, seeing the extra footage is like coming across video of somebody that you didn't know existed. This movie shows how the original was butchered so badly in the editing room after Universal ordered it cut down. They don't have a copy of the original version that was close to 3 hours long with an intermission, it was destroyed before the movie was released. The movie was made at a time when MTV was not yet established, therefore, people's attention spans were not so short. So while some reviewers here might complain about the extra footage of the Blues Bros parking the Bluesmobile, as a fan of films, especially those made up until 1980, I love the attention to the details that filmmakers put into their works. It reminds me of Apocolypse Now and The Good The Bad and The Ugly because of the way the director took a long time establishing his shots. It's a well made film in spite of itself. I know the film went over budget and that Belushi was messed up on coke and the film was too long in length and short on jokes. It also came out against The Empire Strikes Back and during a year that movie attendance was down in general, the critics crucified it and didn't make its money back at the time. In spite of it all, it manages to be a memorable classic. It did wonders for blues music and blues artists. Until this movie, I had never heard of Sam & Dave, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, John Lee Hooker, etc etc etc and I definitely wasn't listening to James Brown, Aretha Franklin & Cab Calloway. Not the greatest movie of all time but one that definitley needs to be in your library and tons of quotable lines. Long live Joliet Jake!
A classic!
2009-11-09 - What can I say this is a classic. Why they don't have it at stores with other "classics" is a mystery. We love it as a family!
DVD for my kids 
2009-10-01 - I bought this DVD for my sixteen year old boys who loved the movie. I received it quickly and buying from Amazon is always a breeze.
