and 10-year-old J. Evan Bonifant as the new Blues Brothers. Aretha Franklin and James Brown were among the celebrities returning from the first film. There were also musical performances by Sam Moore, Wilson Pickett, Paul Shaffer, B. B. King, and Eric Clapton, among others. Dozens of art...
"The Blues Brothers" gained a cult status decades ago. A cult status doesnt necessarily mean it is a masterpiece, it isnt, but the movie just struck a chord for many weirdos back in the eighties. Music bands have been formed which were inspired by this movie. Special Blues Brothers movie...
Making a sequel to the beloved 1980 movieThe Blues Brothersafter costarJohn Belushi's death was already going to be a difficult challenge. Director John Landis says movie executives made it impossible by interfering with the script for 1998'sBlues Brothers 2000. "I was very pissed off by what...
It's possible the Blues Brothers duo really was "on a mission from God," considering everyone involved walked away from the 1980 movie alive. In addition ...
express purpose of destroying. Between the sing-along soundtrack, the four-wheel mayhem, and the sense that a spring might fly loose at any second, "The Blues Brothers" is like spending two hours at the most dangerous county fair in the country. Not many action movies can claim the same...
jamming and listening to blues records at Aykroyd's Holland Tunnel Blues bar, where he also wrote the storythat later would evolve into the Blues Brothers movie. In the meantime, it led to the pair developing their alter egos: the laid-back, harmonica-playing Elwood (Aykroyd) and in-your-...
The Blues Brothers John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown 210 votes Embark on a riotous musical journey with two unlikely heroes as they reunite their band, evade law enforcement, and save an orphanage from closure. Featuring iconic performances by John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, this cult classic...
39. ‘The Blues Brothers’ (John Landis, 1980) When God sends you on a mission, you have no choice but to get the band back together. John Landis’ 1980 classic saw Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi adapting their sharply-dressed ‘Saturday Night Live’ characters for the big screen — and ...
The Coen brothers movies, ranked 03of 30 Beasts of No Nation(2015) Idris Elba in 'Beasts of No Nation'.Red Crown Prods/Participant Media/Come What May Prods/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock Another war film, the powerful dramaBeasts of No Nationfollows a brutal civil dispute in Africa as told th...
who wanted the film to be "raging with hormones". Sam and The Frog Brothers, meanwhile, are us – they've soaked up pop culture, emboldened by their comic-book and cinema heroes, and are ready to take on the world, as we all are before reality bites and we become jaded husks. Schu...