The Blues Brothers(Movie, 1980)

Name: The Blues Brothers
Genre: Music, Comedy, Action, Crime
Released: 1980
Duration: T02:13:00
Rating: 3.9

| 2h 13min | Genres: Music, Comedy, Action, Crime

Rating: 3.9/5 (with 1,876 votes)

The Blues Brothers is a 1980 American musical action comedy film directed by John Landis. It stars John Belushi as "Joliet" Jake Blues and Dan Aykroyd as his brother Elwood, characters developed from the recurring musical sketch "The Blues Brothers" on NBC's variety series Saturday Night Live. The script is set in and around Chicago, Illinois, where it was filmed, and the screenplay is by Aykroyd and Landis. It features musical numbers by singers James Brown, Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and John Lee Hooker. It features non-musical supporting performances by ()

Part of the The Blues Brothers Collection

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About The Blues Brothers

Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.

Trailer for The Blues Brothers + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

The Blues Brothers (1980) Trailer HD 1080p(Trailer, 4:01)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Chicago (Illinois)

Plays in: Chicago (Illinois)

Made by: Universal Pictures

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 30 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Indonesian (ID), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 06/16/1980

Cast: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Matt Murphy, Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Murphy Dunne, Willie Hall, Tom Malone, Lou Marini, Alan Rubin, Carrie Fisher, Henry Gibson, John Candy, Kathleen Freeman, Steve Lawrence, Twiggy Lawson, Jeff Morris, Charles Napier, John Lee Hooker, Frank Oz, John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Walsh, Sheilah Wells, Paul Reubens, Ben Piazza, James Avery, Raven De La Croix

Director: John Landis

Producer: Bernie Brillstein, George Folsey, Robert K. Weiss

Screenwriter: Dan Aykroyd, John Landis

Film Editor: George Folsey

Director of Photography: Stephen M. Katz

Composer: Ira Newborn

Performer: The Blues Brothers, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Cab Calloway

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"The Blues Brothers: Granujas a todo ritmo"

"蓝调兄弟"

"ブルース・ブラザース"

"ブルース・ブラザース：1980"

"Los Hermanos Caradura"

"Os Irmãos Cara de Pau"

Keywords: chicago, illinois, music instrument, dancing, jazz, road trip, nun, parole, musical, nazi, concert, blues, church, country music, buddy, shopping mall, prison

Budget: 27,000,000 USD

Revenue: 115,229,890 USD (= 427%)