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Blues Brothers (film)

The Blues Brothers
Movie poster with two of the main characters on the right-side of the image: They are both wearing black suits, hats, and sunglasses and facing forward. The man on the right is resting his arm on the shoulder of the man on the left. A police car is present on the left side of the image behind them. At the top of the image is the tagline, "They'll never get caught. They're on a mission from God." At the bottom of the poster is the title of the film, cast names, and production credits.
Theatrical release poster
Directed by John Landis
Produced by Robert K. Weiss
Written by
Based on The Blues Brothers
by Dan Aykroyd
and John Belushi
Starring
Music by Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography Stephen M. Katz
Edited by George Folsey, Jr.
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • June 20, 1980 (1980-06-20)
Running time
 132 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $30 million
Box office $115.2 million
The Blues Brothers: Original Soundtrack Recording
The two main characters are sitting on the hood of a car, wearing black suits, hats, and sunglasses. The man on the left is looking to his left and has a handcuffed chain on his left wrist attached to a briefcase. The man on the right is holding a cigarette in his left hand and has his right leg tucked underneath the other. On the border of the image is a blue frame, with "The Blues Brothers" on the top and "Music from the soundtrack" written on the bottom.
Soundtrack album by The Blues Brothers
Released June 20, 1980
Genre Blues, blues rock, blue-eyed soul
Length 40:27
Label Atlantic
Producer Bob Tischler
The Blues Brothers chronology
Briefcase Full of Blues
(1978)		 The Blues Brothers: Original Soundtrack Recording
(1980)		 Made in America
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars

The Blues Brothers is a 1980 American musical crime comedy film directed by John Landis. It stars John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as "Joliet" Jake and Elwood Blues, characters developed from "The Blues Brothers" musical sketch on the NBC variety series Saturday Night Live. The film's screenplay was written by Aykroyd and Landis. It features musical numbers by rhythm and blues (R&B), soul, and blues singers James Brown, Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and John Lee Hooker. The film is set in and around Chicago, Illinois, where it was filmed. It features non-musical supporting performances by John Candy, Carrie Fisher, Charles Napier, and Henry Gibson.

The story is a tale of for paroled convict Jake and his brother Elwood, who set out on "a mission from God" to save from foreclosure the Catholic orphanage in which they were raised. To do so, they must reunite their R&B band and organize a performance to earn $5,000 needed to pay the orphanage's property tax bill. Along the way, they are targeted by a destructive "mystery woman", Neo-Nazis, and a country and western band—all while being relentlessly pursued by the police.


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