The Blues Brothers (1980)
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The Blues Brothers is a 1980 American musical comedy directed by John Landis, based on the recurring Saturday Night Live characters created by Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi. The film follows Jake and Elwood Blues, two fedora-wearing, sunglasses-clad brothers who reform their rhythm and blues band to raise $5,000 in tax money to save the Catholic orphanage where they were raised. Their mission from God takes them across Illinois, assembling their band members while being pursued by Illinois state police, the military, a country-western band, Illinois Nazis, and a mystery woman with a rocket launcher played by Carrie Fisher.
The Blues Brothers featured an extraordinary lineup of musical legends performing on camera — James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Cab Calloway, and John Lee Hooker all appeared as characters and performed full musical numbers. The car chase sequences were among the most destructively elaborate in cinema history, with over 100 vehicles destroyed. The Blues Brothers earned $115 million worldwide on a $27 million budget.
