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THE BLUES BROTHERS (1980)

VISUAL AIDS
POSTERS AND COVER ART



THE BACK OF THE BOX
WHAT THE STUDIO WANTS YOU TO KNOW

    After the release of Jake Blues (John Belushi) from prison, he and brother Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) go to visit the orphanage where they were raised by nuns.
    They learn that the church stopped its support and will sell the place unless the tax on the property is paid within 11 days.
    The brothers decided to raise he money by putting their blues band back together and staging a big gig. They may be on a "mission from God" but they're making enemies everywhere they go. Featuring performances by some of blues finest, James Brown, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, and co-starring John Candy, Carrie Fisher, Henry Gibson, and Steve Lawrence.

STARRING:

John Belushi: "Joliet" Jake Blues
Dan Aykroyd: Elwood Blues
James Brown: Reverend Cleophus James
Cab Calloway: Curtis
Ray Charles: Ray
Aretha Franklin: Mrs. Murphy
Henry Gibson: Head Nazi

SCREENWRITER: Dan Aykroyd and John Landis

DIRECTOR: John Landis

RUNNING TIME: 148 minutes

STUDIO: Universal

Average Hollywood Guys Rating: C -

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GIGGLES, GLOBES AND OSCARS
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

ACADEMY AWARDS

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GOLDEN GLOBES

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THE GEEK BOX
TRIVIA TO IMPRESS YOUR EASILY IMPRESSED FRIENDS

• Joe Walsh of The Eagles has a small cameo in this film, he can be seen during the the Jailhouse Rock segment at then end of the film, he is the first person to jump up on the table and start dancing.
• In order to get permission to drop the Nazi's Pinto from an airplane, they had to get a "Certificate of Air UN-Worthieness" from the F.A.A. that basically proved before the drop that pinto would fall straight down and land on it's desired target and would not catch air and veer of course.
• Steven Spielberg has a cameo in this film, he plays the tax assessor who give The Blues Brothers their receipt for paying the school's taxes.
• The mall used for the famous indoor car scene was The Dixie Square Mall in Harvey Illinois. The mall as closed for over a year for filming and in the end Universal got slapped with a law suit from the owners of the mall $87,500 for not "returning the mall to it's original condition." In 2006 the mall was finally demolished as it was in very poor condition.

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