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Though this list notes chase scenes, 1980’s The Blues Brothers is more of a chase movie. Protagonists Jake (John Belushi) and Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) speed their cars across most all of Chicago.
One summer evening, back in the ‘80s, I filed into a Chicago theater and beheld my city on the big screen, pretty much for the first time. I saw "The Blues Brothers," the crazy car-crash comedy ...
I saw "The Blues Brothers, " the crazy car-crash comedy musical, starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd and directed by John Landis. The film came out on June 20, 1980.
45 years after its release, the Blues Brothers movie is getting a comic book sequel. Z2 has partnered with the families of Blues Brothers stars Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi to create a graphic ...
Russell Dameron, “The Movie Car Man,” restores iconic movie cars like the Bluesmobile, and Ecto-1, delighting fans in Kansas City.
Belushi died in 1982, but Aykroyd still performs as the Blues Brothers with John’s brother, James Belushi, to this day — they have an Aug. 17 gig coming up at a Blues Brothers convention in ...
“The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic” by Daniel De Vise, Atlantic Monthly Press, 400 pages, $28. The decade spanning 1972 ...
One of the most important unsung heroes in the history of The Blues Brothers is Paul Shaffer, whom some modern audiences may recognize best as David Letterman ’s band leader. However, before ...
Blues Brothers Con: The Sequel takes place Aug. 17 at the Old Joliet Prison Historic Site, one of the movie’s few surviving filming locations.