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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 ...
“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 ...
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.
Making a sequel to the beloved 1980 movie The Blues Brothers after costar John Belushi 's death was already going to be a difficult challenge. Director John Landis says movie executives made it ...
You can see a four-page preview of The Blues Brothers: The Escape of Joliet Jake and hear a snippet of "Soul Man" from the new album below. The book was written by Stella Aykroyd (daughter of Dan ...