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List Price: $19.98
Buy New: $13.83
You Save: $6.15 (31%)
Buy New/Used/Collectible from $9.55
Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 193 reviews)
Sales Rank: 560
Category: DVD
Actors: John Belushi, Cab Calloway
Publisher: Universal Studios
Studio: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Label: Universal Studios
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 133 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 1417034742
UPC: 025192674426
EAN: 0025192674426
ASIN: B0009UC810
Release Date: August 30, 2005
Theatrical Release Date: June 20, 1980
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
After building up the duo's popularity through recordings and several performances on Saturday Night Live, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd--as "legendary" Chicago blues brothers Jake and Elwood Blues--took their act to the big screen in this action-packed hit from 1980. As Jake and Elwood struggle to reunite their old band and save the Chicago orphanage where they were raised, they wreak enough good-natured havoc to attract the entire Cook County police force. The result is a big-budget stunt-fest on a scale rarely attempted before or since, including extended car chases that result in the wanton destruction of shopping malls and more police cars than you can count. Along the way there's plenty of music to punctuate the action, including performances by Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Cab Calloway, and James Brown that are guaranteed to knock you out. As played with deadpan wit by Belushi and Aykroyd, the Blues Brothers are "on a mission from God," and that gives them a kind of reckless glee that keeps the movie from losing its comedic appeal. Otherwise this might have been just a bloated marathon of mayhem that quickly wears out its welcome (which is how some critics described this film and its 1998 sequel). Keep an eye out for Steven Spielberg as the city clerk who stamps some crucial paperwork near the end of the film.--Jeff Shannon
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Customer Reviews: Read 188 more reviews...
 Blues Brothers Rules May 28, 2006
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
This Movie Rocks! Rated R for language,brief mild violence,and some drug use.
Haven't seen it yet. May 26, 2006
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
The reason I gave this movie five stars is beacause I think it is going to be a nice movie.If you go on the blues brothers 25 anniversery edition website heres the rating reason:Rated R for persuive strong violence and gore,language,brief sexualty,and some drug use.
A Timeless Classic May 25, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Blues Brothers is a truly great movie. Even though it has a totally bad ending, it still makes me feel great! But at 1998, The Blues Brothers became a total disgrace. One of the worst sequels that the cat ever dragged in came out, and The Blues Brothers got ruined.
In conclusion, see this movie. Everything about it is great. And pretend that Blues Brothers 2000 never existed(no one really does).
Illinois Nazis May 24, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a very silly, very funny movie. It has a great musical cast that will NEVER be duplicated again. Buy it for no other reason than that. It's a tribute to the music and mayhem of the 60's and 70's, to which I am proud to say that I contributed. Sam and Dave tunes, Chaka Khan, James Cleveland, James Brown, Ray Charles, Aretha, Cab Calloway and the list goes on and on. Buy this DVD and play it 20 years from now to see how many of those great artists you remember. Can you see the light??? BDR-529
SWEET HOME CHICAGO!!!!! May 21, 2006
I LOVE this movie! Everything about it is ideal.
The cast is great- RAY!!!!!!!!!!
The humor abounds, with memorable bits like:
-running a bunch of Nazis over
-"We're on a mission from god."
-crashing a posh restaurant
And the MUSIC! Oh, lord, the MUSIC!!!!!
This is the one SNL movie I've seen with the potential for being a REAL MOVIE.
On my birthday last year, the evening I wanted (and got) was Chinese take-out and Ben & Jerry's ice cream in front of The Blues Brothers!
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