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The Blues Brothers [videorecording (DVD)] / directed by John Landis.

Contributor(s): Publisher number: 26744C | Universal.Publication details: [Universal City, CA] : Universal, c2005.Edition: 25th anniversary ed; Widescreen edDescription: 1 videodisc (ca. 125 min.) : sd., colISBN:
  • 1417034742
Other title:
  • French title on container: Les Freres blues [videorecording (DVD)]
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Side A. Extended version -- Side B. Theatrical version.
Production credits:
  • A Universal picture ; produced by Robert K. Weiss ; written by Dan Aykroyd and John Landis ; music, Elmer Bernstein.
John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Carrie Fisher, Aretha Franklin, Henry Gibson.Summary: After Jake Blues is released from prison, he and brother Elwood go to visit the old home where they were raised by nuns. They learn the church is no longer supporting the institution and will sell the place to the education authority. The only way to keep the place open is if the $5000 tax on the property is paid within the next 11 days. The brothers want to help and decide to put their blues band back together and raise the the money by staging a big show. As they set off on their "mission from god" they seem to make more enemies than friends along the way.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1980.

Side A. Extended version -- Side B. Theatrical version.

A Universal picture ; produced by Robert K. Weiss ; written by Dan Aykroyd and John Landis ; music, Elmer Bernstein.

John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Carrie Fisher, Aretha Franklin, Henry Gibson.

After Jake Blues is released from prison, he and brother Elwood go to visit the old home where they were raised by nuns. They learn the church is no longer supporting the institution and will sell the place to the education authority. The only way to keep the place open is if the $5000 tax on the property is paid within the next 11 days. The brothers want to help and decide to put their blues band back together and raise the the money by staging a big show. As they set off on their "mission from god" they seem to make more enemies than friends along the way.

Canadian Home Video rating: 14A.

Home use only.

Extended version (Side A): English dialogue ; with optional English (SDH), French or Spanish subtitles.

Theatrical version (Side B): English, French or Spanish dialogue ; with optional English (SDH), French or Spanish subtitles.

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