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The Blues Brothers is a 1980 American musical action comedy film directed by John Landis. It stars John Belushi as "Joliet" Jake Blues and Dan Aykroyd as his brother Elwood, characters developed from the recurring musical sketch "The Blues Brothers" on NBC's variety series Saturday Night Live. The script is set in and around Chicago, Illinois, where it was filmed, and the screenplay is by Aykroyd and Landis. It features musical numbers by singers James Brown, Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and John Lee Hooker. It features non-musical supporting performances by Carrie Fisher and Henry Gibson.
- Director
- John Landis
- Writer
- Dan Aykroyd · John Landis
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- Release date
- 16 June 1980 · Released
- Runtime
- 148 min
- Country of origin
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Genres
- Comedy · Musical
- Also known as
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- Deutsch
- Blues Brothers
- Français
- Les Blues Brothers
- Italiano
- The Blues Brothers - I fratelli Blues
- 日本語
- ブルースブラザーズ
- 한국어
- 더 블루스 형제
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