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Friday 11th July 12:40pm PDT - Home Box Office Comedy
Synopsis:
Hilarious farce, based on the characters from American TV's Saturday Night Live. Lovable criminals Jake and Elwood Blues visit the Chicago orphanage where they were raised - but when they discover it will be closed down unless the nuns who run it pay the taxes they owe, Jake launches a desperate mission to revive the old Blues Brothers Band to raise money for its salvation. Completely nutty from start to finish, with John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as the deadpan anti-heroes and a supporting cast t…
Starring:
James Brown as Reverend Cleophus James, Steven Spielberg as Cook County clerk, John Belushi as 'Joliet' Jake Blues, Dan Aykroyd as Elwood Blues, John Candy as Burton Mercer, Carrie Fisher as Mystery woman, Aretha Franklin as Soul food cafe owner, Ray Charles as Ray, Henry Gibson, John Lee Hooker as Street Slim, Cab Calloway as Curtis, Murphy Dunne, Kathleen Freeman as Sister Mary Stigmata, Steve Cropper, Donald Dunn, Willie Hall, Tom Malone, Lou Marini, Matt Murphy, Frank Oz, Armand Cerani, Steven Williams
Credits:
John Landis - Director, Scriptwriter, Dan Aykroyd - Scriptwriter, Bernie Brillstein - Executive-Producer, Robert K. Weiss - Producer
