• The Blues Brothers - We're on a mission from god.
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[URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/638/unled1copywb.png/][IMG]http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/909/unled1copywb.png[/IMG][/URL] [img]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G9M6mgCOTwg/TSzUWt8aGDI/AAAAAAAAAHk/RChQcjbi9m8/s1600/the-blues-brothers-original.jpg[/img] The Blues Brothers (or, more formally, The Blues Brothers’ Show Band and Revue) are an American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedy actors Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on Saturday Night Live. Belushi and Aykroyd, respectively in character as lead vocalist "Joliet" Jake Blues and harmonica player/vocalist Elwood Blues, fronted the band, which was composed of well-known and respected musicians. [img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zy9wsMaD75s/TB2xAIOx1II/AAAAAAAABVc/rN16Ld2eRIw/s640/blues.jpg[/img] The Blues Brothers recorded their first album, Briefcase Full of Blues, in 1978 while opening for comedian Steve Martin at Los Angeles' Universal Amphitheatre. The album reached #1 on the Billboard 200, went double platinum, and featured Top 40 hit recordings of Sam and Dave's "Soul Man" and The Chips' "Rubber Biscuit," the latter of which featured Aykroyd's "talk-singing." [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ea/BriefcaseFullofBlues.jpg[/img] Briefcase Full of Blues (1978) [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYyBZE0kBtE[/media] Rubber Biscuit [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEKBb0UUuWk&feature=related[/media] Soul Man In 1980, The Blues Brothers, directed by John Landis, was released. Featuring car chases involving the Bluesmobile and musical performances by Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles and John Lee Hooker, the story is set in and around Chicago, Illinois. It is a tale of redemption for the paroled convict Joliet Jake Blues and his brother Elwood as they decide to take on a "mission from God" and re-form their blues band in order to raise funds to save the Catholic orphanage where they grew up. Along the way, the brothers are targeted by a "mystery woman" (Carrie Fisher) and chased by the Illinois State Police, a country and western band called the Good Ol' Boys, the owner of Bob's Country Bunker, and "Illinois Nazis." The film grossed $57 million domestically in its theatrical release, making it the 10th highest grossing movie of 1980, and grossed an additional $58 million in foreign release. It is the second-highest grossing film based on a "Saturday Night Live" sketch; only 1992's Wayne's World having grossed more, and the ninth-highest grossing musical film. [img]http://livingfreenyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/BluesBrothersPoster.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/49/MPW-24558[/img] Death of John Belushi On March 5, 1982, Belushi was found dead in his room at Bungalow number 3 of the Chateau Marmont on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, California. The cause of death was a speedball; the combined injection of cocaine and heroin. On the night of his death, he was visited separately by friends Robin Williams and Robert De Niro, each of whom left the premises, leaving Belushi in the company of assorted others, including Catherine Evelyn Smith. His death was investigated by forensic pathologist Dr. Ryan Norris among others, and while the findings were disputed, it was officially ruled a drug-related accident. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCTJeT2i9QU[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5N35kQAPv0[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hB3eCv_FOk[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CHjYHwNzx0[/media]
An awesome movie but this probably belongs in Film and Television.
Could an admin move this to film and television please?
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