The Blues Brothers
Added 11/21/2009
I am very pleased with my purchase!!! It was shipped very fast, and item was as promised!!!
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Belushi lives on!
Added 11/20/2009
In general, I don't mind the extra footage added to the movie. Some of it could have stayed lost, like the scene where Elwood leaves his job, but some of the other footage is fantastic. We get to hear the full length versions of Boom Boom Boom, Peter Gunn Theme, Can't Turn You Loose and Everybody Needs Somebody to Love. Those alone make the movie great. It's also great seeing any kind of extra footage with Belushi in it. When someone dies that young, seeing the extra footage is like coming across video of somebody that you didn't know existed. This movie shows how the original was butchered so badly in the editing room after Universal ordered it cut down. They don't have a copy of the original version that was close to 3 hours long with an intermission, it was destroyed before the movie was released. The movie was made at a time when MTV was not yet established, therefore, people's attention spans were not so short. So while some reviewers here might complain about the extra footage of the Blues Bros parking the Bluesmobile, as a fan of films, especially those made up until 1980, I love the attention to the details that filmmakers put into their works. It reminds me of Apocolypse Now and The Good The Bad and The Ugly because of the way the director took a long time establishing his shots. It's a well made film in spite of itself. I know the film went over budget and that Belushi was messed up on coke and the film was too long in length and short on jokes. It also came out against The Empire Strikes Back and during a year that movie attendance was down in general, the critics crucified it and didn't make its money back at the time. In spite of it all, it manages to be a memorable classic. It did wonders for blues music and blues artists. Until this movie, I had never heard of Sam & Dave, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, John Lee Hooker, etc etc etc and I definitely wasn't listening to James Brown, Aretha Franklin & Cab Calloway. Not the greatest movie of all time but one that definitley needs to be in your library and tons of quotable lines. Long live Joliet Jake!
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A classic!
Added 11/9/2009
What can I say this is a classic. Why they don't have it at stores with other "classics" is a mystery. We love it as a family!
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DVD for my kids
Added 10/1/2009
I bought this DVD for my sixteen year old boys who loved the movie. I received it quickly and buying from Amazon is always a breeze.
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Another great movie
Added 9/30/2009
A great memory of John Belushi. This is an excellent movie and one everyone should have in their collection, if not for Aykroyd and Belushi, for the crazy host of musicians that make an appearance, like Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles. Great buy.
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The Blues Brothers
Added 11/21/2009
I am very pleased with my purchase!!! It was shipped very fast, and item was as promised!!!
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Belushi lives on!
Added 11/20/2009
In general, I don't mind the extra footage added to the movie. Some of it could have stayed lost, like the scene where Elwood leaves his job, but some of the other footage is fantastic. We get to hear the full length versions of Boom Boom Boom, Peter Gunn Theme, Can't Turn You Loose and Everybody Needs Somebody to Love. Those alone make the movie great. It's also great seeing any kind of extra footage with Belushi in it. When someone dies that young, seeing the extra footage is like coming across video of somebody that you didn't know existed. This movie shows how the original was butchered so badly in the editing room after Universal ordered it cut down. They don't have a copy of the original version that was close to 3 hours long with an intermission, it was destroyed before the movie was released. The movie was made at a time when MTV was not yet established, therefore, people's attention spans were not so short. So while some reviewers here might complain about the extra footage of the Blues Bros parking the Bluesmobile, as a fan of films, especially those made up until 1980, I love the attention to the details that filmmakers put into their works. It reminds me of Apocolypse Now and The Good The Bad and The Ugly because of the way the director took a long time establishing his shots. It's a well made film in spite of itself. I know the film went over budget and that Belushi was messed up on coke and the film was too long in length and short on jokes. It also came out against The Empire Strikes Back and during a year that movie attendance was down in general, the critics crucified it and didn't make its money back at the time. In spite of it all, it manages to be a memorable classic. It did wonders for blues music and blues artists. Until this movie, I had never heard of Sam & Dave, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, John Lee Hooker, etc etc etc and I definitely wasn't listening to James Brown, Aretha Franklin & Cab Calloway. Not the greatest movie of all time but one that definitley needs to be in your library and tons of quotable lines. Long live Joliet Jake!
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A classic!
Added 11/9/2009
What can I say this is a classic. Why they don't have it at stores with other "classics" is a mystery. We love it as a family!
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