The Best of the Blues Brothers

July. 26,1994      
Rating:
7.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Writer Tom Davis hosts a Blues Brothers retrospective that tells the whole truth about the legendary band's early days and righteous ways. The Blues Brothers were an unforgettable part of Saturday Night Live's golden era, making their musical debut in bee costumes singing "I'm a King Bee," and becoming an overnight sensation. Switching to hats and shades inspired by John Lee Hooker, they combined classic Chicago Blues with Stax-Volt R&B to create a sound all their own. Their first album, Briefcase Full of Blues, went double-platinum and led quickly to their hit movie and milestone soundtrack album. The rest is history, and it's all here in a music-filled, memory-blasting account of a band that will always be on a mission from God.

John Belushi as  Jake Blues (archive footage)
Dan Aykroyd as  Elwood Blues / Himself
Steve Cropper as  Himself (archive footage)
Donald 'Duck' Dunn as  Himself (archive footage)
Murphy Dunne as  Himself (archive footage)
Steve Jordan as  Himself (archive footage)
Tom Malone as  Himself (archive footage)
Lou Marini as  Himself (archive footage)
Alan Rubin as  Himself (archive footage)
Paul Shaffer as  Himself (archive footage)

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Reviews

Scanialara
1994/07/26

You won't be disappointed!

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VividSimon
1994/07/27

Simply Perfect

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Teringer
1994/07/28

An Exercise In Nonsense

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Guillelmina
1994/07/29

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

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TBJCSKCNRRQTreviews
1994/07/30

This is a feature-length documentary. It's found on the third disc of The Blues Brothers Collection. This is mainly directed at those interested in the band and their work. The film is barely mentioned at all. It's partially made up of interview bits that contain what I gather are meant to be jokes... I can't claim I thought of a single one of them as funny. There's a gimmick to it that I won't reveal here, and that some will enjoy, others won't. The rest of this is footage of them playing, most of them the entire song, start to finish. The aforementioned... long-running scene, I suppose, does have a lot of information and background. It does also serve occasionally as just setting up for the next inter-cut performance, and a time or two, this gets painfully obvious, utterly devoid of subtlety. That also goes for the "integrated" promotion(granted, there's not that much of that). I guess this was considered OK to do, since people watching are already fans... but guys, seriously, make a commercial, instead. The acting, cinematography and editing is invariably uninspired and unengaging. One can wonder why they added the fictitious parts to this, instead of simply putting out everything else in this, possibly even in two separate productions. The DVD also holds a trivia game, info about the various people who helped make the tunes, a discography and the like. I recommend this to fans of the music, the phenomenon and possibly of Aykroyd. 7/10

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rdyas
1994/07/31

This documentry has great detail on the history how the ideas came about and the what made them choose the music. It has loads of clips and full videos. The only bad point it trys to rush over john's death and the reasons. But in all a great video.

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