The Blues Brothers
Director: John Landis Run Time: 133 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1980
Starring: Cab Calloway, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown, John Belushi, Ray Charles
Belushi and Aykroyd play Jake and Elwood Blues—two musicians who, despite their troublemaking ways, go on a mission to save the orphanage they grew up in. Traveling across Chicago to get the band back together (and encountering a who’s who of R&B royalty), the Brothers finally make it to their benefit concert with an angry mob of rednecks, cops, and Illinois neo-Nazis hot on their trail.
Double Feature with FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF
This program is funded in part by The Brattle’s 35mm Film Fund. Donations to this fund maintain our film projection equipment, train future projectionists, and ensure that The Brattle will be able to continue 35mm screenings well into the future.