The Blues Brothers

The assistant warden wants this one

out of the block early.

Wants to get it over with fast.

Okay. Let's do it.

Hey, wake up. It's time.

Wake up. Let's go. It's time.

This is it.

- What wing?

- Maximum wing, Block 9.

Standard release?

Parole, three out offiive.

Good behaviour.

Give me a minute.

One Timex digital watch, broken.

One unused prophylactic.

One soiled.

Boots, black.

Belt, black.

One black suitjacket.

One pair black suit pants.

One hat.

Black.

One pair sunglasses.

Twenty-three dollars

and seven cents.

Sign here.

- What's this?

- What?

This car.

This stupid car.

Where's the Cadillac?

The Caddy.

Where's the Caddy?

The what?

The Cadillac we used to have.

The Bluesmobile.

I traded it.

- You traded the Bluesmobile for this?

- No, for a microphone.

A microphone?

Okay, I can see that.

- What the hell is this?

- This was a bargain.

I picked it up at the Mount Prospect

City Police Auction last spring.

It's an old Mount Prospect police car.

They were practically giving them away.

Well, thankyou, pal.

The day I get out of prison...

my own brother picks me up

in a police car.

You don't like it?

No, I don't like it.

Car's got a lot of pick-up.

It's got a cop motor,

a 440-cubic-inch plant.

It's got cop tyres,

cop suspension, cop shocks.

A model made

before catalytic converters...

so it'll run good on regular gas.

What do you say?

Is it the new Bluesmobile, or what?

Fix the cigarette lighter.

What are we doing here?

You promised you'd visit

the Penguin the day you got out.

Yeah. So I lied to her.

You can't lie to a nun.

We gotta go in

and visit the Penguin.

No f***ing way.

Who is it?

Jake and Elwood.

Come in.

Hello, boys.

Nice to see you.

Please, have a seat.

No, boys.

Come over here in front of me.

I want to see your faces.

The county took a tax assessment

ofthis property last month.

They want $5,000.

Won't the church pay?

They would ifthey were

interested in keeping the place.

But they aren't.

The archbishop wants to sell this

building to the Board of Education.

What will happen to you?

I'll be sent to the missions--

Africa, Latin America...

- Korea.

- Forget it!

Five grand? No problem. We'll have it

foryou in the morning. Let's go.

I will not take

your fii lthy, stolen money!

Well, then.

I guess you're really up sh*t creek.

I beg your pardon.

What did you say?

I offered to help you.

You refused to take our money.

Then I said,

''I guess you're really up sh*t creek.''

- Christ,Jake, take it easy, man.

- Elwood!

- Ow! Sh*t!

-Jesus Christ!

- Sh*t!

-Jesus!

- Sh*t! Goddam it!

- Son ofa b*tch!

You fat penguin!

F*** this!

You are

such a disappointing pair.

I prayed so hard foryou.

It saddens and hurts me...

that the two young men

whom I raised...

to believe

in the Ten Commandments...

have returned to me

as two thieves...

with fii lthy mouths

and bad attitudes.

Get out!

And don't come back...

until you've

redeemed yourselves.

Boys, you gotta learn

not to talk to nuns that way.

Curtis!

- You look fii ne!

- Good to see you!

Buy you boys a drink?

Boys, things are bad.

They gonna sell this place

to the Board of Education...

and I'll be out on the street.

That money's got to be in the Cook

County Assessor's Offiice within 1 1 days.

They wouldn't turn you out,

would they?

Sh*t. What's one more old n*gger

to the Board of Education?

Curtis, you and the Penguin

are the only family we got.

You're the only one

that was ever good to us...

singing ElmoreJames tunes and

blowing the harp for us down here.

Well, the sister was right. You boys

could use a little churching up.

Slide on down

to the Triple Rock...

and catch Reverend Cleophus.

You boys listen

to what he's got to say.

I don't want to listen

to nojive-ass preacher...

talking to me

about heaven and hell.

You get wise.

You get to church!

All I'm saying is,

we got to fii gure out...

some way

to get that money honestly.

That could be a problem.

Like the Penguin says.

We got to move toward redemption.

We got to go to church.

''We got to move toward redemption.

We got to go to church.''

Bullshit.

Come on.

And now, this week's sermon...

is from our beloved,

the Reverend Cleophus James!

And now, people--

And now, people--

When I woke up this morning,

I heard a disturbing sound.

I said,

when I woke up this morning...

I heard a disturbing sound!

What I heard

was the jingle-jangle...

ofa thousand lost souls!

I'm talking about the souls

of mortal men and women...

departed from this life!

Wait a minute!

Those lost, anguished souls

roaming unseen over the earth...

seeking a divine light...

they'll not fii nd

because it's too late!

Too late! Yeah! Too late

for them to ever see again...

the light they once chose

not to follow! All right!

Don't be lost

when the time comes!

For the day ofthe Lord cometh...

as a thief in the night!

Amen

Say amen!

- Let us all

- All go back

- To the old

- Old landmark

As we stay

in the service of the Lord

- Let uspreach

- Preach the word

- Got topreach

- Preach the wordall the way

Do it, knowit, feelit

Jake, are you all right?

Alleluia

The band.

Do you see the light?

What light?

Have you seen the light?

Yes!

Jesus H. Tap-Dancing Christ!

I have seen the light!

The band!

- Praise God!

- And God bless the United States!

Stay in theservice

ofthe Lord

Yea, Lord

We'll put the band back together,

we do a few gigs...

we get some bread.

Bang-- five thousand bucks!

Well, getting the band

back together might not be that easy.

- What are you talking about?

- They split.

They all took straightjobs.

Yeah? So you know

where they are.

You said you were

keeping in touch with them.

I got a couple of leads,

a few phone numbers.

But, I mean, how many ofthem

visited or even wrote you?

They're not the kind of guys

who write letters.

You were outside.

I was inside.

You were supposed to keep

in touch with the band.

I kept asking you

ifwe were gonna play again.

What was I gonna do,

take away your only hope?

Take away the very thing

that kept you going in there?

I took the liberty

of bullshitting you. Okay?

- You lied to me.

- It wasn't lies. It wasjust bullshit.

- Sh*t.

- What?

- Rollers.

- No.

Sh*t.

- What? What did I do?

- You failed to stop at a red signal.

The light was yellow, sir.

May I see your license, please?

Goddam it!

I haven't been pulled over

in six months.

I bet those cops

have got SCMODS.

State County Municipal Offender

Data System.

Elwood, we show your license

currently under suspension.

Step out ofthe car, please.

First you trade the Cadillac

for a microphone.

Then you lie to me

about the band.

Now you're gonna put me

right back in thejoint!

They're not gonna catch us.

We're on a mission from God.

We are in high-speed pursuit

northbound on Courtland Avenue.

Black-and-white 1 974 Dodge sedan

with Illinois plates.

Request assistance.

We'll be all right ifwe can

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