The Blues Brothers Page #3

Synopsis: After the release of Jake Blues from prison, he and brother Elwood go to visit "The Penguin", the last of the nuns who raised them in a boarding school. They learn the Archdiocese will stop supporting the school and will sell the place to the Education Authority. The only way to keep the place open is if the $5000 tax on the property is paid within 11 days. The Blues Brothers want to help, and decide to put their blues band back together and raise the money by staging a big gig. As they set off on their "mission from God" they seem to make more enemies along the way. Will they manage to come up with the money in time?
Director(s): John Landis
Production: Universal Pictures
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
7.9
Metacritic:
60
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%
R
Year:
1980
133 min
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10,190 Views


- I said no.

Absolutely not!

How much foryour wife?

We're putting the band back together.

We need you, man. We need your horn.

I really can't.

We got everybody except

Matt ''Guitar'' Murphy and Blue Lou.

- We're getting them next.

- No way.

Ifyou say no, Elwood and I

will come here for breakfast...

lunch and dinner

every day ofthe week.

Okay. I'll play.

You got me.

Sir?

White men!

White women!

The swastika is calling you!

The sacred and ancient symbol

ofyour race...

since the beginning oftime.

TheJew is using the black...

as muscle against you.

And you are left there, helpless.

-Fuckyou!

-What are you gonna do about it, whity?

-Just sit there?

- Go back where you came from!

Ofcourse not!

- Son ofa b*tch!

- You are going tojoin...

with us...

the members of...

the American Socialist

White People's Party:

an organization ofdecent...

law-abiding white folk...

just like you.

Go to hell, bastards!

Go to hell!

I pledge allegiance to Adolf Hitler...

the immortal leader ofour race.

To the order for which he stands.

One great cause.

Sacred and invincible.

Hey, what's going on?

Those bums won their court case

so they're marching today.

- What bums?

- The f***ing Nazi party.

Illinois Nazis.

I hate Illinois Nazis.

Heil Hitler!

Ten-hut!

- Gruppenfuehrer!

- Yes, sir!

Get that car's license plate number.

We're gonna kill

that son ofa b*tch.

Come on home, babe

Oh, come on home, woman

Oh, come on home, pretty baby

lloveyou

When she walk that walk

Andtalk that talk

And whisperin my ear

Tellme thatshe love me

llove that talk

That baby talk

When she talk like that

lcan't take it like that

Come on home to me, baby

Walkyour walk

Talkyourtalk

Talkyourtalk, baby

Thankyou, ladies and gentlemen.

That was ''Boom, Boom,''

a song that I wrote back in the '50s.

- No, you didn't.

- It was a hit.

- No, you didn't.

- Yes, I did.

I wrote ''Boom, Boom''!

I wrote ''Boom, Boom''!

- Can I help you, boys?

- You got any white bread?

Yes.

I'll have some

toasted white bread, please.

You want butter orjam

on that toast, honey?

No, ma'am. Dry.

- Got any fried chicken?

- Best damn chicken in the state.

Bring me four fried chickens

and a Coke.

You want chicken wings

or chicken legs?

Four fried chickens and a Coke.

And some dry white toast, please.

You all want anything to drink

with that?

- No, ma'am.

- A Coke.

Be up in a minute.

We got two honkies out there

dressed like Hasidic diamond merchants.

- Say what?

- They look like they're from the CIA.

- What they wanna eat?

- The tall one wants white-bread toast.

- Dry. With nothing on it.

- Elwood!

And the other one wants

four whole fried chickens and a Coke.

And Jake! Sh*t!

The Blues Brothers!

- Hi,Jake!

- Matt! How you doing?

- How wasJoliet?

- Oh, it's bad.

On Thursday night

they serve a wicked pepper steak.

Can't be as bad as the cabbage rolls

at the Terre Haute Federal Pen.

Or that oatmeal

at the Cook County slammer.

- They're all pretty bad.

- Matt--

Me and Elwood--

we're putting the band back together.

We need you and Blue Lou.

Don't talk that way around here.

My old lady--

- She'll kill me.

- Ma'am, you gotta understand.

This is a lot bigger than any domestic

problems you might be experiencing.

Matt, what the hell

is he talking about?

- Don't get riled, sugar.

- Don't you ''sugar'' me!

Now, you not going

back on the road no more.

And you ain't playing

any more two-bit, sleazy dives.

You're living with me now...

and you're not gonna go sliding around

with your white hoodlum friends.

But, babes! This isJake and Elwood!

The Blues Brothers!

The Blues Brothers! Sh*t!

They still owe you money, fool!

Ma'am.

Would it make you feel better

ifyou knew...

that what we're asking Matt to do

is a holy thing?

You see,

we're on a mission from God.

Don't you blaspheme in here!

Now, this is my man,

my restaurant...

and you two are gonna

walk right out that door...

without your dry, white toast...

without your four fried chickens...

and without Matt ''Guitar'' Murphy!

Now you listen to me!

I love you.

But I'm the man

and you're the woman.

And I'll make the decisions

concerning my life!

You better think about

what you saying.

You better think about

the consequences ofyour actions.

Shut up, woman!

You betterthink

Thinkabout whatyou're

trying to do to me

Yeah, think

Letyourmindgo

Letyourselfbe free

Let'sgo back

Let'sgo way on back when

ldidn 't even knowyou, you couldn 't

have been too much more than ten

lain 't nopsychiatrist

lain 't no doctor with degree

lt don't take too much high lQ

to see whatyou're doing to me

You betterthink

Thinkabout whatyou're trying

to do to me

Think

Letyourmindgo

Letyourselfbe free

Freedom

Yeah, freedom right now

Hey, thinkabout it

You, thinkabout it

There ain 't nothingyou couldask

lcouldansweryou, but l won't

But l wasgonna change that, l'm not

ifyou keep doing things ldon't

Thinkabout whatyou're trying

to do to me

Damn it

Letyourmindgo

Letyourselfbe free

People walking aroundeveryday

playinggames andtaking scores

Tryin 'to makepeople lose theirmind

Now, be carefulyou don't loseyours

You needme

Andlneedyou

Without each other

there ain 't nothing eithercan do

- Yeah, thinkabout it, baby

- Whatyou trying to do to me

To the bone

Thinkabout it right now

Oh, freedom

You, thinkabout it

There ain 't nothingyou couldask

lcan answeryou, but l won't

But l wasgonna change my mind

ifyou keep doing things ldon't

You needme

Andlneedyou

Without each other

there ain 't nothing eithercan do

- Thinkabout it, baby

- Whatyou're trying to do to me

To the bone, man

Thinkabout it, baby

- Yeah, right on

- To the bone

- Fordeepening

- To the bone, fordeeps

Deepening

Right now

Thinkabout it, yeah, yeah

To the bone

Fordeepening

Thinkabout it

To the bone

Don't give me the Blues Brothers

You hadbetter

Stop andthinkabout it

Think

Let's boogie.

Well, go ahead, damn it!

Sh*t!

Pardon me...

but we do have a strict policy

concerning handling the instruments:

An employee

of Ray's Music Exchange...

must be present.

Now, may I help you?

Ray, it's me.JolietJake.

I once rented some column speakers

from you...

for my band-- The Blues Brothers.

Hey, Ray. It's me. Murph,

of Murph and the Magic Tones.

Remember me?

I bought three Fender amps.

- Oh, we sell a lot ofamplifiiers.

- Not like these. They were beautiful.

- Upholstered with thick, red shag.

- Right!

I remember now.

I'll buy them all back for 350 apiece.

Three fiifty?

I paid 800 each

not six months ago.

You know-- depreciation, man.

Ray, we're here to buy stuff.

We need pianos, amps, mikes--

the works.

Go on! Get!

Breaks my heart:

a boy that young going bad.

Tell me a little

about this electric piano.

You have a good eye, my man.

That's the best

in the city of Chicago.

- How much?

- Two thousand bucks and it's yours.

You can take it home with you.

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Dan Aykroyd

Daniel Edward Aykroyd (born July 1, 1952) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, musician, businessman and filmmaker. He was an original member of the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" on Saturday Night Live (1975–79). A musical sketch he performed with John Belushi on SNL, The Blues Brothers, turned into an actual performing band and then the 1980 film The Blues Brothers. He conceived and starred in Ghostbusters (1984), which spawned a sequel and eventually an entire media franchise. In 1990, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in the 1989 film Driving Miss Daisy. He starred in his own sitcom, Soul Man (1997–98). Aykroyd is also a businessman, having co-founded the House of Blues chain of music venues and the Crystal Head Vodka brand. more…

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