The Blues Brothers - Collector's Edition

Comedy, Musical, Action

Dan Aykroyd	Elwood Blues
John Candy	Burton Mercer
John Belushi	Jake Blues
James Brown	Reverend Cleophus James
Cab Calloway	Curtis
Ray Charles	Ray
Aretha Franklin	Mrs. Murphy
Steve Cropper	Steve Cropper
Donald Dunn	Donald Dunn
Murphy Dunne	Murph
Willie Hall	Willie 'Too Big' Hall
Joe Cirillo

Director	John Landis
Producer	Robert K. Weiss; Bernie Brillstein; George Folsey Jr.
Writer	Dan Aykroyd; John Landis
Cinematography	Stephen M. Katz

Elwood Blues (Dan Akroyd) picks up his brother Jake (John Belushi) when he is released from prison. They return to the orphanage where they were raised and are told by Sister Mary Stigmata (Kathleen Freeman), that they need to raise money to pay the property taxes for the orphanage or it will be closed. While there, they also visit with Curtis the janitor (Cab Calloway), the man who inspired their love of the blues. He sends them out and they attend a church where the Reverend Cleophus James (James Brown) is preaching and Jake is inspired with an idea to raise the money for the orphanage, putting their Blues Brothers band back together for a big show. Along their journey they run into Ray (Ray Charles), Mrs. Murphy (Aretha Franklin), a Nazi (Henry Gibson), the Good Ole Boys band and their leader Tucker McElroy (Charles Napier), officer Burton Mercer (John Candy), and Jakes jilted girlfriend (Carrie Fisher). All this leads to the ultimate fundraiser and "encore".