Adam Rifkin on “The Blues Brothers”
Jul 20, 2012
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Most of the voluminous cameo roles in TFH Guru John Landis's landmark rock comedy were performed on studio sound stages, but the death defying car crash stunts were shot right on the streets of Chicago. This is the premier movie of those generated by Saturday Night Live. The preview version was shorn from 148 minutes to 133, but the excised footage has been reinstated on dvd. In 1998 Landis mounted a sequel, Blues Brothers 200, with John Goodman, Joe Morton and a ten year old kid combining forces to stand in for the late John Belushi.
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