In Chicago, in the eighties. Two musician brothers want to re-establish their old band to pay the taxes of the orphanage they grew up in.
It was a joke at first. The mainstays of the famous cathodic show The Saturday Night Live, in 1976, Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi dress as operetta gangsters, black suits, stock exchangelino and sunglasses for a sketch in which they describe some of the blues standards they are keen on. absolute card The public wants more. The Blues Brothers were born and even released a cover album that sold 2.5 million copies! And why not continue this wonderful adventure on the big screen? The two actors ask their friend John Landis to imagine a story that infuses both music and schoolboy humor.
Landis, a stuntman in his early days in Hollywood, adds in lots of chases and spectacular crashes. The cocktail is refreshing, 200% exuberant. The redemptive quest of Elwood and Jack Blues (1980) to prevent the closing of the Chicago orphanage where they grew up seduced millions of viewers and forever inscribed the two brothers into the pantheon of global pop icons. It must be said that the two lads convinced legendary rhythm and blues, jazz and soul tenors to join the adventure: James Brown, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Cab Calloway, John Lee Hooker… give your voice. And good stuffing touches on the sublime: we’ve never done this better in forty-three years. The best jokes are definitely not the shortest jokes!
The Blues Brothers will be at Arte on Sunday, July 23 at 21.00
JULIAN BARCILON
Source: Programme Television
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