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Blues Brothers 2000 is a 1998 American musical action comedy film directed by John Landis from a screenplay written by Landis and Dan Aykroyd, both of whom were also producers, and starring Aykroyd and John Goodman. The film serves as a sequel to the 1980 film The Blues Brothers. It also includes cameo appearances by various musicians.
Blues Brothers 2000: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is a soundtrack album that features the Blues Brothers. It is a soundtrack album to the 1998 film, Blues Brothers 2000, the sequel to the 1980 film, The Blues Brothers.
The Toronto-based Downchild Blues Band, co-founded in 1969 by two brothers, Donnie and Richard "Hock" Walsh, served as an inspiration for the two Blues Brothers characters. Aykroyd modeled Elwood Blues in part on Donnie Walsh, a harmonica player and guitarist, while Belushi's Jake Blues character was modeled after Hock Walsh, Downchild's lead ...
Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi attended one of their performances and subsequently asked Murphy to join the touring band of The Blues Brothers. [6] Murphy appeared in the films The Blues Brothers (1980) and Blues Brothers 2000 (1998), playing the husband of Aretha Franklin. He performed with the Blues Brothers Band until the early 2000s. [5]
The 1998 sequel, Blues Brothers 2000, had similar traits to the original, including large car-chase scenes and musical numbers. Landis returned to direct the film and Aykroyd reprised his role, joining John Goodman , Joe Morton , and 10-year-old J. Evan Bonifant as the new Blues Brothers.
With The Blues Brothers. Briefcase Full of Blues (Atlantic, 1978) The Blues Brothers (Atlantic, 1980) Made in America (Atlantic, 1981) Blues Brothers 2000 (Uptown/Universal, 1999) With Gil Evans. The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix (RCA, 1974) There Comes a Time (RCA, 1976) Live at Sweet Basil (King/Electric Bird, 1985)
Members of The Blues Brothers, the band from the film of the same name, and its subsequent touring and recording units. Pages in category "The Blues Brothers members" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
Freeman played Sister Mary Stigmata (referred to as the Penguin) in John Landis' The Blues Brothers (1980) and Blues Brothers 2000 (1998). She also played a foul-mouthed apartment building manager in Dragnet (1987), a teacher in Hocus Pocus (1993), and a gangster mother in Naked Gun 33 + 1 ⁄ 3: The Final Insult (1994).