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	BLUES BROTHERS 2000/ **
		John Landis's "Blues Brothers 2000", or "BB2K" for short, does not even think about this, and ignores any question of a culture clash, which makes for a very strange film.
		Written by John Landis and Dan Aykroyd; based on the 1980 film "The Blues Brothers", written by Landis and Aykroyd.
		In the original 1980 film, when Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd) got out of jail to resurrect the blues band of himself and his brother Jake (John Belushi), their image was cool and energetic.
	www.ukcritic.com /bluesbrothers2000.html (696 words)

	Blues Brothers 2000
		Blues Brothers 2000 is the sequel to the original 1980 Blues Brothers film but in many ways is actually a remake of the film, as the story is pretty much a parallel of the original.
		And to top it all off, an incredible musical battle between the Blues Brothers and the Louisiana Gator Boys headlined by B.B. King, Bo Diddley, Steve Winwood, and a host of musical greats provides a terrific finish to the film.
		Elwood Blues is told to mentor a young orphan in Blues Brothers 2000.
	www.chucksconnection.com /blues.html (886 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Blues Brothers 2000 Ost [Soundtrack]: Music
		Blues Brothers - Music from the Film [Original Soundtrack]; Audio CD ~ Original Soundtrack (Artist)
		It never strays from the original belief that, "it's the music that matters!" I am proud to call myself a blues bro's fan and even though the second film was maybe a little over the top for die hard fans, it could never be critcised for the music, as is nicely presented here.
		This cd is a masterpiece of good honest blues and soul mixed with a little silliness for fans of the film.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000005B0U (683 words)

	Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
		This film is a good deal more fantastic than its predecessor - miraculous personality changes in the midst of a gospel mission; the Blues Brothers transformed by a voodoo priestess into green-skinned zombies for a calypso number; an appearance of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse above the stage during one performance.
		The plot simply rehashes that of the first film - Blues Brothers(s) get out of jail and sets about reuniting the band and a quest which, as the film progresses, escalates into a surreally overblown chase with the police and various terrorist groups.
		Plot: Elwood Blues is released from jail only to learn that his brother Jake has died while in incarceration.
	www.moria.co.nz /fantasy/bb2000.htm (451 words)

	Blues Brothers 2000
		If you can face that the “Blues Brothers” cult of the original cannot be topped or re-created, and if you can accept that the character of Elwood Blues changed in the past 18 years, I am sure you will enjoy this film as much as I did, and turn on the good vibes.
		One of the nice things about “Blues Brothers 2000” is that the time in the story has progressed for 18 years; it does not attempt to pretend that nothing has happened in that time.
		“Blues Brothers 2000” comes as a Collector’s Edition disc from Universal Home Video, and features the signature quality we have come to expect from this publishers.
	www.dvdreview.com /html/blues_brothers_2000.html (1294 words)

	Amazon.ca: DVD: Blues Brothers 2000 (Widescreen)
		If Blues Brothers 2000 were made as a documentary about the Blues Brothers or a documentary about the musicians in the movie, then I might've given it some stars, but, as a movie, this is a horrible, pathetic, feeble attempt to recreate the magic of the first film, which is a near perfect comedy.
		Blues Brothers is about the characters and this poor excuse for a movie has none of the elements that made the original such an excellent movie.
		The music is what makes the Blues Brothers and the music is what makes this movie.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0783228058 (1343 words)

	DVD REVIEW: THE BLUES BROTHERS COLLECTOR'S EDITION
		More than anything else, "The Blues Brothers" is a celebration of rhythm and blues music, and in that respect, the film is one big valentine.
		Director Landis claims that "The Blues Brothers" was the first film to destroy a mall, and that scene alone is worth the price of admission.
		"The Blues Brothers" is filled with great songs that come alive through the surround speakers.
	www.lightviews.com /bluesbrothers.htm (1098 words)

	Blues Brothers 2000
		If you can face that the “Blues Brothers” cult of the original cannot be topped or re-created, and if you can accept that the character of Elwood Blues changed in the past 18 years, I am sure you will enjoy this film as much as I did, and turn on the good vibes.
		One of the nice things about “Blues Brothers 2000” is that the time in the story has progressed for 18 years; it does not attempt to pretend that nothing has happened in that time.
		The Blues Brothers stands for fun, entertainment, and most of all, cool music.
	www.dvdreview.com /html/blues_brothers_2000.html (1294 words)

	Blues Brothers 2000
		But from an admirer of The Blues Brothers who is nonetheless willing to acknowledge its limitations, this film cannot rank as anything but a disappointment, even though my hopes were not high.
		This is not to say there were no outrageous scenes in The Blues Brothers, but the po-faced handling was one of the distinguishing characteristics (the fall of the Nazi car to The Ride of the Valkyries, Carrie Fisher's continued assaults on Belushi).
		The Blues Brothers was not a financial or critical success on its original release, but has since gained a strong cult following which has resulted in it paying for itself several times over in video and soundtrack sales.
	homepage.eircom.net /~obrienh/bb2.htm (842 words)

	Blues Brothers 2000
		Ellwood's release from prison after eighteen years is an excuse for a celebration of the original Blues Brothers film, with reprises from many of the first films cameo stars.
		This Blues Brothers 2000 special edition DVD includes a 24 minute featurette about the making of the film.
		In Blues Brothers 2000(It's a better title than Blues Brothers 2)Ellwood Blues, once again played with supreme cool and dark glasses by Dan Ackroyd, can't stay out of trouble.
	www.filmsondisc.com /dvdpages/bluesbrothers2000.htm (397 words)

	BLUES BROTHERS 2000
		BLUES BROTHERS 2000 hopes to attract those of us who loved the original film.
		A promising and logical start, since the Blues Brothers had begun the same way, only with Belushi as the emergent ex-con.
		Unfortunately, like most sequels, follow-ups, or remakes Blues Brothers 2000 is a poor imitation of its model.
	www.bakeru.edu /faculty/adaugherty/film/blues.html (442 words)

	The Blues Brothers
		Both as a film, and as a monument to a time when musical talent was necessary to get a record deal, The Blues Brothers is a righteous classic that not only warrants, but demands multiple viewings.
		The music in this film can be divided into three parts: the music contributed by Elmer Bernstein during the "see the light" sequence, the blues numbers by the Blues Brothers and their band, and finally, the numerous numbers contributed by other musicians such as Ray Charles and John Lee Hooker.
		The costumes worn by Cab Calloway and The Blues Brothers Band during most of this number are predominantly black and white, with both the photography and the transfer impeccably capturing each and every shade in the environment.
	www.michaeldvd.com.au /Reviews/BluesBrothers.html (2414 words)

	Blues Brothers 2000
		The Blues Brothers was a wonderful film, a hilarious comedy packed with good music.
		Cabel is reluctant to join his destiny, and spends most of the movie as an Illinois sheriff, chasing the Blues Brothers Band.
		If simply copying the original Blues Brothers wasn't bad enough, writers Aykroyd and John Landis dumb it down, removing any memorable characters, and replacing them with flashy, but unbelievable, magical gimmicks.
	www.cinematter.com /movie.php3?bb2000 (643 words)

	The Blues Brothers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Blues Brothers spend the rest of the film's first half tracking down members of the Band and convincing them to re-join, as well as playing venues to raise the requisite $5,000 needed to save the orphnange.
		Blues Brothers 2000 picks up 18 years after The Blues Brothers with Elwood being released from prison, this time a rather high-tech private prison rather than the old Illinois state prison depicted in the first film.
		The Blues Brothers is the name of a rhythm and blues band fronted, incognito, by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Blues_Brothers (643 words)

	DVDActive - News - Releases - The Blues Brothers (US - R1)
		As a part of the launch of the 25th Anniversary DVD Edition of The Blues Brothers on the 29th August, the film will be rebroadcast in high definition with surround sound to 83 movie theatres across the USA.
		Also, The Blues Brothers was originally released in 1980 in standard Dolby Stereo (2.0).
		Universal has released early details on a 25th Anniversary edition of The Blues Brothers, which stars John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd.
	www.dvdactive.com /news/releases/the-blues-brothers.html (1572 words)

	DVD Review - The Blues Brothers: 25th Anniversary Edition
		It's a basically a few minutes of performance footage of the "new" Blues Brothers (now including Jim Belushi as a fill-in for his late brother John) on stage at The House of Blues.
		This is the track EXACTLY as it would have been heard in the film (minus all of the rowdy truckers and shattering beer bottles, of course).
		What follows next has got to be one of the most bizarre and funny series of musical numbers, car chases and general misadventures ever captured on film.
	www.thedigitalbits.com /reviews3/bluesbrothers25th.html (2281 words)

	USATODAY.com - Happy 25th for 'Blues Brothers'
		In the film, the brothers stage a benefit concert to save an orphanage, but in real life, Landis says, the movie reignited interest in some historic RandB recording stars, like Ray Charles and Cab Calloway.
		Before they could assemble some of the biggest names in RandB to perform in The Blues Brothers, Dan Aykroyd had to convert John Belushi into a bluesman.
		After Belushi's Animal House became a hit, he and Aykroyd brought the singing outlaw brothers to the big screen in 1980.
	www.usatoday.com /life/movies/news/2005-08-29-blues-brothers-main_x.htm?csp=34 (379 words)

	Blues Brothers 2000
		Blues Brothers 2000, a comedy with rhythm and blues, is director John Landis' sequel to his 1980 hit, The Blues Brothers.
		The screenplay for Blues Brothers 2000 was written by Aykroyd and Landis, with Landis, Aykroyd and Leslie Belzberg serving as producers and Grace Gilroy as associate producer.
		Blues Brothers 2000 picks up 18 years after the brothers' original "mission from God" left off, with Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd) getting out of prison and discovering that much has changed in the time he's been away.
	www.findthefun.com /movies/m00/m0010495.htm (462 words)

	BLUES BROTHERS 2000
		Someone obviously forgot that last part until now, eighteen years later, as the sequel finally arrives in the form of "Blues Brothers 2000." When I first heard of this project, I had serious doubts about the reasons for making the film, as well as its financial prospects.
		"The Blues Brothers," starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, came out at the height of their popularity, made a decent amount of money (for the time), and helped turn the TV actors into movie stars.
		When the original came out, the stars were hot from "SNL," and they had a hit album, "Briefcase Full of Blues." Now, so many years later, people know of the original but it's not high on anyone's wish list of films to see.
	www.screenit.com /movies/1998/blues_brothers_2000.html (2672 words)

	They 'were on a mission from God'
		The Blues Brothers was released nationwide on June 20, 1980.
		This week marks the 25th anniversary of the release of "The Blues Brothers,'' a watershed film for Chicago and one that spread the city's soul around the world.
		The Plymouth Hotel, where the Blues Brothers slept as L trains rumbled by, was demolished in 1991, signaling the end of the Loop's seedier side.
	www.suntimes.com /special_sections/bluebros/cst-nws-bbintro20.html (1484 words)

	VH1.com : The Blues Brothers : Biography
		The Blues Brothers made their national TV debut with Belushi and Aykroyd outfitted in the bee costumes they often wore for another sketch, performing (naturally enough) Slim Harpo's "I'm a King Bee," and in the months to follow they grew in popularity, appearing on the program with increasing regularity.
		In 1981, The Best of the Blues Brothers was released, further solidifying their massive popularity; however, on March 5, 1982, Belushi died in Hollywood of an accidental drug overdose, and the Blues Brothers' saga was effectively over.
		The Blues Brothers' band included top Memphis session men like guitarist Steve Cropper and bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn, who together appeared on many of the original Stax label recordings of songs in the group's repertoire; later incarnations also featured notables like bluesman Matt "Guitar" Murphy.
	www.vh1.com /artists/az/blues_brothers/bio.jhtml (384 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Blues Brothers - Music from the Film [Original Soundtrack] [Original recording remastered] [Soundtrack]: Music
		Miraculously, the chic-shabby Blues Brothers, anchored by the Stax rhythm section of Cropper and Dunn, hold their own against the legends, perhaps by the sheer joy and love they have for the music.
		Blues Brothers 2000 Ost; Audio CD ~ Original Soundtrack (Artist), The Blues Brothers
		The 'brothers' are supported by most of Booker T. And The MGs and they deliver some rousing numbers including a bottle-throwing 'Rawhide' and a loose 'Gimme Some Lovin''.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002J5K (1061 words)

	Blues Brothers 2000
		If you're a true Blues Brothers fan, you'll recognize lots of characters from the original, and lots of references, so in a way this is a really nostalgic trip, and like the first, there's lots of fun opportunities for song.
		This Blues Brothers entry takes up over 15 years after the first one with Elwood once again leaving prison and waiting by the side of the road for his brother Jake to pick him up.
		The film starts out pretty slow to set up the new situations and characters but once the music and production numbers start, it turns into one fun music fest.
	www.toto.net /kcfilms/blues.html (309 words)

	BLUES BROTHERS 2000
		Eighteen years and the death of one of its stars later, "Blue Brothers 2000" hits the scene offering both more and less of the same.
		In fact, its rather flimsy road movie plot is abandoned altogether in the film’s final third as it becomes one musical number after another with little respite in between.
		To me it was a throwaway comedy; one that seemed to focus more on music than laughs.
	www.xmission.com:8000 /~gregorys/reviews/bluesbro.htm (207 words)

	Blues Brothers
		Recent highlights of the Blues Brothers “Mission” include the full-length feature film “Blues Brothers 2000” with Dan “Elwood Blues” Aykroyd and John “Mighty Mack” Goodman.
		The Blues Brothers Band is alive and well.
		"I was astonished at the masses of fans who turned out and were all "electrified" by the legendary musicians (Blues Brothers Band)."
	www.tommypipes.com /blues_bros.htm (198 words)

	Blues Brothers [Original Soundtrack] by The Blues Brothers
		Comic actors John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd received a lot of flak for their Blues Brothers shtick -- mostly for the albums, not 1980's beloved classic film
		Blues Brothers [Original Soundtrack] by The Blues Brothers
		The Blues Brothers Complete - The Blues Brothers
	www.mmguide.musicmatch.com /album/album.cgi?ALBUMID=971928 (173 words)

	Blues Brothers 2000
		New 12" cloth costumed Blues Brothers 2000 figures are out.
		So far only seen at Target, these Special Edition Series film figures from Toy Biz include Mack & Elwood Blues.
	www.tomart.com /html/bluesbrothers-2000.html (58 words)

	Blues Brothers 2000 - Video Games Store
		BLUES Brothers fans are being urged to dress up as their favourite character and join in at an evening celebrating the cult film in a city pub.
		Two brothers, ages 3 and 5, took their mother's van on a 5-mile ride in northern Indiana, crossing a four-lane highway, before crashing into a pile of dirt and emerging unhurt, their family said.
		Aching, disturbing, sometimes frightening in its authenticity, the Danish drama "Brothers" is an unforgettable portrait of an average little family with average little troubles torn apart by the bigger, harsher realities of life.
	www.markcarey.com /shopping/p/B00002SW77 (58 words)

	Jake and Elwood's Blues Brothers Revue
		The hilarious high-energy antics of the Blues Brothers captivated a generation of viewers and with the release of Paramount's film "Blues Brothers 2000", the Blues Brothers are hotter than ever before!
		And Jake And Elwood's Blues Brothers Revue is the TOP Blues Brothers Revue in the Pacific Northwest...
		Have a to real audio sample of the Blues Brothers Revue
	tomarntzen.com /bluesbros.htm (309 words)

	Video Film Blues Brothers 2000 - Testbericht - Wieder ein Kultfilm bei dooyoo.de
		Jahre nach dem Kultfilm Blues Brothers ist 1998 nun doch noch die Fortsetzung in die Kino´s gekommen.
		Blues Brothers 2000 ist sogar noch kurzweiliger als der 1.
		Für mich ist Blues Brothers 2000 bereits Kult.
	www.dooyoo.de /video-film/blues-brothers-2000/276 (309 words)

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