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Blues Brothers 2000
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1998 film by John Landis
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Blues Brothers 2000 is a 1998 buddy, musical, action, and comedy film directed by John Landis, written by Landis and Dan Aykroyd, and produced by the same pair. A follow-up to The Blues Brothers, it stars Aykroyd alongside John Goodman, Joe Morton, and Nia Peeples, with a score by Paul Shaffer. Made in the United States and Canada and set and filmed in Chicago, it was produced by Universal Pictures and belongs to the Blues Brothers Collection. The film runs 123 minutes on a budget of about 28 million and grossed around 14 million.
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5.3Finally released from prison, Elwood Blues is once again enlisted by Sister Mary Stigmata in her latest crusade to raise funds for a children's hospital. Hitting the road to re-unite the band and win the big prize at the New Orleans Battle of the Bands, Elwood is pursued cross-country by the cops.
Cast
- Dan Aykroyd as Elwood Blues
- John Goodman as Mighty Mack McTeer
- Joe Morton as Cab Chamberlain
- Frank Oz as Warden
- J. Evan Bonifant as Buster Blues
- B.B. King as Malvern Gasperon
Themes
- prison
- chicago, illinois
- orphanage
- blues
- musical
- half-brother
- buddy
- cheerful
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Ratings
IMDb
4.9/10
35,856 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
47%
Metacritic
48/100
- Year
- 1998
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Crime
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 5 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- John Landis
- Written by
- Dan Aykroyd John Landis
- Produced by
- Dan Aykroyd Leslie Belzberg John Landis
- Starring
- Dan Aykroyd John Goodman Joe Morton J. Evan Bonifant Aretha Franklin James Brown B. B. King The Blues Brothers Band
- Cinematography
- David Herrington
- Edited by
- Dale Beldin
- Music by
- Paul Shaffer
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release date
- February 6, 1998 ( 1998-02-06 )
- Running time
- 123 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $30 million
- Box office
- $32.1 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- Canada
- Original language
- English language
- Follows
- The Blues Brothers
- Director
- John Landis
- Screenwriter
- John Landis
- Cast member
- Jack DeJohnette
- Composer
- Paul Shaffer
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Narrative location
- Chicago
- Filming location
- Chicago
- Duration
- 123
- FilmAffinity ID
- 605486
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1998-00-00
- title
- Blues Brothers 2000
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 5.1/10
- Commons category
- Blues Brothers 2000
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
The film was released by Universal Pictures on February 6, 1998, to negative reviews from critics. It was a box office bomb, grossing $32 million on a budget of $30 million.
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