Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)

Director:

John Landis

Writers (WGA):

Dan Aykroyd (film The Blues Brothers) and
John Landis (film The Blues Brothers) ...

Release Date:

6 February 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Musical

Tagline:

The Blues Are Back

Plot:

Elwood must reunite the old band, with a few new members, and go on another "Mission from God."

Plot Keywords:

Band | Battle Of The Bands | Louisiana | Strip Club | Militia

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Walter Levine	...	Same Guard
Dan Aykroyd	...	Elwood Blues
Tom Davis	...	Prison Clerk
Frank Oz	...	Warden
Shann Johnson	...	Matara / Dancer
B.B. King	...	Malvern Gasperon
Kathleen Freeman	...	Mother Mary Stigmata
J. Evan Bonifant	...	Buster
Gloria Slade	...	Police Receptionist
Joe Morton	...	Cabel Chamberlain
Jennifer Irwin	...	Nun #1
Junior Wells	...	Junior Wells
Lonnie Brooks	...	Lonnie Brooks
Leon Pendarvis	...	Stripster Band
Steve Potts	...	Stripster Band

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for exotic dancing and some language.

Runtime:

123 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Canada:G (Québec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/New Brunswick/Nova Scotia/Ontario/Prince Edward Island/Saskatchewan) | South Korea:All | USA:PG-13 (#35812) | Brazil:Livre | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Belgium:KT | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12/9 | France:U | Germany:6 (w) | Ireland:12 | Netherlands:AL | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

Rated #4 in Entertainment Weekly's Top 25 Worst Sequels Ever Made (2008).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: During the big police car pile-up at the construction site: if you look closely as each car falls onto the pile, they're all empty - there's no one driving the cars.

Quotes:

Mother Mary Stigmata: Before Curtis came to us at St. Helen of the Blessed Shroud he had a musical group that toured the joints of the Mid West. In one town Curtis had an affair... with a married woman.
Elwood Blues: Go Curtis!
[Mother Mary Stigmata hits him]
Elwood Blues: I mean... that's terrible.
Mother Mary Stigmata: That's what I thought you meant.

Movie Connections:

References It's a Gift (1934)

Soundtrack:

Turn On Your Love Light

Music, Music

Who cares about the plot? There wasn't one. The best thing about this movie is the top notch music and performers. Having all those folks in one film is incredible. A hundred years from now, this film would be a great case study of the R & B, Soul, and Blues of this time. And this tease.stay after the final credits, and you will be greatly rewarded. For this type of film I wish there was 2 scoring systems, one for the plot and the other for the music.