Blues Brothers (film)
Blues Brothers (film): High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Blues Brothers is a musical comedy film directed by John Landis and starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as "e Joliet"e Jake and Elwood Blues, characters developed from a musical sketch on the NBC variety series Saturday Night Live. It features musical numbers by R&B and soul singers James Brown, Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and John Lee Hooker. The film is set in and around Chicago, Illinois, and also features non-musical supporting performances by John Candy, Carrie Fisher, Charles Napier, and Henry Gibson.