The Best of the Blues Brothers | 
| Actors: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Tom Davis, Steve Cropper, Donald Dunn
Studio: Image Entertainment
Category: DVD
Buy New: $69.94
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 79779
Format: Best Of, Color, Dvd, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 0
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 60 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 6304609299
UPC: 084296400911
EAN: 9786304609293
ASIN: 6304609299
Theatrical Release Date: 1997
Release Date: December 17, 1997
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Dan Aykroyd and Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd) take turns telling how the Blues Brothers came to be, in a restaurant interview with Tom Davis (once upon on a time teamed with Al Franken on Saturday Night Live). For those who don't know, the Blues Brother are Joliet Jake Blues (John Belushi) and Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd), two black-clad R & B artists who made it big with recurring appearances on Saturday Night Live in the late 1970s, and with the number-one hit "Soul Man," and of course in the hit 1980 movie, The Blues Brothers. The conceit of the restaurant interview allows Aykroyd to give some much-needed background to the origins of the act he and Belushi developed. It also serves as a lead-in to live footage, the real appeal of the video, which is an anthology of Saturday Night Live performances (including the first one where they were dressed in Killer Bees costumes), and concert footage from the 1979 U.S. tour. A must-have for Blues Brothers fans, the DVD also includes an instructional video for those who want to learn blues harmonica. --Jim Gay
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For fans January 21, 2009
A. D. Boorman
The framework for this collection of live Blues Brothers performances is a pseudo-documentary retrospective featuring both Dan Ackroyd and Elwood Blues. The production values on the live recordings is uneven, but they all manage to capture the unique energy of the Blues Brothers.
It's an interesting hour. Beyond the performances, the interviews provide interesting insights into the characters and their history.
But this is more than an intellectual exercise. This DVD has moments where real emotion comes through. Ackroyd and his alter ego both loved their performing partners, and they both still feel and carry that loss with them.
IT may not be the best thing for someone who's just starting to get into the Blues Brothers - for that I'd suggest Briefcase Full of Blues and the first movie. If you're already a big fan, this is something you should get for your collection.
The Best of the Blues Brothers-Can You Dig It! January 22, 2007
S. Bigler (South Florida)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I loved this DVD. All kinds of stuff I have never seed. I loved the stories from the band. Great footage. I don't know why some people are so hard on this. I loved it and if you are a fan of the Blues Brothers you will love it too. Enjoy~I did and will again....
 v October 26, 2004
Jocelyne (Brossard)
0 out of 45 found this review helpful
je cherche la cassette video VHS des blues brothers en francais ou la trouve stp..... merci
 Best Cities, Best Comics, Best Music, What Else? September 23, 2004
Richard R. Carlton (Ada, MI United States)
7 out of 13 found this review helpful
It doesn't get much better than this.....here is the final compendium on the BBs.....Chicago and Toronto, Belushi and Akroyd, Blues and Blues.......all those bits you thought you would never see again.....but here they are. Don't think, don't read further, just get it and enjoy it whenever you want.
This is a full catalog of all the classics....you can't go wrong on this one.
 Good, but...... March 24, 2004
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
I'm a huge BB fan but while the DVD was good, it could have been great. Specifically, the audio mixing was lean. The sound was missing the richness that the BB's are known for. Likewise, although I'm not one to crank the bass, the bass was too light.Another complaint is the goofy discussions with Dan Akroyd between songs. Fairly cheesy. It would have been better to add the discussions with Dan as a Special Feature rather than between songs. Furthermore, the songs tended to abrubtly start during the second or third bar of the song. Why not at the beggining of the song? Nonetheless, if you're a die hard BB fan you'll enjoy it.
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