The Blues Brothers (1980) - Rawhide Scene (5/9) | Movieclips

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
The Blues Brothers play a country bar and have to adjust their musical choices accordingly.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
Expanding on their Saturday Night Live characters, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd star as Jake and Elwood Blues, two white boys with black soul. Sporting cool shades and look-alike suits, Jake and Elwood are dispatched on a "mission from God" by their former teacher, Sister Mary Stigmata (Kathleen Freeman). Said mission is to raise $5000 to save an orphanage. In the course of their zany adventures, the Blues Brothers run afoul of neo-Nazi Henry Gibson, perform the theme from Rawhide before the most unruly bar crowd in written history, and lay waste to hundreds of cars on the streets and freeways of Chicago. In case you aren't swept up in the infectuous nuttiness of the brothers Blue, you might have fun spotting film's legion of guest stars, including James Brown, Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, John Candy, Carrie Fisher, Steve Lawrence, Twiggy, Paul Reubens (aka Pee-Wee Herman), Frank Oz, and Steven Spielberg.

CREDITS:
TM & © Universal (1980)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Donald Dunn, Murphy Dunne, Willie Hall, Tom Malone, Lou Marini, Matt Murphy, Alan Rubin
Director: John Landis
Producers: Bernie Brillstein, George Folsey Jr., David Sosna, Robert K. Weiss
Screenwriters: Dan Aykroyd, John Landis

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[indisummers]

Can we just appreciate Elwood's beautiful baritone in this?

[danielmyshkin]

43 years have passed since this movie came out. Almost half a century and it still doesn't feel old 😊

[darkages]

I am from a country as culturally distant from US as possible.
Saw the movie on TV when I was about 10 or so, during 80s.
And I instantly felled in love with the movie.
This movie contains everything valuable and cherishable about life.

[knoffke_]

i love the fact that the people throw beer no matter what. when they’re mad they throw beer at them and when they like it they still throw the beer at them😂

[zs]

This movie is a masterpiece. Always young and fresh.

[TryppiUnkle]

I love how Elwood is singing, and Jakes just standing there giving the "pissed off stare" LoL

[PiCheZvara]

This movie is magic. It's not just a comedy, or a musical, something about this film is just on another level. Landis, Aykroyd, Belushi, Stephen M. Katz (cinematographer) were just in the right zone here and it all clicked.

The movie is beautifully shot, the musical numbers are creative, catchy, the star cameos inspired, and it just works. The movie is like a perfect combination of 70s and 80s in American cinema - still retaining the artfulness and poignance of the 70s, but combined with the lighthearted fun that became dominant in the 80s.

Actually, you can almost say the movie waved goodbye to the 70s and kicked down the door on what became the norm in the 80s. 70s was post-Vietnam America, culturally filled with a lot of doubt, most of the biggest or most memorable movies of the decade are somewhat rooted in depression or are dealing with heavy things - One flew over the cuckoo's nest, Godfather, Apocalypse now, Taxi Driver, Rocky, All the president's men, Kramer vs Kramer, etc. 80s iconic movies are in comparison mostly fun and light, or even when it's dramatic, there's some lightness to it - Back to the future, Rain Man, Top gun, Indiana Jones, Beetlejuice, Aliens, Untouchables.

The movie begins with Jake leaving prison, leaving the sad, bad times behind (aka the 70s) and then getting ready to rock n roll and have a good time again (aka the 80s). This movie is like a bridge between the two decades.

It's actually underrated as a piece of art, it's much more interesting and important than it gets credit for.

[roberttorok]

I love how bottles are thrown from start to finish, no matter how emotional the crowd gets, they enjoys their rare night. Love it!

[RegularInvader]

This part is the most positive example of music being so universal. You can literally feel how the song instantly brought all those locals together.

[NeonRadarMusic]

This scene had a massive impact on me as an 11 year old. I had just started learning to play the guitar and it never occurred to me that musicians in real life didn't necessarily always know how any random song (in this case, Rawhide) would go and be able to play it on the spot in perfect sync as a band without prior rehearsal. But it made me want to learn as many songs as possible and train my ear. And I have to say that, now, as a full-time musician, it has certainly paid off whenever I have to take requests at gigs 😊

[brenthodgson]

It's 106 miles to Chicago.. we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes... it's dark and were wearing sunglasses !! hit it ...m best line ever

[JayIceColdD]

Jake, arms crossed, begrudgingly doing the counterpoint in the chorus, is one of the coolest things I've ever seen.

[LPJack]

RIP and long live John Belushi (January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982), aged 33
You will always be remembered as a legend.

[acidhaus]

Never seen an episode of Rawhide in my life but thanks to Jake and Elwood I love the theme tune!

[NostalgiaMan]

God damn this was a banger of a movie.

[Kartissa]

"What kind of music do you usually have here?"  "Oh, we got both kinds. We got Country *and* Western."

[usmc]

They were amazing.... Two comedians ...That went beyond comedy and touched so

[edwardpate]

I must have seen this movie 100 times over the years and it NEVER gets old!

[PoianaMarco]

My god, this guitar solo is spot on. Could listen to it hour after hour. If only todays musicians could make masterpieces like this.. Best movie ever! 1:52

[devine]

Donald Dunn in the back with the bass is actually playing the song. They all are. What a difference it makes when the band in a movie are actually famous musicians. And both leads are singing. Ah, the old days. This is my favorite cover of Rawhide.