Episode 8

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11th May 2022

The Blues Brothers (1980 Jason’s Pick)

The eighth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1980 features Jason’s personal pick, John Landis’ The Blues Brothers. Directed and co-written (with Dan Aykroyd) by John Landis and starring Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, John Candy, Carrie Fisher and a cast of blues and R&B musicians, The Blues Brothers was the first feature film based on a Saturday Night Live sketch.

The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-blues-brothers-1980), Variety (https://variety.com/1979/film/reviews/the-blues-brothers-1117789404/), and Janet Maslin in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1980/06/20/archives/blues-brothersbelushi-and-aykroyd.html).

Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1980 installment, featuring the Venice Film Festival Golden Lion winner, John Cassavetes’ Gloria.

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Awesome Movie Year is a podcast co-hosted by film critic Josh Bell and filmmaker and comedian Jason Harris. Each season looks at why a certain year was an awesome movie year. Each episode focuses on a different film from the year being investigated. Produced by David Rosen of the Piecing It Together Podcast for the All Points West Podcast Network
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David Rosen is a music composer and podcast producer. He has scored feature films, commercials and more, as well as creating albums of instrumental music. He currently produced Piecing It Together which he hosts and Awesome Movie Year.