About this episode
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 .