Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.
- prison
- chicago
- illinois
- dancing
- concert
- country music
- nazi
- jazz
- nun
- music instrument
- blues
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Ray Charles — Ray
- Aretha Franklin — Mrs. Murphy
- Steve Cropper — Steve 'The Colonel' Cropper
- Donald 'Duck' Dunn — Donald 'Duck' Dunn
- Murphy Dunne — Murphy 'Murph' Dunne
- Willie Hall — Willie 'Too Big' Hall
- Tom Malone — "Bones" Malone
- Lou Marini — 'Blue Lou' Marini
- Matt Murphy — Matt 'Guitar' Murphy
- Alan Rubin — Mr. Fabulous
- Carrie Fisher — Mystery Woman
- Directed
- John Landis
- Written
- Dan Aykroyd, John Landis
Production
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 · 4,659 ratings
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
