The beloved comedy "The Blues Brothers" (1980), starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, is being released on DVD in a 25th Anniversary Edition that provides quite a few extras, including a few new bonus materials.
This is a two-sided DVD that contains two versions of the feature film. An Extended Version of the movie is on Side A, while Side B has the Theatrical Version. The Extended Version is 15 minutes longer than the Theatrical Version.
Also on Side A is a 56-minute making-of documentary that features interviews with director John Landis, actor Dan Aykroyd, the Blues Brothers Band, and producer Robert K. Weiss. Made in 1998, this documentary was on a earlier DVD edition of "The Blues Brothers."
Side B contains some new bonus materials. One of these is "Going Rounds: A Day on the Blues Brothers Tour," seven minutes of footage from a 2005 concert given by the Blues Brothers Band in San Diego. Another new extra is "Transposing the Music," a 15-minute featurette about the Blues Brothers as a pop culture phenomenon. A third new bonus material is "Remembering John," a nine-minute featurette where people who knew John Belushi pay tribute to his memory. (He died in 1982 at age 33 from an injection of cocaine and heroin.)
Below I've listed all the details for the widescreen version of the "Blues Brothers" 25th Anniversary Edition DVD. There is also a full-screen DVD version which differs only in the aspect ratio of the feature film.
DVD Details for Widescreen Version:
Release Date: August 30, 2005
Number of Discs: 1 (Two-Sided)
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1), Color
Extended Version Feature Film Run Time: 2 Hours 27 Minutes
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
English Dolby Digital 5.1
English Captions for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Spanish Subtitles
French Subtitles
Theatrical Version Feature Film Run Time: 2 Hours 12 Minutes
MPAA Rating: R
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
French Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
English Captions for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Spanish Subtitles
French Subtitles
Stories Behind the Making of "The Blues Brothers" (56 min.)
Intro to the Film by Dan Aykroyd (22 sec.)
Going Rounds: A Day on the Blues Brothers Tour (7 min.)
Transposing the Music (15 min.)
Remembering John (9 min.)
Musical Highlights (18 numbers)
Production Notes (text)
Theatrical Trailer
