Congregation members dance to the tune of
The Old Landmark. James Brown is at the pulpit at the center of the frame.
At the prompting of Curtis, the elderly orphanage worker who introduced the brothers to the blues, a visit to a lively evangelical church service gives the duo an epiphany: they can legitimately raise the necessary funds by re-forming their legendary rhythm and blues band.
As they drive home, Elwood's reckless driving (along with massive amounts of unpaid parking tickets) attracts the unwanted attention of two Illinois State Police troopers named Daniel and Mount; Elwood proceeds to both escape and earn the pursuing officers' undying enmity by driving through a shopping mall.
The Bluesmobile races through the mall while being chased by State Troopers.
Walking up to the door of the flophouse Elwood calls home, the brothers are attacked by a "Mystery Woman", who fires a volley of bazooka rockets at them, then drives off. The brothers survive unscathed and go up to sleep in Elwood's tiny room, located right next to a busy elevated train track. The next morning, with the assistance of parole officer Burton Mercer, the troopers track the brothers down to the flophouse. Just as the three police are about to move in for the arrest, the Mystery Woman reappears and blows up the building via remote control. Miraculously, the brothers climb out of the smoking rubble unhurt and depart, still wanted by the police.
The brothers begin tracking down members of their old band and convincing them to re-join. The core rhythm section of the group is found playing at a nearly-empty Holiday Inn lounge under the name "Murph and Magic Tones"; they are quickly convinced they were happier playing with the brothers. Another member, trumpet player "Mr. Fabulous", is maître d' at Chez Paul, a high-class French restaurant. He is harder to convince to rejoin, but Jake and Elwood gleefully proceed to make a ghastly spectacle of themselves, swilling the restaurant's food and drink and harassing the other patrons. When they threaten to return for every single meal and repeat this performance, Mr Fabulous gives in.
En route to meet guitar player Matt Murphy and saxophone player Lou Marini, the brothers disrupt the neo-Nazi rally of the American Socialist White People's Party ("The Illinois Nazis")[2] by driving across the bridge the group is parading on, forcing them to jump into the water and adding another bitter enemy to the brothers' rapidly-growing list.
The Blues Brothers at Ray's Music Exchange
Murphy and Marini are at a soul food restaurant on Maxwell Street, which Matt owns along with his wife. Against her emphatic advice, Matt and Lou walk out and rejoin the band. The reunited group then obtains instruments and equipment from a pawn shop, Ray's Music Exchange.
Jake leads the skeptical band out into the countryside, and stumbles into a gig at a bar called Bob's Country Bunker, which features both country and western music. After first drawing boos for playing their usual rhythm and blues standards, they are able to win over the rowdy, bottle-tossing crowd with the theme from Rawhide and "Stand By Your Man". At the end of the evening, the band that was actually meant to play turns up: a group from Nashville called the Good Ol' Boys, led by Tucker McElroy. Jake stalls them long enough to make an escape, but since the band also owes money for their enormous bar tab, Bunker owner Bob and The Good Ol' Boys chase the Blues Brothers in Bob's pickup truck. The pursuers are thwarted when they collide with a police cruiser driven by State Troopers Daniel and Mount.
The Blues Brothers meet with and blackmail their booking agent friend Maury Sline to land their big gig – a performance at the Palace Hotel Ballroom, located north of Chicago on the shore of Lake Wazzapamani. After being driven all over the Chicago area promoting the concert, the Bluesmobile runs out of gas, making Jake and Elwood late for the show. The ballroom is packed, the concert-goers being joined by the Good Ol' Boys, troopers Daniel and Mount, parole officer Mercer, and scores of other police officers. To settle the restless crowd, Curtis appears and performs a literally magical version of "Minnie the Moocher" with the band. Jake and Elwood manage to sneak into the venue and perform two songs. With the timely help of a record executive, they receive the money they need for the orphanage taxes and slip through the police cordon.
As the brothers make their way out of the hotel via some grimy service tunnels, they are confronted by the Mystery Woman, whereupon it is finally revealed she is Jake's brutally-jilted ex-fiancée. She attempts to kill them with an M-16, but Jake begs for mercy, offers a litany of excuses and then charms her by "making eyes" at her (the only time either of the brothers is seen without their sunglasses). He takes the woman in his arms and kisses her, then unceremoniously drops her in the mud, and the two brothers escape back to the Bluesmobile.
The brothers hit the road back to Chicago with the entire "Illinois law enforcement community" in close pursuit. They elude them all, leaving massive pileups of police cars in their wake. The Good Ol' Boys' recreational vehicle plows into a lake after its accelerator pedal is sprayed with epoxy by Elwood. With the help of their Bluesmobile, which has the power to fly, the Blues Brothers also escape the Illinois Nazis, who drive their Ford Pinto off an unfinished freeway ramp and crater into the street far below.
Jake and Elwood facing police officers, the National Guardsmen, and firefighters
Jake and Elwood arrive at the Richard J. Daley Center, where the battered Bluesmobile literally falls to pieces. They make their way up to the office of the Cook County Assessor, only to discover a sign saying "Back in 5 minutes". As they wait, the building is stormed by hundreds of police, firefighters, and Illinois National Guardsmen. Fortunately an assessor clerk finally appears, and the brothers pay the tax bill. Just as their receipt is stamped, handcuffs go on their wrists and they turn around to face a sea of law officers, all of whom are pointing weapons at them. As the film ends, Jake, Elwood and the rest of the band are seen in prison, where they play "Jailhouse Rock" for their fellow inmates.
~Blues Brothers Trailer~
~Stand By Your Man Video~
~~The Blues Brothers Complete Disk 1~
~~The Blues Brothers Complete Disk 2~
