The Blues Brothers

by Miami Mitch, illustrated (Illustrator)

The Blues Brothers reform their band, hoping to raise money to save an orphanage. In the process they run amok in Chicago! The stories behind the making of THE BLUES BROTHERS documentary, featuring interviews with director John Landis, actor Dan Aykroyd, the Blues Brothers Band and producer, Robert K. Weiss.

Genres: Fiction

Mass Market Paperback

First published June 1, 1980

About the author

A pseudonym used by Mitchell Glazer.

Reviews

[Manny · Rating 5 out of 5]

“You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right? The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic — you name it. And unfortunately there are people like that. And he has lifted them up. He has given voice to their websites that used to only have 11,000 people — now 11 million. He tweets and retweets their offensive, hateful, mean-spirited rhetoric. Now some of those folks — they are irredeemable, but thankfully they are not America.”

I don't get it. People keep calling Hillary a liar, apparently because she tells about a tenth as many lies as Lyin' Crooked Donald Trump. So now she makes a special effort to be truthful and say exactly what's on her mind, and she gets even more criticism.

I suppose the problem is that Hillary hasn't been straightforward enough. She still sounds too much like a DC insider, doesn't she? Perhaps a clip from The Blues Brothers can help her improve her phrasing next time she wants to make this particular point.

[TheGeeksAttic · Rating 2 out of 5]

This novelization was a wild one for sure! Extremely different than the film!

The Blues Brothers Novelization Review
https://youtu.be/K3kxAq02sh8

[Arin Brutlag · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wanted to love this book as much as I love the movie, but I can't. The amount of continuity errors and inaccuracies, shoehorned German and song titles, and bad dialogue are too distracting. I thought the story was interesting, and it would have been neat to see some of these extras integrated into the final film. But I guess I shouldn't have counted on a guy named Miami Mitch to write the novelization of the quintessential Chicago movie.

[Bob Schnell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great novelization of the movie with wonderful extra details. I most remember Elwood's obsession with spray glue and how that came into play only briefly in the film.