The Blues Brothers

The Blues Brothers film, directed by John Landis, was released in 1980, featuring cameos by Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, John Lee Hooker, Carrie Fisher, Frank Oz, Steven Spielberg, Joe Walsh, John Candy, Steve Lawrence, and Paul Reubens playing a waiter in the Chez Paul restaurant. The motion picture is set in Chicago, Illinois and the surrounding area. Chaka Khan is credited as the lead soloist at the Triple Rock Church where Jake and Elwood have their revelation to re-form the band, Twiggy also cameos as a driver of an E-type jaguar, whom Elwood hits on at a gas station. Charles Napier, well known from various Russ Meyer films, appears as the leader of "The Good Ol' Boys".

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