(John Landis, US 1980, 130 min.)

Jake and Elwood Blues (John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd) try to save the Chicago orphanage they were raised in by reuniting their r&b band for a benefit concert and tour. Along the way, they earn the wrath of a country band, spurned lovers, the police, the National Guard, and the Illinois Nazi Party. Landis’ deadpan musical farce is graceful even when a dozen police cars are smashing into each other.