The Blues Brothers

by Mitchell Glazer

The Blues Brothers reform their band, hoping to raise money to save an orphanage. In the process they run amok in Chicago!

Contains: 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

245 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1980

About the author

Mitchell A. Glazer (born 1953) is an American movie producer, writer, and actor.

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.