Santo John Belushi come i maiali volano su Roma?

Elwood: "It's 106 miles to Chicago. We got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses."

Jake: "Hit it."

The Blues Brothers a ‘Catholic Classic'

In the Vatican's official newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, the 1980 comedy starring Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, The Blues Brothers, has been declared "a Catholic classic" alongside The Ten Commandments and The Passion of the Christ. L'Osservatore editor Gian Maria Vian, who doubles as its film critic, apparently, cited the film's plot, in which two brothers battle "cops, neo-Nazis and crazed country fans in a bid to save the Catholic orphanage where they were raised," as his explanation. The Vatican's official reading of the film is that, "For [the Blues brothers] this Catholic institution is their only family. And they decide to save it at any cost." Aykroyd told the New York Post: "As a former altar boy from age 6 ... but a somewhat lapsed Catholic, I was delighted with the endorsement." Official Catholic ruling on Caddyshack II is still pending.

Cast

Cab Calloway as Curtis Carrie Fisher as Mystery Woman Aretha Franklin as Mrs. Murphy Ray Charles as Pawn Shop Owner/Himself James Brown as Reverend Cleophus James John Candy as Burton Mercer Kathleen Freeman as Sister Mary Stigmata, "The Penguin" Henry Gibson as Head Nazi Steve Lawrence as Maury Sline Twiggy as Chic Lady Frank Oz as Corrections Officer Jeff Morris as Bob Sheilah Wells as Claire Charles Napier as Tucker McElroy

Steven Williams as Trooper Mount Armand Cerami as Trooper Daniel Chaka Khan as Choir soloist John Lee Hooker as musician on Maxwell Street John Landis as State trooper Stephen Bishop as police officer with broken watch Joe Walsh as Prisoner Paul Reubens as Chez Paul waiter Steven Spielberg as Cook County Assessor's Office Clerk Layne Britton as The Cheese Wiz Joe Cuttone as Lloyd Toni Fleming as Mrs. Tarantino Carolyn Franklin, Brenda Bryant Corbett, and Margaret Branch as Soul Food Chorus.

The Blues Brothers Band

• John Belushi as "Joliet" Jake Blues, lead vocals

• Dan Aykroyd as Elwood Blues, harmonica and lead vocals
• Steve Cropper as Steve "the Colonel" Cropper, lead guitar, rhythm guitar and vocals
• Donald "Duck" Dunn as Donald "Duck" Dunn, bass guitar
• Murphy Dunne as Murphy "Murph" Dunne, keyboards
• Willie Hall as Willie "Too Big" Hall, drums and percussion
• Tom Malone as Tom "Bones" Malone, trombone, tenor saxophone and vocals
• Lou Marini as "Blue Lou" Marini, alto saxophone and tenor saxophone and vocals
• Matt Murphy as Matt "Guitar" Murphy, lead guitar
• Alan Rubin as Alan "Mr. Fabulous" Rubin, trumpet, percussion and vocals

Jake: "I ran outta gas! I had a flat tire! I didn't have enough money for cab fare! My tux didn't come back from the cleaners! An old friend came in from outta town! Someone stole my car! There was an earthquake! A terrible flood! Locusts!! IT WASN'T MY FAULT, I SWEAR TO GOD!!!"