Continuity mistake: At the end of the church scene, James Brown is shown placing the microphone back on its stand. Then it cuts to a wide shot of James pacing the stage, mic in hand. (00:23:50)
The Blues Brothers (1980)
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Directed by: John Landis
Starring: Cab Calloway, Carrie Fisher, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, John Candy
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Trivia: This movie set a long-standing Guinness World Record for the largest number of automobiles ever destroyed in a movie: 60 refurbished and reinforced police cars were wrecked (most beyond repair) in the various chase scenes. This record held until the belated sequel, "Blues Brothers 2000," (1998) deliberately set the new record by wrecking one additional automobile for a total of 61.
Question: Did John Belushi do all the dancing, especially the turnovers in church, by himself or was it a double?
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Answer: It was a double, and the "making of" documentary on the DVD shows this.
David Mercier
To be fair, John did do a lot of flips and dancing as Jake; just not all of them in the movie