The Blues Brothers (1980)
Aretha Franklin: Soul Food Cafe Owner
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Mrs. Murphy : [1:00:21] May I help you boys?
Elwood : You got any white bread?
Mrs. Murphy : Yes.
Elwood : I'll have some toasted white bread please.
Mrs. Murphy : You want butter or jam on that toast, honey?
Elwood : No ma'am, dry.
[Mrs. Murphy gives him a look, then turns to Jake]
Jake : Got any fried chicken?
Mrs. Murphy : Best damn chicken in the state
Jake : Bring me four fried chickens and a Coke
Mrs. Murphy : You want chicken wings or chicken legs?
Jake : Four fried chickens and a Coke
Elwood : And some dry white toast please
Mrs. Murphy : Y'all want anything to drink with that?
Elwood : No ma'am
Jake : A Coke
Mrs. Murphy : Be up in a minute
Mrs. Murphy : We got two honkies out there dressed like Hasidic diamond merchants
Matt Murphy : Say what?
Mrs. Murphy : They look like they're from the CIA, or somethin'
Matt Murphy : What they want to eat?
Mrs. Murphy : The tall one wants white bread, toasted, dry, with nothin' on it.
Matt Murphy : Elwood
Mrs. Murphy : And the other one wants four whole fried chickens and a Coke
Matt Murphy : And Jake. Shit, the Blues Brothers!
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Matt Murphy : [1:01:52] Ah. Don't get riled, sugar.
Mrs. Murphy : Don't you "Don't get riled, sugar" me! You ain't goin' back on the road no more, and you ain't playin' them ol' two-bit sleazy dives. You're livin' with me now, and you not gonna go slidin' around witcho ol' white hoodlum friends.
Matt Murphy : But babes, this is Jake and Elwood, the Blues Brothers!
Mrs. Murphy : The Blues Brothers? Shit! They still owe you money, fool.
Jake : Ma'am, would it make you feel any better if you knew that what we're asking Matt here to do is a holy thing?
Elwood : You see, we're on a mission from God.
Mrs. Murphy : Don't you blaspheme in here. Don't you blaspheme in here! This is my man, this is my restaurant, and you two are just gonna walk right out that door without your dry white toast, without your four fried chickens, and without Matt "Guitar" Murphy!
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Mrs. Murphy : We got two honkies out there dressed like Hasidic diamond merchants.
Matt Murphy : Say what?
Mrs. Murphy : They look like they're from the CIA, or somethin'.
Matt Murphy : What they want to eat?
Mrs. Murphy : The tall one wants white bread, toasted, dry, with nothin' on it.
Matt Murphy : Elwood.
Mrs. Murphy : And the other one wants four whole fried chickens and a Coke.
Matt Murphy : And Jake. Shit, the Blues Brothers!
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[at the closing, as each character is credited]
Reverend Cleophus James : The sad sack was sittin' on a block o' stone/Way over in the corner weepin' all alone/
Curtis : The warden said, "Hey, buddy, don't you be no square / if you can't find a partner use a wooden chair!"
Ray : Let's rock, everybody, let's rock/
Mrs. Murphy : Everybody on the whole cell block / Was dancin' to the Jailhouse rock.
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Matt Murphy : I'm the man and you are the woman and I'll make the decisions concerning my life.
Mrs. Murphy : You better think about what you sayin'. You better think about the consequences of your actions.
Matt Murphy : Oh, shut up, woman!
Mrs. Murphy : [singing] You better think!
Soul Food Chorus , Soul Food Chorus , Soul Food Chorus : Think!
Mrs. Murphy : Think about what you're trying to do to me, Yeah, think
Soul Food Chorus , Soul Food Chorus , Soul Food Chorus : Think! Think!
