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Nov 22, 2020 · Belushi: Directed by R.J. Cutler. With John Belushi, Tanner Colby, Tom Schiller, Harold Ramis. Using previously unheard audiotapes recorded shortly after John Belushi's death, director R.J. Cutler's documentary examines the too-short life of once-in-a-generation talent who captured the hearts and funny bones of devoted audiences.
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- 2020-11-22
Oct 15, 2020 · In theory, a movie like “Belushi” should have brought back those feelings in a rush but while I found myself smiling at many of the old clips, the film, for the most part, left me curiously unmoved. There is one moment in the film that does achieve a bit of real emotional power and that comes towards the end, where the scene outside the ...
Jim Belushi, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd and others discuss the extraordinary life and career of beloved actor and comedian John Belushi. Director R.J. Cutler Producer Bill Couturié, Sean Daniel ...
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Oct 27, 2020 · John Belushi. ‘Belushi’ Review: R.J. Cutler’s Documentary Does Justice to the Ultimate Rock ‘n’ Roll Comedian. Reviewed online, Oct. 26, 2020. MPAA Rating: Not rated. Running time: 108 ...
- Boyfriends (1979) 5.5/10
- Ghbors (1981) 5.6/10
- 1 (1979) 5.8/10
- Tinental Divide (1981) 6.2/10
- N' South (1978) 6.2/10
- NGS We Did Last Summer (1978) 6.9/10
- Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978) 7.4/10
- Ional Lampoon's Animal House (1978) 7.5/10
- Beach Boys: It's OK (1976) 7.9/10
- Blues Brothers (1980) 7.9/10
A few years after penning Taxi Driver, Paul Schrader and his brother Leonard wrote Old Boyfriendsfor director Joan Tewkesbury. Belushi stars as Eric Katz, one of the titular suitors that star Talia Shire visits during a midlife road trip. When psychiatrist Dianne Cruise's (Shire) marriage hits the rocks, she travels cross-country to visit all of he...
Remade with Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne a few years back (with a sequel to boot), Neighbors traces the suburban rift among two couples living next door to each other in Staten Island. Neighborsmarked Belushi's final film, who died 10 weeks after it was released in theaters. Belushi stars as Earl Keese, a staid suburban nerd whose quiet life is upende...
Through no fault of Belushi's, 1941 remains the biggest blemish of the most successful filmmaker of all time, Steven Spielberg. Well, that and War of the Worlds! RELATED: 10 Best Steven Spielberg Movies, According To IMDB The big-budget WWII comedy imagines a scenario in which the Japanese prepare to bomb California in the wake of Pearl Harbor. As ...
All things considered, Belushi may give the most well-rounded and convincing performance of his life in Continental Divide, a genuinely moving rom-com directed by Michael Apted. Written by Lawrence Kasdan, the film explores the improbable love affair between Ernie, a tough-nosed Chicago newsman and Nell (Blair Brown), an eagle expert in Colorado. W...
It must have been some kind of honor to be cast by Jack Nicholson in the fun-looking farcical Western Goin' South. Yet for Belushi, the feat is just one of many in 1978, the most productive year of his career! Goin' Southtracks Henry Lloyd Moon (Nicholson), an outlaw scoundrel sentenced to hanging for thievery. But a law on the books stipulates tha...
In what plays like a collection of deleted scenes, early inspirations, and superfluous odds and ends, Things We Did Last Summer is also a semi-precursor toThe Blues Brothers. The 50-minute SNL offshoot stars Belushi and Aykroyd as Jake and Elwood Blues, the gospel-soul singers who shake up Motown. But the film also features a number of sketches and...
In one of the earliest examples of a satirical mockumentary, Belushi and his fellow cast-mates have way too much fun poking at the image of the Fab Four, aka The Beatles. Nevermind love ladies and gents, all you need is cash! RELATED: 10 Hilarious Mockumentaries To Watch If You Like This Is Spinal Tap The Rutles is a Spinal Tap-like ribbing of a fi...
What can we say? As Bluto in Animal House, Belushi delivers one of the all-time funniest examples of crude comedy meeting physical humor. Toga! Toga! Toga! In a movie likely too offensive to be made today, Animal House charts the drunken debauchery of the Delta House fraternity at Faber College in 1962. The all-time classic from director John Landi...
In the hour-long concert movie blending fiction and fantasy, Belushi and wingman Dan Aykroyd play a couple of keystone cops inThe Beach Boys: It's OK! Also written by the two chummy SNL alums, the film stages several fictional scenarios around a real TV concert performed by The Beach Boys. In between songs, various interviews, comic sketches, and o...
Two years after working with John Landis on The Blues Brothers, Belushi struck cinematic gold with the director in The Blues Brothers film, arguably the finest SNL movie adaptation to date! The hilarious Motown musical follows Jake and Elwood Blues, two suited and shaded gospel singers "on a mission from God." With a legendary soundtrack led by the...
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John Belushi was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA, on January 24, 1949, to Agnes Demetri (Samaras) and Adam Anastos Belushi, a restaurant owner. His father was an Albanian immigrant, from Qytezë, and his mother was also of Albanian descent. He grew up in Wheaton, where the family moved when he was six.
DOCUMENTARY 2020 TV-MA 1H 48M. TRY IT FREE. Trailer. Director R.J. Cutler unveils the brilliant life of a comedic legend. Director R.J. Cutler takes a revealing look at the brilliant life of comedic legend John Belushi. Known for his iconic characters and sketches on both stage.
