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25 August 1989 (USA)
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For John Belushi Every Night Was Saturday Night. more
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The ghost of John Belushi looks back on his troubled life and career. full summary | add synopsis
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John Belushi - actor and/or individual
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Michael Chiklis | ... | John Belushi |
 | Ray Sharkey | ... | Angel Velasquez |
 | J.T. Walsh | ... | Bob Woodward |
 | Patti D'Arbanville | ... | Cathy Smith |
| Lucinda Jenney | ... | Judy Belushi |
 | Alex Rocco | ... | Arnie Fromson |
| Gary Groomes | ... | Dan Aykroyd |
 | Jere Burns | ... | Lou Connors |
 | Clyde Kusatsu | ... | Coroner Thomas Noguchi |
 | Tom Bower | ... | Detective |
 | Earl Billings | ... | Detective |
| Dakin Matthews | ... | Washington Post Editor |
| J.C. Quinn | ... | Comedy Coach |
 | Steve Vinovich | ... | Studio Executive |
| Matthew Faison | ... | Doctor Robbins |
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Because the film is an "unauthorized" biopic, many of the skits and song numbers performed on Saturday Night Live were copyrighted by NBC, so in the film, some were made-up and not in fact actual skits and numbers John performed (i.e. "The Samurai Baseball" skit and the "634-5789" Blues Brothers number)
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[Judy kisses John all over his face as he lies buried up to his neck in sand]
John Belushi: The lips! You forgot the lips! Kiss these lips! Please, I'll even marry you!
Judy Belushi: What did you say?
John Belushi: I don't know, I never said that before.
Judy Belushi: Do you mean it?
John Belushi: Why don't you come closer and I'll show you...
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John Belushi: The lips! You forgot the lips! Kiss these lips! Please, I'll even marry you!
Judy Belushi: What did you say?
John Belushi: I don't know, I never said that before.
Judy Belushi: Do you mean it?
John Belushi: Why don't you come closer and I'll show you...
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Love Kills
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I haven't seen this, but have read everything about it (trivia, reviews, comments...) on IMDb and understand that it is not a biography worthy of an Academy Award. I understand that Aykroyd was upset about the way the film displayed Belushi (if not all content) and assume I wouldn't rely on this as a source of biographical information. However, many of those expressing themselves similarly who have seen this film suggest for people to watch "Animal House," "Blues Brothers" and "Continental Divide" in order to experience Belushi properly, as if watching him act is watching him in real life, which is VERY misleading...a fantasy for many fans, I assume. Don't kid yourselves assuming he was a sweet lovable guy just because he might have played various characters of such qualities. This goes for Chris Farley as well (or actually any actor - stage or screen - famous or unknown.) Belushi and Farley had many things in common; they were both made famous on SNL; they both had problems with overweight and drugs; they both acted in a similar amount of movies after having left SNL; they both died at the age of 33 from an overdose of heroin and cocaine. With all of the above in mind, what people love about the two (including myself) is their talents, abilities to make others laugh, acting skills and characters, but as I never met any of the two entertainers (Belushi died 4 months prior to my birth) I have no idea (other than what I've read or heard from their close ones) what they were like in real life. Not having seen this movie I shouldn't comment too much, but judging on its rating, trivia, reviews etc. I doubt that the movie is meant to high-light Belushi's career peaks. From what I understand it seems to be a pretty avant-garde picture, which is something one should keep in mind while watching. ...my message here is mainly a reminder that "Animal House" does not display who the person John Belushi was remotely accurately (even though you may want to draw parallels between Belushi and his scripted characters all you like.) Just admit it - he was a great performer/entertainer/actor/comedian (all of the above or whatever sounds good to you,) but if you weren't one of his close friends you didn't know him.