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John Belushi - news / articles


  • Aykroyd: 'Belushi have directed Shakespeare' - 19 December 2010
    -Dan Aykroyd is convinced his late friend John Belushi would have quit Hollywood and gone on to become one of Broadway's top directors if he had lived.- -The comedy legend passed away in 1982 at the age of 33 after suffering a drugs overdose.- - Aykroyd worked with B

John Belushi - what members say


  • National Lampoon's Animal House
  • National Lampoon's Animal House review by A customer from Ipswich, England
    Rated - 4.0 stars Animal House 15 March 2004
    ...The 25-year old gross-out classic isn't short of plot or pathos, but it's John Belushi's stitch-inducing mugging that remains fresh as a daisy. Clean-cut Omega fratboys att...   Read customer review
  • The Blues Brothers
  • The Blues Brothers review by from scotland
    Rated - 5.0 stars SUPERB 24 March 2004
    ...of the best film comedies ever made. It combines talent in the form of the late John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd, hilarious and unforgettable scenes, great music and musical nu...   Read customer review
  • Goin' South
  • Goin' South review by Jugulum from from up my own passage!
    Rated - 3.0 stars Goin' South 7 October 2005
    ...Don't rent this film if your a John Belushi fan, he only has a few lines and they were hardly worth saying. The film was ok though, just not what I was expecting. Great for...   Read customer review

John Belushi - filmography


  • Continental Divide on DVD (1981)
    Starring: John Belushi,  Blair Brown,  Allen Goorwitz
    Director: Michael Apted
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    City meets country in this romantic comedy about a tough Chicago newspaperman who falls in love with an ornithologist. Ernie Souchak is a guy who thinks communing with nature means sitting on a bench in the City Park. Nell Porter is a woman who has spent most of her life alone in the mountains ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 71 members
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  • The Blues Brothers - Blu-ray (1980)
    Starring: John Belushi,  Dan Aykroyd,  John Landis
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In roles made famous by their famed SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE skit, Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi star as Ellwood and Jake Blues in this extremely entertaining and successful comedy. Upon Jake's release from prison, the brothers are reunited and visit the orphanage they grew up in--only to discover that ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 83% from 67 members
    Not available for rental
  • The Blues Brothers on DVD (1980)
    Starring: John Belushi,  Dan Aykroyd,  John Landis
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In roles made famous by their famed SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE skit, Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi star as Ellwood and Jake Blues in this extremely entertaining and successful comedy. Upon Jake's release from prison, the brothers are reunited and visit the orphanage they grew up in--only to discover that ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 25,465 members
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  • National Lampoon's Animal House on DVD (1979)
    Starring: John Belushi,  Kerwin Mathews,  John Vernon
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In National Lampoon's first film, a parody of 1962 college life, it's campus hijinks galore as the rowdiest fraternity at Faber College battles rival fraternities and administrators, chases women, and throws toga parties. Chief animal John "Bluto" Butarsky (John Belushi) leads the fraternity in ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 5,406 members
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  • 1941 (1979)
    Starring: John Belushi,  Dan Aykroyd,  Ned Beatty
    Director: Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    An utterly wild comedy epic directed by Steven Spielberg and nominated for three Academy Awards®. Lavish effects sequences highlight this hilarious, all star extravaganza set in Los Angeles just days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, when fear of a Japanese Invasion threw the city into a state of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 425 members
    Not available for rental
  • The Best of John Belushi on DVD
    Starring: John Belushi
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    John Belushi could say more with an eyebrow than most performers can with their entire body, and was unarguably the first rock 'n' roll comedian. Hugely talented as a comic, mimic, and singer, he battled off-stage with the addictions to food, drink, and drugs that would eventually lead to his ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 91 members
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John Belushi facts

5 most recent films

The Blues Brothers - Best Of The Blues Brothers - 3.0 stars
Continental Divide - 2.5 stars
The Blues Brothers - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Blues Brothers - 4.0 stars
National Lampoon's Animal House - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Blues Brothers - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Blues Brothers - 4.0 stars
National Lampoon's Animal House - 3.5 stars
The Blues Brothers - Best Of The Blues Brothers - 3.0 stars
The Rutles - All You Need Is Cash - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

National Lampoon's Animal House - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Jungle Burger - 2.5 stars
Neighbours - 2.5 stars
Continental Divide - 2.5 stars
Goin' South - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Dan Aykroyd - 9 times - show films
Kerwin Mathews - 2 times - show films
John Landis - 2 times - show films
John Candy - 2 times - show films
Judy Jacklin - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 5 times - show films
John Landis - 4 times - show films
Boris Szulzinger/ Picha Szulzinger - 1 times - show films
Gary Weis - 1 times - show films
Boris Szulzi - 1 times - show films