Saturday night live stars john belushi and dan aykroyd, plus film stars. It seems john belushi was in chicago filming the blues brothers when it was decided to shoot more scenes of him in the aircraft. It stars john belushi, peter riegert, tim matheson, john vernon, verna bloom, thomas hulce, stephen furst, and donald sutherland. Off topic discussion chit chat question what kind of plane did john belusi fly in the movie 1941. John belushi, dan aykroyd, lorraine gary, christopher lee, ned beatty, steven spielberg.
After japans attack on pearl harbor, residents of california descend into a wild panic, afraid that they might be the next target. Robert stacks performance as general stilwell, one of. Directed by john milius with an original score by john williams and featuring thematic materials that differed from the score of the actual movie. John belushi full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Belushi was best known for being one of the seven original cast members of the nbc sketch comedy show saturday night live snl. John belushi 19491982 was an american comedian, actor, and singer. Hysterical californians prepare for a japanese invasion in the days. He grew up in wheaton, where the family moved when he was six. The son of a chicago restauranteur, american comic actor john belushi played drums in a high school band and excelled in football. Wild bill kelsos a2 flight jacket 1941 rpf costume. Ive always liked john belushi and had never seen this movie.
Wired is a 1989 biographical film of comedian and actor john belushi, directed by larry peerce. Among them are wild bill kelso john belushi, a crazed national. Hopes were high for his first comedy, 1941, which boasted a cast that included saturday night live stars john belushi and dan aykroyd. John belushi, dan aykroyd, treat williams, nancy allen, tim matheson, ned beatty, lorraine gary, murray hamilton, christopher lee. John belushi gave a stellar performance as he did in national lampoons animal house and the blues brothers. One of the things that confused our approach is that i always saw 1941 as an old fashioned hollywood musical and had fantasized with john williams abo,ut doing eight musical song and dance numbers. The poster, which measures approximately 12 x 17 is in very good condition, rolled and never used.
John belushi wild bill kelso movie 1941 original painting. Its december of 1941, and the people of california are in varying states of unease, ranging from a sincere desire to defend the country to virtual blind panic in the wake of the japanese attack. The closest thing the movie has to a central character is john belushi, as a p40 fighter pilot who flies up and down the coast looking for. Belushi s most famous movie role was in the box office hit, animal house 1978. What kind of plane did john belusi fly in the movie 1941. It stars michael chiklis in his film debut as belushi. When choosing one of our amazing photographic images you are acquiring a piece of art history from the world of entertainment. Belushi s previous movie, spielbergs 1941, has crashed and burned, thereby earning the blues brothers the nickname 1942 and inspiring odonoghue to distribute buttons that read, john. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at.
One of the original cast members of the widely popular comedy show, snl live, john belushi was a man with contagious energy level. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. John belushi 1941 posters and photos 170155 movie store. Kelso john belushi stops for some provisions at a gas station, but loses his plane. John belushi january 1949 march was an american comedian, actor, and musician. John belushi was born in chicago, illinois, usa, on january 24, 1949, to agnes demetri samaras and adam anastos belushi, a restaurant owner.
Watch 1941 starring john belushi in this comedy on directv. This auction is for an original german a3 movie poster from 1979 for the movie 1941 s tarring dan aykroyd, ned beatty, john belushi, lorraine gary, murray hamilton, christopher lee, tim matheson, toshiro mifune, warren oates, robert stack, and treat williams. Among the pleasures of the film are john belushi, who lurches in and out of the action as a. He also pursued interests in music, creating with aykroyd, lou marini, tom malone, steve cropper, donald duck dunn, and paul shaffer, the blues brothers, from which the film received its name. National lampoons animal house is a 1978 american comedy film directed by john landis and written by harold ramis, douglas kenney and chris miller. Wild bill kelso, a nutty fighter pilot john belushi following what he thinks is a.
Thus begin several story threads that comprise the plot of this strange period comedy, a sort of satirical disaster movie. Read the 1941 plot and find out who is in the cast and crew at. John belushi was an actor and comedian, one of the first performers on saturday night live and one half of the blues brothers. Figured that being a spielberg production that it would be similar in quality to his other works.
It was based on the 1984 book of the same name by washington post journalist bob woodward, and adapted for the screen by buckaroo banzai creator earl mac rauch. The film is about a misfit group of fraternity members who challenge the authority of the dean of faber college. On each collar he has a four leaf clover outlined in white, on his left chest wild bill is speeled out in a rope font with a pair of dice showing a 3 and a four under that. Inadvertent comedic effects ensued when john belushi, in character as captain wild bill kelso, unintentionally fell off the wing of his airplane.
With john belushi, dan aykroyd, treat williams, nancy allen. The score for the advance teaser is featured on the lalaland records 1941 extended score two cd set. It grinds on making you wonder why youre watching this movie. John belushi is wild bill kelso, an insane fighter pilot, and dan aykroyd plays a conciliatory tank commander. Belushi and his fellow snl star dan aykroyd made 4 movies together. Its december of 1941, and the people of california are in varying states of unease, ranging from a sincere desire to defend the country to virtual. Rent 1941 1979 starring dan aykroyd and ned beatty on dvd and bluray. This trailer, shot by john milius and released a full year before 1941s thanksgiving 1979 release introduced audiences to john belushis character of captain wild bill kelso. Its december of 1941, and the people of california are in varying states of. The boulevard has earlier been the scene of several other buzzings by military aircraft, in scenes involving lots of special effects. An actor, comedian and performer, john began his career with his own comedy troupe set in chicago the west compass trio, which led him to work with the second city a comedy enterprise. Critics hated steven spielbergs 1979 comedy 1941, but its since. The blues brothers quotes, movie quotes movie quotes.
Left pocket flap has about six gold torpedos outlined in black painted on it. Wild bill kelso, a nutty fighter pilot john belushi following what he thinks is a squadron of japanese fighters along the california coast. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. His father was an albanian immigrant, from qyteze, and his mother was also of albanian descent. Notice the narrator actually dan aykroyd states the movie comes out next christmas. The closest thing the movie has to a central character is john belushi, as a p40 fighter pilot who flies up and down the coast looking for japanese and finally crashlands in the middle of hollywood boulevard.
Find great deals on ebay for 1941 movie poster belushi. Thread tools this thread is privately moderated by miami mike, who may elect to delete unwanted replies. But acting was his first love, a love requited by college productions and summer stock. Making blues brothers with john belushi and dan akroydwe. Our exclusive photographs, available in a variety of sizes, have been high resolution scanned from original source material such as studio negatives, 35mm slides, original photographic prints and large format transparencies to achieve the ultimate quality. After his breakout film role as john bluto blutarsky in national lampoons animal house 1978, belushi later appeared in films such as 1941, the blues brothers, and neighbors. Starring dan aykroyd and john belushi, this epic comedy souffle features lavish special effects and screwball characters in an allstar extravaganza set on the streets of hollywood.
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