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While the guest voices condense the story, and breathe an even-handed life into the material, Belushi works best when it lets Belushi tell his own version. None of the other interviews are shown as talking heads, except archival footage of Belushi himself. This gives Belushi an immediacy, but also makes the stories feel older. Judy conducted the interviews in the first few years after BelushiвЂ™s death. BelushiвЂ™s wife Judith interviewed many of his friends and castmates, like Ramis, Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Lorne Michaels, Carrie Fisher, Ivan Reitman, Penny Marshall, and JohnвЂ™s brother Jim Belushi. The documentary makes ample use of audio clips from Tanner ColbyвЂ™s 2012 oral history Belushi: A Biography. Watergate journalist Bob Woodward wrote the tawdry 1984 book Wired, which was adapted into a feature film in 1989. But while former drummer Chase went on to be a matinee draw, Belushi became a rock star.Д«elushiвЂ™s life has been told before. Chevy Chase was plucked out early because, well, he was Chevy Chase and they werenвЂ™t. SNL made overnight stars out of most of its cast. Belushi was a wild man, bouncing around on the very edge of the most visible stage, both higher than anyone possibly imagined. Every success the documentary shows from here on has a cloud of doom hanging over it. With that, Ramis throws a dark shadow over the rest of the film. вЂњI looked at John on the stage and I thought, вЂHeвЂ™s on the most popular comedy show of our generation, he was in the most successful comedy film ever, and now heвЂ™s onstage fronting an amazing band.вЂ™ My first thought was, вЂHow great for him.вЂ™ My second thought was, вЂKnowing his appetites, I donвЂ™t think heвЂ™ll survive this.вЂ™вЂќ

вЂњJohn always had appetites that were completely out of control, for everything, but I didnвЂ™t start to worry about him until he was at the Universal Amphitheatre, playing for 7,000 people,вЂќ Harold Ramis, who had known Belushi since their improvisational comedy beginnings, says over the soundtrack and applause. Cutler ( The War Room, The September Issue, Listen to Me Marlon) immediately declares this documentary isnвЂ™t about one of AmericaвЂ™s favorite performers, it is about the cannibalistic hungers of fame. His record The Blues BrothersвЂ™ Briefcase of Blues, not even a comedy album, but a labor of love with musician friends he respected and adored, was at the top of the charts, with hit singles doing the same.

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He was on the number one TV show in America. He stole the movie he was just in, Animal House, which was the most successful comedy film of all time at the time. The first real scene takes place at the height of BelushiвЂ™s fame and adulation. The documentary shows Belushi really was born that way, and didnвЂ™t need the extra sweetening. All he needed was some sugar to keep him going. Belushi really was a lot like his decathlon character in the Little Chocolate Donuts skit.

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Belushi didnвЂ™t have to crack a joke, he barely had to say a word, and yet showed a world of possibilities within a few inches of cranial space.

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They cajole, caress, and careen across the bottom of his brow, culminating in a series of aerobic stretches with a gymnastвЂ™s flair. Armed with just his face, he lets those eyebrows steal the scene.

ShowtimeвЂ™s heartfelt and intimate documentary, Belushi, opens with clips from the comic iconвЂ™s screen test for Saturday Night Live. They projected his innermost confusion, telegraphed his thought processes, and misdirected his most sincere intentions. The world got to know John BelushiвЂ™s eyebrows before we got to know the man.

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