...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!
Wired
- 141 statements
- 26 feature instances
- 1 referencing feature instances
| Wired | type |
TVTItem | |
| Wired | label |
Wired | |
| Wired | page |
Wired | |
| Wired | comment |
A 1989 Biographical film directed by Larry Peerce that follows the life and death of John Belushi (Michael Chiklis).The movie also stars Ray Sharkey, J. T. Walsh, Patti D'Arbanville, Lucinda Jenney, Alex Rocco, Gary Groomes, Jere Burns, and Clyde Kusatsu.It was released on August 25, 1989. | |
| Wired | fetched |
2024-03-23T06:45:45Z | |
| Wired | parsed |
2024-03-23T06:45:45Z | |
| Wired | processingComment |
Dropped link to MagicalRealism: Not a Feature - UNKNOWN | |
| Wired | processingComment |
Dropped link to SaturdayNightLive: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
| Wired | processingUnknown |
MagicalRealism | |
| Wired | isPartOf |
DBTropes | |
| Wired / int_1282bf4f | type |
No Celebrities Were Harmed | |
| Wired / int_1282bf4f | comment |
No Celebrities Were Harmed: Characters representing Belushi's agent Bernie Brillstein, his Noble Rot writing partner Don Novello, and John Landis appear but are not identified as such in the film, with the former two being re-christened as "Armie Fromson" and "Tom Perino", respectively. The filmmakers weren't given permission to re-enact real Saturday Night Live sketches, forcing them to create multiple fake sketches for the film, including a "Samurai Baseball" take on Belushi's Samurai character, a Coneheads segment where Belushi plays Bob Woodward interviewing a Conehead version of Nixon played by Dan Aykroyd, and a fictitious Cold Open of the Blues Brothers meeting Elvis Presley and Colonel Sanders. | |
| Wired / int_1282bf4f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wired / int_1282bf4f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wired | hasFeature |
Wired / int_1282bf4f | |
| Wired / int_2059a430 | type |
The Hedonist | |
| Wired / int_2059a430 | comment |
The Hedonist: Belushi is depicted as a man who lives in constant pursuit of pleasure regardless of the consequences. | |
| Wired / int_2059a430 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wired / int_2059a430 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wired | hasFeature |
Wired / int_2059a430 | |
| Wired / int_222dc873 | type |
Black Comedy | |
| Wired / int_222dc873 | comment |
Black Comedy: In general, the film attempts this by making light of John's death whenever it can. It's little wonder why many people, especially those who were close to John, were repulsed by the film. | |
| Wired / int_222dc873 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wired / int_222dc873 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wired | hasFeature |
Wired / int_222dc873 | |
| Wired / int_2b5ea43c | type |
Bland-Name Product | |
| Wired / int_2b5ea43c | comment |
Bland-Name Product: Belushi and Aykroyd perform as "the Brothers Blues." | |
| Wired / int_2b5ea43c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wired / int_2b5ea43c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wired | hasFeature |
Wired / int_2b5ea43c | |
| Wired / int_3bfd638c | type |
Warts and All | |
| Wired / int_3bfd638c | comment |
Warts and All: Judy expresses a desire for Woodward's biography to give a fair and balanced portrayal of John, acknowledging his substance abuse but also emphasizing some of his softer side. Considering the disdain the movie has for John, Woodward didn't seem to listen. | |
| Wired / int_3bfd638c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wired / int_3bfd638c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wired | hasFeature |
Wired / int_3bfd638c | |
| Wired / int_40b1b353 | type |
Chess with Death | |
| Wired / int_40b1b353 | comment |
Chess with Death: Belushi's fate is decided on a game of pinball with Angel. Belushi loses. | |
| Wired / int_40b1b353 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wired / int_40b1b353 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wired | hasFeature |
Wired / int_40b1b353 | |
| Wired / int_4ad4b2b | type |
Guardian Angel | |
| Wired / int_4ad4b2b | comment |
Guardian Angel: Belushi's is a wise-cracking Puerto Rican cab driver named Angel Velasquez. Seeing as he just died of an overdose, Belushi thinks he's pretty lousy at his job. | |
| Wired / int_4ad4b2b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wired / int_4ad4b2b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wired | hasFeature |
Wired / int_4ad4b2b | |
| Wired / int_4e7f703c | type |
Wham Shot | |
| Wired / int_4e7f703c | comment |
Wham Shot: For the first few minutes, Wired appears that it's going to follow a typical biopic formula of looking back on a beloved figure before and after their death, up to the moment Belushi's corpse is wrapped up and placed in a mortuary... only for him to wake up post-mortem and begin freaking out. | |
| Wired / int_4e7f703c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wired / int_4e7f703c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wired | hasFeature |
Wired / int_4e7f703c | |
| Wired / int_56515a39 | type |
Artistic License – History | |
| Wired / int_56515a39 | comment |
Artistic License – History: The film depicts an unnamed John Landis punching out Belushi during the filming of The Blues Brothers. To this day, Landis denies such a thing ever happening. In the movie, Dan Aykroyd is shown scolding Belushi for his drug habit. The real Aykroyd was, by his own admission, also a drug user at the time (although not as heavy of one as Belushi). | |
| Wired / int_56515a39 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wired / int_56515a39 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wired | hasFeature |
Wired / int_56515a39 | |
| Wired / int_5dc04c4e | type |
Brownface | |
| Wired / int_5dc04c4e | comment |
Brownface: The Puerto Rician cab driver Angel is portrayed by the Italian Ray Sharkey. | |
| Wired / int_5dc04c4e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wired / int_5dc04c4e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wired | hasFeature |
Wired / int_5dc04c4e | |
| Wired / int_5f798c84 | type |
Cold Turkeys Are Everywhere | |
| Wired / int_5f798c84 | comment |
Cold Turkeys Are Everywhere: Belushi attempts to clean up during the filming of Continental Divide, which leads into a scene of him being driven crazy as he goes to a bathroom and hallucinates cocaine everywhere. | |
| Wired / int_5f798c84 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wired / int_5f798c84 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wired | hasFeature |
Wired / int_5f798c84 | |
| Wired / int_6375f746 | type |
Drill Sergeant Nasty | |
| Wired / int_6375f746 | comment |
Drill Sergeant Nasty: The coach who trains John in comedy for some reason is portrayed as this: he literally screams in John's ear to make the audience laugh as hard as possible, implying that John's background put extreme pressure on him to be funny until he literally dropped dead. | |
| Wired / int_6375f746 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wired / int_6375f746 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wired | hasFeature |
Wired / int_6375f746 | |
| Wired / int_66755d29 | type |
Author Avatar | |
| Wired / int_66755d29 | comment |
Author Avatar: A literal example. J. T. Walsh portrays the book's author Bob Woodward as a main character, interviewing all of Belushi's family and associates to get the story behind the comedian's life. Reportedly when the film was screened at the Cannes Film Festival with Woodward in attendance, most of the questions fielded at him were about his inclusion as a character. | |
| Wired / int_66755d29 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wired / int_66755d29 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wired | hasFeature |
Wired / int_66755d29 | |
| Wired / int_7d89315b | type |
"The Reason You Suck" Speech | |
| Wired / int_7d89315b | comment |
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Most of Angel's dialogue is him badgering John on how much he wasted his life and his talent. Woodward tells off John for his drug use... while the man's dying on his bed. | |
| Wired / int_7d89315b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wired / int_7d89315b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wired | hasFeature |
Wired / int_7d89315b | |
| Wired / int_7f0f19e5 | type |
I Coulda Been a Contender! | |
| Wired / int_7f0f19e5 | comment |
I Coulda Been a Contender!: As a Mythology Gag to John's impressions of Marlon Brando, the autopsy scene includes John reciting the Trope Namer in regards to how his drug use prematurely ended his life before he could do more. | |
| Wired / int_7f0f19e5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wired / int_7f0f19e5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wired | hasFeature |
Wired / int_7f0f19e5 | |
| Wired / int_82accf22 | type |
Gainax Ending | |
| Wired / int_82accf22 | comment |
Gainax Ending: The third act sees Bob Woodward visiting the hotel room where Belushi spent his final days. As he walks through the place, he seems to start experiencing visions of Cathy Smith giving Belushi his fatal speedball. At the same time, Belushi's ghost is challenged to a pinball game by Angel, with the prize being that he gets to live again. He loses, and simultaneously, appears to Woodward himself. The two have a final conversation before Belushi seemingly passes on in Woodward's presence. Then the film abruptly cuts to Belushi as Joe Cocker performing "You Are So Beautiful" on SNL before closing on the title. | |
| Wired / int_82accf22 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wired / int_82accf22 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wired | hasFeature |
Wired / int_82accf22 | |
| Wired / int_b9af5ef3 | type |
The Film of the Book | |
| Wired / int_b9af5ef3 | comment |
The Film of the Book: Based on Bob Woodward's book of the same name. | |
| Wired / int_b9af5ef3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wired / int_b9af5ef3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wired | hasFeature |
Wired / int_b9af5ef3 | |
| Wired / int_bd39588d | type |
Desecrating the Dead | |
| Wired / int_bd39588d | comment |
Desecrating the Dead: Getting John's coffin on a plane proves to be difficult, forcing the transporters to take John's body out of the coffin and put him on one of the seats because his coffin won't fit through the door. | |
| Wired / int_bd39588d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wired / int_bd39588d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wired | hasFeature |
Wired / int_bd39588d | |
| Wired / int_bec0417c | type |
Happily Married | |
| Wired / int_bec0417c | comment |
Happily Married: Pretty much the only saving grace about Belushi in the movie, in that he was deeply in love with Judy. | |
| Wired / int_bec0417c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wired / int_bec0417c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wired | hasFeature |
Wired / int_bec0417c | |
| Wired / int_d0f0a80d | type |
One-Word Title | |
| Wired / int_d0f0a80d | comment |
One-Word Title: Wired. | |
| Wired / int_d0f0a80d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wired / int_d0f0a80d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wired | hasFeature |
Wired / int_d0f0a80d | |
| Wired / int_dbc93276 | type |
This Is Going to Be Huge | |
| Wired / int_dbc93276 | comment |
This Is Going to Be Huge: After a series of flops, Belushi starts writing a movie called Noble Rot, intending it to be his comeback. The very next scene is Belushi's agent telling him that the script is crap. | |
| Wired / int_dbc93276 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wired / int_dbc93276 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wired | hasFeature |
Wired / int_dbc93276 | |
| Wired / int_de7b7cbf | type |
Drugs Are Bad | |
| Wired / int_de7b7cbf | comment |
Drugs Are Bad: Hoo boy. The film never lets up on reminding you of this and framing Belushi in the worst possible light for his addictions. Seriously, there are DARE ads that were less upfront about this than this film. | |
| Wired / int_de7b7cbf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wired / int_de7b7cbf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wired | hasFeature |
Wired / int_de7b7cbf | |
| Wired / int_e16217f8 | type |
Historical Villain Upgrade | |
| Wired / int_e16217f8 | comment |
Historical Villain Upgrade: The movie was universally reviled by Belushi's friends and family as a glorified character assassination of the beloved entertainer. The film glosses over most of Belushi's short-but-illustrious career to focus almost exclusively on his drug addictions, and on top of that, he is portrayed as a boorish, violent, unprofessional, adulterous, openly racist hedonist who cares nothing for the harm his actions cause. In real life, while he did struggle with cocaine addiction, John Belushi was a kind, compassionate, generous man who took his work seriously, lamented the harm his addictions had caused and made a genuine (albeit sadly unsuccessful) effort to clean up his life. | |
| Wired / int_e16217f8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wired / int_e16217f8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wired | hasFeature |
Wired / int_e16217f8 | |
| Wired / int_f2a6d76d | type |
Rage Against the Author | |
| Wired / int_f2a6d76d | comment |
Rage Against the Author: Wired's book author, Bob Woodward, appears as a character in the film, and we get several scenes of John cursing him out for writing a book that aims to use his drug use to slander him. | |
| Wired / int_f2a6d76d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wired / int_f2a6d76d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wired | hasFeature |
Wired / int_f2a6d76d | |
| Wired / int_f51f4509 | type |
Tagline | |
| Wired / int_f51f4509 | comment |
Tagline: "For John Belushi, every night was Saturday Night". | |
| Wired / int_f51f4509 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wired / int_f51f4509 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wired | hasFeature |
Wired / int_f51f4509 | |
| Wired / int_name | type |
ItemName | |
| Wired / int_name | comment |
||
| Wired / int_name | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wired / int_name | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wired | hasFeature |
Wired / int_name | |
| Wired / int_name | itemName |
Wired |
The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.
| Wired | hasFeature |
Biopic / int_bad5a145 |
Copyright of DBTropes.org wrapper 2009-2013 DFKI Knowledge Management. Imprint. - Thanks to Bakken&Baeck for hosting. Contact.
Copyright of data TVTropes.org contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
Copyright of data TVTropes.org contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.