Wired (film)
| Wired | |
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Video release poster
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| Directed by | Larry Peerce |
| Produced by |
Charles R. Meeker Edward S. Feldman |
| Written by |
Bob Woodward (book) Earl Mac Rauch (screenplay) |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Basil Poledouris |
| Cinematography | Tony Imi |
| Edited by | Eric A. Sears |
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Production
company |
F/M Entertainment
Lion Screen Entertainment Ltd. |
| Distributed by | Taurus Entertainment |
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Release date
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August 25, 1989 |
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Running time
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112 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $13 million |
| Box office | $1,089,000 |
Wired is a 1989 biographical film of comedian and actor John Belushi, directed by Larry Peerce, and adapted from the investigative journalism book Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi written by Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward and published in 1984. It starred Michael Chiklis in his film debut as Belushi. Wired was both a critical and a commercial failure. The film has never been released on DVD, and the videocassette originally released by International Video Entertainment is out of print. The film was marketed with the tagline "For John Belushi, every night was Saturday Night". The film's trailer opted for the tagline "The laughs and times of John Belushi", paraphrasing the title of Woodward's book.
The story follows John Belushi, shortly after his death from a drug overdose in March 1982, as he awakens in a morgue and is about to undergo an autopsy. Panicked, Belushi escapes and finds himself in the company of the enigmatic Angel Velasquez (Ray Sharkey), a Puerto Rican cabbie who takes Belushi to significant moments in his life from the beginning of his career to the courtship of his wife, Judith (Lucinda Jenney), into his burgeoning comedy career, his friendship with Dan Aykroyd (Gary Groomes) and his eventual decline. The film alternates between Belushi as a ghost and his journey with Velasquez to flashbacks (in non-linear style) as his career gains momentum. Meanwhile, journalist Bob Woodward (J. T. Walsh) is researching Belushi's life as he prepares to write a book about the late comic actor. Woodward's investigation leads him to Cathy Smith (Patti D'Arbanville), who procured drugs for Belushi, and the story climaxes with Woodward directly conversing with Belushi during the actor's dying moments.
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