John Belushi's death in 1982 sent shockwaves through the entertainment industry. By that point he was a certified comedy legend and the nature of his death raised controversy. In order to get to the truth of the matter, his widow hired Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward to investigate just how John died. Unfortunately for her, Woodward's investigation didn't exactly go the way she hoped. His book, Wired , was a brutal tell-all that delved heavily into the drug habits of John and his friends. The book spared immediate outrage from people like Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray, but rose to the time of the best seller charts. A producer named Edward S Feldman bought the film rights, thinking he had just grabbed a surefire hit, but hit roadblock after every corner. Learn about the making of the film and how the movie almost killed the career of Michael Chiklis, before it even started.
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Sources Cited
Newspapers
The Indianapolis News 3-6-1982
The Plain Dealer 05-08-1973
Winston Salem Journal 06-17-1984
Oakland Tribune 06-17-1984
The Gazette 07-07 -1984
New York Times 3-20-1984
The Age 05-11-1989
The Miami News 07-29-1988
The Times 02-12-1989
The Los Angeles Times 05-08-1988
The San Francisco Examiner 01-25-1987
The Post Star 10-14-1988
Philadelphia Daily News 09-01-1989
The Record 08-25-1989
The Star Ledger 08-30-1989
Magazines
World Watch One january 25th 2022
Best Life Magazine: October 2008
The Controversy Over Bob Woodward’s Belushi Bio ‘Wired’
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-controversy-over-bob-woodwards-belushi-bio-wired-37163/
Regrettable: The troubling things I learned when I re-reported Bob Woodward’s book on John Belushi.
https://slate.com/culture/2013/03/bob-woodward-and-gene-sperling-what-woodwards-john-belushi-book-can-tell-us-about-the-sequester-scandal.html
Books
Giant of the Senate by Al Franken
Samurai Widow by Judith Belushi
Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi by Bob Woodward
Live From New York: The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live as Told by Its Stars, Writers, and Guests by Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller
Tell Me How You Love the Picture: A Hollywood Life by Edward S Feldman
Ovitz: The Inside Story of Hollywood's Most Controversial Power Broker by Robert Slater
Time Stamps
0:00 (A Brief History of Biopics)
02:07 (The Life of John Belushi)
03:50 (The Death of John Belushi)
05:00 (Enter Bob Woodward)
05:44 (The Belushi Camp Hates The Book )
07:20 (Woodward's Response)
08:01 (The Critical Response)
10:12( The Wired Film Rights are Sold)
10:52 (Mike Ovitz vs Edward Feldman)
12:14 (Production begins)
12:54 (The Troubles begin)
13:25 (The Movie is Cast)
15:00 (Chiklis Learns a Lesson)
16:25 (Distribution Problems)
17:30 (Wired The Movie)
21:30 (The Fallout)
22:54 (The Redemption of Michael Chiklis)
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