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John was called "Killer Belushi" in his youth.
He is the star of the football team, drummer in the high school band and a brilliant actor.
The meteoric rise of a young man with an explosive temperament and an extreme personality takes place with irresistible fascination.
He makes his breakthrough in Chicago in an off-theater troupe.
He became a star in his mid-20s in New York with "Saturday Night Live".
His "Blues Brothers" albums are million-sellers.
Seven movies are enough to make John Belushi unforgettable.
The film portrays one of the greatest American show stars of his time, shows his rapid career and his deep fall, gives an incomparable insight into the film and show business of the 70s and 80s and the character of one of his most prominent victims.
Interviews with close family members, fellow actors and directors as well as never-before-seen private films from the estate of John Belushi paint a sensitive portrait of the brilliant actor and shed light on the background to the tragedy of his early death.
First broadcast: Sat., July 14, 2012, 11:50 p.m., ARTE.
