Wired

Wired is a 1989 film biography of John Belushi directed by Larry Peerce, adapted from the 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 (The Commish, The Shield, Fantastic Four) as Belushi in his film debut. Wired was both a critical and a commercial failure. As of this writing, the film has never been released on DVD, and the videoc... more

Wired is a 1989 film biography of John Belushi directed by Larry Peerce, adapted from the 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 (The Commish, The Shield, Fantastic Four) as Belushi in his film debut. Wired was both a critical and a commercial failure. As of this writing, the film has never been released on DVD, and the videocassette (released by International Video Entertainment, now known as Lions Gate Home Entertainment and later re-released by Avid Home Entertainment) is out of print. The film's tagline was "For John Belushi Every Night Was Saturday Night." The story follows John Belushi shortly after dying from a drug overdose in early 1982, as he literally 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... less