Neighbors [Blu-ray]

Director: John G. Avildsen John G. Avildsen

Overview

An uneven satire of life in the American suburbs, Neighbors chronicles the reaction of a conservative couple who find their normal lives ripped to shreds less than 24-hours after crazy new neighbors move in next door. This film contains the final appearance of comic actor John Belushi.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/12/2019
UPC:	0683904633729
Original Release:	1981
Rating:	R
Source:	Sony Pictures Home
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:35:00
Sales rank:	12,801

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

John Belushi	Earl Keese
Dan Aykroyd	Vic
Cathy Moriarty	Ramona
Kathryn Walker	Enid Keese
Igors Gavon	Chic
Tim Kazurinsky	Pa Greavy
Tino Insana	Perry
P.J. Brown	Police,Actor
Henry Judd Baker	Police
Lauren-Marie Taylor	Elaine Keese,Elaine Keese
Dale Two Eagle	Thundersky
Sherman G. Lloyd	Fireman
Bert Kittel	Fireman
J.B. Friend	Fireman
Bernie Friedman	Fireman
Edward Kotkin	Fireman
Michael Manoogian	Fireman
Dru-Ann Chuckran	His Wife
Bill Conti	Composer

Technical Credits

Larry Gelbart

John G. Avildsen	Director
Bernie Brillstein	Executive Producer
David Brown	Producer
Irving Paul Lazar	Executive Producer
Richard D. Zanuck	Producer
Larry Gelbart	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

Director John G. Avildsen's deliberate miscasting of Saturday Night Live legends Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi was greeted with skepticism and piddling box-office receipts upon Neighbors' release in 1981. Years removed from its belly flop, however, the black comedy -- uneven as it is -- stands as a testament to Belushi's skill, proving that he could play a seething, constipated suburbanite as well as he could command attention as a loose-cannon hedonist. Blessed with a devious script by Tootsie scribe Larry Gelbart, Neighbors provides an effective, if self-satisfied, swipe at settling down, and it doesn't lose the courage of its satirical convictions, as proved by the film's blessedly ironic denouement. Unfortunately, Aykroyd makes a particularly enervating thorn in Belushi's side, and Avildsen tends to play up the slapstick set pieces at the expense of the film's more low-key material (the kind Belushi excels at in the opening scenes). Stunt-casting comedies like this always derive their laughs from the tension of watching an unnaturally bottled-up lead performer and waiting for the inevitable eruption. But, in Neighbors, Belushi disappears so completely into his role, it's almost disappointing to watch him flip his lid.