Mis locos vecinos

Mis locos vecinos (1981)

Neighbors

Cierra las puertas ... aquí vienen los vecinos

Earl Keese (John Belushi) es un tipo normal, algo gordito, a punto de entrar en la mediana edad. Lleva una vida razonablemente agradable con su familia en su casa de las afueras... hasta que la casa de al lado es adquirida por una pareja verdaderamente rara, Vic (Dan Aykroyd) y Ramona (Cathy Moriaty), quienes consiguen volver loco a Earl rápidamente. El excéntrico comportamiento de él y los descarados intentos de ella por seducirle le dejan boquiabierto. En resumen, la tranquila vida de Earl se pone patas arriba de la noche a la mañana.

Fecha de estreno
1981-12-18
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (164)
Duración
1 h 35 min
Géneros
Comedia
Director
John G. Avildsen

Reparto

Curiosidades

  • Basada en: Neighbors
  • Rodada en: Nueva York

Neighbors is a 1981 American black comedy film directed by John G. Avildsen and starring John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Cathy Moriarty, and Kathryn Walker. Based on the 1980 novel Neighbors by Thomas Berger, the film's plot follows the mild-mannered and conservative Earl Keese (Belushi) as his suburbanite life is upended by the arrival of his new neighbors, the chaotic and eccentric Victor Zeck (Aykroyd) and his sultry wife Ramona (Moriarty). The film takes liberties with Berger's story and features a more upbeat ending. The screenplay of the film is officially credited to Larry Gelbart, although it was extensively rewritten to Gelbart's public disapproval.

Production

Thomas Berger's best-selling novel, Neighbors, was published in 1980. Columbia Pictures acquired the rights to film the novel and assembled a high-profile cast and crew: Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown had produced Jaws (1975); John G.

The production of Neighbors was troubled. John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd switched their roles in pre-production, acting against type (usual-wild man Belushi played the meek Earl Keese and usual-straight-arrow Aykroyd played the obnoxious Vic Zeck). Belushi and Aykroyd also argued constantly with director John G. Avildsen (as they believed that he had no understanding of comedy), and lobbied to have him removed from the picture.

Tom Scott was originally assigned to compose the score for Neighbors but was replaced by Avildsen's frequent collaborator Bill Conti. John Belushi unsuccessfully tried to have the film finish with a song written and performed by the punk rock group Fear (Belushi had discovered the band and brought them to Cherokee Studios to record songs for the film).

A comprehensive look at the troubled production of Neighbors can be found in the books Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi by Bob Woodward (1984) and Belushi: A Biography by Judith Belushi Pisano and Tanner Colby (2005).

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