Animal House Of Blues

Description

> Won Best Documentary Feature by a Pacific Northwest Filmmaker at the 2012 Eugene International Film Festival

> Includes never-before-seen interviews and performances by John Belushi, Otis Day and Curtis Salgado

Animal House of Blues is the behind-the-scenes story of how the small town of Eugene, Oregon and its residents contributed to one of the greatest blockbuster films of all times, Animal House.

This documentary captures the history of the early days of the emerging Oregon film production crew, who one fateful day got an 11th hour call from a unit production manager, urgently looking for a home for the low budget film Animal House within a 48 hour window, after being turned down by a dozen Ivy League schools.

The film celebrates the Ken Kesey connection, as some of these Oregon filmmakers were Merry Pranksters using Ken Kesey's 16mm camera, and who dropped everything and shot 26 locations in a matter of hours, sending the footage counter to counter on United airlines.

It is also the story of actor John Belushi's love for Eugene, and how one night at the Eugene Hotel, after filming the Toga Party Sequence with (unknown-at-the-time) Blues Legend Robert Cray, (one of the Otis Day and the Knights) Belushi became a fan of Robert Cray's harp player Curtis Salgado, and the "Blues Brothers' was born.

Never-before-seen interviews and performances including John Belushi, Otis Day and Curtis Salgado combine to illuminate the film's rocky production and celebrate the great Animal House music that remains popular today.