Gift of Winter (1974)

Aykroyd's first film, very little is known about it or his involvement. We cannot find any evidence of it's existence and it is only included on this filmography because other sites list it.

Love at First Sight (1974)

Made before Aykroyd joined Saturday Night Live, he stars as a blind man who falls in love with Mary Ann McDonald.

Neither of us have seen it but Leonard Maltin called it an "excruciatingly dumb comedy." And that was about all he said about it...

The Rutles: All You Need is Cash (1978)

Eric Idles spoof of the Beatles has a plethora of cameos including John Belushi, Bill Murray and Aykroyd himself. He plays Barry Thigh, an ex record producer, who coughs, splutters and hacks up throughout the interview and only manages four words...

Bunn - Brilliant. First actual film that I have the opportunity to actually watch as we own the video and guess what....I haven't. I'll make sure I do, then give my opinion. But it looks average, nice little Beatles parody. I might even laugh out loud. I'll let you know.

Dave - I thought it was quite good, too long though - it would have worked better as a half an hour thing than near feature length. Dan's cool although he was probably stoned out his face at the time...

1941 (1979)

Aykroyd's breakthrough movie was Steven Spielbergs most disasterous flop - a hectic look at the days after the bombing of Pearl Harbour. Convinced the Japanese will bomb them, a small coastal town in California goes on panic alert when the US army all but invade themselves. Aykroyd is one of the privates partnered with, for the first time, Belushi.

Bunn - I remember seeing this as a really small boy and not entirely understanding it that much. Haven't seen it since (Dave, do we own this?) so I think I'll hold my opinion.

Dave - No, we don't own it although the fact we don't is a travesty in itself. It's really bloody funny - ferris wheels rolling down streets, houses falling off cliffs, naked women having gynacology inspections by submarines. Comedy at it's peek. If it wasn't dickhead Spielberg it would be a work of genius.

Mr Mike's Mondo Video (1979)

A cinematic oddity if ever there was one... a pastiche of magazine television shows that flits between subjects frequently. It was originally compiled by Michael O'Donoughue for broadcast on late night TV but was never shown.

Neither of us have seen it but Roger Ebert called it "garbage" and went on to claim that nobody would laugh at it even after they were bribed to do so. Guess he didn't like it then...

The Blues Brothers (1980)

The now legendary movie which features Aykroyd and Belushi in their most famous roles. A box office failure on it's first release it has now found cult status on video. The plot, as we all know, centers around brothers Jake (Belushi) and Elwood (Aykroyd) Blues - two failing blues musicians - attempting to raise $5000 to save their own orphanage. Much property destruction follows...

Bunn - Second best Aykroyd film after Neighbors. Who hasn't seen this film? Outstanding soundtrack and such a laughable storyline (seeing the light? come on Belushi you fierce coke fiend) Anyway, love it and can easily watch it numerous times. Such a shame they didn't put in the "Rubber Biscuit" from Briefcase Full Of Blues on it. Now that would have shifted it to Number One..

Dave - Man, I knew all the words to this as a kid. The kings of cool have never been cooler not matter if they're blowing shit up, dropping cars from 50,000ft or singing dem blues. Rock on brothers, rock on.

Neighbors (1982)

Aykroyd and Belushi's fourth film (if you count The Rutles) is a reversal of their roles as Belushi plays the mild mannered homeowner besieged by the loud and obnoxious new neighbour Aykroyd.

Bunn - Number One!! Number One!! Yes, that's right. I adore this movie. Aykroyd is so magnificently psychopathic and I think (contrary to Daves opinion) that Belushi is brilliant as the staid suburbanite. Classic, if ever there were one.

Dave - I have to disagree with the Bunn here, I really hate this movie. Aykroyd is alright but Belushi is so miscast, I admire what they're trying to do but I don't think it works. It's a little too surreal for it's own good as well...

It Came From Hollywood (1982)

A compliation hosted by, among others, Aykroyd, John Candy, Cheech and Chong and Gilda Radner showing clips from the very worst Hollywood movies.

Neither of us have seen this but Leonard Maltin described the hosts' performances as "spectacularly unfunny" and then complained that they show clips from good films...

Doctor Detroit (1983)

A wimpy college professor becomes involved with an underworld of pimps, prostitutes gangsters. Notable only because it was the film on which Aykroyd first met his future wife Donna Dixon.

Neither of us have seen this but Leonard Maltin said it was "suprisingly bland, and only sporadically funny."

Trading Places (1983)

Aykroyd's first hit film teamed him with then up and coming star Eddie Murphy. Aykroyd is the rich buinessman who unwittingly takes the position of street hussler Murphy who gains Aykroyds wealth as part of bet between scheming millionaires Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy.

Bunn - Very good movie. It's not, however, one I keep going back to and watching which is what I really want from an Aykroyd movie. It's funny, yes, Aykroyd is very good in it, yes but it doesn't touch Neighbors for pure laugh out loud comedy. Sorry Dave!.

Dave - I love this movie - everything about is perfect from Denholm Elliots butler to Jamie Lee Curtis' tits. It's worth seeing just for a drunken Aykroyd smuggling a kipper into his Santa Claus beard. And it's funny, so so funny.

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

Big screen version of Rod Sterling's TV series with famous directors at the helm. Aykroyd plays the driver who picks up hitchhiker Albert Brooks in the opening sequence.

Bunn - Good movie. again, haven't seen it for a while and my memory does slack off from time to time, but the Aykroyd segment is excellent-another classic line please, Dan. Why, thankyou..

Dave - If you ignore Spielbergs nasty nasty sugar sweet tale then this is a cool movie, the best being George Millers 'Nightmare at 20,000 Feet' with John Lithgow. Aykroyd's contribution is small but he does have the best line of the film - "do you want to see something scary?"

Ghostbusters (1984)

Who hasn't seen this film? At one point, it was one of the most popular movies of all time. Three scientists team up to battle the paranormal and end up saving the world. Hurrah!

Bunn - Thoroughly entertaining, in a kind of throwaway Cinema style. I do so love films where Science geeks get the upper hand. Marvelous...and Dan is the King of this in my humble opinion.

Dave - Who didn't love this as a kid? It is just a cool film that you can watch over and over again. Murray steals the show but once again Aykroyd, as Ray Stantz, gets the best line - "he slimed me!"

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

Returning the favour of Spielberg appearing in the Blues Brothers, Aykroyd did this blink and you'll miss him cameo. He is the gentleman who gives Indy passage on his plan after he escapes the opening predicament.

Bunn - Okay...Dan, come out, come out, wherever you are!! Can't find the little rascal. I actually prefer this to Ghostbusters. Don't ask me why...perhaps it's some pent up Harrison Ford fixation, I don't know, but as an overall film, yeah, pretty damn good.

Dave - I knew Dan was there from the beginning. See, Bunn, if you watched movies as a kid instead of slacking off doing science homework you'd know important shit like this. It's the worst Indy film but still easily watchable...

Nothing Lasts Forever (1984)

Zach Gilligan plays an artist who experiences not only a trip to the moon but a visit to a New York City of the future... Aykroyd takes a supporting role as a character called Buck Heller (Buck Henry was in Catch 22 written by Joseph Heller - any connection?)

Neither of us have seen this but Leonard Maltin called it a "strange, occasionally entertaining comedy..."

Into the Night (1985)

John Landis' most obscure movie features Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer in a story about trying to get to sleep... it has a whole host of cameos (David Croneberg, David Bowie, Don Seigel, Jim Henson, and, of course, Aykroyd...)

Bunn - Haven't seen it, probably never will, unless it comes on TV at some godforsaken hour of the night. I shall, however, seek and I may find, but don't hold your breath.

Dave - I saw this years ago and haven't been able to catch it since - if I remember rightly Aykroyd plays a co-worker of Goldblums, but don't quote me on that. One thing I am sure of is that it's really good, details are sketchy but it's a fun movie and worth checking out if you can find it.

Spies Like Us (1985)

Chevy Chase and Aykroyd are low level government workers who end up as spies who, guess what, save the world from annialation. The obvious attempt to emulate the Bob Hope/Bing Crosby road movies is furthered by a cameo by Mr Hope himself... best bit in the film that.

Bunn - If only we had this wonderful medium when I was 10, oh the reviews would be astounding. "liked it a lot...need to go pee, where's my bike?" Needless to say, it has been about 12 years since I saw it last, but I aim to watch it again over the next few weeks, so bear with me.

Dave - I actually rewatched this the other day and it rocks! Crap effects, crap acting, crap plot, crap script but goddam it works! How does that crazy Dan dude do it? The exam scene is the best.

Comedy Music Videos (1985)

We are afraid to report that we know nothing at all about this movie.

One More Saturday Night (1986)

Aykroyd executive produced this comedy starring SNL stars Tom Davis and Al Franklin telling the tale of a Saturday Night in] Minnesota...

Neither of us have seen it but Leonard Maltin called it an "unfunny comedy."

Dragnet (1987)

Big screen version of the 50's TV show with Aykroyd as Sgt Joe Friday (nephew of the original), an uptight and highly repressed policeman teamed with the uncouth Pepe Strebeck (Tom Hanks) to solve a ring of bizarre PAGAN crimes...

Bunn - I remember going to see this with an absolute arsehole kid who I was, unfortunately, friends with at the time (Simon Martin - if you ever see him, spit in his face, please) I really enjoyed it, and saw it again recently. It's sooo underrated, as are most of Dans films, but I love his performance as the anally retentive cop. Excellent!!

Dave - One of my earliest understanding film moments revolves around this movie - I was so pleased with myself for noticing that Dan and Tom switch roles at the end. Yay, go me! Anyway, as Bunn said, it's a really underated movie, if you want to see it switch on the TV on Sunday afternoon about 5 o'clock. It can usually be found there...

Caddyshack 2 (1988)

Sequel (obviously) to the far funnier Rodney Dangerfield original. This time Jackie Mason tries to buy out the golf club with the help of Chevy Chase and Aykroyd, this time basically filling in the Bill Murray role as a homicidal game keeper.

Bunn - Hmmmm....don't actually think I have had the privelage of watching this one. the original is fantastic though. Damn. do you realise that I can walk 4 yards and pick up this film? from our very own video cupboard. Perhaps I should. Hold on for my opinion on this one.

Dave - Aykroyd has a bizarre appeal, most of this movie are pretty worthless yet most are strangely appealing. This, admittedly is one of his worst, yet easily entertaining in that kind of late-night-stoned-nothing-else-on-TV-what-is-this-oh-I-remember-it-from-years-ago kind of way...

The Couch Trip (1988)

Aykroyd plays an escaped mental patient who takes over a radio psychiatry show and makes it a huge hit. Charles Grodin, Walter Matthau and Aykroyds wife Donna Dixon co-star.

Bunn - Tell me, who doesn't occasionally laugh at people less fortunate than ourselves? I know I do. Again, as with practically all other films by just about anyone, I haven't seen this one for a while so I'll leave the "performance" part to young David, but I remember laughing. Quite a lot. Which is nice.

Dave - Mental patients are funny - a well known fact. Dan pulls of the schitzoid role a little too well and once again, though, he has the best line - "nymphomaniacs in bus 3 with me."

My Stepmother is an Alien (1988)

Aykroyd is a widower who marries, unknowingly, a visitor from another planet played by Kim Basinger. Amazingly, this started off as a serious film on child abuse...

Bunn - Never seen it, and frankly, I don't really want to. Basinger is just a crack whore on welfare, oh, and a BAD actress, so I probably won't bother with this one. Sorry!

Dave - I bloody hate this film, not one laugh and a hideous ending. Only seen it once, don't want to see it again.

She's Having a Baby (1988)

John Hughes twenty-something comedy drama about parenthood with Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth McGovern. Quite honestly, we didn't know Aykroyd was in this...

Bunn - Haven't seen it. I tend to stick to Hughes' teenie movies as they perfectly document a part of my adolescence. I'll watch it though, even if it's to find Dan lurking about somewhere.

Dave - By no means Hughes' best, but quite a sweet little movie. No idea where Aykroyd is in it, though.

The Great Outdoors (1988)

Aykroyd is the annoying brother in law who gatecrashes John Candy's family holiday.

Bunn - Again-those quaint three little words. HAVEN'T SEEN IT.So, tell me why I'm doing this web-site, again......

Dave - I'll tell you why you're doing this webpage - because Vegas Vacation is your favourite film and now you're somewhat annoyed that you have to do other films as well. You can ignore this one though - it's John Hughes in a precursor to his family period (Home Alone and Curly Sue were to follow *shudder*) and it's shite.

Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

DAN AYKROYD IN OSCAR NOMINATION SHOCKER! Yes, you read right. Aykroyd could've won the statuette for his role as Jessica Tandy's son in this gentle drama. Morgan Freeman also got a nomination for his portrayal of an elderly chauffer who drives Tandy through her twilight years. Tandy, by the way, won the Oscar.

Bunn - Oh, this looks brilliant. Yeah, fantastic. I despise films about old women.Maybe I'll watch this one when i'm 60 and cry into my hankie, but at the moment, it's not on my list of ones to watch. I suppose guilt might splash over me and I'll watch it for Dan, but THAT'S ALL!!!!

Dave - I have seen it, mainly to watch Dan though. And guess what, he's actually not bad at all. Who'd have thought he could act? Anyway, full cred to him for trying something serious. Too bad that that Miss Daisy is largely incontinent and you know Morgan Freeman just keeps hoping that he's gonna find her head in the backseat.

Ghostbuster 2 (1989)

Inferior sequel to the '84 classic. This time the fab four battle an evil river of slime beneath New York.

Bunn - Pretty good. Yes, I have seen it. The guy in the painting looks like a guy in an old porno mag I saw ages ago. Might have to put that one on the pictures page. Anyway, it's on par with the first, in my opinion, but it's not a fave of mine.

Dave - It is no way near on par with the original. Not a bad movie, but not a great one either. It's positively dull in places but Aykroyds 'hypnotised' expression is worth the price of admission alone. I've seen that porno mag as well and the guy in it looks more like Sigournay Weaver.

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