His next film, Spies Like Us, (starring co-writer Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase) was an homage to the Road to вЂ¦ films of Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. To promote the movie, he collaborated with Jeff Okun to direct a documentary film called B.B. The film was inspired by Hitchcock productions Landis appeared in the film as an Iranian hitman. Next, Landis directed Into the Night, starring Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Pfeiffer and David Bowie. After filming ended, Landis and his family went to London. Trading Places, a Prince and the Pauper-style comedy starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy, was filmed directly after the Twilight Zone accident. She was 20 at the time, also settled out of court for an undisclosed sum. MorrowвЂ™s children, one of them being actress Jennifer Jason Leigh. This resulting in stricter safety measures and enforcement of child labor laws in California.Д®ventually, the parents of the children sued and settled out of court with the studio for $2 million per family. For circumventing the State of CaliforniaвЂ™s child labor laws in hiring the two children. Other crew members were later acquitted but Landis was reprimanded. Landis admitted that he had violated the California law regulating the employment of children. Moreover, of limitations on their working hours. That he had not told the parents and others of the childrenвЂ™s proximity to explosives and helicopters. Here, the prosecutors attempted to show that Landis was reckless. John and four other crew members were charged with involuntary manslaughter. Although, The National Transportation Safety Board reported in October 1984. Unfortunately, the three were caught under the aircraft when it crashed. The accident involving an out-of-control helicopter. Actor Vic Morrow and child extras Myca Dinh Le (age 7) and Renee Shin-Yi Chen (age 6) were killed. Sadly, on July 23, 1982, during the filming of Twilight Zone, an accident happened. John Landis Twilight Zone Accident| Deaths Of course, it was another commercial success for Landis and inspired studios to put comedic elements in their horror films. He had been planning to make it since 1969, while in Yugoslavia working on KellyвЂ™s Heroes. This was perhaps LandisвЂ™s most personal project. Landis wrote and directed the comedy-horror An American Werewolf in London in 1981.

At the time, it was one of the most expensive films ever made, costing almost $30 million.

Featuring musical numbers by R&B and soul legends James Brown, Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and John Lee Hooker. A comedy starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd. Landis co-wrote and directed The Blues Brothers in 1980.

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