National Lampoons Animal House (1978)

Director: John Landis  Starring: John Belushi  
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Product Summary
Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing
Format: UMD for PSP
UPC: 00025192865022
Buy.com Sku: 202054758
Item#: V277ST
Category Keywords: 1960s  Campus Life  Classic  Essential Cinema  On-The-Road  Recommended  Scams And Cons  Sex  Teenage  Theatrical Release 
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Features: English, French, Spanish
 


Editor's Note

ANIMAL HOUSE is the film that launched National Lampoon as a comedy powerhouse. Developed by the editors at the Harvard Lampoon, the film is a collection of true-life experiences and memories with a great deal of embellishment. Nothing is sacred in this film, in which every gesture, phrase, and song became de rigueur in fraternity houses nationwide after its release. Decadence, debauchery, and delinquency prevail at Delta House, the scourge of the fraternity system at Faber College in 1962. In an effort to rid himself of the troublesome brothers, Dean Wormer (John Vernon) hatches a plan in cahoots with the brown-nosing Greg Marmalard (James Daughton) of rival fraternity Omega to have the Deltas kicked off campus. Unfortunately for them, the determination and drive of the Deltas is more than anyone counted on. In their last stand against the uptight dean, the antiheroes of Delta drink, smoke, romp, frolic, and dance--going out with a bang. This outrageous, much-loved comedy classic features the first major film role of the late, great John Belushi as John "Bluto" Blutarsky, the hard-partying, beer-guzzling champion of Delta house.


Plot Summary

In National Lampoon's first film, a parody of 1962 college life, it's campus hijinks galore as the rowdiest fraternity at Faber College battles rival fraternities and administrators, chases women, and throws toga parties. Chief animal John "Bluto" Butarsky (John Belushi) leads the fraternity in wacky hijinks and raunchy debauchery as they take on the establishment of the college. This extremely popular college comedy became an instant classic, quickly beoming one of the most oft-quoted films ever made.

 
Features
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Stereo 2.0 - English
Additional Release Material:
Featurette: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? A DELTA ALUMNI UPDATE



 
Technical Info

Release Information
Studio: Hal Leonard Publishing
Release Date: 12/20/2005
Running Time: 109 minutes
Original Release Date: 1978
Catalog ID: 28650
UPC: 00025192865022
Number of Discs: 1

Audio & Video
Original Language: English
Available Audio Tracks: English
Available Subtitles: Spanish
Video: Color

 
Cast & Crew
Stephen Furst
John Belushi
Donald Sutherland
Karen Allen
Peter Riegert
Tim Matheson
Kevin Bacon
Verna Bloom
Tom Hulce
John Vernon
Jean-Pierre Dorleac - Costume Designer
Otis Day - Additional Music/Songs
Jr. George Folsey - Editor
Charles Correll - Director of Photography
Deborah Nadoolman - Costume Designer
Ann Mills - Editor
Matty Simmons - Producer
Dean Mitzner - Production Designer
Elmer Bernstein - Composer
Douglas Kenney - Screenwriter
Chris Miller III - Screenwriter
Harold Ramis - Screenwriter
Ivan Reitman - Producer
John Landis - Director

 
Professional Reviews
Variety
"...There's enough bite and bawdiness in the Matty Simmon-Ivan Reitman production to provide lots of smile and several broad guffaws..." 06/28/1978

Entertainment Weekly
"...Stupidly funny....Rent it again and see if you don't laugh..." 04/15/1994 p.66

New York Times
"...Cheerfully sleazy....Innocent fun..." 07/28/1978 p.C7

Total Film
"...There's sophistication under the slapstick..." 12/01/2003 p.130

Premiere
"[With an] infectious burlesque spirit and deft use of gross-out humor..." 12/01/2003 p.13

New York Times
"[J]oyously, liberatingly infantile....It's Belushi, as Delta's wildman-mascot Bluto, who informs the film's raucous, anarchic spirit." 09/05/2008

  
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