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Starting a Slew of Careers for its Cast A Cult Classic

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John Belushi and Tim Matheson in... National Lampoon's...

Animal House

Signature Collection

( Catalog Number 43884 )
(THX) (1.85:1) (4 Sides) (CLV+CAV) (CC) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
Presented in the 1.85:1 aspect ratio of the original 35 millimeter anamorphic Theatrical Prints
The Yearbook - An Animal House Reunion, an original documentary featuring new interviews with the director John Landis, producer
Rare behind-the-scenes footage and clips of John Belushi
Original Theatrical Trailer
LaserDisc

Animal House
1978 - 109 min. - Color
Genre: Comedy
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
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.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Director John Landis put himself on the map with this low-budget, fabulously successful comedy, which made a then-astounding 62 million dollars and started a slew of careers for its cast in the process. National Lampoon's Animal House (referred to by most people as Animal House) is set in 1962 on the campus of Faber College in Faber, PA. The first glimpse we get of the campus is the statue of its founder Emil Faber, on the base of which is inscribed the motto, "Knowledge Is Good." Incoming freshmen Tom Hulce and Stephen Furst find themselves rejected by the pretentious Omega fraternity, and instead pledge to Delta House. The Deltas are a motley fraternity of rejects and maladjusted undergraduates (some approaching their late twenties) whose main goal --- seemingly accomplished in part by their mere presence on campus --- is disrupting the staid, peaceful, rigidly orthodox, and totally hypocritical social order of the school, as represented by the Omegas and the college's dean, Vernon Wormer (John Vernon). Dean Wormer decides that this is the year he's going to get the Deltas expelled and their chapter decertified; he places the fraternity on "double secret probation" and, with help from Omega president Greg Marmalard (James Daughton) and hard-nosed member Doug Neidermeyer (Mark Metcalf), starts looking for any pretext on which to bring the members of the Delta fraternity up on charges. The Deltas, oblivious to the danger they're in, are having a great time, steeped in irreverence, mild debauchery, and occasional drunkenness, led by seniors Otter (Tim Matheson), Hoover (James Widdoes), D-Day (Bruce McGill), Boon (Peter Riegert), and pledge master John "Bluto" Blutarsky (John Belushi). They're given enough rope to hang themselves, but even then manage to get into comical misadventures on a road trip (where they arrange an assignation with a group of young ladies from Emily Dickinson University). Finally, they are thrown out of school, and, as a result, stripped of their student deferments (and, thus, eligible for the draft). They decide to commit one last, utterly senseless (and screamingly funny) slapstick act of rebellion, making a shambles of the town's Founder's Day parade, and, in the process, getting revenge on the dean, the Omegas, and everyone else whose ever gone against them.

Ironically, amid the slapstick humor and outsized characterizations that filled the movie, Animal House had a very serious source of inspiration. Co-author Chris Miller did base some of the material on his experiences as an undergraduate at Dartmouth (a fact that Dartmouth has been trying to live down ever since), but the authors also intended part of the plot as an allegory about the Nixon White House. The inspiration for Dean Wormer and the Omegas, and their activities undermining the Deltas, was Richard Nixon and the "plumbers," his dirty-tricks squad, which directed their activities against the president's political enemies. Indeed, if you look closely at the portrayal of the dean by John Vernon and of Omega house leaders Greg Marmalard and Doug Neidermeyer by James Daughton and Mark Metcalf, respectively, it's easy to see similarities to Nixon, his aides H.R. Haldeman and John Erlichman. This doesn't make Animal House into All the President's Men, and knowing it doesn't make the movie any more (or less) funny, though it may make it seem slightly more subversive, as well as more intelligent. Animal House is still best appreciated for what is seen onscreen --- some good jokes and sight gags and memorable characterizations, with Belushi's Bluto proving that "fat, drunk, and stupid" may not get you through lif

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Cast for Animal House

John Belushi - John "Bluto" Blutarsky
Tim Matheson - Eric "Otter" Stratton
John Vernon - Dean Vernon Wormer
Verna Bloom - Marion Wormer
Tom Hulce - Larry "Pinto" Kroger
Stephen Furst - Kent "Flounder" Dorfman
Cesare Danova - Mayor Carmine DePasto
Donald Sutherland - Prof. Dave Jennings
Mary Louise Weller - Mandy Pepperidge
James Daughton - Greg Marmalard
Bruce McGill - Daniel Simpson "D-Day" Day
Mark Metcalf - Doug Neidermeyer
DeWayne Jessie - Otis Day
Karen Allen - Katy
James Widdoes - Robert Hoover
Martha Smith - Babs Jensen
Sarah Holcomb - Clorette DePasto
Kevin Bacon - Chip Diller
Peter Riegert - Donald "Boon" Schoenstein
Douglas Kenney - Stork
Joshua Daniel - Mothball
Robert Cray - (uncredited) Bandmember, Otis Day and the Knights
Helen Vick - Sorority Girl
John Landis
John Freeman - Man on Street
Reginald H. Farmer - Meanest Dude
Robert Irvin Elliott - Meaner Dude
Otis Day
Stephen Bishop - Charming Guy with Guitar
Pricilla Lauris - Dean's Secretary
Eliza Garrett - Brunella
Sunny Johnson - Otter's Co-ed

Crew for Animal House

John Landis - Director
Ivan Reitman - Producer
Matty Simmons - Producer
John Hughes - Screenwriter
Douglas Kenney - Screenwriter
Chris Miller - Screenwriter
Harold Ramis - Screenwriter
Charles Correll - Cinematographer
Philip H. Lathrop - Cinematographer
Elmer Bernstein - Composer (Music Score)
Peter Bernstein - Composer (Music Score)
Stephen Bishop - Songwriter
Mark Goldenberg - Composer (Music Score)
George Folsey, Jr. - Editor
Richard Meyer - Editor
Ann Mills - Editor
Dean Edward Mitzner - Production Designer
John J. Lloyd - Art Director
Peter V. Herald - Co-producer
Hal G. Gausman - Set Designer
Anne McCulley - Set Designer
Jean-Pierre Dorleac - Costume Designer
Deborah Nadoolman - Costume Designer
William Kaplan - Sound/Sound Designer
Bill Randall - Sound/Sound Designer
Bill Varney - Sound/Sound Designer
Lynn Brooks - Makeup
Marilyn Phillips - Makeup
Gerald Soucie - Makeup
Henry Millar - Special Effects
Robert P. Cohen - First Assistant Director
Clifford C. Coleman - First Assistant Director
Steve Yaconelli - Camera Operator
Jim Halty - Stunts
Michael Chinich - Casting
Stephen A. Hope - Music Editor
Gary McLarty - Second Unit Director / Stunts / Stunts Coordinator

Awards for Animal House

U.S. National Film Registry (win) 2001 Library of Congress

Feature Details

Title: Animal House
Feature Release Date: 1978
Genre: Comedy
Rating: R
Color: Color
Runtime: 109 Minutes
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 1.85:1
Playback Format: CLV+CAV

IMDB Info...

Technical Details

Catalog Number: 43884
UPC: 096894388461
ISBN: 0-7832-2924-0
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Collection: Signature Collection
Publisher: MCA/Universal Home Video

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 4
Cover: Gatefold Jacket
Certification: THX
Closed Caption: English
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: 43884
Shipping Weight: 2 lbs
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Mega-Rare THX Certified, Widescreen, 20th Anniversery LaserDisc Movie

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John Belushi and Tim Matheson in... National Lampoon's...

Animal House

Signature Collection

( Catalog Number 43884 )
(THX) (1.85:1) (4 Sides) (CLV+CAV) (CC) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
Presented in the 1.85:1 aspect ratio of the original 35 millimeter anamorphic Theatrical Prints
The Yearbook - An Animal House Reunion, an original documentary featuring new interviews with the director John Landis, producer
Rare behind-the-scenes footage and clips of John Belushi
Original Theatrical Trailer
LaserDisc

Animal House
1978 - 109 min. - Color
Genre: Comedy
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
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.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Director John Landis put himself on the map with this low-budget, fabulously successful comedy, which made a then-astounding 62 million dollars and started a slew of careers for its cast in the process. National Lampoon's Animal House (referred to by most people as Animal House) is set in 1962 on the campus of Faber College in Faber, PA. The first glimpse we get of the campus is the statue of its founder Emil Faber, on the base of which is inscribed the motto, "Knowledge Is Good." Incoming freshmen Tom Hulce and Stephen Furst find themselves rejected by the pretentious Omega fraternity, and instead pledge to Delta House. The Deltas are a motley fraternity of rejects and maladjusted undergraduates (some approaching their late twenties) whose main goal --- seemingly accomplished in part by their mere presence on campus --- is disrupting the staid, peaceful, rigidly orthodox, and totally hypocritical social order of the school, as represented by the Omegas and the college's dean, Vernon Wormer (John Vernon). Dean Wormer decides that this is the year he's going to get the Deltas expelled and their chapter decertified; he places the fraternity on "double secret probation" and, with help from Omega president Greg Marmalard (James Daughton) and hard-nosed member Doug Neidermeyer (Mark Metcalf), starts looking for any pretext on which to bring the members of the Delta fraternity up on charges. The Deltas, oblivious to the danger they're in, are having a great time, steeped in irreverence, mild debauchery, and occasional drunkenness, led by seniors Otter (Tim Matheson), Hoover (James Widdoes), D-Day (Bruce McGill), Boon (Peter Riegert), and pledge master John "Bluto" Blutarsky (John Belushi). They're given enough rope to hang themselves, but even then manage to get into comical misadventures on a road trip (where they arrange an assignation with a group of young ladies from Emily Dickinson University). Finally, they are thrown out of school, and, as a result, stripped of their student deferments (and, thus, eligible for the draft). They decide to commit one last, utterly senseless (and screamingly funny) slapstick act of rebellion, making a shambles of the town's Founder's Day parade, and, in the process, getting revenge on the dean, the Omegas, and everyone else whose ever gone against them.

Ironically, amid the slapstick humor and outsized characterizations that filled the movie, Animal House had a very serious source of inspiration. Co-author Chris Miller did base some of the material on his experiences as an undergraduate at Dartmouth (a fact that Dartmouth has been trying to live down ever since), but the authors also intended part of the plot as an allegory about the Nixon White House. The inspiration for Dean Wormer and the Omegas, and their activities undermining the Deltas, was Richard Nixon and the "plumbers," his dirty-tricks squad, which directed their activities against the president's political enemies. Indeed, if you look closely at the portrayal of the dean by John Vernon and of Omega house leaders Greg Marmalard and Doug Neidermeyer by James Daughton and Mark Metcalf, respectively, it's easy to see similarities to Nixon, his aides H.R. Haldeman and John Erlichman. This doesn't make Animal House into All the President's Men, and knowing it doesn't make the movie any more (or less) funny, though it may make it seem slightly more subversive, as well as more intelligent. Animal House is still best appreciated for what is seen onscreen --- some good jokes and sight gags and memorable characterizations, with Belushi's Bluto proving that "fat, drunk, and stupid" may not get you through lif

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Cast for Animal House

John Belushi - John "Bluto" Blutarsky
Tim Matheson - Eric "Otter" Stratton
John Vernon - Dean Vernon Wormer
Verna Bloom - Marion Wormer
Tom Hulce - Larry "Pinto" Kroger
Stephen Furst - Kent "Flounder" Dorfman
Cesare Danova - Mayor Carmine DePasto
Donald Sutherland - Prof. Dave Jennings
Mary Louise Weller - Mandy Pepperidge
James Daughton - Greg Marmalard
Bruce McGill - Daniel Simpson "D-Day" Day
Mark Metcalf - Doug Neidermeyer
DeWayne Jessie - Otis Day
Karen Allen - Katy
James Widdoes - Robert Hoover
Martha Smith - Babs Jensen
Sarah Holcomb - Clorette DePasto
Kevin Bacon - Chip Diller
Peter Riegert - Donald "Boon" Schoenstein
Douglas Kenney - Stork
Joshua Daniel - Mothball
Robert Cray - (uncredited) Bandmember, Otis Day and the Knights
Helen Vick - Sorority Girl
John Landis
John Freeman - Man on Street
Reginald H. Farmer - Meanest Dude
Robert Irvin Elliott - Meaner Dude
Otis Day
Stephen Bishop - Charming Guy with Guitar
Pricilla Lauris - Dean's Secretary
Eliza Garrett - Brunella
Sunny Johnson - Otter's Co-ed

Crew for Animal House

John Landis - Director
Ivan Reitman - Producer
Matty Simmons - Producer
John Hughes - Screenwriter
Douglas Kenney - Screenwriter
Chris Miller - Screenwriter
Harold Ramis - Screenwriter
Charles Correll - Cinematographer
Philip H. Lathrop - Cinematographer
Elmer Bernstein - Composer (Music Score)
Peter Bernstein - Composer (Music Score)
Stephen Bishop - Songwriter
Mark Goldenberg - Composer (Music Score)
George Folsey, Jr. - Editor
Richard Meyer - Editor
Ann Mills - Editor
Dean Edward Mitzner - Production Designer
John J. Lloyd - Art Director
Peter V. Herald - Co-producer
Hal G. Gausman - Set Designer
Anne McCulley - Set Designer
Jean-Pierre Dorleac - Costume Designer
Deborah Nadoolman - Costume Designer
William Kaplan - Sound/Sound Designer
Bill Randall - Sound/Sound Designer
Bill Varney - Sound/Sound Designer
Lynn Brooks - Makeup
Marilyn Phillips - Makeup
Gerald Soucie - Makeup
Henry Millar - Special Effects
Robert P. Cohen - First Assistant Director
Clifford C. Coleman - First Assistant Director
Steve Yaconelli - Camera Operator
Jim Halty - Stunts
Michael Chinich - Casting
Stephen A. Hope - Music Editor
Gary McLarty - Second Unit Director / Stunts / Stunts Coordinator

Awards for Animal House

U.S. National Film Registry (win) 2001 Library of Congress

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