National Lampoon's Animal House
Starring: John Belushi
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"This is the story of Larry Kroger (Tom Hulce), a freshman at Faber College in the early 60's. He and fellow student Kent Dorfman (Steven Furst) rush and pledge Delta House, the campus' worst fraternity. The movie is a series of hillarious situations occurring through their freshman semester: a food fight, toga party, road trip, pledging ceremony and homecoming parade all reminiscent of college life in the 50's and 60's. As the semester proceeds the Delta House gets deeper into trouble as it's members run afoul of sinister Dean Wormer (John Vernon), who is out to run the fraternity off campus.
Larry and Kent also are plagued by rival fraternities (the Omegas), failing grades, and underage girls. Each predicament is funnier than the last. Finally, the Deltas have their charter revoked and the members are expelled. Not ones to take things lying down they rally behind brother Bluto's, "Lets do it!" and sabotage the schools homecoming parade, laying waste to the streets of Faber in the process.
It is a screw-ball coming of age movie that sets the standard by which most other comedies are judged. Animal House is scored with a rousing rock and roll soundtrack. Many actors helped launch their careers with their appearance in this film: John Belushi, Tom Hulce, Steven Furst, Karen Allen, Bruce McGill and Peter Reigert."
--David Fletcher, Resident National Lampoon's Animal House Scholar
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"This comedy follows a group of dumb guys who belong to the Delta Fraternity. This wild frat has been put on Double Secret Probation which means if they do one thing wrong they are expelled. They get expelled, but they are not going down without a fight, so they cook up a plan to sabotage a parade."
--Jack Bauer, Resident National Lampoon's Animal House Scholar
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"A group of college misfits take a few liberties with their dates as they take on the administration and the leading frat to wreak havoc on the school's homecoming parade. "
--Patrick Spreng, Resident National Lampoon's Animal House Scholar
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"Set in the pre-Kennedy assasination 1960s, Animal House is by far the best "campus fick" ever. It has set the comedic groundwork for almost every "teen movie" of the late 20th and 21st century. With a cast of now-famous talent, Animal House "takes the bull by the balls" and shows us just how talented comedic actors can be. Virtually every performance in the movie is thoughtful and untainted by the stardom that todays "teen movie" stars attract for lousy acting. Belushi and Matheson steal the show, though, with Tom Hulce (in his first screen performance) a close runner-up. The movie even includes everone's favorite "Body Snatcher victim", Donald Southerland, as pot-smoking English professor, Jennings. Animal House should be in the movie library of anyone that considers themself a movie-buff."
--Kelton, Resident National Lampoon's Animal House Scholar
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"A very anarchistic comedy about losers who want more power. Very encouraging an hilarious. John Belushi makes a outrageously funny appearance."
--Tero Hakulinen, Resident National Lampoon's Animal House Scholar
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Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Kind of comedy
- teens acting dopey
How much humor v. drama
- Nearly all humor
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
- (man) fat
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
- (man) fat
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- teacher/professor
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
- Pacific NW
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- dumb Rednecks, like Gomer Pyle
Misc setting
- school
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude male butt
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
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