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Release Date:
28 July 1978 (USA)
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Tagline:
We got to do something...You know what we are gonna do ? Toga party ! more
Plot:
At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him. full summary | full synopsis
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2 wins
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1 nomination
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(93 articles)
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Laughs are on the "House"....
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Tom Hulce | ... | Larry Kroger (as Thomas Hulce) | |
| Stephen Furst | ... | Kent Dorfman | |
| Mark Metcalf | ... | Doug Neidermeyer | |
| Mary Louise Weller | ... | Mandy Pepperidge | |
| Martha Smith | ... | Babs Jansen | |
| James Daughton | ... | Greg Marmalard | |
| Kevin Bacon | ... | Chip Diller | |
| John Belushi | ... | John Blutarsky | |
| Douglas Kenney | ... | Stork | |
| Chris Miller | ... | Hardbar (as Christian Miller) | |
| Bruce Bonnheim | ... | B.B. | |
| Karen Allen | ... | Katy | |
| James Widdoes | ... | Robert Hoover | |
| Tim Matheson | ... | Eric Stratton | |
| Peter Riegert | ... | Donald Schoenstein |
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Also Known As:
National Lampoon's Animal House (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
109 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Todd-AO)
Certification:
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-16 (1979) (cut) |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) (re-rating) (2003) |
Canada:14A (Manitoba) (re-rating) (2003) |
Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (2003) |
Canada:18+ (Quebec) (original rating) |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:PA (Manitoba) (original rating) |
Canada:R (Nova Scotia) (original rating) |
Finland:K-16 (1993) (uncut) |
USA:R (Certificate #25253) |
Argentina:X (original rating) |
Argentina:13 (re-rating) |
West Germany:18 |
South Korea:18 |
Australia:M |
Iceland:L |
Ireland:18 |
Italy:VM14 |
Netherlands:AL |
New Zealand:R16 |
Norway:16 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
West Germany:12 (re-rating) |
UK:AA (original rating)
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The interior scenes of the Delta house were filmed in a Sigma Nu fraternity. The exterior of the Delta house was a dilapidated house from the 1800's that was torn down in the early 90's. The sorority house's exterior is the real exterior of the Sigma Nu house that was used for the interior scenes.
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Anachronisms: At the start of the road trip Otter refers to being "In like Flint". The phrase "in like Flynn" (a reference to the actor Errol Flynn) had been around for about 20 years prior to the movie's time period, and would likely have been known to Otter. But the line as spoken sounds like "In like Flint". "In Like Flint" was a movie, starring James Coburn, that was released in 1967, 5 years after the movie's events, and its title was a reference to the older phrase. Many people nowadays are familiar with the latter phrase and not the original, so this was probably a dialogue mistake.
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Referenced in The Stupids (1996)
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Soundtrack:
Shout
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What does John 'Bluto' Blutarsky yell during the Otis Day and the Knights song "Shout"?more
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Every successful movie has its myriad clones and imitators, but none of them ever come close to what made the original so good.
That's certainly true of "Animal House".
The laughs are all solid, especially when the main focus is in toppling the stoic pillars of decency and normality with a battle cry of "food fight!".
Pledges Pinto (Hulce) and Flounder (Furst) are good soldiers, making us laugh with their desire to fit in at first then, finally, to succumb to the madness and pillage and destroy with the other Deltas, led by Bluto (Belushi), who waylays all in his path.
No subsequent attempt to cash in on the "Animal House" success has ever made good in toppling the once and future king of the mountain. Who has ever come close to creating a creature as lovably destructive as Bluto Blutarsky? What other college movie's dean ever made Dean Wormer seem like an easygoing, laid-back guy? What college movie scene comes close to the introduction of the Deltas? The toga party? The horse in the Dean's office? The road trip? The final parade? The....
Well, space is limited but you get the idea.
Ten stars, and a crushed-beer-can-on-the-forehead salute to all involved with the subversive garbage that is "Animal House".
More power to you.
And remember, knowledge is good.