A Futile and Stupid Gesture

2018
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1h 41min

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En los años 70 y 80, el éxito y la influencia de National Lampoon dio pie a que se creara un nuevo imperio mediático supervisado en parte por el brillante y afligido Doug Kenney.En los años 70 y 80, el éxito y la influencia de National Lampoon dio pie a que se creara un nuevo imperio mediático supervisado en parte por el brillante y afligido Doug Kenney.En los años 70 y 80, el éxito y la influencia de National Lampoon dio pie a que se creara un nuevo imperio mediático supervisado en parte por el brillante y afligido Doug Kenney.

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Premios
- 2 nominaciones en total

Trivia
Joel McHale portrays Chevy Chase in this project. The two costarred in Community (2009). A number of episodes centered on McHale's character fearing he would become like Chase's one day. When McHale called Chase and told him that he would be playing him in the film, Chase gave his blessing and shared with him stories about Doug Kenney.

Errores
When the names of National Lampoon staff omitted from the movie are flashed on the screen, renowned cartoonist and NatLamp editor Shary Flenniken's name is misspelled (as "Sherry").

Citas
Tom Snyder: Mr. Kenney, it's a fine line between being clever and offensive, isn't it?
Douglas Kenney: Look, if I could just say something in defense of National Lampoon for one moment...
Tom Snyder: Please.
Douglas Kenney: We come from a tradition of truth-tellers. A long time ago, there was someone else society found offensive. They thought that what he did was radical - dangerous. They persecuted him... and eventually killed him. Of course, I'm referring to Dracula.

Créditos curiosos
After the end credits have rolled, Martin Mull is shown singing the song "Time of My Life" with members of the cast.

Conexiones
Features ¿Y dónde está el piloto? (1980)

Bandas sonoras
Chapel of Dreams
Written by Billy Myles
Performed by The Dubs
Courtesy of Rhino Entertainment Company
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

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8/10

Clever, amusing bio

Just after watching the documentary "Drunk Stoned Stupid Dead" I discovered that there was also a TV movie covering the same period, focused on co-founder Doug Kenney. So I had to watch that, even though the reviewers were middling.

I don't understand those middling reviews, because I thought this was tremendously entertaining. It's basically a movie about very witty people saying funny things, held together by the protagonist's downward spiral. It is less reverential than the documentary, which tiptoed around the whole priveleged-white-male thing, and it does it's best to mock itself, as when a scroll points out all the discrepancies between the movie and the real story.

The movie does at times rely too heavily on its narrative devices, sometimes falling into a gimmicky cutesiness, and the ending feels like a flailing attempt to pull things together, but overall this is funny and very well acted. My advice: ignore the critics, watch the movie.