National Lampoon's Animal House

1978
R
1h 49m

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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.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.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.

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IMDb RATING

7.4/10

132K

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POPULARITY

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Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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Trivia
John Belushi's performance in the cafeteria scene was entirely improvised. When he began piling food on his tray, director John Landis urged the camera operator to "stay with him." The infamous "I'm a zit" gag was also improvised, and the reaction from the cast is completely genuine.

Goofs
At the ROTC inspection, Neidermeyer salutes Chip Diller and Diller returns the salute. Since Chip Diller is the lower ranking officer, he should have saluted Neidermeyer, and Neidermeyer should have returned the salute.

Quotes
[the Deltas have been expelled]
Bluto: Christ. Seven years of college down the drain. Might as well join the fucking Peace Corps.

Crazy credits
Four of the listings in the cast are "mean dude," "meaner dude," "meanest dude," and "gigantic dude."

Alternate versions
The Australian R4 'The Full Story' DVD release features the version with the alternate 80's background music.

Connections
Edited into Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003)

Soundtracks
Animal House
Composed and Performed by Stephen Bishop
Supervised by Kenny Vance

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Maybe Can't Really Be Appreciated Anymore

If you have only seen this movie on TV, you have not really seen this movie. One of the best movie experiences of my life was seeing this movie in the theater with a full house of college students. I have never heard an audience laugh so hard, and I was laughing with them. That experience can never be recaptured. I don't know why this movie doesn't make the midnight movie tour in college towns. That way it might have some of the same impact. Also when it came out in 1978 it is hard to explain how big John Belushi was unless you were there and saw it first hand. It's still funny on the small screen, but only if you see it uncut. Never watch it on a network, they cut out most of the jokes!