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Animal House (1978) 7.5
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Metascore: 82/100
Reviews: 237 user | 79 critic | 7 from Metacritic.com 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. Director:John Landis |
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Cast
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| Tom Hulce | ... |
Larry Kroger
(as Thomas Hulce)
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| Stephen Furst | ... | ||
| Mark Metcalf | ... | ||
| Mary Louise Weller | ... | ||
| Martha Smith | ... | ||
| James Daughton | ... | ||
| Kevin Bacon | ... | ||
| John Belushi | ... | ||
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Douglas Kenney | ... | |
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Chris Miller | ... |
Hardbar
(as Christian Miller)
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Bruce Bonnheim | ... | |
| Karen Allen | ... | ||
| James Widdoes | ... | ||
| Tim Matheson | ... | ||
| Peter Riegert | ... | ||
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Plot Summary
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
Faber College has one frat house so disreputable it will take anyone. It has a second one full of white, anglo-saxon, rich young men who are so sanctimonious no one can stand them except Dean Wormer. The dean enlists the help of the second frat to get the boys of Delta House off campus. The dean's plan comes into play just before the homecoming parade to end all parades for all time. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
Taglines:
"We can do anything we want. We're college students!" See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
28 July 1978 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
National Lampoon's Animal House See more »Box Office
Budget:
$3,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$141,600,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Jennings: Don't write this down, but I find Milton probably as boring as you find Milton. Mrs. Milton found him boring too. He's a little bit long-winded, he doesn't translate very well into our generation, and his jokes are terrible.
[Bell rings, students rise to leave]
Jennings: But that doesn't relieve you of your responsibility for this material. Now I'm waiting for reports from some of you... Listen, I'm not joking. This is my job!
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Performed by The Kingsmen
Courtesy of Springboard International Records, Inc.
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The actors who played the Deltas harassed the actors who played the Omegas off-screen as well to keep up the feelings of animosity between their characters. Mark Metcalf changed his hotel room to the one above Bruce McGill's where the Delta actors partied every night so his anger at their noise would help him get into character. See more »Goofs
During the toga party, a guitarist with Otis Day and the Knights is seen playing a Gibson Les Paul Deluxe model electric guitar. The Deluxe was not introduced by Gibson until 1968. See more »Quotes
[None of his literature students are paying attention]Jennings: Don't write this down, but I find Milton probably as boring as you find Milton. Mrs. Milton found him boring too. He's a little bit long-winded, he doesn't translate very well into our generation, and his jokes are terrible.
[Bell rings, students rise to leave]
Jennings: But that doesn't relieve you of your responsibility for this material. Now I'm waiting for reports from some of you... Listen, I'm not joking. This is my job!
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Crazy Credits
Four of the listings in the cast are "mean dude," "meaner dude," "meanest dude," and "gigantic dude". See more »Soundtracks
"Louie Louie"Performed by The Kingsmen
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This is the best college comedy ever made. Nothing has ever come close to comedic perfection, and never will again. The early bird director John Landis directs this film into greatness bringing stars John Belushi, Tim Matheson, Tom Hulce, Mark Metcalf and Donald Sutherland to the screen in brilliance. True, this film is just about a bunch of misfits defying authority in a campus of 1962, but that's what makes it so good, and original. Belushi, Metcalf, and others bring many of the laughs here, but it is mainly it's reputation that brings this film into hilarity. A landmark in cinema comedy. By the way, screenwriters Harold Ramis and Chris Miller originally were going to make this a film about Charles Manson called Laser Orgy Girls, so thank god Douglas Kenney came in and straightened this out to the right part.