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Writers:
Tod Carroll (written by) and
Shary Flenniken (written by) ...
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Release Date:
2 November 1983 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
A parody of film genres composed of three shorts, spoofing personal growth films, glossy soap operas, and police stories. full summary | add synopsis
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The worst movie ever made more

Cast

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Peter Riegert ... Jason Cooper ("Growing Yourself")

Diane Lane ... Liza ("Growing Yourself")
Candy Clark ... Susan Cooper ("Growing Yourself")

Teresa Ganzel ... Diana ("Growing Yourself")
Schnootie Neff ... Jennifer Cooper - 'Growing Yourself'
Andy Shakman ... Josh Cooper - 'Growing Yourself'
Tamar Howard ... Judy Cooper - 'Growing Yourself'
Ian Fried ... Jeffrey Cooper - 'Growing Yourself'
Barry Michlin ... Fireman - 'Growing Yourself'
Trinidad Silva ... Carlos - 'Growing Yourself'
John Lawlor ... Mr. Haggis - 'Growing Yourself'

Susan Krebs ... Lady Who Beats Her Plants - 'Growing Yourself'
Nedra Volz ... Old Lady - 'Growing Yourself'
Stanley Lawrence ... Sanitation Man - 'Growing Yourself' (as Stan Lawrence)
Ann Dusenberry ... Dominique Corsaire ("Success Wanters")
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
National Lampoon Goes to the Movies (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
89 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:R (certificate #26432) | Iceland:12 | Canada:14A | UK:15
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Company:
Matty Simmons more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
A fourth segment was made for the film by Henry Jaglom, a disaster movie parody called "The Bomb" starring Kenneth Mars, Allen Garfield and Marcia Strassman. Images from the segment appeared in press materials, but it was deleted from the finished film. more
Quotes:
Stan Nagurski: Never stop anywhere you might have to get out the car more
Movie Connections:
Spoofs Gone with the Wind (1939) more
Soundtrack:
Going To The Movies more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
The worst movie ever made, 23 November 2002
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Author: Dan Navarro (eldorado@vcoms.net) from Ventura, California

"National Lampoon Goes to the Movies" is the worst movie ever made, surpassing even the witless "Plan 9 from Outer Space." At least that movie was just inept; the Lampoon film, on the other hand, is both inept and mean. Once upon a time, movies used to respect their audiences' intelligence. This one, however, holds a fetid, rotting carcass up to our faces -- and then tries to rub our noses in it.

Another reviewer on this site wrote that the only good parts of the movie are the nude scenes; and I agree, Misses Ganzel and Dusenberry do flash a bit of flesh, and very nice flesh it is. But the directors seem not to realize that even T&A needs a good story to surround it. There's none of that here.

Perversely, the film makers save the worst for last. The third of the three segments is the ugliest of the trio. In this vignette, Robby Benson plays an eager-beaver young police officer reporting for duty on his first day on the job. He is paired with a weary, cynical oldtimer played by Richard Widmark. For just a moment, we are given hope that this film will end triumphantly. Surely, we think, the youngster's spunky attitude will rub off on the cynic and change him for the better.

Forlorn hope! Instead, the cynic wins the day -- and the youngster's spark is doused forever. "National Lampoon Goes to the Movies" and heads right for the toilet, asking us to follow it down the drain. Nominally, this is a comedy. But where's the humor?

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