National Lampoon's Movie Madness (1982)

Directors:

Bob Giraldi
Henry Jaglom

Writers:

Tod Carroll (written by) and
Shary Flenniken (written by) ...

Release Date:

2 November 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

A parody of film genres composed of three shorts, spoofing personal growth films, glossy soap operas, and police stories.

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity | Reference To Take My Wife Please Joke | National Lampoon Series

Cast

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")

Also Known As:

National Lampoon Goes to the Movies (USA) (working title)

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

Trivia:

One of the article in the news papers Dominique is reading it says "Fiskarkultur hotas" its Swedish and means: fishing culture threatened.

Quotes:

Stan Nagurski: I didn't want to say anything, but you're boring.

Movie Connections:

References The China Syndrome (1979)

Soundtrack:

Feelings

Not Funny.

This film was suppose to be the follow-up to ANIMAL HOUSE. But it sat on the shelf for a while and finally went straight to cable. As a longtime fan of National Lampoon magazine I was eager to see the film (the shelf period should have warned me). And when I finally did see it I was very disappointed. Aside for a few moments of gratuitous nudity, this film has nothing going for it at all. The 3 segments just lie there with no other purpose than to say "ha ,ha, ha isn't this funny". How they managed to get veteran actors Robert Culp and Richard Widmark to appear in this junk is beyond me. Lampoon has gone on to make other films. Some good ones (VACATION, CHRISTMAS VACATION) and some stinkers (CLASS REUNION, THE DON"S ANALYST, DAD'S WEEKEND OFF) but this film has to be the worst from a franchise that was once at the cutting edge of contemporary humor.