Irwin M. "Fletch" Fletcher is a newspaper reporter being offered a large sum to off a cancerous millionaire, but is on the run, risking his job and finding clues when it's clear the man is healthy.
Director:
Michael Ritchie
Stars:
Chevy Chase,
Joe Don Baker,
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson
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>
Professor Jennings bites an apple while lecturing about good and evil in John Milton's "Paradise Lost." This is a deliberate gag reference to Eve's eating of the "forbidden fruit" from the Tree of Knowledge, a key event in "Paradise Lost," but the only thing lost is this gag on Jennings' students. See more »
Goofs
During the parade riot, three colored-smoke flares are seen dropping into the "ashtray mortar" each time it is fired. However, only two are seen each time landing on the pavement. See more »
Quotes
[at the Dexter Lake Club, a Negroes-only bar, with Otis Day and the Knights playing Shama Lama Ding Dong]
Pinto:
What are you majoring in?
Brunella:
Primitive cultures.
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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 »
Alternate Versions
The "horse has a heart attack" scene was re-shot for television with Bluto (John Belushi) shouting "I don't believe it!" instead of "Holy shit!" See more »
Kids, this is the one that started it all. Every college movie, every roadtrip movie, every snobs vs. slobs movie, every pitiful 'slacker' comedy ever made in the past owes a great debt to 'Animal House'. Although somewhat sophomoric and obviously shallow, there is a charm and a timelessness to this film. The late John Belushi absolutely chews up every scene he's in. This film is just a testament to his genius. This is also worth a rental to see a young Kevin Bacon get spanked. THANK YOU SIR! MAY I HAVE ANOTHER!
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Kids, this is the one that started it all. Every college movie, every roadtrip movie, every snobs vs. slobs movie, every pitiful 'slacker' comedy ever made in the past owes a great debt to 'Animal House'. Although somewhat sophomoric and obviously shallow, there is a charm and a timelessness to this film. The late John Belushi absolutely chews up every scene he's in. This film is just a testament to his genius. This is also worth a rental to see a young Kevin Bacon get spanked. THANK YOU SIR! MAY I HAVE ANOTHER!
5/5