National Lampoon's Animal House

Story

This is one of those movies that works for all the wrong reasons--disgusting, lowbrow, base humor that we are all far too sophisticated to find amusing. So, just don't tell anyone you still think it's a riot to watch John Belushi as the brutish Bluto slurp Jell-O or terrorize his less-aggressive fellow students. This crude parody of college life in the '60s spawned many imitations, but none could match the fresh-faced talent or bad taste of this huge box office success. (Remember all those toga parties in the '80s?) The first of the National Lampoon movies, this was originally released as National Lampoon's Animal House. Keep an eye out for a very young Kevin Bacon in his first credited screen appearance. --Rochelle O'Gorman

DVD Features

• Available subtitles: English, Spanish, French
  
• Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 1.0)
  
• Original documentary "The Yearbook - An Animal House Reunion" featuring new interviews with director 'John Landis' (qv)
  
• producers 'Ivan Reitman' (qv) and 'Matty Simmons' (qv), cast members 'Tim Matheson' (qv), 'Karen Allen' (qv), 'Stephen Furst' (qv), 'Peter Reigert' (qv), 'John Vernon' (qv) and 'Kevin Bacon' (qv), composer 'Elmer Bernstein' (qv) and writers 'Chris Miller (III)' (qv) and 'Harold Ramis' (qv), plus rare behind-the-scenes footage and clips of 'John Belushi' (qv)

Theatrical International release dates:
Europe: Oct 4, 78
Japan: Apr 7, 79
Australia: Mar 8, 79

Movie Details

Cast:

Karen Allen
Kevin Bacon
Tim Matheson
Donald Sutherland
John Vernon
John Belushi
Tom Hulce
Verna Bloom
Peter Riegert
Stephen Furst

MPAA Rating: R
Running time: 109 mins
DVD Aspect Ratios: 1.85 : 1

International rating:

Europe: 15
Australia: M