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National Lampoon's Animal House
Theatrical poster
Directed by	John Landis
Produced by	Ivan Reitman Matty Simmons
Written by	Harold Ramis Douglas Kenney Christopher Miller
Starring	John Belushi Tim Matheson John Vernon Tom Hulce Peter Riegert Stephen Furst
Music by	Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography	Charles Correll
Editing by	George Folsey Jr.
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	July 28, 1978 (premiere)
Running time	109 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$3,000,000
Gross revenue	$141,600,000 (USA)
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The film stars John Belushi, Tim Matheson, Karen Allen, John Vernon, Thomas Hulce, Cesare Danova, Peter Riegert, Mary Louise Weller, Stephen Furst, James Daughton, Bruce McGill, Mark Metcalf, James Widdoes, Verna Bloom, Martha Smith, Kevin Bacon (in his film debut) and Donald Sutherland. The movie was adapted by Douglas Kenney, Christopher Miller and Harold Ramis from stories written by Miller based on his experiences in the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity at Dartmouth College and published in National Lampoon magazine. It was directed by John Landis. John Adam Belushi (January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982) was an Emmy Award-winning American comedian, actor and musician, notable for his work on Saturday Night Live, National Lampoons Animal House and The Blues Brothers. ... Tim Matheson, an American actor, was born Timothy Lewis Matthieson on December 31, 1947, in Glendale, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. ... Karen Jane Allen (born October 5, 1951) is an American actress most famous for her roles in the films National Lampoons Animal House (1978), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), and Starman (1984). ... John Vernon was the stage name of Adolph Raymond Vernon Agopsowicz (February 24, 1932–February 1, 2005). ... Thomas Edward Hulce (born December 6, 1953) is an American actor. ... Cesare Danova (March 1, 1926 - March 19, 1992) Born Cesare Deitinger in Bergamo, Italy, Danova is a television and screen actor. ... Peter Riegert (born April 11, 1947 in New York City) is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Donald Schoenstein (aka Boon) in 1978s National Lampoons Animal House and as Sam Posner in the 1988 film, Crossing Delancey. ... Stephen Furst as Vir Cotto in Babylon 5 Stephen Furst (born Stephen Fuerstein on 8 May 1955 in Norfolk, Virginia) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Flounder in the feature film Animal House (1978), as Gonzer in the feature film Up the Creek (1984), as Dr... James Daughton is a film and television actor who is widely known for his role as Gregg Marmalard in National Lampoons Animal House. ... Bruce McGill Bruce Travis McGill was born on July 11, 1950 in San Antonio, Texas. ... Mark Metcalf (born March 11, 1946 in Findlay, Ohio, USA) is an American actor in both television and film. ... James Widdoes (born November 15, 1953 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American actor, film director and film and television director, sometimes credited as Jamie Widdoes. ... Verna Bloom (born August 7, 1939), is an American actress. ... Martha Smith was Playboys Playmate of the month for July, 1973. ... Kevin Norwood Bacon[1] (born July 8, 1958) is an American film and theater actor who has starred in Footloose, Animal House, Stir of Echoes, Wild Things, JFK, and Apollo 13, among many others. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Douglas Kenney Douglas C. Kenney (December 10, 1947 - August 27, 1980) was an American writer and co-founder of National Lampoon magazine in the 1970s. ... Chris Miller (born 1942) is an American screenwriter, most notable for his work on National Lampoon magazine and Animal House (he also had a bit part as Curtis Wayne Hardbar Fuller and was credited as Christian Miller). ... Harold Ramis (born November 21, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor, director, and writer. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Dartmouth College is a private, coeducational university located in Hanover, New Hampshire, USA. Incorporated as Trustees of Dartmouth College,[6][7] it is a member of the Ivy League and one of the nine colonial colleges founded before the American Revolution. ... January 1973 cover of National Lampoon National Lampoon was an American humor magazine that began in 1970 as an offshoot of the Harvard Lampoon. ... John Landis (born August 3, 1950 in Chicago) is an American movie actor, director, writer, and producer. ...

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Plot summary

It is Rush Week 1962 at fictional Faber College, a mediocre school whose motto is "Knowledge is Good." Vietnam, the Sexual Revolution and the counterculture movement are not even blips on the horizon. A 1950s mentality still pervades the campus, typified by the Omegas—the most prestigious, elitist fraternity. At the other end of the spectrum stands the Delta Tau Chi House, a repository for every campus misfit. While real schools and universities are often prominently featured in works of fiction, this is a list of schools and universities which are entirely fictional, even though some of them are modeled after real world institutions. ... For the Macy Gray song, see Sexual Revolution (song). ... In sociology, counterculture is a term used to describe the values and norms of behavior of a cultural group, or subculture, that run counter to those of the social mainstream of the day, the cultural equivalent of political opposition. ... The 1950s decade refers to the years 1950 to 1959 inclusive. ... The terms fraternity and sorority (from the Latin words and , meaning brother and sister respectively) may be used to describe many social and charitable organizations, for example the Lions Club, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, Rotary International, Optimist International, or the Shriners. ... Delta Tau Chi is a fictional fraternity in the popular 1978 film Animal House. ...

Two freshmen, Larry Kroger (Thomas Hulce) and Kent Dorfman (Stephen Furst), described respectively as "a wimp and a blimp", are trying to pledge a good fraternity. They first try their luck at the Omega House rush party, but are out of their league. The Omegas quickly steer them to an area where they have segregated the other "undesirables": Mohammed (a Turk), Jagdish (an Indo-Aryan), Sidney (a Jew), and Clayton (who is blind and in a wheelchair). Thomas Edward Hulce (born December 6, 1953) is an American actor. ... Stephen Furst as Vir Cotto in Babylon 5 Stephen Furst (born Stephen Fuerstein on 8 May 1955 in Norfolk, Virginia) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Flounder in the feature film Animal House (1978), as Gonzer in the feature film Up the Creek (1984), as Dr... The Indo-Aryans are a wide collection of peoples united by their common status as speakers of the Indo-Aryan (Indic) branch of the family of Indo-European and Indo-Iranian languages. ...

They try the Deltas next door, despite their reputation as "the worst house on campus". As they approach, a headless female mannequin comes flying out of a window and lands at their feet. They meet John "Bluto" Blutarsky (John Belushi), outside taking a leak. Bluto turns to greet them and urinates on their legs without noticing it. Another member, "D-Day" (Daniel Simpson Day) (Bruce McGill), rides his motorcycle through the front door and up the stairs, where he gives a surprisingly good rendition of the William Tell Overture—using his throat as a percussion instrument. The Deltas "need the dues" (and in Dorfman's case, he's a legacy since his brother Fred was a '59 Delta), so they are rudely awakened in the middle of the night, sworn in as pledges and given the noms de pledge of "Pinto" (Kroger) and "Flounder" (Dorfman). John Adam Belushi (January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982) was an Emmy Award-winning American comedian, actor and musician, notable for his work on Saturday Night Live, National Lampoons Animal House and The Blues Brothers. ... Bruce McGill Bruce Travis McGill was born on July 11, 1950 in San Antonio, Texas. ... The overture to the opera William Tell, especially its high-energy finale, is a very familiar work composed by Gioacchino Rossini. ... “Percussion” redirects here. ... Look up legacy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Pinto, Portuguese or Spanish for motley[1] and for Baby chick, and also for small penis (Brazilian slang), may mean a number of different things. ... Flounder or flukes are flatfish that live in ocean waters ie. ...

Meanwhile, Dean Wormer (John Vernon), is trying to kick the Deltas off campus. Since they are already on probation, he puts them on "Double Secret Probation" and tells Omega president Gregg Marmalard (James Daughton) to get the "sneaky little shit" Neidermeyer (Mark Metcalf) working on a way to get rid of the Deltas once and for all. John Vernon was the stage name of Adolph Raymond Vernon Agopsowicz (February 24, 1932–February 1, 2005). ... Double Secret Probation is a condition of arbitrarily imposed scrutiny of a given person or groups activities in an organizational or academic structure with no procedural warning. ... James Daughton is a film and television actor who is widely known for his role as Gregg Marmalard in National Lampoons Animal House. ... Mark Metcalf (born March 11, 1946 in Findlay, Ohio, USA) is an American actor in both television and film. ...

As the campus ROTC detachment drills, Neidermeyer, its pompous cadet commander, spots plebe Flounder wearing a pledge pin on his uniform and begins berating him. He orders Flounder to clean his horse's filthy stable stall. Two Deltas, "Otter" (Tim Matheson) and "Boon" (Peter Riegert), witness this and object to the mistreatment (only they are allowed to abuse their pledges). They take turns hitting golf balls, aiming for the horse Neidermeyer is riding. A ball eventually strikes the horse, causing it to rear up. Then, a second ball hits Neidermeyer on the head, knocking him out of the saddle. The already-spooked animal bolts, dragging a screaming Neidermeyer behind, entangled in the stirrups. The Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) is a training program of the United States armed forces present on college campuses to recruit and educate commissioned officers. ... This article is about the carnivorous mammal. ... Tim Matheson, an American actor, was born Timothy Lewis Matthieson on December 31, 1947, in Glendale, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. ... Peter Riegert (born April 11, 1947 in New York City) is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Donald Schoenstein (aka Boon) in 1978s National Lampoons Animal House and as Sam Posner in the 1988 film, Crossing Delancey. ...

Bluto and D-Day talk Flounder into sneaking the animal into the Dean's office. They give him a gun and tell him to shoot the hated animal. Unbeknownst to Flounder, the gun is loaded with blanks. He can't bring himself to kill the horse and fires into the ceiling, but the noise of the shot causes it to have a heart attack and die anyway. The Deltas panic and flee. The next day, a chainsaw is required to remove the horse, in rigor mortis, from the office. This article is about the sign of death. ...

In the cafeteria the next day, Bluto provokes Gregg and Omega pledge Chip (Kevin Bacon) with his impression of a zit and triggers a wild food fight. Not done, Bluto and D-Day rummage through a trash bin to steal the answers to an upcoming psychology test. Unfortunately, the exam stencil had been planted by the Omegas, and the Deltas get every answer wrong. Their grade point averages drop so low that the Dean only needs one more incident to revoke their charter. Kevin Norwood Bacon[1] (born July 8, 1958) is an American film and theater actor who has starred in Footloose, Animal House, Stir of Echoes, Wild Things, JFK, and Apollo 13, among many others. ... Visual diagram of a basic stencil. ... In the United States, grading is done with several different systems. ...

Undaunted, they organize a toga party. Pinto invites Clorette (Sarah Holcomb), the cashier at the local supermarket; she turns out to be the underage daughter of shady Mayor Carmine DePasto (Cesare Danova). When she gets drunk and passes out, Pinto is tempted to take advantage of her (an angel and a devil appear over his shoulders and have a frank discussion of his choices); in the end, he takes her home in a shopping cart. A drunken Mrs. Wormer (Verna Bloom) crashes the party (both figuratively and literally) and spends the night with Otter. That turns out to be the last straw. Wormer gets the fraternity's charter revoked, and everything is confiscated, "even the stuff we didn't steal!" This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Sarah Holcomb (born 1960) is an actress who appeared in just four films, but two of them were among the most successful comedies of their era, National Lampoons Animal House in 1978 and Caddyshack in 1980. ... Cesare Danova (March 1, 1926 - March 19, 1992) Born Cesare Deitinger in Bergamo, Italy, Danova is a television and screen actor. ... A row of parked (and very colorful) shopping carts equipped with a coin-operated mechanism. ... Verna Bloom (born August 7, 1939), is an American actress. ...

To take their minds off their troubles, Otter, Boon, Flounder, and Pinto go on a road trip in Flounder's brother's new car. They pick up some girls from a liberal-arts college and by mistake, go to a club with an all-black clientele. Some of the hulking regulars are not amused and intimidate the guys into fleeing without their dates, badly damaging Flounder's brother's new car in their panic. This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long or excessively detailed compared to the rest of the article. ...

Things go from bad to worse. "Babs" (Martha Smith) lies to Gregg Marmalard, telling him that his girlfriend, Mandy (Mary Louise Weller), and Otter are having an affair (in fact, they only had a one night stand, which Mandy later said "wasn't that great"). Marmalard and some of his fellow Omegas lure Otter to a motel and beat him up. The Deltas' midterm grades are so bad that they are all expelled from school (and their draft boards notified of their availability) by the ecstatic Wormer. Martha Smith was Playboys Playmate of the month for July, 1973. ... One Night Stand is an HBO Stand-up Series that first aired February 15, 1989. ... The United States has employed conscription (mandatory military service, also called the draft) several times, usually during war but also during the nominal peace of the Cold War. ...

For revenge, the Deltas decide to wreak havoc on the annual Homecoming parade, inspired by Bluto's impassioned speech invoking the memory of the "Germans" bombing Pearl Harbor. In the climactic scene, the Deltas crash the parade with their own float. In the ensuing chaos, Bluto steals a car, abducts Mandy and drives off into the sunset...or rather to Washington, DC, as the futures of many of the main characters are "revealed" (Bluto and Mandy become Senator and Mrs. John Blutarsky). For other uses, see Homecoming (disambiguation). ... This article is about the actual attack. ...

Characters

The Deltas in front of their house

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Deltas

• Eric "Otter" Stratton (Tim Matheson), a smooth Playboy-style sex maniac (the nickname suggests a sleek player), whose room is an uncannily pristine seduction den amid the sheer filth of the rest of the Delta house;
• Donald "Boon" Schoenstein (Peter Riegert), Otter's best friend, who is forever having to decide between his Delta pals and his girlfriend Katy;
• John "Bluto" Blutarsky (John Belushi), an abject, drunken degenerate with a style all his own; GPA of 0.0;
• Robert Hoover (James Widdoes), the affable, frequently nervous, reasonably clean-cut president of the fraternity, who desperately struggles to maintain a façade of normalcy to placate the Dean, rumored to have attended an elite New England boarding school in Windsor, Connecticut;
• Daniel Simpson Day (Bruce McGill), "D-Day", a tough biker with a penchant for riding up the stairs; has no grade point average: all classes incomplete;
• "Stork" (real name not mentioned, but in the book adaptation is listed as "Dwayne Storkman"). During his first year, many thought the Stork was brain damaged; This character was played by Animal House co-writer Douglas Kenney and speaks only once (Well, what the hayl' we s'posed ta do, ya moe-ron?!).
• And the two pledges:
  • Larry "Pinto" Kroger (Thomas Hulce), a shy but normal fellow;
  • Kent "Flounder" Dorfman (Stephen Furst), an overweight, clumsy legacy pledge.

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Omegas

• Gregg Marmalard (James Daughton), the president of Omega House, who dates Mandy Pepperidge;
• Douglas C. Neidermeyer (Mark Metcalf), an ROTC cadet officer and scion of a military family who hates the Deltas with unbridled passion. When the fates of the characters are revealed at the end it mentions that Neidermeyer was killed by his own troops in Vietnam.
• Chip Diller, an Omega pledge (Kevin Bacon in his on-screen debut).

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Other significant characters

• Dean Vernon Wormer (John Vernon), who wants to revoke the Deltas' charter and kick them off-campus; also noted for putting Delta House on "Double Secret Probation"
• Marion Wormer (Verna Bloom), the Dean's dipsomaniac wife, who succumbs to Otter's charms;
• Katy (Karen Allen), Boon's fed-up and not-exactly-faithful girlfriend;
• Professor Dave Jennings (Donald Sutherland), who is bored with his job as English professor, smokes marijuana, and tries to turn his students on to left-wing politics;
• Clorette DePasto (Sarah Holcomb), the mayor's 13-year-old daughter, who (possibly) sleeps with Larry;
• Otis Day (DeWayne Jessie, who later legally changed his name to Otis Day), the leader of the band (Otis Day and the Knights) that plays at the toga party;
• Mandy Pepperidge (Mary Louise Weller), a cheerleader and sorority girl who dates Gregg, but is not entirely "satisfied" with the relationship;
• Barbara "Babs" Jansen (Martha Smith), a Southern belle who wants Gregg for herself and is turned off by the crude Deltas.

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Production

Origins

Animal House was the first movie produced by The National Lampoon, the most popular humor magazine on college campuses in the mid-1970s.^[2] The periodical specialized in humor and satirized politics and popular culture. Many of the magazine’s writers were recent college graduates, hence their appeal to students all over the country. Doug Kenney was the magazine’s first editor-in-chief and also wrote for the Lampoon. He had graduated from Harvard College in 1969 and had the kind of resume that the Omegas would have envied but, like the Deltas, he had a wicked sense of humor (he could fit his entire fist in his mouth). He was also responsible for the first appearances of two characters that would appear in Animal House – Larry Kroger and Mandy Pepperidge. They made their debut in Doug Kenney’s High School Yearbook.

However, Kenney felt that fellow Lampoon writer Chris Miller was their expert on the college experience. Faced with an impending deadline, Miller submitted a chapter from his then-abandoned memoirs (later published in 2006 as The Real Animal House) entitled, “The Night of the Seven Fires” that recalled his fraternity days (Alpha Delta Phi) at the Ivy League's Dartmouth College, in Hanover, New Hampshire. The debauched antics of the Alphas became the inspiration for the Delta Tau Chis of Animal House. Filmmaker Ivan Reitman approached the magazine’s publisher Matty Simmons about making movies under the Lampoon banner. Reitman had worked on The National Lampoon Show in New York City that featured several future Saturday Night Live cast members, including John Belushi. There have been several notable persons named Chris Miller, including: Chris Miller (writer), a writer with National Lampoon Chris Miller (football), a former quarterback with the Oregon Ducks and Atlanta Falcons football teams Categories: ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Ivy League (disambiguation). ... Dartmouth College is a private, coeducational university located in Hanover, New Hampshire, USA. Incorporated as Trustees of Dartmouth College,[6][7] it is a member of the Ivy League and one of the nine colonial colleges founded before the American Revolution. ... Hanover is a town located on the Connecticut River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Concord Largest city Manchester Area  Ranked 46th  - Total 9,350 sq mi (24,217 km²)  - Width 68 miles (110 km)  - Length 190 miles (305 km)  - % water 4. ... Ivan Reitman (born October 27, 1946 in Komárno in Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) is a Slovakian-born, Canadian-raised Jewish film actor, producer, and director. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

Writing the screenplay

Kenney met with another Lampoon writer, Harold Ramis, over brunch at the suggestion of Simmons. Ramis drew from his own fraternity experiences as a member of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity at Washington University in St. Louis and was working on a treatment about college entitled, "Freshman Year" but the magazine’s editors were not happy with it. Kenney and Ramis started working on a treatment together and created the premise of Charles Manson in high school and called it, "Laser Orgy Girls". Simmons wasn’t crazy about this idea so they changed the setting to college. Kenney was a fan of Miller’s frat stories and suggested using them as a basis for a movie. Kenney, Miller and Ramis met for brunch and began brainstorming ideas. One thing they agreed on was that Belushi should star in it. At the time, he was a big star thanks to Saturday Night Live and ended up doing the show while shooting the movie, spending Monday through Wednesday making it and then flying back to New York City to do the show on Thursday through Saturday. Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT, brothers of which are nicknamed Zebes) is a historically Jewish, presently nonsectarian international fraternity. ... Washington University in St. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Missouri Coordinates: , Country State County Independent City Government  - Mayor Francis G. Slay (D) Area  - City  66. ... Charles Milles Manson (born November 12, 1934) is a career criminal who led the so-called Manson Family, a commune or cult that began to form around him in the U.S. city of San Francisco in 1967. ...

The result was a 110 page treatment (the average was 15 pages) that Simmons pitched to various Hollywood studios. He met with Ned Tanen, an executive at Universal Studios who hated it. Ramis remembers, “We went further than I think Universal expected or wanted. I think they were shocked and appalled. Chris’ fraternity had virtually been a vomiting cult. And we had a lot of scenes that were almost orgies of vomit...We didn’t back off anything."^[3] Surprisingly, the studio greenlighted the film and set the budget at a modest $3 million. Simmons remembers, “They just figured, ‘Screw it, it’s a silly little movie, and we’ll make a couple of bucks if we’re lucky – let them do whatever they want.’"^[3]

Casting

John Landis got the job directing Animal House based on his work on the Kentucky Fried Movie. That film’s script and continuity supervisor was the girlfriend of Sean Daniel, an assistant to Universal executive Thom Mount. Daniel saw Landis’ movie and recommended him to direct Animal House. Landis then met with Mount, Reitman and Simmons and got the job. Ramis originally wrote the role of Boon for himself but Landis felt that he looked too old for the part and Peter Riegert was cast instead. Landis did offer Ramis a smaller part, but Ramis declined, saying gruffly, "I'm too proud to be an extra." Landis remembers, “When I was given the script, it was the funniest thing I had ever read up to that time. But it was really offensive. There was a great deal of projectile vomiting and rape and all these things."^[4] There was also a certain amount of friction between Landis and the writers early on because he was a high school dropout from Hollywood and they were college grads. Ramis remembers, “He sort of referred immediately to Animal House as ‘my movie.’ We’d been living with it for two years and we hated that."^[3] The Kentucky Fried Movie is an American comedy film, released in 1977. ...

The initial cast was to feature Chevy Chase (as Otter), Bill Murray (as Boon), Brian Doyle-Murray, Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi but only Belushi wanted to do it. Chase turned them down to do Foul Play. The character of D-Day was based on Aykroyd, who was a motorcycle aficionado. Aykroyd was offered the part, but he was already committed to Saturday Night Live. Landis met with Jack Webb to play Dean Wormer and Kim Novak to play his wife. The director chose John Vernon as Dean Wormer after seeing him in the Clint Eastwood film The Outlaw Josey Wales. Chevy Chase (born October 8, 1943) is an Emmy Award-winning American comedian, writer, and television and film actor. ... William James Bill Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-winning American comedian and actor. ... Brian Doyle-Murray (born October 31, 1945) is an American comedian, screenwriter and character actor from Chicago. ... Daniel Edward Aykroyd CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian/American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and musician. ... Foul Play is a 1978 comedy/thriller film by Colin Higgins (the director of the cult classic Harold and Maude) starring Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase. ... John Randolph Jack Webb (April 2, 1920 – December 23, 1982) was an American actor, television producer, director, and writer who is most famous for his role as Sergeant Joe Friday in the radio and television series Dragnet. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Clint Eastwood (born Clinton Eastwood, Jr. ... The Outlaw Josey Wales is a 1976 revisionist Western movie set at the end of the American Civil War starring Clint Eastwood (as the eponymous Josey Wales), Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, Bill McKinney, John Vernon, Paula Trueman, Sam Bottoms, Geraldine Keams, Woodrow Parfrey, Joyce Jameson, Sheb Wooley, and Royal...

Landis also met with Meat Loaf to play Bluto in case Belushi didn’t want to do it. Much of the cast, including Karen Allen, Tom Hulce, Mark Metcalf, Bruce McGill and Kevin Bacon, were struggling actors just starting out. Despite the presence of Belushi, Universal wanted another movie star because they said that the whole movie doesn't have a star; just a lot of sub-plots. Landis had been a crew member on Kelly's Heroes and had become friends with actor Donald Sutherland (he even used to babysit his son, Kiefer). Landis called up Sutherland and asked him to be in the film. He ended up becoming the highest-paid member of the cast. Sutherland's casting was essential for the movie being picked up by Universal as they were reluctant to produce a picture with no stars, and the veteran actor was one of the biggest stars of the 1970s. For two days work on the picture, Sutherland was offered either a $40,000 flat fee or a percentage of the film's gross; assuming that the movie would be quickly forgotten, he opted for the sure money, a decision which (by his own admission) has cost him millions. This article is about the singer. ... Kellys Heroes is an offbeat 1970 war film about a group of enterprising World War II American soldiers from the 35th Infantry Division. ... Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland (born December 21, 1966) is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning Canadian television and film actor, well known for his role of Jack Bauer on the television series 24. ... Income, generally defined, is the money that is received as a result of the normal business activities of an individual or a business. ...

To get the role of Neidermeyer, Mark Metcalf lied about his ability to ride horses. After he got the role, he immediately took equestrian classes. Dee Snider, lead singer of the heavy metal music group Twisted Sister, was so enamored of Metcalf's performance that he had the actor perform a similar role in the music videos for two of Twisted Sister's songs, "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock"; the latter video featured Stephen Furst (Flounder) in a brief cameo at the end. Dee Snider (on right) David Daniel Dee Snider (born March 15, 1955) is an American musician, radio personality, and actor. ... “Heavy metal” redirects here. ... Twisted Sister is an American heavy metal band from New York City. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... Were Not Gonna Take It is a 1984 hit song by the band Twisted Sister. ... I Wanna Rock is a song by Twisted Sister. ... Stephen Furst as Vir Cotto in Babylon 5 Stephen Furst (born Stephen Fuerstein on 8 May 1955 in Norfolk, Virginia) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Flounder in the feature film Animal House (1978), as Gonzer in the feature film Up the Creek (1984), as Dr...

John Belushi's then girlfriend (later wife), Judy Jacklin (now Judith Belushi-Pisano), shows up as an uncredited extra in several toga party scenes.

Locations

Plaque at the site where the house used to portray the Delta House formerly stood

The filmmaker’s next problem was finding a college that would let them shoot the film on their campus. They had submitted the script to a number of colleges and universities, and the movie was set to be filmed at the University of Missouri until the president of the school read the script and refused permission. The University of Oregon agreed because after consulting with student government leaders and officers of Pan Hellenic Council, the Director of University Relations advised the president that the script, although raunchy and often tasteless, was a very funny spoof of college life. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The University of Missouri–Columbia is a public land-grant university and is Missouris largest university and public research institution. ... The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. ...

The president of University of Oregon had been a senior administrator of a major California university years before. Back in the late 1960s his campus was considered for being the location for the film The Graduate. After he consulted with other senior administrative colleagues who advised him to turn it down, production moved to the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Southern California. The reason given by the president was that the board believed the film script to be without artistic merit. The Graduate went on to become a classic. He was determined not to make the same mistake twice, even allowing the filmmakers to use his office as Dean Wormer's. As Landis relates in the DVD special features, Oregon was pretty much their last hope for a shooting location. The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... For the novel of the same name, see The Graduate (novel). ... Sather tower (the Campanile) looking out over the San Francisco Bay and Mount Tamalpais. ... The Trojan Shrine, better known as Tommy Trojan located in the center of University of Southern California campus. ...

This movie was filmed in Cottage Grove, Oregon and at the University of Oregon, in Eugene and features numerous sites from that campus and the surrounding area. Johnson Hall, the university's administration building, is prominently featured throughout the film (including then-UO President William Boyd's office), as is Gerlinger Hall (the women's dorm), the Erb Memorial Union (renovated since that time), Carson Hall (Dormitory), Fenton Hall, Straub Hall, Earl Hall, Hayward Field, the Knight Library (the building behind Emil Faber's statue), and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (seen in the opening credits). Despite all the campus locations, UO officials insisted that the university not be identified by name in the film's credits. Nickname: Covered Bridge Capital of Oregon Map Political Statistics Incorporated 1887 County Lane County Mayor Gary Williams Geographic Statistics Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 8. ... It has been suggested that Track Town, USA be merged into this article or section. ... Hayward Field, one of the most historic track and field stadiums in the United States, has been the home to the University of Oregon Track and Field teams of the NCAA since 1919. ... The main University of Oregon library facility is the Knight Library. ...

The actual house that was depicted as the Delta House was originally a residence in Eugene, the Dr. A.W. Patterson House. Around 1959, it was acquired by the Psi Deuteron chapter of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity and was their chapter house until 1967, when the chapter was closed due to low membership and the house was sold and slid into disrepair, with the spacious porch removed and the lawn gravelled over. It was the sad state of the house that probably made it attractive as the chapter house for a degenerate fraternity. The interior of the Sigma Nu house was used for nearly all of the interior scenes. The individual rooms were filmed on a soundstage. At the time of the shooting, the Phi Kappa Psi and Sigma Nu fraternity houses sat next to the old Phi Sigma Kappa house. The Omega House was actually the Phi Kappa Psi House. The Patterson house was demolished in 1986.^[5] A suite of physicians' offices now occupies the site. A large boulder placed to the west of the entrance to the parking lot displays a bronze plaque commemorating the Delta House location. Local fans of Animal House arranged for its placement when their efforts to preserve the original building failed.^{[citation needed]} Phi Sigma Kappa (ΦΣK) is a fraternity devoted to three cardinal principles: the promotion of Brotherhood, the stimulation of Scholarship, and the development of Character. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Phi Kappa Psi (ΦΚΨ, Phi Psi) is a U.S. national college fraternity. ... ΣΝ (Sigma Nu) is an undergraduate college fraternity with chapters in the United States and Canada. ...

The selection of Oregon as a the principal location would have a profound effect on Belushi's career. While in the state for filming, Belushi (who had at the time a budding interest in blues music) would meet and be inspired by longtime Oregon bluesman Curtis Salgado, after which time Belushi became a devoted fan of the blues. This led to Belushi and fellow Saturday Night Live veteran Dan Aykroyd's formation of The Blues Brothers. The Cab Calloway-portrayed character "Curtis" in the 1980 film was so named in honor of Salgado, and the first Blues Brothers album is dedicated to him.^[6] “Blues music” redirects here. ... An Oregon-based blues, R&B, and classic soul musician. ... This article is about the American television series. ... Daniel Edward Aykroyd CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian/American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and musician. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Cab Calloway, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1933 Cab Calloway (December 25, 1907–November 18, 1994) was a famous American jazz singer and bandleader. ... The Blues Brothers is a 1980 musical comedy directed by John Landis and starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as Joliet Jake and Elwood Blues, characters developed from a Saturday Night Live musical sketch. ...

Principal photography

Landis brought the actors who played the Deltas up five days early in order to bond. Actor James Widdoes remembers, “It was like freshman orientation. There was a lot of getting to know each other and calling each other by our character names."^[3] This tactic encouraged the actors playing the Deltas to separate themselves from the actors playing the Omegas, helping generate authentic animosity between them on camera. The film was shot in 28 days.

The first preview screening was held in Denver four months before it opened nationwide. The crowd loved it and the filmmakers realized they had a potential hit on their hands. This article refers to the state capital of Colorado. ...

Pop Culture

Since the film's initial success, the film has become pop culture treasure.

Ask For Babs

After the closing credits, a card appears advertising the Universal Studios tour. To correlate with the film, it reads, "When in Hollywood, visit Universal Studios. (Ask for Babs.)"

Some later Landis films, such as The Blues Brothers and An American Werewolf in London also carried this tagline in their theatrical releases, partially as an inside joke and reportedly as a tongue-in-cheek promotion for Universal's studio tour and its theme park in Los Angeles. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... An American Werewolf in London is a comedy/horror film released in 1981, written and directed by John Landis. ... Universal Studios Hollywood is a movie studio in Universal City, California, and is the original Universal Studios theme park. ...

As of 1989, Universal Studios no longer honors the "Ask for Babs" promotion, which was either a discount or a free entry.

Double Secret Probation

Double Secret Probation is a condition of arbitrarily imposed scrutiny of a given person or group's activities in an organizational or academic setting without procedural warning. In the film, Dean Vernon Wormer tells Inter-Fraternity Council President Greg Marmalard that he has already placed the offending Delta Tau Chi house on "double secret probation". The expanded release of the original movie on DVD in 2003, was titled the Double Secret Probation Edition. Delta Tau Chi is a fictional fraternity in the popular 1978 film Animal House. ... Size comparison: A 12 cm Sony DVD+RW and a 19 cm Dixon Ticonderoga pencil. ...

The smashed guitar

In one scene during the toga party, John Belushi's character, John "Bluto" Blutarsky, smashes an acoustic guitar belonging to a folk singer (portrayed by singer/songwriter Stephen Bishop, who is credited as "Charming Guy With Guitar") who is serenading a group of girls with the time-worn folk tune The Riddle Song. One of the girls whom he is serenading is John Belushi's wife, Judith. Bluto then hands him a splintered piece and says "Sorry." Playing a steel-string guitar without a pick (fingerpicking). ... Stephen Bishop (born November 14, 1951 in San Diego, California) is an American singer and guitarist. ... The Riddle Song, also known as I Gave My Love a Cherry, is an English folk song[1], apparently a lullaby, which was carried by settlers to the American Appalachians. ...

In an episode of 8 Simple Rules, directed by "Hoover" actor James Widdoes, Rory sings while playing his guitar, then Kerry breaks it and says "Sorry!". This sight gag has been imitated on TV several times, memorably by Worf on Star Trek: The Next Generation. During the second season of the television show Scrubs, Dr. Perry Cox abruptly ends a song by Colin Hay in the same manner. Bishop wrote and performed the "Animal House Theme," and claims to have framed the smashed guitar. 8 Simple Rules (originally known as 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter) is an American television sitcom that originally aired on ABC from 2002 to 2005. ... Worf (Klingon: worIv) is a Klingon Starfleet officer in the Star Trek fictional universe. ... The title as it appeared in most episodes opening credits. ... This article is about the US sitcom. ... Dr. Percival Perry Cox (most commonly referred to as Dr. Cox) is a fictional character played by John C. McGinley in the American comedy-drama Scrubs. ... Colin Hay on the cover of his latest album, Are You Lookin At Me? Colin Hay (born Colin James Hay, 29 June 1953, Saltcoats, Scotland) is a Scottish-Australian musician, who made his mark in the 1980s as a member of the Australian band, Men at Work. ...

The hole in the wall made by the guitar was the only damage done to the Sigma Nu fraternity house where the Delta House interiors were filmed. Instead of repairing the damage, the hole was framed with an engraved brass tag commemorating the event.^[7]

Refrences in Television

In an episode of Family Guy, creepy old pedophile, Herbert, can be seen looking in on Chris on a ladder just as John Belushi's character did while looking at Babs undressing in the movie. He even mimicked the raised eye-brow look that Belushi gave along with falling over on the ladder. Family Guy is an Emmy award winning American animated television series about a nuclear family in the fictional town of Quahog (IPA or ), Rhode Island. ...

Soundtrack and score

Animal House: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack by various artists
Released	1978
Genre	Rock and roll, R&B, film score
Length	36:23
Label	MCA
Professional reviews
All Music Guide Link

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The original score was by film composer Elmer Bernstein, who had been a Landis family friend since John Landis was a child. According to the DVD special features, Bernstein was easily persuaded to score the film, but was not sure what to make of it. Landis asked him to score it as though it were serious. Bernstein said that his work on this film opened yet another door in his diverse career, to scoring comedies (he would write the so-called "God music" segment in the Landis picture The Blues Brothers, for example). Elmer Bernstein (pronounced Bern-steen[1]) (April 4, 1922 – August 18, 2004) was an Academy and two-time Golden Globe award winning American film score composer. ... The Blues Brothers is a 1980 musical comedy directed by John Landis and starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as Joliet Jake and Elwood Blues, characters developed from a Saturday Night Live musical sketch. ...

In the film, the R&B band Otis Day and the Knights, is depicted performing 'Shout!' at the Delta house toga party and later at an all-black club doing "Shama Lama Ding Dong". On the soundtrack album, the tracks are credited to a singer named Lloyd Williams. In the film, Otis Day is portrayed by actor DeWayne Jessie, who later legally changed his name to Otis Day^{[citation needed]} and formed a real-life Otis Day and the Knights. Additionally, blues guitarist and singer Robert Cray is seen in the film, playing bass in the Knights. Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... Otis Day and the Knights is the fictional band that performed in the movie National Lampoons Animal House. ... Shout! was a very popular and influential record by The Isley Brothers when it was released in 1959. ... DeWayne Jessie (a/k/a Otis Washington and Otis Day) (born 1953) is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Otis Day in National Lampoons Animal House. ... Robert Cray (foreground) Robert Cray (born 1 August 1953, in Columbus, Georgia) is a blues musician, guitarist and singer. ...

Due to music licensing concerns, some DVD releases of the film have a new score that replaces the original songs heard in the film.^[8] Music licensing is the licensed use of copyrighted music. ...

Soundtrack album listing

1. "Faber College Theme", composed by Elmer Bernstein
2. "Louie Louie", written by Richard Berry; performed by John Belushi
3. "Twistin' the Night Away", written and performed by Sam Cooke
4. "Tossin' and Turnin' ", written and performed by Bobby Lewis
5. "Shama Lama Ding Dong", written by Mark Davis; performed by Lloyd Williams
6. "Hey Paula", written by Ray Hildenbrand and performed by Paul & Paula
7. "Animal House", written and performed by Stephen Bishop
8. Intro
9. "Money (That's What I Want)", written by Berry Gordy and Janie Bradford; performed by John Belushi
10. "Let's Dance", written by Jim Lee; performed by Chris Montez
11. "Dream Girl", written and performed by Stephen Bishop
12. "Wonderful World", written and performed by Sam Cooke
13. "Shout!", written by Rudolph Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Jr. and Ronald Isley; performed by Lloyd Williams
14. "Faber College Theme", composed by Elmer Bernstein

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Other songs in the film

• "Theme from A Summer Place", composed by Max Steiner; performed by Percy Faith and his Orchestra
• "Who's Sorry Now", written by Ted Snyder, Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby; performed by Connie Francis
• "Washington Post March", composed by John Philip Sousa
• "Tammy", by Debbie Reynolds

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DVD editions

A "Collector's Edition" DVD was released in 2002 and featured a 30-minute 1998 documentary entitled, "The Yearbook - An Animal House Reunion" by producer JM Kenny with new interviews with many of the cast and crew, including director Landis, stars Tim Matheson, Karen Allen, Peter Riegert, Mark Metcalf, and Kevin Bacon. Also included were production notes and the theatrical trailer. The "Double Secret Probation Edition" DVD released in 2003 features the members of the cast reprising their respective roles in a "Where Are They Now" mockumentary, which purported that the original film had been a documentary: This DVD also includes "Did You Know That? Universal Animated Anecdotes," a subtitle trivia track, the making of documentary from the "Collector's Edition," MXPX "Shout" music video, a theatrical trailer, production notes, and cast and filmmakers biographies. This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to document reality. ... MxPx is a punk band comprised of three Christians that formed in 1992 in Bremerton, Washington, United States as teenagers. ...

TV series, sequel

Main article: Delta House

The film inspired a short-lived half-hour television sitcom, Delta House, in which John Vernon reprised his role as the long-suffering, malevolent Dean Wormer. The series also included Steven Furst as Flounder, Bruce McGill as D-Day and James Widdoes as Hoover. Tim Matheson declined. The producers had the right to call the show Animal House but for some reason, the network decided against it. Michelle Pfeiffer made her acting debut in the series. Delta House was a short-lived follow-up to the smash 1978 film National Lampoons Animal House. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... John Vernon was the stage name of Adolph Raymond Vernon Agopsowicz (February 24, 1932–February 1, 2005). ... Michelle Marie Pfeiffer (born April 29, 1958) is a three-time Academy Award-nominated and internationally known American actress. ...

In the TV series, John Belushi's character from the film (John "Bluto" Blutarsky) was replaced with Bluto's brother, Jim "Blotto" Blutarsky^[9] played by Josh Mostel (son of Zero Mostel). The name "Blotto" is a reference to drunkenness. Josh Mostel (December 21, 1946, New York, New York) is an American actor who is most known for his roles in Jesus Christ Superstar and two Adam Sandler films. ... Mostel in Sirocco (1951) Zero Mostel (February 28, 1915 – September 8, 1977) was a Brooklyn-born stage and film actor best known for his portrayal of comic characters such as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof , Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Max... This article or section should be merged with intoxication Drunkenness, in its most common usage, is the state of being intoxicated with alcohol (i. ...

Animal House also inspired Co-Ed Fever, another sitcom but with none of the involvement of the film's producers or cast. Set in a dorm of the formerly all-female Baxter College, the pilot of Co-Ed Fever was aired by CBS on February 4, 1979, but the network canceled the series before airing any more episodes.^[10] NBC also had its Animal House-inspired sitcom, Brothers and Sisters, in which three members of Crandall College's Pi Nu fraternity "interact" with members of the Gamma Iota sorority.^[11] Like ABC's Delta House, Brothers and Sisters lasted only three months.^[12] Co-Ed Fever was a 1979 CBS sitcom that attempted to imitate the then successful National Lampoons Animal House. ... A television pilot is the first episode of an intended television series. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... This article is about the television network. ... Brothers and Sisters was a NBC sitcom that attempted to capitalize on the success of the 1978 motion picture National Lampoons Animal House. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ...

The film's writers planned a movie sequel set in 1967 (the "Summer of Love"), in which the Deltas have a reunion for Pinto's marriage in Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco. The only Delta to have become a hippie is Flounder, who is now called Pisces. Later, Chris Miller and John Weidman, another Lampoon writer, created a treatment for this screenplay, but Universal nixed it because the sequel to "American Graffiti" (More American Graffiti), which had a few hippie-1967 sequences, had not done well. When John Belushi died, the idea died along with him. GET YOUR INTRO PAGE RIGHT ON SUMMER OF LOVE -- CHANGE TO 1967 N O T 1969 -- CHEERS FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (ONE WHO WAS THERE!) Poster for the Monterey Pop Festival, June 1967 This article refers to the summer of 1967. ... More American Graffiti (1979) is the little-seen follow-up film to George Lucass hit film American Graffiti (1973). ...

See also

• Rick Meyerowitz, the illustrator who drew Animal House's iconic poster

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References

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Animal House

• National Lampoon's Animal House at the Internet Movie Database
• Entertainment Weekly retrospective article
• Interview (MP3) with John Belushi biographer Tanner Colby and widow Judith Belushi Pisano on the public radio program The Sound of Young America regarding their book, "Belushi." Includes clips from Belushi's work on The National Lampoon Radio Hour.
• NPR retrospective article
• IGN interview with Stephen Furst
• DVD.com interview with John Landis