Release Date

25 Jan, 2015

Runtime

01:33: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

If You Don't See This Documentary, We'll Shoot This Dog

A look at the history of the American comedy publication and production company, National Lampoon, from its beginning in the 1970s to 2010, featuring rare and never before seen footage, this is the mind boggling story of The National Lampoon from its subversive and electrifying beginnings, to rebirth as an unlikely Hollywood heavyweight, and beyond. A humour empire like no other, the impact of the magazines irreverent, often shocking, sensibility was nothing short of seismic: this is an institution whose (drunk stoned brilliant) alumni left their fingerprints all over popular culture. Both insanely great and breathtakingly innovative, The National Lampoon created the foundation of modern comic sensibility by setting the bar in comedy impossibly high.

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Actors

John Belushi

John Candy

Chevy Chase

Bill Murray

Gilda Radner

John Goodman

Beverly D'Angelo

Kevin Bacon

Richard Belzer

Christopher Guest

Fred Gwynne

John Hughes

John Landis

Tim Matheson

Meat Loaf

Billy Bob Thornton

Richard Nixon

John Lennon

Yoko Ono

Stevie Wonder

George Plimpton

Crew

Douglas Tirola

Mark Monroe

Sean Price Williams