National Lampoon's Animal House set the standard for what has become an entire genre of film. National Lampoon transition onto film broke ground on well produced (in defiance of a limited budget) on the "Gross Out - Screwball Comedy". This set the stage for films like Stripes, Ghostbusters, Caddy Shack, Heavy Metal, Spies Like Us and so many more. The direction towards a "Damm the torpedoes full speed ahead" view that brought us true give the people what they want and we can still turn a buck in the major film industry. The crossover of actors with names and comedy that pushed the edge of what can be done on film made it possible for historic classics like The Blues Brothers and Splash! Without the visceral punch Animal House brought us, comedies might have remained in the realm of Billy Wilder-ish (no taking away of his wonderful work), Doris Day "family" driven humor. A small handful of films such as Dr. Strangelove, M.A.S.H. Animal House and others broke through the barrier of appeal to everyone to hit'm right in the tender spot of the funny bone. So many concepts were tried and worked in Animal House that today, all film takes for granted. Example: The soundtrack, we usually don't expect the music score of a comedy to be nothing more than an adjunct to the film except for musicals, but in Animal House, director John Landis requested that Elmer Bernstein, known for soundtracks from films like "True Grit" to make as he was versed in, to create a true "collegenet" score that could also play to the levity of the film without sounding anything close to silly making the score an actor of the film itself! This was the first time this approach was used to a score in a comedy and led to a LOT of work for Bernstein, going on to create scores for films like Meatballs, Going Ape!, Trading Places, Vegas Vacation and more! Without National Lampoon's Animal House, the world would be a lot less funny, as if the Germans had bombed Pearl Harbor. I give it a 9 on a ten point scale.Read full review
It's Animal house
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Nice 30th anniversary documentary on 2nd disc.
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I bought this movie because it was from my youth. It brought back alot of good memories! I like this copy because it's a DVD and not a VHS.This set is a wonderful addition to my movie collection!If you remember the 70's you'll probably remember this movie! If ya can, you should get a copy too.
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