Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
If You Don't See This Documentary, We'll Shoot This DogA 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.
Description: 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.
Genres: History, Comedy, Documentary
Homepage: http://www.magpictures.com/nationallampoon/
Budget: $0 | Revenue : $0
Runtime: 93 minutes
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Elvis & Nixon
Fantastic Fungi
Batman
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
Battle of the Sexes
A Monster Calls
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
The Conjuring 2
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
John Belushi
Played Self / Actor (archive footage)
John Candy
Played Self / Actor (archive footage)
Chevy Chase
Played Self / Actor
Bill Murray
Played Self / Actor
Gilda Radner
Played Self / Actress (archive footage)
John Goodman
Played Self / Actor
Beverly D'Angelo
Played Self / Actress
Kevin Bacon
Played Self / Actor
Richard Belzer
Played Self / Actor / Producer
Christopher Guest
Played Self / Actor
Fred Gwynne
Played Self / Actor (archive footage)
John Hughes
Played Self / Writer (archive footage)
John Landis
Played Self / Film Director
Tim Matheson
Played Self / Actor / Director / Producer
Meat Loaf
Played Self (archive footage)
Billy Bob Thornton
Played Self / Actor / Director
Richard Nixon
Played Self / Former President USA (archive footage)
John Lennon
Played Self (archive footage)
Yoko Ono
Played Self (archive footage)
Stevie Wonder
Played Self (archive footage)
George Plimpton
Played Self / Actor (archive footage)
Judd Apatow
Played Self / Director / Producer
Harold Ramis
Played Self / Film Director (archive footage)
Ivan Reitman
Played Self / Film Director
Danny Abelson
Played Self / Lampoon Contributer
Tony Hendra
Played Self
Douglas Kenney
Played Self (archival footage)
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