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Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon

66 %|Jan 25, 2015|History, Comedy, Documentary

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.

Featured Crew

Douglas Tirola
Director
Mark Monroe
Writer
Sean Price Williams
Director of Photography

Cast

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John Belushi
Self / Actor (archive footage)
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John Candy
Self / Actor (archive footage)
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Chevy Chase
Self / Actor
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Bill Murray
Self / Actor
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Gilda Radner
Self / Actress (archive footage)
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John Goodman
Self / Actor
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Beverly D'Angelo
Self / Actress
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Kevin Bacon
Self / Actor
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Richard Belzer
Self / Actor / Producer
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Christopher Guest
Self / Actor
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Fred Gwynne
Self / Actor (archive footage)
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John Hughes
Self / Writer (archive footage)
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John Landis
Self / Film Director
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Tim Matheson
Self / Actor / Director / Producer
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Meat Loaf
Self (archive footage)
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Billy Bob Thornton
Self / Actor / Director
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Richard Nixon
Self / Former President USA (archive footage)
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John Lennon
Self (archive footage)
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Yoko Ono
Self (archive footage)
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Stevie Wonder
Self (archive footage)
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George Plimpton
Self / Actor (archive footage)
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Judd Apatow
Self / Director / Producer
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Harold Ramis
Self / Film Director (archive footage)
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Ivan Reitman
Self / Film Director
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Danny Abelson
Self / Lampoon Contributer
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Douglas Kenney
Self (archival footage)