Animal House
Comedy
Universal Studios  (1978) 109 mins R

7.6 (35,340 votes)
It was the Deltas against the rules... the rules lost!

This title has been put on moratorium by the Vendor. This version is no longer available, however a new special edition will be released in the future One of the most popular movie comedies of all time is also the film that made food fights an art form and John Belushi a star. This raunchy, screwball comedy offers a relentless spoof of 1960's college life by following the hilarious adventures of the Delta fraternity. There's nothing this motley collection of students won't do to get the best of Dean Wormer who secretly conspires to revoke Delta's charter. In addition to Belushi as the guitar bashing, beer can smashing, garbage eating Bluto Blutarsky, the outstanding cast includes head skirtchaser Tim Matheson, innocent Thomas Hulce and Stephen "Flounder" Furst, and Otis Day and the Knights with their show-stop...

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Cast and Crew
Tim Matheson  ......  Eric 'Otter' Stratton
John Vernon  ......  Dean Vernon Wormer
Tom Hulce  ......  Larry 'Pinto' Kroger
Cesare Danova  ......  Mayor Carmine DePasto
Verna Bloom  ......  Marion Wormer
Donald Sutherland  ...... 
Director  .....  John Landis
Producer  .....  Ivan Reitman; Matty Simmons
Writer  .....  Harold Ramis; Chris Miller; Douglas Kenney
Notes
Goofs:
Anachronisms: Stratton's Vette have what appear to be blue California plates. California did not introduce blue plates till 1970. (Best view is when they enter the first party.) (more)

Trivia:
The movie was set to be filmed at the University of Missouri until the president of the school read the script and refused permission. It was filmed at and around the University of Oregon in Eugene instead. (more)

Filming Locations:
729 East 11th Street, Eugene, Oregon, USA (more)

Quotes:
[at the Dexter Lake Club, a Negroes-only bar, with Otis Day and the Knights playing Shama Lamma Ding Dong]
Pinto: What's your major?
Pinto's Date: Primitive cultures.
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Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination (more)