National Lampoon's Animal House

DVD Rating: ***

Reviewed by: Martin Gray

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National Lampoon's Animal House
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The extras are, tragically, more fun than the movie. There's a music video, featuring an entertainingly loud version of Shout, which is played in the film by college band, Otis Day and the Knights. A trivia track tells us such things as the actor who would've played Bluto had Belushi been unavailable (Meat Loaf) and that Richard Nixon was the inspiration for Dean Wormer. The piece-de-whatsit is a short film, Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update.

Director John Landis rounds up 13 of the film's main characters to show us what's happened to them in the decades since. Their fates are predictable, but the lines aren't bad and it's great fun to see actors brush off their old roles. Oh, and you'll marvel at Verna Bloom's astonishing number of freckles.

Copy picture Reviewed on: 30 Jan 2004
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Grandaddy of teen gross-out comedies takes a chainsaw to college frat house conformity.
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Product Code: 8200160

Region: 2

Ratio: 1.85 Anamorphic Wide

Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1

Extras: Where Are They Now? featurette; Universal animated anecdotes; music video Shout; The Year Book - An Animal House Reunion; trailer


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