Overview

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.

Cast

John Belushi

Self - Actor (archive footage)

John Candy

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Kevin Bacon

Self - Actor

Tim Matheson

Self - Actor / Director / Producer

John Goodman

Self - Actor

Bill Murray

Self - Actor

Harold Ramis

Self - Actor / Director (archive footage)

Chevy Chase

Self - Actor

Beverly D'Angelo

Self - Actress

Gilda Radner

Self - Actress (archive footage)

Christopher Guest

Self - Actor

John Landis

Self - Director

John Hughes

Self - Writer (archive footage)

Judd Apatow

Self - Director / Producer

Fred Gwynne

Self - Actor (archive footage)

About the Movie