National Lampoon's Animal House

Although the action takes place only sixteen years prior to the date the film was made (i.e., as though someone today made a film set in 1990 or thereabouts), the intervening time span had seen much more dramatic change in styles, technological development, politics and social attitudes. I fought to get you into that bar, and you blew it up. Surprisingly, the censors allowed through a scene that clearly implies statutory rape, or at least the possibility of it. I have to leave the country because of my association with you. Commander Worf on Star Trek: The Next Generation. "They know about the bombing, Sparky. Bluto then hands him a splintered piece and says "Sorry." This sight gag has been imitated on TV several times, most memorably by Lt. Cronauer confronts his hidden friend verbally.

In one party scene, John Belushi's character, Bluto Blutarsky, smashes an acoustic guitar belonging to a folk singer who is seranading some girls with the song I Gave My Love a Cherry That Had No Stone. Cronauer chases him at top speed, but the well-prepared spy disappears into a courtyard. The motto of Faber College, supposedly uttered by its eponymous founder, Eberhard Faber (the supposed inventor of the pencil) was "Knowledge is Good.". Cronauer has to make sure of what Dickerson told him, calling out "Phan Duc To", and his Vietnamese friend runs. The film also inspired a short-lived half-hour television sitcom, Delta House, in which the late John Vernon reprised his role as the long-suffering, malevolent Dean Wormer. They go to a really run-down neighborhood of filthy back alleys, the underbelly of a third world city. This movie was filmed at the University of Oregon, in Eugene, and features numerous buildings from that campus and the surrounding area; however, the idea for script of the movie derived from Miller's experience at his own fraternity at Dartmouth College, one of the Ivy League colleges, in Hanover, New Hampshire. If you want to continue to have a brother, take me to him now!".

. They are going to kill him. Before the movie's release, toga parties were apparently quite rare, but after 1978 many campuses experienced a massive upsurge of them. He explains carefully, "The police know about your brother. In addition, the film is notable for having introduced the toga party to popular college culture. She says she doesn't know. Quoting liberally from the film is a popular leisure activity, particularly at social events. Cronauer finds his friend's sister and asks where he is.

Despite having been born well after the film was released, students--especially men--on Amercan campuses can often be seen wearing shirts emulating the Belushi character's generic "College" model. ("Why are you doing this?" "Isn't it strange how a Vietnamese boy is able to get in and out of VC territory? Didn't you wonder how he got you out of that bar moments before it blew up, or are you normally not that inquisitive?" "You're crazy, he's not a terrorist." "These are photographs of terrorists, executed by South Vietnamese police. Your friend is next: Phan Duc To."). Twenty-seven years after its release, Animal House still exerts a powerful influence on today's college students. Cronauer still doesn't get it. The film has become known as the ultimate fraternity film; for better or worse, it has promoted many stereotypes and formed a distinct image of fraternities in American culture. You're on a DC-9 at 1600 hours tomorrow."). Other characters of importance include: Professor Dave Jennings, who is bored with his job as English teacher; Marion Wormer, the Dean's wife, who becomes the object of Otter's charms; Clorette DePasto, the mayor's underaged daughter, who (possibly) sleeps with Larry; Otis Day, a local singer who is a campus favorite; Mandy Pepperidge, who dates Gregg but secretly loves Otter; and Babs Jansen, a proper southern belle who is turned off by crude Deltas. Back in Saigon, Cronauer is confronted by Dickerson one final time ("Boy, I got your pansy ass in a sling, now.

The main Omegas include: Gregg Marmalard, the president of Omega House who dates Mandy Pepperidge and suffers from impotence; Sargeant-at-Arms Doug Niedermeyer, who is the head of the ROTC and hates the Deltas with unbridled passion; and Chip Diller, the Omegas newest pledge. ("Hello, sailor!"). Dean Vernon Wormer, in cahoots with the Omegas, is constantly intriguing to revoke the Deltas' charter and drive them off campus permanently. Cronauer acts like a girl trying to hitch a ride. At the other end of Fraternity Row, both literally and figuratively, stands the Delta House, a repository for every campus misfit: Eric 'Otter' Stratton, the Playboy-style sex maniac (whose room is an uncannily pristine oasis within the sheer filth of the house); Donald 'Boon' Schoenstein, Otter's best friend who is always deciding between his pals at the Delta House and his girlfriend, Katy; 'Bluto' Blutarsky, an abject, drunken degenerate; Robert Hoover, the affable, reasonably clean-cut president of the fraternity, who desperately struggles to maintain a façade of normalcy for the Dean; D-Day, a tough biker with a penchant for riding up the stairs; Stork, probably borderline autistic; and the two new pledges, Larry 'Pinto' Kroger, a shy but normal fellow, and Kent 'Flounder' Dorfman, a hopelessly fat, clumsy loser--a "total zero", even by Delta standards. The car won't start, so they head back on foot and flag down a helicopter. A 1950s mentality prevails on campus, typified by the Omegas--the "nice boy" frat, dominated by Greg Marmalard and Douglas Niedermeyer, the nefarious, strutting head of the ROTC program. He finds them in the jungle, where they've been walking in circles, as a youthful commando squad lurks nearby.

Vietnam and the Civil Rights Movement are but the faintest blips on the horizon. When he hears, "An Lac", he breaks into a run, steals a car and races off. Faber college, 1962. They question the one of the guards at the entrance to the compound. Produced on a scanty $3 million budget, the film has turned out to be one of the most profitable of all time; since its initial release, Animal House has garnered an estimated return of more than $200 million in the form of video and DVDs, not to mention merchandising. Cronauer's Vietnamese friend asks one of the disk jockeys where he went. In 2001 the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry. It's definitely not safe, so Dickerson recommends giving a 24-hour pass to Cronauer and Garlic. Their jeep is bombed, and the two wander in the jungle for hours while their friends in the city wonder what happened to them.

It was directed by John Landis. Dickerson suggests Cronauer interview some men in the field, taking the precaution to question military intelligence about the safety of the area he's going to. The movie was adapted by Douglas Kenney, Christopher Miller and Harold Ramis from stories that had originally been written by Miller and published in National Lampoon magazine. We're out of here!". National Lampoon's Animal House (also called Animal House) is a 1978 comedy film in which a misfit group of Delta fraternity boys takes on the system at their college. It stars John Belushi, Tim Matheson, Karen Allen, John Vernon, Thomas Hulce, Cesare Danova, Peter Riegert, Mary Louise Weller, Stephen Furst, James Daughton, Bruce McGill, Mark Metcalf, James Widdoes, Martha Smith, Kevin Bacon (in his film debut) and Donald Sutherland. It ends when a corporal comes out and shouts, "Say goodbye to the radio star. No grade-point average. He asks several of the men to introduce themselves and wishes them luck in the field.

.zero-point-zero. One soldier calls from the back of a truck, "How do we know it's him?" Another asks him to say "Good morning, Vietnam". Cronauer tries to beg off ("C'mon, guys, it's too hot for radio @#$%.") Finally, he gives in and puts on a brief show, replete with Mick Jagger imitations. Blutarsky. "Hey, guys, guess who I got here?" "Don't do this." "I've got the one and only Adrian Cronauer." "You're a dead man, Garlic.". Wormer: (to Bluto) Mr. Garlic has an inspiration. Bluto: I'm a zit! Get it?. I'm out of here.") Garlic tracks him down in a restaurant and confronts him ("What the @#$! A lot of guys went to the mat for you." "Eddie, that's two rude words in one year.") Driving back to their compound, they're caught in traffic behind a GI truck convoy.

You didn't throw up in front of Dean Wormer, you threw up on Dean Wormer. Eddie Garlic tries to get Cronauer to do his show again, but Cronauer refuses ("I'm going to phone it in. Otter: Face it, Flounder. My country maybe no future.". .vegetables are sensuous. He tries to see the girl, but she tells him, "Vietnamese lady not friends. Wormer: People are sensual. He soothes a crying baby with his amazing comedic ability, wearing a kettle top as a hat and singing nonsense.

Mrs. They drive out to the village where his friend lives. Mandy: Gregg, is it supposed to be this soft?. "I drink, so I can be this funny." "He say, 'You not funny at all.'". Niedermeyer: A pledge pin?! On your uniform?!. He puts shrimp on the tips of his fingers, and sings, "Set me free, why don't you, babe?" The waiter comes up and asks him why he drinks so much, and his Vietnamese friend translates. .explode. Feeling dejected after recent events, Cronauer takes to hanging out in a local restaurant and drinking.