
National Lampoon: Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead (2015) on Netflix
NR20151h 38mBiographyComedyDocumentary
Three Harvard graduates launch the National Lampoon, a humor magazine whose writers and artists make comedy feel like rock and roll. Success and excess press on the enterprise.
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Plot summary
Started in the 1970s, the National Lampoon pairs a subversive and often shocking sensibility with writers, artists and performers whose material makes comedy feel like rock and roll, and the magazine grows into a comedy empire whose alumni go on to shape popular culture. The account runs from the magazine's beginnings to 2010 and takes in the projects that carried its name beyond print, including the 1978 comedy National Lampoon's Animal House. New interviews with staff members and fans join rare and never-before-seen archival footage and illustrations from the magazine's pages, many of them animated. Success and excess among the contributors begin to press on the enterprise as it turns into a Hollywood heavyweight.
Cast
John Belushias Himself / Actor (archive footage)
John Candyas Himself / Actor (archive footage)
Kevin Baconas Himself / Actor
Tim Mathesonas Self - Actor / Director / Producer
John Goodmanas Self - Actor
Bill Murrayas Self - Actor
Harold Ramisas Self - Actor / Director (archive footage)
Chevy Chaseas Himself / Actor
Beverly D'Angeloas Herself / Actrice
Gilda Radneras Self - Actress (archive footage)
Judd Apatowas Himself / Director / Producer
Richard Belzeras Himself / Actor / Producer
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- Danny Abelsonas Himself / Lampoon Contributer
- Henry Beardas Himself / Lampoon Founder
- Anne Beattsas Herself / Lampoon Contributer
- Ed Bluestoneas Himself / Lampoon Contributer (archive footage)
- Christopher Buckleyas Himself / Author
- Christopher Cerfas Himself / Lampoon Contributer (as Chris Cerf)
- Michel Choquetteas Himself / Lampoon Editor (archive footage)
George Coeas Himself / Actor
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about National Lampoon: Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead (2015)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Both posters for the documentary were drawn by Rick Meyerowitz, one echoing his original poster for National Lampoon's Animal House and swapping the fictional Delta Tau Chi House for the magazine's real headquarters at 635 Madison Avenue in Manhattan.
- Alternate advertising artwork reproduces the National Lampoon's controversial January 1973 "Death" issue cover, keeping the photo of a man holding a gun to a dog's head but changing the caption "If You Don't Buy This Magazine, We'll Kill This Dog" to "See This Documentary".
















