Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
If You Don't See This Documentary, We'll Shoot This Dog
2015-01-25 | 93 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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John BelushiSelf / Actor (archive footage)
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John CandySelf / Actor (archive footage)
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Chevy ChaseSelf / Actor
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Bill MurraySelf / Actor
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Gilda RadnerSelf / Actress (archive footage)
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John GoodmanSelf / Actor
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Beverly D'AngeloSelf / Actress
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Kevin BaconSelf / Actor
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Richard BelzerSelf / Actor / Producer
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Christopher GuestSelf / Actor
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Fred GwynneSelf / Actor (archive footage)
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John HughesSelf / Writer (archive footage)
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John LandisSelf / Film Director
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Tim MathesonSelf / Actor / Director / Producer
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Meat LoafSelf (archive footage)
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Billy Bob ThorntonSelf / Actor / Director
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Richard NixonSelf / Former President USA (archive footage)
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John LennonSelf (archive footage)
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Yoko OnoSelf (archive footage)
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Stevie WonderSelf (archive footage)
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