List of National Lampoon films

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During the 1970s and early 1980s, a few films were made as spin-offs from the original National Lampoon magazine, using some of the magazine's creative staff to put together the outline and script, and were cast using some of the same actors that performed in The National Lampoon Radio Hour and the stage show National Lampoon's Lemmings.

History[edit]

The first National Lampoon film was Animal House (1978). Starring John Belushi and written by Doug Kenney, Harold Ramis and Chris Miller, Animal House became one of the highest-grossing comedy films of all time.[1] Produced on a low budget, it was so enormously profitable that from that point onward for the next two decades, the name "National Lampoon" applied to the title of a movie was considered to be a valuable selling point in and of itself.

There is considerable ambiguity about what constitutes a "National Lampoon" film because, after the success of Animal House, a large number of movies were subsequently made that had "National Lampoon" as part of the title, and in some cases used actors that had been associated with other National Lampoon productions. Many of these so-called "National Lampoon" movies were unrelated projects, because during most of the 1980s and the 1990s, the name "National Lampoon" could simply be licensed on a one-time basis, by any company, for a fee.[2] There are also cases where a film, originally released outside the US under one title, has had "National Lampoon's" added to the title for US release; for example the 2004 Canadian release Going the Distance, which was only branded a National Lampoon film in its American theatrical and DVD releases.

Films[edit]

Original company
J2 Communications
National Lampoon, Inc.

Made-for-television[edit]

Original company
J2 Communications
National Lampoon, Inc.

Video releases[edit]

Original company
J2 Communications
National Lampoon, Inc.

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The company was not involved in Vegas Vacation (1997), the fourth installment in National Lampoon's Vacation film series. Vegas Vacation was the first theatrical Vacation film not to carry the National Lampoon label or a screenwriting credit from John Hughes. Also, it is the only National Lampoon film to be released in the 1990s, and the final film released before National Lampoon magazine folded.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Tapper, Jake (July 3, 2005). "National Lampoon Grows Up By Dumbing Down". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "J2 Sells Lampoon Film Rights". Newswatch. The Comics Journal. No. 146. Nov 1991. p. 34.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o IMDb, Title Search: "National Lampoon"
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t IMDb, Keyword Search: "national lampoon series"
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y IMDb, company: National Lampoon Productions [us]
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r IMDb, company: National Lampoon [us]
  7. ^ Camelot Entertainment, National Lampoon's: Dirty Movie Archived 2010-08-24 at the Wayback Machine
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