At a 1962 college, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.At a 1962 college, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.At a 1962 college, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination
Tom Hulce
- Larry Kroger
- (as Thomas Hulce)
Chris Miller
- Hardbar
- (as Christian Miller)
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- TriviaJohn Belushi's performance in the cafeteria scene was entirely improvised. When he began piling food on his tray, director John Landis urged the camera operator to "stay with him." The infamous "I'm a zit" gag was also improvised, and the reaction from the cast is completely genuine.
- GoofsAt the ROTC inspection, Neidermeyer salutes Chip Diller and Diller returns the salute. Since Chip Diller is the lower ranking officer, he should have saluted Neidermeyer, and Neidermeyer should have returned the salute.
- Crazy creditsFour of the listings in the cast are "mean dude," "meaner dude," "meanest dude," and "gigantic dude."
- Alternate versionsThe Australian R4 'The Full Story' DVD release features the version with the alternate 80's background music.
- ConnectionsEdited into Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003)
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Vulgar, but also incredibly funny with a truly wonderful performance from Belushi
Animal House is not my favourite comedy or anything, but I like it very much. I do like comedy, I like John Landis and I like John Belushi, so naturally I thought yeah I think I'll like this film. And I did. While light on plot and quite vulgar strictly speaking, it is still hugely enjoyable thanks to the performances. Animal House is beautifully filmed, has a good soundtrack and John Landis does a great job directing, while the sight gags are smart and the script has enough hilarious one-liners to keep you chuckling. As for favourite scenes, I have two specific favourites, the food fight and the wonderful rallying speech. The acting is very good, while Kevin Bacon, Tom Hulce, Peter Reigert and Donald Sutherland give great performances, it is John Belushi's film all the way as he gives one of his best ever performances in this film. In conclusion, very good film and funny. 8/10 Bethany Cox
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
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- Also known as
- Colegio de animales
- Filming locations
- 751 East 11th Street, Eugene, Oregon, USA(Delta House, demolished)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $141,600,000
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $276,538
- Jul 30, 1978
- Gross worldwide
- $141,607,219
- Runtime1 hour 49 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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