

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015-09-25 · 93 min · ★ 6.7
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.
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- Directors
- Douglas Tirola
- Production companies
- 4th Row Films, Magnolia Pictures, History Films, Diamond Docs
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
John BelushiSelf - Actor (archive footage)
John CandySelf - Actor (archive footage)
Kevin BaconSelf - Actor
Tim MathesonSelf - Actor / Director / Producer
John GoodmanSelf - Actor
Bill MurraySelf - Actor
Harold RamisSelf - Actor / Director (archive footage)
Chevy ChaseSelf - Actor
Beverly D'AngeloSelf - Actress
Gilda RadnerSelf - Actress (archive footage)
Christopher GuestSelf - Actor
John LandisSelf - Director
John HughesSelf - Writer (archive footage)
Judd ApatowSelf - Director / Producer
Fred GwynneSelf - Actor (archive footage)
Ivan ReitmanSelf - Director
Richard BelzerSelf - Actor / Producer
Billy Bob ThorntonSelf - Actor / Director
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