At the Movies in the Time of the Coronavirus: Animal House (1978)

Otis Day & the Knights perform Shout

The days of coronavirus have given us some time to catch up on movies, podcasts, series, etc.  Animal House is a classic that I re-watched yesterday.  It is light with many great lines, with John Belushi at his prime (and best).

The storyline from IMDB:

“Faber College has one frat house so disreputable it will take anyone. It has a second one full of white, anglo-saxon, rich young men who are so sanctimonious no one can stand them except Dean Wormer. The dean enlists the help of the second frat to get the boys of Delta House off campus. The dean’s plan comes into play just before the homecoming parade to end all parades for all time.”

The film has an amazing cast:

• John Belushi as John “Bluto” Blutarsky
• Tim Matheson as Eric “Otter” Stratton
• Peter Riegert as Donald “Boon” Schoenstein
• Tom Hulce as Lawrence “Pinto” Kroger
• Stephen Furst as Kent “Flounder” Dorfman
• Bruce McGill as Daniel Simpson “D-Day” Day
• James Widdoes as Robert Hoover
• Douglas Kenney as “Stork”
• James Daughton as Gregory “Greg” Marmalard
• Mark Metcalf as Douglas C. Neidermeyer
• Kevin Bacon as Chip Diller
• John Vernon as Dean Vernon Wormer
• Verna Bloom as Marion Wormer
• Donald Sutherland as Professor Dave Jennings
• Karen Allen as Katy
• Sarah Holcomb as Clorette DePasto
• DeWayne Jessie as Otis Day
• Mary Louise Weller as Mandy Pepperidge
• Martha Smith as Barbara Sue “Babs” Jansen
• Cesare Danova as Mayor Carmine DePasto

 KJ