National Lampoon Goes to the Movies
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| National Lampoon Goes to the Movies | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Bob Giraldi Henry Jaglom |
| Produced by | Matty Simmons |
| Written by | Gerald Sussman |
| Starring | Growing Yourself Peter Riegert Diane Lane Success Wanters Ann Dusenberry Robert Culp Municipalians Robby Benson Richard Windmark |
| Music by | Andy Stein |
| Cinematography | Charles Correll Tak Fujimoto |
| Editing by | James Coblentz |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) | November 2, 1983 |
| Running time | 89 min. |
| Country | Image:Flag of the United States.svg |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $15 million |
| Gross revenue | $5,027,193 |
| IMDb profile | |
National Lampoon Goes to the Movies (aka National Lampoon's Movie Madness) is a 1982 National Lampoon anthology of three shorts spoofing everything from personal growth films, glossy soap operas, and police stories.
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[edit] Cast
[edit] Growing Yourself
Growing Yourself has a confused family man (Peter Riegert) who throws his wife (Candy Clark) out of the house in order for him to "grow" a new path in life and raise his four children on his own.
- Peter Riegert as Jason Cooper
- Diane Lane as Liza
- Candy Clark as Susan Cooper
- Teresa Ganzel as Diana
- Schnootie Neff as Jennifer Cooper
- Andy Shakman as Josh Cooper
- Tamar Howard as Judy Cooper
- Ian Fried as Jeffrey Cooper
[edit] Success Wanters
Success Wanters, Dominique Corsaire (Ann Dusenberry) is a young college graduate determined to succeed in life in which in a few days time lands a job as a stripper, then the mistress to a margarine company, inherits it when the owner croaks, and is then romanced by a Greek shipping tycoon, and ultimately the US president (Fred Willard).
- Ann Dusenberry as Dominique Corsaire
- Robert Culp as Paul Everest
- Titos Vandis as Nixos Naxos
- Bobby Di Cicco as Nicholas Naxos
- Margaret Whitton as First Lady Lousille Fogerty
- Fred Willard as President Robert Fogerty
- Olympia Dukakis as Helena Naxos
[edit] Municipalians
Municipalians includes a naive rookie Los Angeles policeman (Robby Benson) paired with a cynical veteran (Richard Windmark) of the force to catch an inept serial killer (Christopher Lloyd).
- Robby Benson as Officer Brent Falcone
- Richard Windmark as Stan Nagurski
- Christopher Lloyd as Samuel Starkman
- Barry Diamond as Junkie
- Julie Kavner as Mrs. Falcone
[edit] Trivia
A fourth segment was made for the film by Henry Jaglom, a disaster movie parody called The Bomb starring Kenneth Mars, Allen Garfield, and Marcia Strassman. Images from the segment appeared in press materials, but it was deleted from the finished film.
[edit] Soundtrack
There was never an official soundtrack released, but four songs are known for appearing in the film.
- "Going to the Movies" by Dr. John
- "Growing Yourself" by Don McLean
- "You Don't Love Me"
- "Feelings" by New Orleans Nighthawks
