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 |  |
| 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 Widmark) 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
A fourth segment was made for the film by Henry Jaglom. This was a disaster movie parody called The Bomb starring Kenneth Mars, Allen Garfield, and Marcia Strassman. Images from the segment appeared in press materials, but the segment 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
