---
title: 'Animal House (1978)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Landis'
released: '1978-07-27'
runtime_minutes: 109
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/animal-house-1978'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077975/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Animal House (1978)

1978 · R · 109 min · Comedy · United States

Original title: National Lampoon's Animal House

## Synopsis

National Lampoon's Animal House is a 1978 American comedy film directed by John Landis and written by Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney and Chris Miller. It stars John Belushi, Tim Matheson, John Vernon, Verna Bloom, Thomas Hulce and Donald Sutherland. The film is about a trouble-making fraternity whose members challenge the authority of Dean Vernon Wormer of the fictional Faber College.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Douglas C. Kenney](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-c-kenney), [Harold Ramis](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-ramis), [Chris Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-miller)
- **Director:** [John Landis](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-landis)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Elmer Bernstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/elmer-bernstein)
- **Producer:** [Ivan Reitman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-reitman), [Matty Simmons](https://cinepixo.com/people/matty-simmons)
- **Director of Photography:** [Charles Correll](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-correll)
- **Editor:** [George Folsey Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-folsey-jr)

## Cast

- [Bruce McGill](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-mcgill)
- [Mary Louise Weller](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-louise-weller)
- [Peter Riegert](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-riegert)
- [James Widdoes](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-widdoes)
- [James Daughton](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-daughton)
- [Tom Hulce](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-hulce)
- [John Vernon](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-vernon)
- [Karen Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/karen-allen)
- [John Belushi](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-belushi)
- [Mark Metcalf](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-metcalf)
- [Donald Sutherland](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-sutherland)
- [Kevin Bacon](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-bacon)
- [Cesare Danova](https://cinepixo.com/people/cesare-danova)
- [Douglas C. Kenney](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-c-kenney)
- [Tim Matheson](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-matheson)

## Criticism on CinePixo

No reviews published yet.

Official site: http://www.universalstudiosentertainment.com/animal-house/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/animal-house-1978
Film facts: Wikidata (Q960125); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.