Animal House
1978 comedy film by John Landis · Released July 27, 1978
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. Produced by Matty Simmons of National Lampoon and Ivan Reitman for Universal Pictures, Animal House was inspired by stories written by Miller and published in National Lampoon, which were based on Ramis's experience in the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity at Washington University in St.
Cast ages when filming began (October 24, 1977)
- John Belushi, as John Blutarsky: 28
- Tim Matheson, as Eric Stratton: 29
- John Vernon, as Dean Vernon Wormer: 45
- Verna Bloom, as Mrs: 39
- Tom Hulce, as Lawrence "Larry" Kroger: 23
- Donald Sutherland, as Dave Jennings: 42
- Cesare Danova, as Carmine DePasto: 51
- Peter Riegert, as Donald Schoenstein: 30
- Mary Louise Weller, as Mandy Pepperidge: 31
- James Daughton, as Gregory Marmalard: 27
- Bruce McGill, as Daniel Simpson Day: 27
- Mark Metcalf, as Douglas C. Neidermeyer: 31
- Karen Allen, as Katy: 26
- Kevin Bacon, as Chip Diller: 19
- Stephen Furst, as Kent Dorfman: 23
- Douglas C. Kenney, as Dwayne Storkman: 30
- Sunny Johnson: 24
- James Widdoes, as Robert Hoover: 23