The official trailer for director R.J. Cutler's new documentary, Belushi, leads with a killer sentiment from the subject of the documentary: "I'd rather be an anarchist than a professional." The anarchist-wannabe in question is the late John Belushi, whose life and legacy will be the subject of Cutler's documentary, coming to Showtime in November. Belushi's imprint on the comedy world is deep despite his relatively brief run in the spotlight before his untimely death at age 33 in 1982. With just 13 movie and TV credits to his name, including Saturday Night Live, Animal …
Animal House celebrated its 40th birthday last year, but there are still plenty of things you might have not known about John Landis' film.
National Lampoon’s Animal House was the first real hit R-rated comedy. Before then, comedies were clean and family-friendly. And then the National Lampoon team came along with a 200-page script called Laser Orgy Girls to shake things up. The title was eventually changed to Animal House and the loose story was condensed to revolve around a bunch of frat guys in college.