National Lampoon's Animal House is a 1978 American
comedy film from
Universal Pictures, produced by
Ivan Reitman and
Matty Simmons, directed by
John Landis, and starring
John Belushi,
Tim Matheson,
John Vernon,
Verna Bloom,
Thomas Hulce, and
Donald Sutherland. The film, a direct
spin-off from
National Lampoon magazine, is about a misfit group of
fraternity members who challenge the authority of the
dean of Faber College.