Animal House (8/10) Movie CLIP - Finished at Faber (1978) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Dean Wormer (John Vernon) reads the Deltas' abysmal mid-term grades, then expels them.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
Director John Landis put himself on the map with this low-budget, fabulously successful comedy, which made a then-astounding 62 million dollars and started a slew of careers for its cast in the process. National Lampoon's Animal House is set in 1962 on the campus of Faber College in Faber, PA. The first glimpse we get of the campus is the statue of its founder Emil Faber, on the base of which is inscribed the motto, "Knowledge Is Good." Incoming freshmen Larry "Pinto" Kroger (Tom Hulce) and Kent "Flounder" Dorfman (Stephen Furst) find themselves rejected by the pretentious Omega fraternity, and instead pledge to Delta House. The Deltas are a motley fraternity of rejects and maladjusted undergraduates (some approaching their late twenties) whose main goal -- seemingly accomplished in part by their mere presence on campus -- is disrupting the staid, peaceful, rigidly orthodox, and totally hypocritical social order of the school, as represented by the Omegas and the college's dean, Vernon Wormer (John Vernon). Dean Wormer decides that this is the year he's going to get the Deltas expelled and their chapter decertified; he places the fraternity on "double secret probation" and, with help from Omega president Greg Marmalard (James Daughton) and hard-nosed member Doug Neidermeyer (Mark Metcalf), starts looking for any pretext on which to bring the members of the Delta fraternity up on charges. The Deltas, oblivious to the danger they're in, are having a great time, steeped in irreverence, mild debauchery, and occasional drunkenness, led by seniors Otter (Tim Matheson), Hoover (James Widdoes), D-Day (Bruce McGill), Boon (Peter Riegert), and pledge master John "Bluto" Blutarsky (John Belushi). They're given enough rope to hang themselves, but even then manage to get into comical misadventures on a road trip (where they arrange an assignation with a group of young ladies from Emily Dickinson University). Finally, they are thrown out of school, and, as a result, stripped of their student deferments (and, thus, eligible for the draft). They decide to commit one last, utterly senseless (and screamingly funny) slapstick act of rebellion, making a shambles of the university's annual homecoming parade, and, in the process, getting revenge on the dean, the Omegas, and everyone else who has ever gone against them.

CREDITS:
TM & © Universal (1978)
Cast: Tom Hulce, Stephen Furst, John Belushi, James Widdoes, Bruce McGill, John Vernon
Director: John Landis
Producers: Ivan Reitman, Matty Simmons
Screenwriters: Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney, Chris Miller

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[bobnuheart]

i like how he was at the top of his delta pledge class with a 1.2 gpa and bluto gives him a little congratulatory nod.

[charliep]

Belushi's "atta boy" smile and nod at 0:28 always makes me laugh out loud...RIP...

[RoninDave]

1:21 the way Wormer turns around from the window after the slow buildup of the grade averages is a classic villain revealing his masterplan move. No one but Vernon could have done this role justice.

[dank]

I will never stop laughing at the way Flounder says "Hello"

[puplover]

Mister Blutarsky....ZERO POINT ZERO. His delivery of that just slays me! Always been my fave line!!

[michiganstatefan]

"Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life son" best line from this clip!

[davidsteinberg]

John Vernon (Dean Wormer) deserved an Oscar for his performance.

[LV_FUD]

"I can't believe I threw up in front of Dean Wormer."
"Face it, Kent. You threw up ON Dean Wormer!"

[ashleydyson]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, John Vernon as Dean Wormer stole this movie! Playing it somewhat straight around all the outlandish antics was a brilliant comedic performance!

[CoDxlife]

"MR. BLU- MR. ZERO POINT ZERO!" greatest dramatic performance ever

[mysterion]

Love Wormer's reaction to Bluto having the pencils up his nose. 😂

[nascarfanta]

How John Vernon kept a straight face looking at Belushi with those pencils shoved up his nose is amazing

[TheBryanScout]

Growing up I wanted my college experience to be like this movie. When I finished my first semester with a 0.63, I realized I took that a little too much to heart

[dank]

The way Flounder says "Hello" always makes me fall out of my seat laughing

[capellerk]

Notice John Vernons use of the eyeglasses during this clip- master use of a small prop by a great charcter actor. RIP

[ChimpAflame]

When Dean Wormer tells Kroeger that he's at the top of the Pledge Class, Bluto gives him a little nod and smile, as if to sincerely say "good job, son."

[williamshaw]

The greatest part is Belushi's reaction to his GPA...."Eh, oh well..." There's a number of scenes in the movie where gestures are funnier than spoken dialogue....for example, Otter tossing the fifth of Jack to Bluto and shrugging when Bluto thanks him.

[BeckoningChasm]

John Vernon is wonderful here, and throughout the film. Apparently John Landis wouldn't let him see John Belushi before the cameras rolled...the fact that he didn't explode into laughter ("Mr. Blu--(beat) Mr. Blutarski...") is the mark of a great professional.

[latenightbaltimore]

The way that the dean is so gleefully telling them about he has informed their local draft birds that they are “all..all” eligible for military service..Aline delivered with sublime genius

[jakethemuss]

"Mr. Hoover, president of Delta House. 1.6. 4 C's and an F. A fine example you've set."