Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead (2015)

Directed by

Douglas Tirola

Genre

documentary film, comedy film, historical film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 38m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 68 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of National Lampoon magazine. It shows how the magazine's writers and comedians changed the way comedy was made, using their work and interviews.

energeticirreverentfast-pacedwryretrospectivecelebratoryedgy

What happens

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon is a 2015 American documentary film directed by Douglas Tirola. The film is about National Lampoon magazine, and how the magazine and its empire of spin-offs changed the course of comedy and humor. The title of the film is very similar to the title of a 2010 book about National Lampoon: Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Writers and Artists Who Made National Lampoon Insanely Great, by Rick Meyerowitz. The film refers to some of the same material, and features work from some of the same contributors, but the film is not actually based on the book. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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