National Lampoon's Class Reunion (1982)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1982
Running Times: 84 mins
Format: Metrocolor 35mm
Ratio:
Sound: Dolby

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: ABC
Producer: Matty Simmons

SCRIPT
Script: John Hughes

DIRECTION
Director: Michael Miller

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Philip H. Lathrop

MUSIC
Music: Peter Bernstein, Mark Goldenberg

SOUND
Re-Recording Mixer: Gary C. Bourgeois

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects: Rick Stratton
Prosthetics Supervisor: John Chambers

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Assistant Property Master: Stan Cockerell

MISCELLANEOUS
Transportation Captain: Richard Belyeu

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Dean Raphael Ferrandini
Stunts: Vicki Creach, Michael De Luna, Dean Raphael Ferrandini, Alan Robert Gibbs, Thomas Lee Lupo, Mario Roberts, Dianne Lynn Wilson

CAST
Gerrit Graham (Bob Spinnaker)
Michael Lerner (Dr Robert Young)
Misty Rowe (Cindy Shears)
Blackie Dammett (Walter Baylor)
Fred McCarren (Gary Nash)
Miriam Flynn (Bunny Packard)
Stephen Furst (Hubert Downs)
Mews Small (Iris Augen)
Shelley Smith (Meredith Modess)
Zane Buzby (Delores Salk)
Jacklyn Zeman (Jane Washburn)
Barry Diamond (Chip Hendrix)
Art Evans (Carl Clapton)
Marla Pennington (Mary Beth)
Randy Powell (Jeff Barnes)
Anne Ramsey (Mrs Tabazooski)
Chuck Berry (himself)
Jim Staahl
Diane Black
Yvonne De Carlo
Robin Eurich
Anyavel Glynn
Wendy Goldman
Terry Green
Gary Hibbard (Fritz Shears)
Chris Hubbell
Timothy Phillips
Roger Hamilton Spotts
Steve Tracy (Milt Friedman)
Isabel West (Gloria Barnes)
John Hughes (girl in dress with paper bag over head - uncredited)

PLOT SUMMARY

A tenth-year renion for the class of 1972 at Lizzie Borden High degenerates into chaos when the psychotic Walter Baylor, driven mad by a prank, escapes from his incarceration in a psychiatric hospital and goes on the rampage.

A rather pointless - and largely gag-free - attempt to send up the then still popular slasher movies. A rare misfire for John Hughes, this is plainly not funny and the people behind it seem to have had little understanding of the subject they were lampooning. Watch the much better Animal House (1978) or National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) instead.

UK
DVD Distributor: PT Video (PTDVD1317)

USA
Theatrical Distributor: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation
Video Distributor: Vestron Video
DVD Distributor: Anchor Bay (DV 11060)

Finland
Rating: K-16

Sweden
Rating: 15

UK
Rating: 18

USA
Rating: R

1982
October
29: USA - theatrical release

1983
April
22: Finland - theatrical release

1984
January
4: Sweden - theatrical release

1987
April
4: UK - television broadcast (on ITV (LWT))

1988
December
30: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

2000
February
8: USA - DVD release (Anchor Bay (DV 11060))

October
30: UK - DVD release (PT Video (PTDVD1317))

No Class Has Less Class Than This Class

Class Reunion

KEYWORDS

parodies; spoofs; slashers; serial killers; national lampoon; chainsaw; class reunions; flame throwers; guillotines; strait jackets

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008