Official Discussion: A Futile and Stupid Gesture [SPOILERS]

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Summary:

As writers for the Harvard Lampoon, Doug Kenny and Henry Beard are legends, but after college they decide to keep the magazine going as National Lampoon. The results are a wave of success, drugs, comedy, and more for the duo but Doug's obsession will lead him down a dangerous path as he reaches for more and more.

Director:
David Wain

Writers:
screenplay by Michael Colton, John Aboud

based on the book by Josh Karp

Cast:

• Will Forte as Doug Kenney
• Martin Mull as Modern Doug
• Domhnall Gleeson as Henry Beard
• Neil Casey as Brian McConnachie
• Jon Daly as Bill Murray
• Nelson Franklin as P.J. O'Rourke
• John Gemberling as John Belushi
• Rick Glassman as Harold Ramis
• Seth Green as Christopher Guest
• Max Greenfield as Chris Miller
• Harry Groener as Harry Kenney
• Annette O'Toole as Stephanie Kenney
• Camille Guaty as Alex Garcia-Mata
• Ed Helms as Tom Snyder
• Thomas Lennon as Michael O'Donoghue
• Joe Lo Truglio as Brad Zotti
• Matt Lucas as Tony Hendra
• Natasha Lyonne as Anne Beatts
• Joel McHale as Chevy Chase
• Emmy Rossum as Kathryn Walker
• Jackie Tohn as Gilda Radner
• Matt Walsh as Matty Simmons
• Finn Wittrock as Tim Matheson
• Elvy Yost as Mary Marshmallow
• David Wain as Interviewer
• Ben Campbell as Harvard Jester
• Jon Klaft as Preppy Student
• Brad Morris as Peter Ivers
• Rick Overton as First Publisher
• Mark Metcalf as Second Publisher
• David Krumholtz & Mitch Hurwitz as Time-Life Publishers
• Michael Sherman as Ed Sullivan
• Kerri Kenney-Silver as Sullivan Producer
• Bob Stephenson as Construction Worker
• Liz Femi as Skeptical Black Woman
• Chris Redd as Skeptical Black Man
• Meera Rohit Kumbhani as Elaine
• Armen Weitzman as Lorne Michaels
• Lonny Ross as Ivan Reitman
• Steven Sims as Stephen Furst
• Brian Huskey as John Landis
• Rich Sommer as Harry Crane
• Andrew Gray McDonnell as Michael O'Keefe
• Erv Dahl as Rodney Dangerfield
• Paul Scheer as Paul Shaffer
• Lindsey Kraft as Gwyneth Cravens
• Paul Rudd is featured in the high school yearbook project as "The Nobody"

Rotten Tomatoes: 54%

Metacritic: 55/100

After Credits Scene? No

VOD: Netflix

Submitted February 02, 2018 at 09:56AM by mi-16evil http://ift.tt/2BPjr5E