Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon

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Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon is a documentary directed by Douglas Tirola (Hey Bartender). It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year.

Director Douglas Tirola’s documentary DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD:  THE STORY OF THE NATIONAL LAMPOON – tells the story of its rise and fall through fresh, candid interviews with its key staff, and illustrated with hundreds of outrageous images from the mag itself (along with never-seen interview footage from the magazine’s prime). The film gives fans of the Lampoon a unique inside look at what made the magazine tick, its key players, and why it was so outrageously successful:  a magazine that dared to think what no one was thinking, but wished they had.

“I knew instantly that I didn’t just want to make a documentary about the National Lampoon,” Tirola explains, “but one that showed just how far we have come from that era – an era where you could express yourself more freely, and push the boundaries in a way that forced people to think about what was happening with their government, their institutions, religions, and their own communities. An era I think has ended – why can’t we talk about these things like this anymore? Why does it always seem like we’re going too far these days?”

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon is rated 18A.