National Lampoon's Movie Madness

Comedy · 1983R

A National Lampoon anthology of three shorts spoofing everything from personal growth films to glossy soap operas to police stories. In the first story "Growing Yourself", Peter Riegert stars as a confused family man who throws his wife out of the house in order for him to "grow" a new path in life and raise his four children on his own. In "Success Wanters", Ann Dusenberry stars as Dominique Corsaire, a young college graduate, makes a vow that she succeed in life, and within a few days lands a job as a stripper, becomes the mistress to a margarine company, inherits the business when the owner croaks, romances a Greek shipping tycoon, and finally ends up with the US president. In "Municipalians", Robby Benson stars alongside Richard Widmark as a naive rookie Los Angeles policeman paired with a cynical veteran of the force to catch an inept serial killer (Christopher Lloyd).

Starring

Peter Riegert, Charles Correll, Tak Fujimoto, Diane Lane, Candy Clark, James Coblentz, Bonnie Koehler, Teresa Ganzel, Matty Simmons, Irene Cagen

Director

Bob Giraldi

Producer

Matty Simmons