A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018)

Directors

David Wain

Cast

Will Forte, Domhnall Gleeson, Neil Casey, Jon Daly, Nelson Franklin, John Gemberling

The story

The film's timeline stretches from 1964 to 1980 and opens with Douglas Kenney and his friend Henry Beard celebrating the release of their book, Bored of the Rings, with The Harvard Lampoon staff. Graduating from Harvard, Doug convinces Henry not to go to law school but instead publish a monthly magazine: the National Lampoon. Though Doug is the magazine's main creative voice, he realizes that there would be no magazine without the guidance of Henry.

Genres

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