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Meet the Parents
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Directed by
Jay Roach
Produced by
Robert De Niro
 Jay Roach
Jane Rosenthal
 Nancy Tenenbaum
Written by
Jim Herzfeld
John Hamburg
Based on
Meet the Parents written by Greg Glienna and
 Mary Ruth Clarke
Starring
Robert De Niro
Ben Stiller
Teri Polo
Blythe Danner
Owen Wilson
Music by
Randy Newman
Cinematography
Peter James
Editing by
Jon Poll
Studio
Universal Pictures
DreamWorks
TriBeCa Productions
Distributed by
Universal Pictures
Release date(s)
October 6, 2000

Running time
108 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$55 million
Box office
$330,444,045
Meet the Parents is a 2000 American comedy film written by Jim Herzfeld and John Hamburg and directed by Jay Roach. Starring Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller, the film chronicles a series of unfortunate events that befall a good-hearted but hapless male nurse while visiting his girlfriend's parents. Teri Polo, Blythe Danner, and Owen Wilson also star.
Meet the Parents is a remake of a 1992 film of the same name directed by Greg Glienna and produced by Jim Vincent. Glienna—who also played the original film's main protagonist—and Mary Ruth Clarke co-wrote the screenplay. Universal Studios purchased the rights to Glienna's film with the intent of creating a new version. Jim Herzfeld expanded the original script but development was halted for some time. Jay Roach read the expanded script and expressed his desire to direct the film but Universal declined him. At that time, Steven Spielberg was interested in directing the film while Jim Carrey was interested in playing the lead role. The studio only offered the film to Roach once Spielberg and Carrey left the project.
Released in the United States and Canada on October 6, 2000 and distributed by Universal Studios, the film earned back its initial budget of $55 million in only eleven days. It went on to become one of the highest grossing films of 2000, earning over $160 million in North America and over $330 million worldwide. Meet the Parents was well received by film critics and viewers alike, winning several awards and earning additional nominations. Ben Stiller won two comedy awards for his performance and the film was chosen as the Favorite Comedy Motion Picture at the 2001 People's Choice Awards. The success of Meet the Parents inspired two film sequels, namely Meet the Fockers and Little Fockers released in 2004 and 2010 respectively. Meet the Parents also inspired a reality television show titled Meet My Folks and a situation comedy titled In-Laws, both of them debuting on NBC in 2002.

Contents
  [hide] 1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Themes
4 Production 4.1 Background
4.2 Writing
4.3 Casting
5 Rating
6 Release 6.1 Theatrical run
6.2 Home media
7 Soundtrack
8 Reception 8.1 Critical reception
8.2 Awards
9 Legacy
10 See also
11 Notes
12 References
13 External links
Plot[edit]
Gaylord "Greg" Focker (Ben Stiller) is a nurse living in Chicago. He intends to propose to his girlfriend Pam Byrnes (Teri Polo), but his plan is disrupted when he learns that Pam's sister's fiance had asked Pam's father for permission before proposing. Greg and Pam travel to Pam's parents' house to attend Pam's sister's wedding. Greg hopes to propose to Pam in front of her family after receiving her father's permission. But this plan is put on hold when the airline loses his luggage, including the engagement ring.
At the Byrnes' home, Greg meets Pam's father Jack (Robert De Niro), mother Dina (Blythe Danner) and their beloved cat Mr. Jinx. Jack takes an instant dislike to Greg and openly criticizes him for his choice of career as a male nurse and whatever else he sees as a difference between Greg and the Byrnes family. Greg tries to impress Jack, but his efforts fail. Greg becomes even more uncomfortable after he receives an impromptu lie detector test from Jack and later learns from Pam that her father is a retired CIA counterintelligence officer.
Meeting the rest of Pam's family and friends, Greg still feels like an outsider. Despite efforts to impress the family, Greg's inadvertent actions make him an easy target for ridicule and anger: He accidentally breaks Pam's sister's nose during a volleyball mishap; uses a malfunctioning toilet that floods the Byrnes' back yard with sewage; sets the wedding altar on fire and inadvertently leads Jack to think he is a marijuana user. Later, Greg loses Jinx and replaces him with a stray whose tail he spray paints to make him look like Mr. Jinx.
By now, the entire Byrnes family, including Pam, agrees that it is best for Greg to leave. Unwillingly, Greg goes to the airport where he is detained by airport security. Back at the Byrnes household, Jack tries to convince his wife and Pam that Greg would be an unsuitable husband. Upon receiving retribution from both his wife and Pam, Jack realizes that Pam truly loves Greg. Jack rushes to the airport, convinces airport security to release Greg and brings him back to the Byrnes household.
Greg proposes to Pam. She accepts, and her parents agree that they should now meet Greg's parents. After Debbie's wedding, Jack views footage of Greg recorded by hidden cameras that he had placed strategically around their house.
Cast[edit]
Robert De Niro as Jack Byrnes
Ben Stiller as Gaylord 'Greg' Focker
Teri Polo as Pam Byrnes
Blythe Danner as Dina Byrnes
Nicole DeHuff as Deborah Byrnes
Jon Abrahams as Denny Byrnes
Owen Wilson as Kevin Rawley
James Rebhorn as Dr. Larry Banks
Thomas McCarthy as Dr. Bob Banks
Phyllis George as Linda Banks
Themes[edit]


"But I was trying to have in a kind of forties-farce way, the opportunity to create realistic characters, but heighten the comedic situations and predicaments a bit so that they're still very funny and there is still some very broad humor, but you would connect to the characters and completely identify with Ben Stiller's anxiety about not only meeting Robert De Niro's character and all, but the kind of characters from his past that come with him."
Jay Roach[1]
The protagonist Greg Focker is a middle-class Jewish nurse whose social and cultural position is juxtaposed against the Byrnes family of upper-class White Anglo-Saxon Protestants.[2][3] With respect to Greg as a Jew and a nurse when compared to the Byrnes and Banks families, a distinct cultural gap is created and subsequently widened. The cultural differences are often highlighted and Greg is repeatedly made aware of them. This serves to achieve comedic effect through character development and has also been commented upon as being indicative of thematic portrayal of Jewish characters' roles in modern film as well as being a prime example of how male nurses are portrayed in media.[4][5][6] Speaking about character development in Meet the Parents, director Jay Roach stated that he wanted an opportunity to "do character-driven comedy"[1] and "to create realistic characters, but heighten the comedic situations and predicaments."[1]
Vincent Brook observes mainstream Hollywood cinema's tendency since the 1990s of incorporating Jewish liminality and "popularizing the Jew."[4] He explains the "manly Jewish triumph"[4] of characters like Jeff Goldblum's David Levinson in Independence Day and labels it as a "certain answer to America's yearnings for a new Jewish hero."[4] This stands in direct contrast to the schlemiel or "the Jewish fool"[4] which was seen to have been revitalized in the mid-1990s after faltering since the 1960s. The schlemiel, Brook explains, is an anti-hero in whose humiliation the audience finds supreme pleasure. Within that context, Brook describes Greg Focker's character as "the quintessential example of the postmodern schlemiel."[4] The repeated embarrassing encounters that Greg faces with his girlfriend's all-American family is compared to the example of Jason Biggs's character Jim Levenstein of the American Pie film series where Levenstein is often the comedic centerpiece due to his repeated sexual embarrassments.[7]



 At the insistence of his Christian host, the Jewish Greg agrees to say a prayer to bless the food at the dinner table. Unskilled at this custom, he improvises and recites a part of Godspell. This scene served to show a wide social and cultural gap between Greg and the WASP-y Byrnes family.
Anne Bower writes about Jewish characters at mealtime as part of the broader movement she believes started in the 1960s where filmmakers started producing work that explored the "Jewish self-definition."[3] She postulates that the dinner table becomes an arena where Jewish characters are often and most pointedly put into "conflicts with their ethnic and sexual selves."[3] She describes the example of Greg sitting down for dinner with the Byrnes family and being asked to bless the food. In this scene, Greg attempts to recite a prayer by improvising and, in doing so, launches into a recital of the song "Day by Day" from Act I of Godspell. Bower notes this scene as "particularly important for establishing the cultural distance"[3] between the Jewish Greg and the Christian Byrnes. She also noted that the social gap is further widened next morning at breakfast when Greg is the last person to arrive at the breakfast table; he shows up to breakfast wearing pajamas while everyone else is fully clothed. Here Greg is shown as the only person eating a bagel, which Bower argues as being a clear signifier of Jewishness.[3]
Based on common misconceptions and stereotypes about men in nursing, Greg's profession is repeatedly brought up by Jack Byrnes in a negative context and the character of Greg Focker has come to be one of the best known film portrayals of a male nurse.[6] Even though men dominated the profession in earlier times,[8] there has been a feminization of the nursing profession over the course of the last century which has caused men in nursing to often be portrayed as misfits by the media.[9] A common stereotype is that of a man who accepts a career in nursing as an unfortunate secondary career choice, either failing to become a physician or still trying to become one. Such stereotyping is due to a presumption that a man would prefer to be a physician but is unable to become one due to lack of intelligence or non-masculine attributes. Jack Byrnes is often seen openly criticizing Greg's career choice per his perception of nursing being an effeminate profession. In their book Men in Nursing: History, Challenges, and Opportunities authors Chad O'Lynn and Russell Tranbarger present this as an example of a negative portrayal.[10] Commenting on the same issue but disagreeing, Barbara Cherry in her book Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, & Management called the portrayal of Greg as a nurse "one of the most positive film portrayals of men who are nurses"[11] and commented that Greg "humorously addresses and rises above the worst of all stereotypes that are endured by men in this profession."[11] Sandy and Harry Summers in the book Saving Lives: Why the Media's Portrayal of Nurses Puts Us All at Risk postulate that Greg's character, although intelligent and firm in his defense of his profession, "might have done more to rebut the stereotypes"[6] while also reporting that "some men in nursing"[6] expressed their opinions that it would have been better to not present the stereotypes at all.[6]
Production[edit]
Background[edit]
Main article: Meet the Parents (1992 film)
Meet the Parents is a remake of a 1992 independent film of the same name.[12][13][14][15] Greg Glienna and Mary Ruth Clarke wrote the original story and screenplay. Glienna also directed and starred in the 76 minute film which was filmed on 16 mm film in 1991 and released the following year.[16][17][18][19] The 1992 film also marked one of only several film roles played by comedian Emo Philips which he also helped produce.[13][14][18][20] Film producer Elliot Grove, founder of Raindance Film Festival and the British Independent Film Awards, listed the original Meet the Parents on his personal Top Ten list of favorite films where he called it "much funnier and tighter than the Hollywood version".[21] The 1992 film was a featured entry in the 1995 Raindance Film Festival.
Producer Nancy Tenenbaum acquired the rights to the short film.[22] After she sent a copy of the original film to several people of interest, filmmaker Steven Soderbergh replied that he was interested and that he wanted to direct a remake. He brought it to the attention of Universal Studios who initially declined but subsequently optioned the rights to the film in 1995.[12][15] Soderbergh took on the project but then dropped it when he got involved with Out of Sight.[12][23]
Writing[edit]


"...I think the film is fantastic, and I can't imagine a screenwriter being any happier with a film unless he directs it himself. Which, in this case, would've been a disaster since Jay is a brilliant director..."
Jim Herzfeld[24]
Universal approached screenwriter Jim Herzfeld to expand the screenplay.[22][25] Herzfeld expanded the modest script, completing the first draft as early as 1996. He initially presented it to Roach who had, up to that point, directed the first two Austin Powers films. Roach admits to have liked the script from the beginning[26] and was very much willing to make the film even though he thought "it needed more work."[24] Universal initially declined to have relatively inexperienced Roach take on the project. The studio was skeptical of Roach's ability to direct a "less-cartoony, character-driven script" compared to a comedy like Austin Powers.[24] Universal's reluctance to give the project to Roach was also due to new interest from Steven Spielberg who wanted to direct and produce the film with Jim Carrey playing the role of Greg Focker.[24][25][26][27][28] However, Spielberg and Carrey never took the project past the planning stages.[24] The script was then returned to Roach who had by now taken on his next project of Mystery, Alaska but was still interested in making Meet the Parents.
The drafts of the script were written by Herzfeld and, once De Niro and Stiller were confirmed as stars, John Hamburg was brought on board "to help fit the script to their verbal styles."[22] Due to changes in directorial and acting line-ups after the early drafts of the script were written, Hamburg kept adjusting and re-writing the script well after production had already begun.[26][27]
Casting[edit]



 Robert De Niro was cast upon the suggestion of Universal Studios due to critical acclaim of his recent comedy work.
Upon the suggestion of Universal Studios, Roach cast De Niro in the role of Jack Byrnes due to critical acclaim of De Niro's recent comedy work in films such as Analyze This and in the live-action/animated film The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle.[24] De Niro's character Jack Byrnes is Pam's father and a retired CIA operative who is overly protective of his family and has a hard time warming up to his daughters' love interests. The script was not written with De Niro in mind as Jack Byrnes; the first draft of the script was completed in 1996, three years before De Niro appeared in Analyze This.[25] However, shortly after De Niro finished filming The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Universal suggested to Roach that he should cast De Niro for the role to which Roach agrees that he had "no reservations whatsoever."[24] In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, De Niro stated that he was in active pursuit of comedic roles since Analyze This.[27] Admitting that he had initial reservations about starring in Meet the Parents, De Niro said that he felt "pushed into it" due to insistence by Jane Rosenthal—De Niro's partner in TriBeCa Productions who also acted as one of the producers of Meet the Parents.[27] Screenwriter Jim Herzfeld and director Jay Roach both confirmed that, after committing to the project and reviewing the script, Robert De Niro was actually the person who came up with the idea for the famous polygraph test scene.[25][27] Asked about working with De Niro given the serious nature of his previous roles, Ben Stiller said that "it was a little bit intimidating working with De Niro" but that he "has a great sense of humor and I think that's the biggest surprise about him."[29]



 Ben Stiller was cast partly because the director was impressed with his improvisational abilities.
Explaining how Ben Stiller came to be cast in the role of Greg, Roach states: "I saw Meet the Parents as an anxiety dream, and in my view nobody plays that kind of material better than Ben."[24] Additionally, Roach was impressed with Stiller's creative and ad lib abilities stating that "he has lots of great ideas and he's very skilled at loose improvisation."[24] Stiller's character Gaylord "Greg" Focker is a nurse who loves his girlfriend and tries desperately to impress her parents by any means which includes telling harmless little lies which are then covered up with bigger lies and elaborate cover-up schemes. The film's script was initially written with Jim Carrey in the role of Greg and contained much more physical comedy, something that Stiller did not think would be successful with himself playing the role.[26][27] This resulted in deletion of some scenes but also in introduction of at least one unscripted scene that was completely improvised by Stiller.[24][26] Roach cast Stiller only after it became clear that Carrey would not be taking on the role.[24]
The consideration to play the character of Pam Byrnes—Greg's girlfriend who acts as a mediator between Greg and the Byrnes family, especially her father Jack—was initially given to Australian actress Naomi Watts. She ultimately lost the role to Teri Polo because the filmmakers "didn't think [Watts] was sexy enough".[30][31]
Other characters in the film were played by Blythe Danner (as Dina Byrnes, Jack's wife and Pam's mother), Owen Wilson (as Kevin Rawley, Pam's ex-fiancee), Nicole DeHuff (as Debbie Byrnes, Pam's sister), Jon Abrahams (as Denny Byrnes, the youngest child of the Jack and Dina Byrnes), Thomas McCarthy (as Bob Banks, Debbie's fiancé), and James Rebhorn as (Larry Banks, Bob Banks' father and a close friend of Jack's).[32] Phyllis George, who is a former Miss Texas and Miss America pageant winner and has appeared on numerous television programs as a guest and a host, made her acting debut as Linda Banks, Larry's wife and Bob's mother.[33]
The role of Mr. Jinx the cat was played by two five year-old Himalayan cats named Bailey and Misha (sometimes written as Meesha[34]). The American Humane Association oversaw the filming of all scenes where the cats were used and ensured the animals' obedience and well-being by keeping two trainers and a veterinarian on set at all times.[35]
Rating[edit]
Greg Glienna did not come up with the surname Focker; Greg's character in the original film did not have a last name. The name was written into the script after Jim Carrey came up with the idea for the Focker surname during a creative session held before he abandoned the project.[12][17][28] Once Meet the Parents was submitted for rating evaluation, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) questioned the surname Focker as possibly an expletive and, due to the repetitiveness of the surname throughout the film, the film was in danger of being rated R according to the Motion Picture Association of America film rating system. The filmmakers were asked if they had made up the name or if they can prove that such a name exists. The studio submitted to the MPAA a list of real people with the surname Focker which ensured that the film retained a PG-13 rating.[36]
Release[edit]
Theatrical run[edit]
Meet the Parents had its theatrical release in United States and Canada on October 6, 2000. Distributed domestically by Universal Studios, the film had an advertising budget of $33.9 million.[37] It quickly proved to be a financial success taking in $28.6 million during its opening weekend and averaging $10,950 per theater in a total of 2,614 theaters.[38] It finished as the top earning film for the weekend of October 6 to October 8 beating the second place Remember the Titans by a margin of over $9 million and bringing in more than four times the earnings of Get Carter, the next highest earning film released that same weekend.[39] The film's opening weekend earnings were the highest ever for any film released in the month of October as well as marking the highest opening weekend earnings for a film starring Robert De Niro.[40] The film's earnings for the second week of release dropped by 26% down to $21.1 million, which still kept the film in the number one position at the box office beating the second place Remember the Titans by a margin of over $8 million.[41] By the end of the second week of release, the film had already grossed over $58 million, surpassing its production budget of $55 million.[41] It spent its first four weeks of theatrical release as the highest grossing film at the U.S. box office.[38][42] Meet the Parents was displaced from its number one spot during the weekend of November 3 to November 5 by the newly released Charlie's Angels while still managing to stay ahead of The Legend of Bagger Vance, another new release that debuted in the number three spot.[43] It remained in the top ten grossing films until its eleventh week of release.[38] In the United Kingdom the film had its theatrical premiere on December 15, 2000 and was distributed by United International Pictures (UIP).[44][45] There, it managed to earn over $21 million during its run.[46] In Australia, also being distributed by UIP, it was released on December 26, 2000[47] where it earned over $11 million during the theatrical run.[46]
At the end of its theatrical run on March 29, 2001 – 25 weeks after its opening day in North America—the film had grossed $166.2 million in the United States and a total of $330.4 million worldwide,[48] making it the seventh highest grossing film of the year both domestically[49] and worldwide.[50]
Home media[edit]
Meet the Parents was released on VHS & DVD on March 6, 2001.[51] The DVD sales for the film were successful, taking in over $200 million for 2001.[52] Billboard magazine listed the film as having the highest video sales for all weeks from March 31 up to and including April 21,[53][54][55][56] being the top selling DVD for the weeks of March 24 and March 31,[53][57] and being the top rented video for the weeks of April 7 and April 14.[54][55]
The DVD release provides only the letterbox format of the film and is also 108 minutes in length. The aspect ratio is 1:85 with an accommodation for an enhanced 16:9 playback. English language audio tracks available with the film are a 5.1 Dolby Digital and DTS with the main noticeable difference being only a slightly louder bass on one of the tracks.[58] A French language audio track is also available only in 5.1 Dolby Digital Format. Additionally, English language subtitles are provided as well.[58]
The single disc "Collector's Edition" contains two audio commentaries, one a light-hearted and humorous discussion between Roach, Stiller, De Niro and producer Jane Rosenthal and the other a more formal technical commentary on the film-making aspects by the director and editor Jon Poll. The director discusses issues that include working with the cast, utilizing the best camera angles for comedic effect, discussing scenes that were improvised and scenes that were scripted, and commenting on issues surrounding shooting on location. The editor speaks about putting together the best functioning comedy from material that was filmed and discusses some deleted scenes that were excluded from the DVD release. In addition, the DVD features a twelve-minute outtake section, three minutes of deleted scenes, and Universal's Spotlight on Location featurette. Spotlight on Location is a standard 24-minute long featurette about the making of the film which includes interviews with the cast members and contains behind-the-scenes footage.[58] It also contains two games called Take The Lie Detector Test and The Forecaster Game as well as PC material such as wallpapers and screensavers.[58][59] The region 2 edition of the DVD was released on October 22, 2001. A region 1 "Bonus Edition" was released on December 14, 2004 and contains three additional featurettes: Silly Cat Tricks, The Truth About Lying and a 12-minute long Jay Roach: A Director's Profile.[13]
Soundtrack[edit]
Main article: Meet the Parents (soundtrack)
The original motion picture soundtrack for Meet the Parents was released on September 26, 2000 on the DreamWorks Records record label.[60] The soundtrack features 14 original compositions by Randy Newman as well as additional tracks by Bobby Womack, Lee Dorsey, and Dr. John and a hidden bonus track. Newman's original song "A Fool in Love" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song—Newman's 14th Oscar nomination[61]—at the 73rd Academy Awards but it ultimately lost to Bob Dylan's "Things Have Changed" for Wonder Boys.[62] For the same song, Newman also won the 16th Annual ASCAP Film & Television Music Award in the Top Box Office Films category[63] and was nominated at the 5th Golden Satellite Awards in the Original Song category.[64] Dan Goldwasser, in his review of the soundtrack for SoundtrackNet, gave credit to Newman and the soundtrack for doing "an excellent job keeping the humor level high."[60]
Reception[edit]
Critical reception[edit]


"Making a funny but not mean, smart but not smug, broad but not lazy ensemble comedy about contemporary people in a realistic setting is hard. For which Meet the Parents is to be commended — it's a bouncy, loose-limbed, families-do-the-darnedest-things sitcom that elicits ungrudging laughs without invoking water boys, pet detectives, or Klumps."
Lisa Schwarzbaum[65]
The film received a generally positive response from film critics, being commended on the subtlety of its humor[65][66][67][68][69] as well as being named as "the funniest"[22][70] or "one of the funniest"[71][72][73][74] films of the year by several critics. As of December 24, 2011, the aggregate review website Rotten Tomatoes registered an 84% positive response based on reviews from 142 critics and certified the film "Fresh" with an average rating of 6.9/10.[75] As of the same date, Metacritic, another aggregate review website, registered a rating of 73 out of 100, based on 33 reviews,[76] which is classified as "Generally favorable reviews" by the website's rating system.[77] Kenneth Turan, film critic for Los Angeles Times, called it "the funniest film of the year so far, possibly the most amusing mainstream live-action comedy since There's Something About Mary."[22] Critic Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal stated that the film "does almost everything right with a story about everything going wrong"[70] and that it "works up a major comic delirium on the theme of Murphy's Law",[70] concluding that "Meet the Parents is the funniest movie of the year."[70] CNN's Paul Clinton proclaimed "Meet the Parents is one of the best comedies of this - or any other - year",[72] calling it "wonderfully funny"[72] and expressing his hope that "the Academy will also recognize this wonderful movie, something it rarely does when it comes to comedies"[72] Time magazine's film critic Richard Schickel stated that the film was "divinely invented and perfectly orchestrated".[78] He complimented the screenplay by calling the screenwriters Jim Herzfeld and John Hamburg "a couple of skilled tool-and-die makers"[78] as well as the acting cast because he believed that they "understand that palpable reality will always trump frenzied fantasy when it comes to getting laughs."[78] Schickel concluded his review by proclaiming Meet the Parents a "superbly antic movie".[78] Todd McCarthy of Variety magazine called the film "flat-out hilarious"[79] and Neil Smith of BBC proclaimed that "there's not a weak scene in this super-funny picture"[80] while awarding it a rating of five stars out of five.[80] Film critic Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three stars out of four comparing the film to Roach's previous work on the Austin Powers film series and offering his opinion that "[Meet the Parents] is funnier because it never tries too hard."[66] Critic Christopher Null of AMC's Filmcritic.com claimed that "Meet the Parents is one of the funniest comedies I've seen since Annie Hall".[73] Lisa Schwarzbaum from Entertainment Weekly called the script "unforced"[65] and concluded that the film "goes down like a flute of Champagne, leaving an aftertaste of giggles."[65]
However, Internet film critic James Berardinelli, in spite of awarding it two and a half stars out of four, gave the film a somewhat scathing review. On his website, Berardinelli wrote that "Meet the Parents is put together like a TV sit-com,"[81] that Roach "strings together a series of hit-and-miss lowbrow gags with little care for whether any of the connecting material is coherent, interesting, or enjoyable (in most cases, it's none of those three)"[81] and concluding that "even with Stiller and De Niro, Meet the Parents is an encounter that can be postponed until it's available on video."[81] Jeff Vice of the Deseret News, another detractor of the film, proclaimed Meet the Parents "only erratically funny"[82] and accused Roach of taking "the cheap way out with a series of unfunny jokes."[82] Critic Peter Bradshaw's review of the film in The Guardian concludes that Meet the Parents "is somehow less than the sum of its parts. It strains to come to life, but never quite makes it."[83] After the film was released on home media, DVD reviewer and Rolling Stone magazine contributor Douglas Pratt in his book Doug Pratt's DVD: Movies, Television, Music, Art, Adult, and More! stated that "perhaps in the crowded theater the film is hysterical, but in the quieter venue of home video, it just seems sadistic, and as the humor evaporates, the holes in the plot become clearer."[58]
Awards[edit]
WinsPeople's Choice Awards (2001)[84] Favorite Comedy Motion Picture
2001 MTV Movie Awards[85] Best Comedic Performance - Ben Stiller
2001 MTV Movie Awards[85] Best Line - "Are you a pothead, Focker?" - Robert De Niro
American Comedy Awards (2001)[86] Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture - Ben Stiller
16th Annual ASCAP Film & Television Music Awards[63] Top Box Office Films - Randy Newman
Nominations58th Golden Globe Awards[87] Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy - Robert De Niro (Lost to George Clooney for O Brother, Where Art Thou?)
73rd Academy Awards[62] Best Original Song - Randy Newman for "A Fool in Love" (Lost to Bob Dylan's "Things Have Changed" for Wonder Boys)
American Comedy Awards (2001)[88] Funniest Motion Picture (Lost to Best in Show)
5th Golden Satellite Awards[64] Original Song - Randy Newman for "A Fool in Love" (Lost to Björk's "I've Seen It All" for Dancer in the Dark)

Legacy[edit]
The success of Meet the Parents was initially responsible for a 2002 NBC reality television show entitled Meet My Folks in which a young woman's love interest, vying for her family's approval, is interrogated by the woman's overprotective father with the help of a lie detector machine.[89][90] In September 2002, NBC also aired a situation comedy entitled In-Laws. During the development of the sitcom, NBC called it "a Meet the Parents project" which prompted an investigation by Universal into whether NBC was infringing on Universal's copyright.[91] Universal did not pursue any action against NBC but neither show lasted more than one season.
In 2004, Meet the Fockers was released as a sequel to Meet the Parents.[92][93] Directed again by Jay Roach with a screenplay by Jim Herzfeld and John Hamburg, the sequel chronicles the events that take place when the Byrnes family meets Bernie and Roz Focker, Greg's parents, played by Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand. The producers intended for Greg's parents to be the opposite of the Byrnes' conservative, upper class, WASPy demeanor; to that effect, producer Jane Rosenthal explains that "Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand were our dream team."[94] Meet the Fockers proved to be another financial success grossing $280 million domestically and $516 million worldwide,[95] outperforming Meet the Parents by a large margin and finishing as the fourth highest grossing film of 2004.[96]
In February 2007, Universal Studios announced that they would be making a second sequel in the franchise, titled Little Fockers.[97][98][99] The film was to be directed by Roach with the screenplay written by Larry Stuckey, Roach's former assistant.[97][99] The sequel brings back De Niro, Stiller, Polo, Danner as well as Hoffman and Streisand.[97][99]
On July 18, 2005, a regularly scheduled American Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport to San Juan, Puerto Rico had to be diverted back to Fort Lauderdale shortly after take-off due to a bomb threat. The pilot turned the airplane around approximately 40 minutes into the flight after a flight attendant found a crumpled napkin that read "Bomb, bomb, bomb ... meet the parents," a clear reference to the scene in which Ben Stiller's character repeatedly shouts the word "bomb" while being detained by airport security.[100][101] The airplane was met by a bomb squad of the local sheriff's office as well as the FBI whose agents questioned the plane's 176 passengers about the note.
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Notes[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b c Kleinman , Geoffrey. Jay Roach - Director of Meet The Parents, DVDtalk. Accessed April 1, 2010.
2.Jump up ^ Wilmington, Michael. 'Meet the Parents' Finds Success by Marrying Classic Themes to Modern Tastes, Los Angeles Times, November 6, 2000. Accessed March 30, 2010.
3.^ Jump up to: a b c d e Bower 2004, p. 99
4.^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Brook 2006, pp. 240, 241
5.Jump up ^ Bower 2004, pp. 97–99
6.^ Jump up to: a b c d e Summers & Summers 2009, pp. 172, 173
7.Jump up ^ Brook 2006, p. 241
8.Jump up ^ O'Lynn & Tranbarger 2007, p. 6
9.Jump up ^ O'Lynn & Tranbarger 2007, p. 172
10.Jump up ^ O'Lynn & Tranbarger 2007, p. 257
11.^ Jump up to: a b Cherry 2005, p. 34
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37.Jump up ^ Wasko 2003, p. 196
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39.Jump up ^ October 6-8, 2000 Weekend, Box Office Mojo. Accessed April 1, 2010.
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41.^ Jump up to: a b October 13-15, 2000 Weekend, Box Office Mojo. Accessed April 1, 2010.
42.Jump up ^ Associated Press. 'Blair Witch' sequel has disappointing box-office debut, CNN, October 29, 2000. Accessed May 26, 2008.
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45.Jump up ^ Meet the Parents 2000, Yahoo! Movies. Accessed April 1, 2010.
46.^ Jump up to: a b Meet the Parents - Foreign, Box Office Mojo. Accessed April 1, 2010.
47.Jump up ^ Urban, Andrew. Meet the Parents, Urban Cinefile. Accessed April 1, 2010.
48.Jump up ^ Meet the Parents (2000), Box Office Mojo. Accessed May 26, 2008.
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50.Jump up ^ 2000 Worldwide Grosses, Box Office Mojo. Accessed May 30, 2008.
51.Jump up ^ Meet the Parents, New York Times. Accessed August 14, 2009.
52.Jump up ^ Hernandez, Greg. Home Video Booms VHS Blockbusters, DVD Sales Fuel Rise, The Free Library, 2002. Accessed August 20, 2009.
53.^ Jump up to: a b Billboard 2001b, p. 73
54.^ Jump up to: a b Billboard 2001c, p. 95
55.^ Jump up to: a b Billboard 2001d, p. 64
56.Jump up ^ Billboard 2001e, p. 72
57.Jump up ^ Billboard 2001a, p. 60
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60.^ Jump up to: a b Goldwasser, Dan. Meet the Parents Soundtrack, SoundtrackNet, September 22, 2000. Accessed August 17, 2009.
61.Jump up ^ Dylan, Björk, Sting Get First Oscar Nods, ABC News, February 13, 2001. Accessed August 17, 2009.
62.^ Jump up to: a b Oscar nominees in full, BBC News, February 13, 2001. Accessed October 14, 2008.
63.^ Jump up to: a b Top Box Office, ASCAP.com. Accessed October 14, 2008.
64.^ Jump up to: a b 2001 5th Annual SATELLITE Awards, International Press Academy. Accessed February 11, 2010.
65.^ Jump up to: a b c d Schwarzbaum, Lisa. Vetting Day Blues, Entertainment Weekly, October 6, 2000. Accessed May 30, 2008.
66.^ Jump up to: a b Ebert, Roger. Meet The Parents, Chicago Sun-Times, October 6, 2000. Accessed May 26, 2008.
67.Jump up ^ Mitchell, Elvis. Film Review; So You're the Lunkhead Who Wants Daddy's Girl, The New York Times, October 6, 2000. Accessed February 3, 2010.
68.Jump up ^ Zacharek, Stephanie. Meet the Parents, Salon.com, October 6, 2000. Accessed February 3, 2010.
69.Jump up ^ Graham, Bob. Meet the Parents and Say Hello to Disaster, San Francisco Chronicle, October 6, 2000. Accessed February 3, 2010.
70.^ Jump up to: a b c d Morgenstern, Joe. In 'Meet the Parents,' Everything Goes Wrong And It Plays Just Right, The Wall Street Journal, October 6, 2000. Accessed February 3, 2010.
71.Jump up ^ Ross, Jonathan. With some great jokes and laughs to spare, Meet The Parents is one of the funniest films of the year, Daily Mirror, December 15, 2000. Accessed February 3, 2010.
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73.^ Jump up to: a b Null, Christopher. Meet the Parents, Filmcritic.com. Accessed August 14, 2009.
74.Jump up ^ Tuckman, Jeff. Meet the Parents: Close encounter of worst kind, Daily Herald, March 9, 2001. Accessed February 3, 2010.
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76.Jump up ^ Meet the Parents, Metacritic. Accessed October 14, 2008.
77.Jump up ^ About Metascores. How We Calculate Our Scores: The Short Summary, Metacritic. Accessed February 3, 2010.
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79.Jump up ^ McCarthy, Todd. Meet the Parents, Variety, October 1, 2000. Accessed October 9, 2008.
80.^ Jump up to: a b Smith, Neil. Meet the Parents (2000), BBC, December 11, 2000. Accessed October 9, 2008.
81.^ Jump up to: a b c Berardinelli, James. Meet the Parents, ReelViews.net. Accessed October 8, 2008.
82.^ Jump up to: a b Vice, Jeff. Meet the Parents, Deseret News, October 6, 2000. Accessed October 8, 2008.
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84.Jump up ^ Associated Press. Gibson, Green Mile Find Favor, CBS News, January 8, 2001. Accessed October 14, 2008.
85.^ Jump up to: a b MTV Movie Awards 2001, MTV.com. Accessed October 14, 2008.
86.Jump up ^ American Comedy Awards Air Tonight on Comedy Central, Los Angeles Times, April 25, 2001. Accessed October 14, 2008.
87.Jump up ^ The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2001), Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Accessed October 14, 2008.
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89.Jump up ^ Gallo, Phil. Meet My Folks, Variety, July 21, 2002. Accessed May 27, 2008.
90.Jump up ^ Fenwick, Alexandra. Meet My Folks brings a fiance's worst nightmare to television, The Johns Hopkins News-Letter, September 13, 2002. Accessed October 10, 2008.
91.Jump up ^ Lynette Rice and Dan Snierson. On the Air, Entertainment Weekly, August 9, 2002. Accessed October 10, 2008.
92.Jump up ^ Clinton, Paul. Review: Formulaic 'Fockers' fitfully funny. Sequel has moments, but a comedown from original, CNN, December 22, 2004. Accessed May 27, 2008.
93.Jump up ^ Tyrangiel, Josh. High Drama, Low Comedy, CNN, December 6, 2004. Accessed May 27, 2008.
94.Jump up ^ Universal Studio. "Meet the Fockers" Movie Production Notes, Entertainment Magazine, December 22, 2004. Accessed October 10, 2008.
95.Jump up ^ Meet The Fockers, Box Office Mojo. Accessed October 10, 2008.
96.Jump up ^ 2004 Yearly Box Office Results, Box Office Mojo. Accessed October 10, 2008.
97.^ Jump up to: a b c Michael Fleming, Diane Garrett. More 'Fockers' for Universal. Tribeca deal paves way for third movie, Variety, February 22, 2007. Accessed May 26, 2008.
98.Jump up ^ Third Fockers Movie On The Horizon, Empire, February 23, 2007. Accessed May 28, 2008.
99.^ Jump up to: a b c Martindale, Stone. 'Little Fockers' given the go from Universal, Monsters and Critics, February 23, 2007. Accessed October 10, 2008.
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References[edit]
Pratt, Douglas (June 2004). "Meet the Parents (DreamWorks, 21133)". Doug Pratt's DVD: Movies, Television, Music, Art, Adult, and More!. Harbor Electronic Publishing. p. 783. ISBN 1-932916-00-8.
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Kaufman, Anthony (2002). "Patricia Thomson/1996". Steven Soderbergh: Interviews. University Press of Mississippi. p. 92. ISBN 1-57806-428-7.
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Billboard (March 2001b). "Top Videos". Billboard 113 (13): pp. 73.
Billboard (April 2001c). "Top Videos". Billboard 113 (14): pp. 95.
Billboard (April 2001d). "Top Videos". Billboard 113 (15): pp. 64.
Billboard (April 2001e). "Top Videos". Billboard 113 (16): pp. 72.
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Meet the Parents (1992 film)

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Meet the Parents

Directed by
Greg Glienna
Produced by
Jim Vincent
Emo Philips
Written by
Greg Glienna
 Mary Ruth Clarke
Starring
Greg Glienna
 Jacqueline Cahill
 Mary Ruth Clarke
 Emo Philips
Music by
Scott May (composer)
Cinematography
Bradley Sellers
Editing by
Dan Schalk
Release date(s)
1992
Running time
76 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
US $100,000 (estimated)
Meet the Parents is a 1992 American independent comedy film written by Greg Glienna and Mary Ruth Clarke. Glienna also directed and starred in the film as the male protagonist, Greg. The film is about a young man meeting his girlfriend's parents for the first time and the problems that arise when the girl's father takes a disliking to him.
Filmed on a budget of approximately $100,000 and shot in and around Chicago,[1] Meet the Parents was not widely distributed and did not earn a large profit at the box office upon its limited release. It did, however, garner some critical acclaim and film industry attention towards remaking the film on a bigger budget.
Several years after the film's release, Universal Studios purchased the rights to the independent film. After hiring screenwriter Jim Herzfeld to expand the script, a new version of Meet the Parents was filmed and released in October 2000.[1] The 2000 version in turn inspired two movie sequels[2][3] and two television series.[4][5]

Contents
  [hide] 1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Reception
4 Meet the Parents (2000) and sequels
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Plot[edit]
A clumsy but well-meaning young man named Greg (Greg Glienna) is on his way to visit his girlfriend Pam's (Jacqueline Cahill) parents for the first time. Stopping at a gas station on the way, he is warned by an attendant (Jim Vincent) of the catastrophic experience of his girlfriend's previous boyfriend when he first met her overprotective father. Greg ignores the advice to turn around and go home.
Arriving at her parents' home, Greg quickly becomes a target of the girl's family's anger when he, among other mistakes, clogs the toilet and makes it overflow, destroys the dinner roast and the family's beloved Victrola, almost blinds his girlfriend's mother with a fishing rod, gets into bed with his girlfriend's sister, and accidentally drowns the family dog. When his girlfriend's father feels that his family has been brought to the very brink of destruction, he chases Greg out of the house with a shotgun.
Cast[edit]
Greg Glienna — Greg
Jacqueline Cahill — Pam
Mary Ruth Clarke — Fay
John Dacosse — Customer
Dick Galloway — Irv
Harry Hickstein — Lee
Emo Philips — Video Store Clerk
Jim Vincent — Gas Station Attendant
Carol Whelan — Kay
Reception[edit]
[icon] This section requires expansion with: information from multiple, reliable sources that compile data from many reviewers, potentially including controversies. (May 2013)
Film critic Suzan Ayscough reviewed the film for Variety magazine in 1992. In her review, she called the film a "wonderfully twisted black comedy" even though she believed it to be "excessive and occasionally overdone." Ayscough predicted that the film "could garner a cult following among anti-establishment urbanites" due to its "blatant attack on marriage, suburban indifference, Christian hypocrisy and the nuclear family" and unsuitability for mainstream audiences. Opining that the "script desperately needed an objective eye," she concluded by calling the film an "amusing vehicle which aptly displays the multiple talents of Greg Glienna."[6]
Film producer Elliot Grove, founder of Raindance Film Festival and the British Independent Film Awards, listed the original Meet the Parents on his personal Top Ten list of favorite films. In the article, he called it "much funnier and tighter than the Hollywood version."[7]
Meet the Parents (2000) and sequels[edit]
Main articles: Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers, and Little Fockers
Producer Nancy Tenenbaum acquired the rights to the original film and then she sent a copy to several people of interest hoping to have a new version of the film made. Filmmaker Steven Soderbergh replied that he was interested and that he wanted to direct a remake. He brought it to the attention of Universal Studios who initially declined but subsequently optioned the rights to the film in 1995.[1] Sodebergh took on the project but then dropped it when he got involved with Out of Sight.[1]
In 1995 Universal Studios purchased the rights to the film.[1] The screenplay was expanded by screenwriter Jim Herzfeld and film director Jay Roach was hired to direct the 2000 version of Meet the Parents with Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro in the leading roles.[8][9][10] Distributed by Universal Studios domestically and by United International Pictures internationally, the remade film was a big financial success earning $166.2 million in the United States and a total of $330.4 million worldwide.[11]
The 2000 version in turn inspired two movie sequels, Meet the Fockers (2004)[2][12] and Little Fockers (2010),[3][13] as well as two NBC shows in 2002, each failing to get renewed: a reality television show entitled Meet My Folks[4] and a situation comedy entitled In-Laws.[5]
See also[edit]
1992 in film
Cinema of the United States
List of American films of 1992
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b c d e The Boys Who Met the Parents, Stumped. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
2.^ Jump up to: a b "Meet The Fockers,". Box Office Mojo. IMDB. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
3.^ Jump up to: a b "Little Fockers". Box Office Mojo. IMDB. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
4.^ Jump up to: a b Gallo, Phil. Meet My Folks, Variety, July 21, 2002. Retrieved May 27, 2008.
5.^ Jump up to: a b Lynette Rice and Dan Snierson. On the Air, Entertainment Weekly, August 9, 2002. Retrieved October 10, 2008.
6.Jump up ^ Ayscough, Suzan (August 13, 1992). "Meet the Parents". Variety (in English). raindance.co.uk. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
7.Jump up ^ Grove, Elliot. "Elliot's Top Ten". Raindance Film Festival (in English). raindance.co.uk. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
8.Jump up ^ Adams, Sam. Meet the Parents, Philadelphia City Paper. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
9.Jump up ^ Shaffer, R.L. Meet the Parents: Bonus Edition (2000), dvdfuture.com. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
10.Jump up ^ Howe, Desson. A High Mirth Rate, The Washington Post, October 6, 2000. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
11.Jump up ^ "Meet the Parents (2000)". Box Office Mojo. IMDB. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
12.Jump up ^ Clinton, Paul. Review: Formulaic 'Fockers' fitfully funny. Sequel has moments, but a comedown from original, CNN, December 22, 2004. Accessed May 27, 2008.
13.Jump up ^ "Little Fockers (2010)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
External links[edit]
Meet the Parents at the Internet Movie Database
 

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American Pie (series)

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American Pie Series
File-American Pie Logo.jpg
Entire series box set

Distributed by
Universal Pictures
Release date(s)
1999–present
Running time
786 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$145,000,000
Box office
$989,475,386 (theatrical films)
American Pie is a series of teen films conceived by Adam Herz. The first film in the series was released on July 9, 1999, by Universal Pictures, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, spawning three direct sequels. The second and third films were released at two-year intervals, whereas the fourth film was released in 2012 . From 2005 to 2009, four spin-off films were released. A ninth feature film has been announced in response to the success of the fourth installment.
Throughout the first film in the original series, Jim Levenstein (Jason Biggs) tries to develop a relationship with his school classmate Nadia (Shannon Elizabeth), and along with his best friends Kevin Myers (Thomas Ian Nicholas), Paul Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas), and Chris Ostreicher (Chris Klein), attempts to lose his virginity. In the second film, with good friend, and Finch's frenemy Steve Stifler (Seann William Scott), the friends host a summer party and Jim switches his interest to his friend Michelle Flaherty (Alyson Hannigan). In the third film, Jim and Michelle plan to marry, but the forced invitation of Stifler could ruin everything. In the fourth film, the gang gets back together in anticipation for their thirteenth high school reunion. The spin-off series revolves around relatives of Stifler, including his brother Matt (Tad Hilgenbrink) and cousins Erik (John White), Dwight (Steve Talley), Scott (John Patrick Jordan), and their respective friends attempting similar activities.
The original series, produced on a total budget of US$145 million, has grossed $989 million worldwide. The spin-off films were released direct-to-video. The series has developed a cult following. Critics have given the original trilogy mixed reviews, and overlooked the spin-off series. The series has been released on DVD.

Contents
  [hide] 1 Theatrical films 1.1 Overview
1.2 Development
2 Spin-off films 2.1 Overview
2.2 Development
3 Cast
4 Reception 4.1 Box office performance
4.2 Critical reaction
5 References
6 External links
Theatrical films[edit]

Film
Director
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
American Pie (1999) Chris & Paul Weitz Adam Herz Chris Moore, Craig Perry, Chris Weitz & Warren Zide
American Pie 2 (2001) J. B. Rogers Chris Bender, Adam Herz, Chris Moore, Craig Perry, Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz & Warren Zide
American Wedding (2003) Jesse Dylan
American Reunion (2012) Jon Hurwitz & Hayden Schlossberg Chris Moore, Craig Perry & Warren Zide
Overview[edit]
In the original American Pie (1999), Jim Levenstein and his friends Kevin Myers, Paul Finch and Chris Ostreicher attempt to lose their virginity before their high school graduation. Jim pursues Czech exchange student Nadia, but his attempts fail after he ejaculates prematurely twice during foreplay, and instead pursues band geek Michelle, asking her to the prom. At Stifler's prom afterparty, Jim has a one-night stand with Michelle.[1] In American Pie 2 (2001), Jim and his friends organize a party at a summer beach house in Grant Harbor reuniting the high school gang. Nadia returns, and Jim asks Michelle for orientation to finally have sex with her. Jim ends up realizing he is in love with Michelle, and goes to a recital where she is performing to reveal this to her.[2] American Wedding (2003) begins with Jim proposing to Michelle. Finch, Kevin and Stifler help the arranging of his marriage.[3]
In the years that have passed since American Wedding, the most recent installment American Reunion (2012) shows Jim and Michelle married with a child and Kevin has gotten married himself, whereas Oz and Heather grew apart, Finch still has not found love (not counting Stifler's mom), and Stifler has not come to terms with the fact that his high school days are long gone. Now these lifelong friends have come home as adults for their thirteenth high school class reunion, to reminisce about – and get inspired by – the hormonal teens they once were.[4]
Development[edit]
The film series began with American Pie, released on July 9, 1999.[5] This was followed by three sequels; American Pie 2, released on August 11, 2001,[6] American Wedding, released on August 1, 2003,[7] and American Reunion, released on April 5, 2012.[4]
Spin-off films[edit]

Film
Director
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
American Pie Presents: Band Camp (2005) Steve Rash Brad Riddell Mike Elliott
American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile (2006) Joe Nussbaum Eric Lindsay W. K. Border
American Pie Presents: Beta House (2007) Andrew Waller
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love (2009) John Putch David H. Steinberg Mike Elliot, Craig Perry & Warren Zide
Overview[edit]
American Pie Presents: Band Camp (2005) follows Steve's younger brother Matt Stifler (Tad Hilgenbrink), who is forced to attend band camp for the summer and realizes he must change his arrogant ways in order to win over Elyse, a girl in his band. Of all the spin-offs, this is the only one to be a direct follow-up to any of the theatrical films which is American Wedding.
American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile (2006) follows Erik Stifler (John White), the only Stifler to possibly graduate a virgin. After a failed attempt at sex with his girlfriend Tracy (Jessy Schram), she gives Erik a free pass to go to the college where his cousin Dwight (Steve Talley) attends to lose his virginity. In the process, Erik's loyalty is put to the test.
American Pie Presents: Beta House (2007) continues a year after The Naked Mile. Erik has now graduated high school, has lost his girlfriend to her previous boyfriend and is about to start college. First he must complete a series of tasks before he can join Dwight's fraternity and also begins a new relationship with Ashley (Meghan Heffern), a girl he met due to the co-ed washrooms in their dorm.
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love (2009) takes place ten years after American Pie, and has no connection to any of the prior three spin-off films, except for the appearance of Mr. Levenstine. Set in East Great Falls, a fire in the school's library results in the destruction of the Book of Love (the "Bible" from the first film). With the help of the book's creator, Mr. Levenstein, the people who started the fire set out to restore the book and lose their virginity.
Development[edit]
More than six years after the release of the original American Pie, the franchise continued with a straight-to-video spin-off Presents series; consisting of Band Camp, released on December 26, 2005,[8] The Naked Mile, released on December 12, 2006,[9] Beta House, released on December 27, 2007,[10] and The Book of Love, released on December 22, 2009.[11] The first three spin-offs center around relatives of Steve Stifler, which include his brother Matt, and his cousins Erik and Dwight Stifler. The fourth spin-off, however, centers around a group of friends who happen to go to the same school as Scott Stifler.[12][13][14][15]
Several films set in the American Pie continuity were released. The films featured mostly new characters. Aside from the raunchy humor, the common elements among the American Pie Presents films are the continued presence of Jim's Dad and members of the Stifler clan. Other than Jim's Dad, the only other returning characters are Matt Stifler, who takes center stage for the first spin-off, albeit played by a new actor, and Chuck Sherman, who is the guidance counselor for East Great Falls High School in the first spin-off.
Cast[edit]
Main article: List of characters in the American Pie film series

Character
Film

American Pie
 (1999)
American Pie 2
 (2001)
American Wedding
 (2003)
American Pie Presents: Band Camp
 (2005)
American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile
 (2006)
American Pie Presents: Beta House
 (2007)
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
 (2009)
American Reunion
 (2012)

Noah Levenstein
Eugene Levy
James "Jim" Levenstein
Jason Biggs  Jason Biggs
Michelle Levenstein (née Flaherty)
Alyson Hannigan  Alyson Hannigan
Steve Stifler
Seann William Scott  Seann William Scott
Kevin Myers
Thomas Ian Nicholas  Thomas Ian Nicholas
Paul Finch
Eddie Kaye Thomas  Eddie Kaye Thomas
Chris "Oz" Ostreicher
Chris Klein  Chris Klein
Heather
Mena Suvari  Mena Suvari
Victoria "Vicky" Lathum
Tara Reid  Tara Reid
Jessica
Natasha Lyonne  Natasha Lyonne (cameo)
Nadia
Shannon Elizabeth  Shannon Elizabeth (cameo)
Chuck Sherman
Chris Owen  Chris Owen  Chris Owen (cameo)
Mrs. Levenstein
Molly Cheek  Molly Cheek (cameo)
Cadence Flaherty
 January Jones 
Harold Flaherty
 Fred Willard 
Mary Flaherty
 Deborah Rush 
Jeanine Stifler
Jennifer Coolidge  Jennifer Coolidge
John (aka MILF Guy #2)
John Cho  John Cho
Justin (aka MILF Guy #1)
Justin Isfield  Justin Isfield (cameo)
Selena
 Dania Ramirez
Mia
 Katrina Bowden
Kara
 Ali Cobrin
AJ
 Chuck Hittinger
Ron
 Jay Harrington
Rachel Finch
 Rebecca De Mornay (uncredited)
Matt Stifler
Eli Marienthal  Tad Hilgenbrink 
Elyse Houston
 Arielle Kebbel 
Chloe
 Crystle Lightning 
James "Jimmy" Chong
 Jun Hee Lee 
Ernie Kaplowitz
 Jason Earles 
Erik Stifler
 John White 
Dwight Stifler
 Steve Talley 
Harry Stifler
 Christopher McDonald 
Tracy Sterling
 Jessy Schram 
Rob Shearson
 Bug Hall 
Scott Stifler
 John Patrick Jordan 
Nathan Jenkyll
 Kevin M. Horton 
Marshall "Lube" Lubetsky
 Brandon Hardesty 
Heidi
 Beth Behrs 
Ashley
 Jennifer Holland 
Madeline Shearson
 Rosanna Arquette 
Reception[edit]
Box office performance[edit]

Film
Release date
Revenue
Rank
Budget
Reference

United States
Foreign
Worldwide
All time domestic
All time worldwide
American Pie July 9, 1999 $102,561,004 $132,922,000 $235,483,004 #501 #409 $10,000,000 [16]
American Pie 2 August 11, 2001 $145,103,595 $142,450,000 $287,553,595 #256 #318 $30,000,000 [17]
American Wedding August 1, 2003 $104,565,114 $126,884,089 $231,449,203 #485 #419 $55,000,000 [18]
American Reunion April 5, 2012 $57,011,521 $177,978,063 $234,989,584 #1139 #412 $50,000,000 [19]
Total $409,241,234 $580,234,152 $989,475,386   $145,000,000
Critical reaction[edit]

Film
Rotten Tomatoes
Metacritic
American Pie 61% (122 reviews)[20] 58 (30 reviews)[21]
American Pie 2 52% (126 reviews)[22] 43 (28 reviews)[23]
American Wedding 55% (154 reviews)[24] 43 (34 reviews)[25]
American Reunion 44% (169 reviews)[26] 49 (34 reviews)[27]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ American Pie (DVD). Universal Pictures. 1999.
2.Jump up ^ American Pie 2 (DVD). Universal Pictures. 2001.
3.Jump up ^ American Wedding (DVD). Universal Pictures. 2003.
4.^ Jump up to: a b "American Reunion (2012) Movie Info - Yahoo! Movies". Movies.yahoo.com. 2012-04-06. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
5.Jump up ^ "American Pie (1999) - Movie Info - Yahoo! Movies". Movies.yahoo.com. July 9, 1999. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
6.Jump up ^ "American Pie 2 (2001) - Movie Info - Yahoo! Movies". Movies.yahoo.com. August 10, 2001. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
7.Jump up ^ "American Pie: The Wedding". Phase9.tv. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
8.Jump up ^ "American Pie - Band Camp (Unrated Widescreen Edition)". Amazon.com. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
9.Jump up ^ "American Pie - The Naked Mile (Unrated Widescreen Edition)". Amazon.com. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
10.Jump up ^ "American Pie Presents: Beta House". Amazon.com. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
11.Jump up ^ "American Pie Presents: The Book of Love". Amazon.com. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
12.Jump up ^ American Pie Presents: Band Camp (DVD). Universal Pictures. 2005.
13.Jump up ^ American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile (DVD). Universal Pictures. 2006.
14.Jump up ^ American Pie Presents: Beta House (DVD). Universal Pictures. 2007.
15.Jump up ^ American Pie Presents: The Book of Love (DVD). Universal Pictures. 2009.
16.Jump up ^ "American Pie (1999)". Box Office Mojo. CBS Interactive. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
17.Jump up ^ "American Pie 2 (2001)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
18.Jump up ^ "American Wedding (2003)". Box Office Mojo. CBS. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
19.Jump up ^ "American Reunion (2012)". Box Office Mojo. CBS. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
20.Jump up ^ "American Pie". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
21.Jump up ^ "American Pie (1999): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
22.Jump up ^ "American Pie 2". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
23.Jump up ^ "American Pie 2 (2001): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
24.Jump up ^ "American Wedding". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 9th, 2013.
25.Jump up ^ "American Wedding (2003): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
26.Jump up ^ "American Reunion". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
27.Jump up ^ "American Reunion (2012) : Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
External links[edit]

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This article is about the original 1999 film. For the film series, see American Pie (series).

American Pie
Group picture of the cast. Alyson Hannigan has a flute in hand.
Theatrical release poster

Directed by
Paul Weitz
 Chris Weitz (Uncredited)
Produced by
Chris Weitz
Chris Moore
 Warren Zide
 Craig Perry
Written by
Adam Herz
Starring
Jason Biggs
Chris Klein
Thomas Ian Nicholas
Alyson Hannigan
Shannon Elizabeth
Natasha Lyonne
Seann William Scott
Mena Suvari
Eddie Kaye Thomas
Tara Reid
Eugene Levy
Music by
David Lawrence
Cinematography
Richard Crudo
Editing by
Priscilla Nedd-Friendly
Studio
Zide/Perry Productions
Distributed by
Universal Pictures (US, UK, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand)
Summit Entertainment (International)[1]
Release date(s)
July 9, 1999

Running time
91 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$13million
Box office
$235,483,004[2]
American Pie is a 1999 comedy film written by Adam Herz and directed by brothers Paul and Chris Weitz, in their directorial film debut. It is the first film in the American Pie theatrical series. The film was a box-office hit and spawned three direct sequels: American Pie 2 (2001), American Wedding (2003), and American Reunion (2012).[3] The film concentrates on five boys (Jim, Kevin, Oz, Finch, and Stifler) who attend East Great Falls High. With the exception of Stifler (who has already lost his virginity), the other four make a pact to lose their virginity before their high school graduation. The title is borrowed from the folk song of the same name and refers to a scene in the film, in which the lead character is caught masturbating with a pie after being told that third base feels like "warm apple pie". It's also been stated by writer Adam Herz that the title also refers to the quest of losing your virginity in high school, which is as "American as apple pie."
The film's theme song is Laid by James, which is also the theme for the entire franchise.
In addition to the primary American Pie saga, there are currently four direct-to-DVD spin-off films bearing the title American Pie Presents: Band Camp (2005), The Naked Mile (2006), Beta House (2007) and The Book of Love (2009).
In response to the success of American Reunion, a fifth theatrical film, under the working title "American Pie 5" was announced on August 4, 2012.[4]

Contents
  [hide] 1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Awards and nominations
4 Location
5 Soundtrack
6 Reception 6.1 Commercial reception
6.2 Critical reception
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
Plot[edit]
Four good friends from western Michigan, high school seniors, Kevin Myers (Thomas Ian Nicholas), a confident student with a girlfriend named Vicky (Tara Reid); Chris "Oz" Ostreicher (Chris Klein), a member of the high school lacrosse team; Jim Levenstein (Jason Biggs), an awkward and sexually naïve character whose dad (Eugene Levy) attempts to offer sexual advice including purchasing and giving him pornography; and Paul Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas), a cappuccino-drinking sophisticate and a nerd, make a pact, at Kevin's initiation, to lose their virginity before their high school graduation after a dorky classmate, Chuck Sherman (Chris Owen), claims to have done so at a party hosted by Steve Stifler (Seann William Scott), an ignorant and obnoxious lacrosse player who happens to be a close friend to the main four boys.
Vicky later accuses Kevin of being with her only for sex, and he must try and repair his relationship with her before the upcoming prom night, when the four plan to lose their virginity. He eventually succeeds. Oz, meanwhile, joins the jazz choir in an effort to lose his reputation as an insensitive jock and finds a girlfriend there. He soon wins the attention of Heather (Mena Suvari), a girl in the choir. However, he runs into problems when Heather comes to learn about Oz's reputation and subsequently breaks up with him, although he later manages to regain some of her trust, and later most of it when he leaves the lacrosse championship to perform a duet with her in a choir competition.
Jim, meanwhile, attempts to pursue Nadia (Shannon Elizabeth), an exchange student from Slovakia who asks Jim for help to study for an upcoming English test to get an A. After being told by Oz that third base feels like "warm apple pie", he practices having sex with a pie, only to be caught by his father (who lets him keep it a secret from his mother). Stifler persuades him to set up a webcam in his room so that they can all watch it together. The plan suffers a hiccup, though, when Nadia discovers Jim's pornography collection and sits half-naked on his bed to read and masturbates to it. Jim is persuaded to return to his room, where he joins Nadia, unaware that he accidentally sent the webcam link to everyone on the school list. Nadia's exchange family sees the video and sends her back home, now leaving Jim completely dateless for the upcoming prom, and his likeliness of losing his virginity before high school is over.
In sheer desperation, Jim asks band camp geek Michelle Flaherty (Alyson Hannigan) to the senior prom as she is apparently the only girl at his school who did not see what happened. Finch, meanwhile, pays Vicky's friend, Jessica (Natasha Lyonne), $200 to spread rumors around the school of his sexual prowess, hoping that it will increase his chances of success. Unfortunately, he runs into trouble when Stifler, angry that a girl turned him down for the prom because she was waiting for Finch to ask her, puts a laxative into Finch's mochaccino. Finch, being paranoid about the lack of cleanliness in the school restrooms, and unable to go home to use the toilet as he usually does, is tricked by Stifler into using the girls' restroom. Afterward, he emerges before many other fellow students, humiliated and is left dateless.
At the prom, everything seems hopeless for the four boys until Vicky asks the girl that Chuck Sherman claimed to have bedded about her "first time." She proclaims to everyone at the prom that she and Sherman did not have sex at Stifler's party, leaving Sherman embarrassed and making him wet himself. The revelation takes the pressure off of Jim, Kevin, Oz and Finch, and they head to the post-prom party with new hope. At the after-party at Stifler's house, all four boys fulfill their pledge. Kevin and Vicky have sex in an upstairs bedroom. Vicky breaks up with Kevin afterwards on the grounds that they will drift apart when they go to college, with him attending the University of Michigan and her at Cornell University; he tries to persuade her otherwise but quickly realizes that the distance between the two schools will be too much of a burden. Oz confesses the pact to Heather, and renounces it, saying that just by them being together makes him a winner. They reconcile and wind up having sexual intercourse together on the dock. Oz, honoring his newfound sensitivity, never confesses to what they did.
Jim and Michelle have sex after he finds out that she is actually not as naïve as she let on and that she saw the "Nadia Incident" after all. She accepted his offer to be his date because of it, knowing he was a "sure thing," but she makes him wear two condoms to combat his earlier "problem" with Nadia. Jim is surprised to discover that Michelle behaves unexpectedly aggressively in bed. In the morning he wakes up to find her gone and realizes that she had used him for a one-night stand, which Jim thinks is "cool."
Dateless, Finch strays downstairs to the basement recreation room where he meets Stifler's Mom (Jennifer Coolidge). She is aroused by his precociousness, and they have sex on the pool table, and Finch has his revenge on Stifler with his mom. The next morning, while Stifler searches for his mom, he finds her on the pool table with Finch, and is shocked so much that he faints. The morning after the prom Jim, Kevin, Oz, and Finch eat breakfast at their favorite restaurant - with the fitting nostalgic name, "Dog Years" - where they toast to "the next step."
The film ends with Nadia watching Jim stripping on his webcam. His dad walks in but walks out and starts dancing like Jim.
Cast[edit]
See also: List of American Pie characters
Jason Biggs as James "Jim" Levenstein
Chris Klein as Chris "Oz" Ostreicher
Thomas Ian Nicholas as Kevin Myers
Eddie Kaye Thomas as Paul Finch
Alyson Hannigan as Michelle Flaherty
Natasha Lyonne as Jessica
Tara Reid as Victoria "Vicky" Lathum
Seann William Scott as Steve Stifler
Mena Suvari as Heather
Shannon Elizabeth as Nadia
Eugene Levy as Jim's Dad
Molly Cheek as Jim's Mom
Eli Marienthal as Stifler's younger brother
Chris Owen as Chuck "Sherminator" Sherman
Jennifer Coolidge as Stifler's Mom
John Cho as John
Justin Isfeld as Justin
Eric Lively as Albert
Sasha Barrese as Courtney
James DeBello as Enthusiastic guy
Lawrence Pressman as Coach Marshall
Clyde Kusatsu as English teacher
Tara Subkoff (uncredited) as College girl
Chris Weitz (uncredited) as Male voice in porn film
Tyler Love as the milky bar kid
CameosBlink-182 make a cameo appearance as the band watching Jim and Nadia during their webcast though drummer Travis is incorrectly credited as former Blink-182 drummer "Scott Raynor". Also, when their song "Mutt" is credited, Barker's name is misspelled as "Travis Barkor". The parts were given when Tom DeLonge's acting agent reported the film needed a band.
Christina Milian appears as one of the band geeks.
Casey Affleck as Tom Myers, Kevin's older brother.
Stacy Fuson, Playmate of the Month for February 1999, appears in the crowd laughing at Finch when he exits the girls' restroom.
Awards and nominations[edit]
Wins2000 - Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favourite Supporting Comedy Actor (Eugene Levy)[5]
2000 - Bogey Awards: Bogey Awards in Platinum (Award given to movies which are viewed by five million people in the first 50 days after their release)
2000 - Casting Society of America: Artios Award for Best Casting for Feature Film
2000 - Csapnivalo Award: Golden Slate Award for Best Teen Movie
2000 - Young Hollywood Awards for Best Ensemble Cast, Best Soundtrack, Breakthrough Female Performance (Mena Suvari)
2000 - Golden Screen for Golden Screen Award and Golden Screen with 1 Star
Nominations2000 - American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture (Eugene Levy)
2000 - Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favourite Actor (Jason Biggs) and Favourite Actress (Mena Suvari)[5]
2000 - CFCA Award for Best Promising Actor (Chris Klein)
2000 - MTV Movie Awards for Best Comedic Performance (Jason Biggs), Best Movie, Breakthrough Female Performance (Shannon Elizabeth), Breakthrough Male Performance (Jason Biggs)
2000 - Teen Choice Awards for Choice Actor (Jason Biggs), Choice Breakout Performance (Chris Klein), Choice Comedy, Choice Liar (Chris Klein), Choice Sleazebag (Seann William Scott)
Location[edit]



 Northwest view of the Los Cerritos house.
Much of the film is based on the writer's days at East Grand Rapids High School in Michigan.[6][7] In the film, the town is called "East Great Falls", and the high school sports the same school colors — blue and yellow — along with a similar mascot — the Trailblazers instead of the Pioneers. The restaurant hangout, "Dog Years", is based on Yesterdog, a popular hot dog restaurant in the nearby Eastown neighborhood of Grand Rapids.[8] The "Central Chicks" and "Central" Lacrosse team that East Great Falls plays against is an amalgam of nearby Forest Hills Central High School and Grand Rapids Catholic Central High School.[9]
The film was actually shot in Southern California, most notably in Long Beach using Long Beach Unified School District area high schools. Millikan High School, whose school colors are blue and gold, was used for exterior shots, and Long Beach Polytechnic High School was used for interior shots. Located in Los Cerritos, Long Beach, California, both schools are within five miles of the Virginia Country Club and Los Cerritos Neighborhood (where Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Donnie Darko were filmed).[10]
Soundtrack[edit]
The film's soundtrack peaked at number 50 on the Billboard 200 chart.[11]

American Pie: Music from the Motion Picture

Soundtrack album by Various artists

Released
June 29, 1999
Length
46:02
Label
Uptown, Universal
Various artists chronology

 American Pie: Music from the Motion Picture
 (1999) American Pie 2: Music from the Motion Picture
 (2001)


Professional ratings

Review scores

Source
Rating
Allmusic 2.5/5 stars [12]

No.
Title
Writer(s)
Performed by
Length

1. "New Girl"     Third Eye Blind 2:16
2. "You Wanted More"     Tonic 3:52
3. "Mutt"     Blink-182 3:23
4. "Glory"     Sugar Ray 3:29
5. "Super Down"     Super TransAtlantic 4:07
6. "Find Your Way Back Home"     Dishwalla 4:04
7. "Good Morning Baby"     Dan Wilson of Semisonic & Bic Runga 3:34
8. "Stranger by the Day"     Shades Apart 4:02
9. "Summertime"     Bachelor No. 1 3:46
10. "Vintage Queen"     Goldfinger 3:04
11. "Sway"     Bic Runga 4:23
12. "Wishen"     The Loose Nuts 3:04
13. "Man with the Hex"     The Atomic Fireballs 3:01
The following songs were included in the film but were not featured on the soundtrack:
Sex-o-rama Band - "Love Muscle"
The Ventures - "Walk Don't Run"
Barenaked Ladies - "One Week"
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - "Going To Hell"
Blink-182 - Mutt
Third Eye Blind - "Semi-Charmed Life"
Oleander - "I Walk Alone"
Hole - "Celebrity Skin"
Everclear - "Everything to Everyone"
Harvey Danger - "Flagpole Sitta"
Duke Daniels - "Following a Star"
Simon & Garfunkel - "Mrs. Robinson"
Fatboy Slim - "The Rockafeller Skank"
Libra Presents Taylor - "Anomaly (Calling Your Name)"
Etta James - "At Last"
James - "Laid"
Loni Rose - "I Never thought you would come"
Norah Jones - "The Long Day is Over"
Marvin Gaye - "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)"
Maria Muldaur - "Midnight at the Oasis"
Simple Minds - "Don't You (Forget About Me)"
Reception[edit]
[icon] This section requires expansion with: More reviews for a fuller run of all viewpoints. (July 2010)
Commercial reception[edit]
Despite insiders claiming it to be a potential sleeper hit, Universal Pictures sold off the foreign rights in an attempt to recoup its budget. American Pie was sold successfully to foreign distributors at the Cannes International Film Festival.[1] The film took in a gross worldwide revenue of $235,483,004,[13][14] $132,922,000 of which was from international tickets.
In home video rentals, the film has grossed $109,577,352 worldwide, with $56,408,552 of that coming from sales in the US.[15]
Critical reception[edit]
The film received mixed reviews from critics. Based on 122 reviews Rotten Tomatoes gives American Pie a score of 61 percent considered "Fresh".[16] and a score of 58 ("mixed or average reviews") from Metacritic based on reviews from 30 critics.[17] The more negative reviews include Stephen Holden of The New York Times felt American Pie was "one of the shallowest and the most prurient teen films."[18] Robert Horton of Film.com wrote that American Pie "had a few amusing bits, however the audience should strongly note that the movie is really awful, and that it was not worthy of guilty pleasure status."[17] Jim Sullivan of The Boston Globe wrote that American Pie is a "gross and tasteless high school romp with sentimental mush."[17] Roger Ebert was more supportive, awarding it three out of four stars. He noted that "[i]t is not inspired, but it's cheerful and hard-working and sometimes funny, and--here's the important thing--it's not mean. Its characters are sort of sweet and lovable."[19]
See also[edit]

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References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b "Foreign Strategy May Burn Universal." Los Angeles Times thru Orlando Sentinel (June 13, 1999).
2.Jump up ^ American Pie at Box Office Mojo
3.Jump up ^ TMZ report
4.Jump up ^ "American Pie 5 cooking at Universal". Retrieved August 4, 2012.
5.^ Jump up to: a b "Blockbuster Entertainment Award winners". Variety (magazine). May 9, 2000. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
6.Jump up ^ Adam Herz — Biography
7.Jump up ^ "The Michigan Daily Online". Web.archive.org. 2008-02-29. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
8.Jump up ^ "History Page "Good Ole Hot Dogs" at 1505 Wealthy, Grand Rapids, Michigan, restaurant". Yesterdog. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
9.Jump up ^ eeggs.com (2000-05-28). "American Pie Reunion". Eeggs.com. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
10.Jump up ^ "American Pie Filming Locations". Seeing-stars.com. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
11.Jump up ^ "American Pie - Original Soundtrack - Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved October 21, 2013.
12.Jump up ^ American Pie (film) at AllMusic
13.Jump up ^ American Pie (1999) Box Office Mojo
14.Jump up ^ American Pie - Box Office Data, Movie News, Cast Information The Numbers
15.Jump up ^ American Pie (1999) - Box office / business
16.Jump up ^ American Pie Rotten Tomatoes
17.^ Jump up to: a b c American Pie Metacritic
18.Jump up ^ "'American Pie': The Road to Manhood, Paved in Raunchy Jokes and Pie". The New York Times. 1999-07-09. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
19.Jump up ^ Roger Ebert. "American Pie". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
External links[edit]
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American Pie 2

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American Pie 2
Americanpie2.jpg
Theatrical release poster

Directed by
J. B. Rogers
Produced by
Chris Moore
 Warren Zide
 Craig Perry
Chris Bender
Paul Weitz
Chris Weitz
Adam Herz
Screenplay by
Adam Herz
Story by
Adam Herz
David H. Steinberg
Based on
Characters
 by Adam Herz
Starring
Jason Biggs
Seann William Scott
Chris Klein
Thomas Ian Nicholas
Eddie Kaye Thomas
Shannon Elizabeth
Alyson Hannigan
Natasha Lyonne
Tara Reid
Mena Suvari
Eugene Levy
Music by
David Lawrence
Cinematography
Mark Irwin
Editing by
Larry Madaras
 Stuart Pappé
Studio
LivePlanet
 Zide/Perry Productions
Distributed by
Universal Pictures
Release date(s)
August 10, 2001

Running time
108 minutes
 110 minutes (Unrated)
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$30 million
Box office
$287,553,595[1]
American Pie 2 is a 2001 teen comedy film and sequel to American Pie and is the second film in the American Pie theatrical series. It was written by Adam Herz and David H. Steinberg, and directed by J. B. Rogers. The film picks up the story of the five friends from the first film as they reunite during the summer after their first year of college. It holds true to the idea of piling on risqué scenes one after another. It was released in the United States on August 10, 2001, and grossed over $145 million in the US and $142 million overseas on a budget of $30 million. It was followed by sequels American Wedding (2003) and American Reunion (2012).
The film tells the story of the five friends - Jim, Chris ("Oz"), Kevin, Paul ("Finch"), and Steven ("Stifler") - and their attempts to have the greatest summer party ever, as well as their antics in between. In addition to this, Jim bonds with his prom date Michelle, who is helping him improve his libido and sex appeal for the return of Jim's love interest, Nadia. Much of the film takes place at a summer beach house in Grand Harbor, Michigan, per Kevin's older brother's suggestion.

Contents
  [hide] 1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Awards and nominations 3.1 Wins
3.2 Nominations
4 Reception
5 Soundtrack
6 References
7 External links
Plot[edit]

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The film starts with Jim (Jason Biggs) ending his first year at college. Jim begins to have sex with one of his college friends as "friendly goodbye sex" when he reveals that this is his "first time since his first time". It is revealed that Jim's Dad (Eugene Levy) plans to surprise his son with a six pack of beer when he goes to pick him up from school. Jim's Dad has the RA unlock the door and he inadvertently walks in on them.
After this, Jim, Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas), Oz (Chris Klein) and Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas) return to their hometown in East Great Falls, Michigan for the summer break after their first year of college. They attend a party hosted by Stifler (Seann William Scott), the oversexed college clown, but not only does their new status as college students not give them any success with local girls, the police shut down the party. Kevin also has problems when he meets Vicky (Tara Reid) after their year away from each other, including both of them lying to each other about how many people they've slept with during college; Vicky wants to be friends and Kevin is awkwardly positioned wanting her back, but worried he will lose her completely. Desperate, he calls his brother (Casey Affleck) for advice, who tells him to move down to the beach and party hard. Together, they set off for a rented house by the beach in Grand Harbor, Michigan, where they intend to spend the whole summer, but Kevin is forced to invite Stifler along as well in order to successfully cover the costs.
After arriving in Grand Harbor, Kevin finds them work as painters and decorators for a house nearby. Stifler is intrigued by the two sexy female owners (Denise Faye and Lisa Arturo), who appear to be lesbians, and excitedly breaks into their house while they're away. Jim and Finch follow him, trying to get him out, but they are caught by the girls, who relent on calling the police. But after Stifler identifies his interest in their sexuality, they insist on the boys performing "like for like" homosexual acts on each other in return for being able to watch the girls do the same thing. Oz and Kevin take turns watching up a ladder and listening on the walkie-talkie also in the room. The conversation is accidentally picked up and heard by many other people in the neighborhood (a recurring theme from the webcam experience in the first film).
Following this, the boys plan to throw a huge summer party at the house, bigger than anything they've done before. Many concurrent stories run at the same time in the run-up to the party. Nadia (Shannon Elizabeth), Jim's fling from senior year, is traveling the United States and is dropping by to attend the beach party. Jim asks for sexual help and advice from band geek Michelle Flaherty (Alyson Hannigan), his senior-year prom date, who is busy at band camp. While masquerading as a band camp member, the team leaders mistake him for Petey, a mentally-challenged trombone player, and usher him onto the stage in front of an impatient crowd. He proceeds to completely embarrass himself and the band members in front of the whole crowd.
Later at night, Jim decides to turn on a porn film that Stifler rented, but accidentally uses superglue instead of lubricant to masturbate, permanently gluing his entire hand to his penis and boxer shorts. Exasperated and anxious, he takes out the porn cassette but ends up bonding the cassette to his other hand. Unable to open any doors, he climbs out of a window and stumbles onto the rooftop where he is seen by a nosy neighbor and subsequently caught by confused police officers. He is supported at the hospital by his father, where he learns the news that he won't be able to have sex for at least a whole week, the same amount of time before the party is due to occur.
However, to Jim's horror, Nadia turns up early, having got bored of sightseeing and wanting to get laid. Jim's penis is still badly injured, so he pretends to be in a relationship with Michelle to put Nadia off. Jim and Michelle break the relationship off once he is ready to have sex with Nadia, but Michelle is saddened by it, having developed genuine feelings for Jim in the process. Meanwhile, Oz is lonely and missing his girlfriend Heather (Mena Suvari) who is away in Spain as an exchange student. They start having erotic phone sex to vent some of their frustration, but keep getting interrupted, first when Oz gets a wrong number call from a guy who barely understands English, and then when Stifler intervenes by amusing Heather, at which point they both decide to hang up.
Meanwhile, Finch has become involved in the sexual art of Tantra (something he had found in Stifler's mom's room earlier in the film), and claims that through Tantric sex, he can "make an orgasm last for days". He is waiting patiently for Stifler's mom (Jennifer Coolidge), who slept with him at the end of the first film, hoping she will show up and be willing to do it again. He thinks she is arriving when a vehicle turns up after Stifler is talking on the phone, but it turns out to be Stifler's little brother Matt (Eli Marienthal). He spends the party night obnoxiously attempting to chat up and he manages to seduce a few hot girls willing to have sex with him, but he does not sleep with any of them.
Finally, the party begins at the beach house. Kevin sees Vicky but is crushed when he sees her with a new boyfriend and leaves to go to the beach by himself. Oz, Finch, and Jim follow him down, where he confides in them that he never got over Vicky and that with the party, he was hoping to relive his senior year prom night, in particular, sleeping with Vicky at the end of it. The others help Kevin realize that it will never happen, and the quartet return to the beach house to party hard.
Kevin apologizes to Vicky's boyfriend for "being a dick", which the boyfriend is cool with, and the three talk and drink together as friends for the rest of the night. Heather turns up to Oz's delight, and Stifler goes on to have a threesome with the beautiful neighbors who turn out not to be lesbians after all. Jim takes a walk along the beach with Nadia, who takes him to a lighthouse on the pier, but Jim calls it off early, revealing that he has fallen for Michelle. Nadia is disappointed that Jim chose a geek over her, but is happy for Jim and allows him to go and find Michelle, performing at band camp. He gatecrashes the performance with a trombone, just like he did before, but with much more confidence and aggression, and romantically makes out with Michelle in front of a heartwarmed crowd.
Meanwhile, the geeky Sherman (Chris Owen) mulls around at the party in a depressed mood, having abandoned his "Sherminator" mantra from the first film due to his abject failure with girls and being made fun of by Jessica (Natasha Lyonne). By chance, he begins talking to the rejected Nadia, who is also depressed, and the two hit it off almost instantly. Nadia encourages Sherman to become the Sherminator once more, displaying a desire/fetish for geeks, and excitedly drags him into an upstairs bedroom where Sherman finally loses his virginity, to the shock of both Stifler and Jessica. Then the couples are shown to be sleeping. First Oz along with Heather, then Jim with Michelle (Michelle in the dominant position) and finally Stifler lying in the bed with the two girls on his shoulders, where he starts to weep with happiness at his achievement.
The morning after the party, a Mercedes-Benz CL with tinted windows turns up at the house. Finch approaches to see Stifler's mom (an uncredited Jennifer Coolidge) who has finally turned up. It does not take long before Finch gets into the car and drives off to the lakeside to have hard sex with her, leaving Jim, Kevin and Oz to cover for him with Stifler. In spite of Finch having learned that her name is Jeanine, rather than use it she encourages him to call her "Stifler's Mom" when he reaches orgasm, accidentally activating the car alarm.
Cast[edit]
MainJason Biggs as James "Jim" Levenstein
Alyson Hannigan as Michelle Flaherty
Shannon Elizabeth as Nadia
Seann William Scott as Steven "Steve" Stifler
Chris Klein as Chris "Oz" Ostreicher
Thomas Ian Nicholas as Kevin Myers
Eddie Kaye Thomas as Paul Finch
Tara Reid as Victoria "Vicky" Lathum
Mena Suvari as Heather
Natasha Lyonne as Jessica
Eugene Levy as Noah Levenstein (Jim's Dad)
 SupportingMolly Cheek as Mrs. Levenstein
Chris Owen as Chuck "Sherminator" Sherman
Eli Marienthal as Matt Stifler
Casey Affleck as Tom Myers
John Cho as John
Justin Isfeld as Justin
Denise Faye as Danielle
Lisa Arturo as Amber
 MinorJoelle Carter as Natalie
Tsianina Joelson as Amy
Bree Turner and Lacey Beeman as Amy's friends,
George Wyner as Camp director
Larry Drake and Lee Garlington as Natalie's parents
Joanna Garcia as Christy
Nora Zehetner as Girl at party
Luke Edwards and Adam Brody as High school guys
Neil Patrick Harris (uncredited) as Party guy
Jennifer Coolidge (uncredited) as Jeanine Stifler (Stifler's mom)
Chris Penn (deleted scenes) as Mr. Stifler

Awards and nominations[edit]
Wins[edit]
2001 - Bogey Awards: Bogey Award in Platinum
2002 - ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards: ASCAP Award for Top Box Office Films
2002 - Canadian Comedy Awards for Funny Male Performance (Eugene Levy)
2002 - MTV Movie Awards for Best Kiss (Jason Biggs) & (Seann William Scott)
2002 - Teen Choice Awards for Choice Movie Your Parents Didn't Want You To See, Choice Movie (Comedy), and Choice Sleazebag (Seann William Scott)
Nominations[edit]
2002 - MTV Movie Awards for Best Comedic Performance (Seann William Scott) and Best Line (Jason Biggs)
2002 - Teen Choice Awards for Choice Actor (Comedy) (Jason Biggs)
Reception[edit]
American Pie 2 received mixed reviews; it currently holds a 52% 'Rotten' rating on review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus "Being a sequel, American Pie 2 doesn't retain the freshness of the original, nor is it as funny."[2]
Soundtrack[edit]
The film's soundtrack peaked at number 7 on the Billboard 200 chart.[3]

Music From The Motion Picture American Pie 2

Soundtrack album by Various Artists

Released
August 10, 2001
Length
49:31
Label
Republic/Universal
Various Artists chronology

American Pie Soundtrack 1999 American Pie 2 Soundtrack 2001 American Wedding Soundtrack 2003


Professional ratings

Review scores

Source
Rating
Allmusic 2/5 stars [4]

No.
Title
Performed by
Length

1. "Everytime I Look for You"   Blink-182 3:05
2. "Scumbag"   Green Day 1:44
3. "Bring You Down"   Left Front Tire 2:29
4. "Vertigo"   American Hi-Fi 2:12
5. "Split This Room in Half"   Uncle Kracker 3:04
6. "Be Like That (American Pie 2 Edit)"   3 Doors Down 3:57
7. "Good (For a Woman)"   Alien Ant Farm 2:29
8. "Always Getting over You"   Angela Ammons 4:07
9. "Cheating"   Jettingham 3:47
10. "Smokescreen"   Flying Blind 3:34
11. "Phoebe Cates"   Fenix*TX 3:40
12. "Susan"   The Exit 3:13
13. "Fat Lip"   Sum 41 3:01
14. "I Will"   Lucia Cifarelli 4:42
15. "Halo"   Oleander 4:42
16. "Here's One for You" (Uncredited; Included on some soundtrack versions.) Witness  
The following songs were included in the film but were not featured on the soundtrack:
Harvey Danger - "Flagpole Sitta"
The Afghan Whigs - "Something Hot"
Lit - "A Place in the Sun"
The Lemonheads - "Mrs. Robinson" (written and originally performed by Simon & Garfunkel)
Oleander - "Bruise"
Lit - "Last Time Again"
Libra presents Taylor - "Anomaly (Calling Your Name)"
American Hi-Fi - "Flavor of the Weak"
Hoi Polloi - "On My Mind"
Transmatic - "Blind Spot"
John Philip Sousa - "Gladiator March"
Hoagy Carmichael & Stuart Gorrell - "Georgia on My Mind"
Ali Dee - "In and Out"
Rose Falcon - "Up Up Up"
Rafael Hernández Marin - "El Cumbanchero"
Michelle Branch - "Everywhere"
Weezer - "Hash Pipe"
Julius Wechter - "Spanish Flea"
Alien Ant Farm - "Smooth Criminal"
Toilet Böys - "Another Day in the Life"
The Offspring - "Want You Bad"
Sum 41 - "In Too Deep"
New Found Glory - "Hit or Miss"
Larry Marciano - "The Way it Used to Be"
Third Eye Blind - "Semi Charmed Life"
Zed - "Renegade Fighter"
Witness - "Here's One For You" (uncredited) (is on some soundtrack versions)
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "American Pie 2 (2001)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 17 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
2.Jump up ^ American Pie 2 at Rotten Tomatoes
3.Jump up ^ "American Pie 2 - Original Soundtrack - Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved October 21, 2013.
4.Jump up ^ American Pie 2 at AllMusic
External links[edit]

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Portal icon Comedy portal
Portal icon 2000s portal
Official website
American Pie 2 at the Internet Movie Database
American Pie 2 at AllRovi
American Pie 2 at Box Office Mojo
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American Wedding

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American Wedding
American Wedding movie.jpg
Theatrical release poster

Directed by
Jesse Dylan
Produced by
Chris Moore
 Warren Zide
 Craig Perry
Adam Herz
Chris Bender
Paul Weitz
Chris Weitz
Written by
Adam Herz
Based on
Characters
 by Adam Herz
Starring
Jason Biggs
Seann William Scott
Alyson Hannigan
Eddie Kaye Thomas
Thomas Ian Nicholas
January Jones
Fred Willard
Eugene Levy
Music by
Christophe Beck
Cinematography
Lloyd Ahern
Editing by
Stuart Pappé
Studio
LivePlanet
 Zide/Perry Productions
Distributed by
Universal Pictures
Release date(s)
August 1, 2003

Running time
96 minutes[1]
Country
United States
 Germany
Language
English
Budget
$55 million
Box office
$231,449,203[2]
American Wedding (known as American Pie 3: The Wedding, in some countries) is a 2003 American romantic comedy film and a sequel to American Pie and American Pie 2 as part of the American Pie theatrical series. It was written by Adam Herz and directed by Jesse Dylan. Another sequel, American Reunion, was released nine years later. This also stands as the last film in the series to be written by Herz, who conceptualized the franchise.
Though the film mainly focuses on the union of Jim Levenstein and Michelle Flaherty, for the first time in the series, the story centers around Steve Stifler, and his outrageous antics including his attempt to organize a bachelor party, teaching Jim to dance for the wedding, and competing with Finch to win the heart of Michelle's lovely sister, Cadence.

Contents
  [hide] 1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Awards
5 Soundtrack
6 Release 6.1 Box office
6.2 Critical response
7 References
8 External links
Plot[edit]
Jim Levenstein asks girlfriend Michelle Flaherty to marry him, following an embarrassing incident in a restaurant involving fellatio under the table. Michelle readily agrees.
Kevin Myers and Paul Finch serve as groomsmen, while the 'MILF' Guys - John and Justin - proclaim themselves as ushers. Unfortunately, the gang's obnoxious friend Steve Stifler crashes the couple's engagement party. The gang tries to keep the wedding a secret from Stifler, fearing he might ruin everything but after he finds out about it, he instantly comes up with an idea to throw Jim a bachelor party.
The wedding dress Michelle finally settles on after long hours of searching is made by only one designer working for one store, so the boys set out to find the dressmaker for her. They go to Chicago looking for "Leslie Sommers" and end up in a gay bar. Leslie (who is actually a man) agrees to make the dress, with Bear, also offering to provide strippers for Jim's bachelor party. In the meantime, Michelle's younger sister, Cadence, flies in for the wedding. Both Finch and Stifler are attracted to her, and in an effort to win her over, they each adopt the other's personality and mannerisms.
Jim is worried about dancing at the wedding, but salvation comes in the form of Stifler, who has taken dance lessons. Stifler agrees to teach Jim to dance on the condition he be allowed to attend the wedding and plan the bachelor party, with Stifler agreeing to tone down his obnoxious personality for Michelle's parents in exchange. In the meantime, Stifler arranges the party for everyone at Jim's house except Jim, who unknowingly has arranged a 'special dinner' for Michelle's parents before the wedding to explain why he will be a good husband and finally win them over. Bear introduces the three to Fraulein Brandi and Officer Krystal, who play submissive and dominant roles with them.
The party is abruptly halted by the unexpected return of Jim, Harold and Mary. With assistance from Bear, who poses as a butler named "Mr. Belvedere", Jim nearly succeeds in keeping the activities a secret, until Michelle's mother opens a closet door and is shocked to find Kevin inside, stripped to his boxers and tied to a chair (following a kinky game with the strippers). The boys explain that it was an attempt to make Jim seem like a hero that went horribly wrong, and Michelle's parents accept this explanation, and tell him that if he puts that much effort into the upcoming marriage, she can give him her blessing.
As the ceremony draws near, a series of mishaps occur, including Jim's grandmother being displeased that Michelle is not Jewish and Jim shaving his pubic hair, then disposing of it too close to a vent that causes it to be set loose all over the wedding cake. On the night before the wedding, Stifler inadvertently disrupts the walk-in refrigerator's power supply while retrieving a bottle of champagne, essentially turning it into an oven and killing the many flowers put together for the ceremony. Previously, Stifler, unaware of Cadence's presence, had revealed his true rude and obnoxious personality. Angered and stunned, Jim asks him to leave, and all the others, including Cadence, support Jim's decision.
Feeling guilty for his thoughtless behavior, Stifler convinces the local florist to put together a new batch of flowers, and he enlists the help of his football players and Bear. As a gesture of remorse, he also gives a rose to Cadence, much to the amazement of Jim and Michelle. Moved by his actions, Cadence agrees to have sex with him before the ceremony, but Stifler's presence is delayed by a brief thank-you meeting Jim calls among his groomsmen, citing how he is grateful to have friends like them to back him up when he is in need. Quickly returning to the hotel, Stifler hears someone in the supply closet and steps inside, but due to the closet's poor lighting, it is only when he gets inadvertently walked in on that Stifler realizes he's actually having sex with Jim's grandmother (who becomes pleasant, especially towards Stifler after the act), who was placed in the closet by John and Justin to stop her constant complaining.
Despite the chaotic events leading up to it, Michelle and Jim eventually get married. At the reception, the newly married couple dances while Stifler dances with Cadence. Meanwhile, Finch is sitting by himself when Stifler's mom arrives. Although agreeing they are over each other, Stifler's mom mentions having a double suite and invites Finch to join her. The film ends with John and Justin spying on Stifler's mom and Finch in her suite's couple-size bathtub, having sex.
Cast[edit]
Jason Biggs as Jim Levenstein
Seann William Scott as Steve Stifler
Alyson Hannigan as Michelle Flaherty
Eddie Kaye Thomas as Paul Finch
Thomas Ian Nicholas as Kevin Myers
January Jones as Cadence Flaherty
Fred Willard as Harold Flaherty
Eugene Levy as Noah Levenstein, Jim's Dad
Molly Cheek as Jim's Mom
Reynaldo Gallegos as Leslie Summers
Eric Allan Kramer as Bear
Deborah Rush as Mary Flaherty
Jennifer Coolidge as Stifler's Mom
John Cho as John (aka MILF Guy #2)
Justin Isfeld as Justin (aka MILF Guy #1)
Angela Paton as Grandma Levenstein
Amanda Swisten as Fraulein Brandi
Nikki Schieler Ziering as Officer Krystal
Lawrence Pressman as Coach Marshall
Loren Lester as Celebrant
Julie Payne as Ms. Zyskowsky
Salman Khan as Sallu Bhai
The only characters from the previous two films and the preceding film who appear in this one are: Stifler, Jim, Finch, Kevin, Michelle, the MILF guys, Stifler's Mom, and Jim's parents.
Production[edit]
Originally, there was going to be a subplot about Stifler's mom remarrying Stifler's dad, with Finch rushing to the ceremony to try to stop it. Tim Allen and Chris Penn were both attached at various points in the film's production to play the part.[citation needed]
The film is notable for the absences of several of its supporting characters from the first two films, including: Chuck "Sherminator" Sherman (Chris Owen), Heather (Mena Suvari), Vicky (Tara Reid), Nadia (Shannon Elizabeth), Matt Stifler (Eli Marienthal), Jessica (Natasha Lyonne), Tom Myers (Casey Affleck), and Chris "Oz" Ostreicher (Chris Klein). With the exception of Nadia, none of them were mentioned at all in the film, though Oz was mentioned briefly in a deleted scene, in which his absence was explained. This is because the creators of the previous films noted it was near impossible to create interesting storylines for all of the main characters.
The wedding scenes were shot at the Ritz Carlton in Half Moon Bay, California.
It is also the first (and only) film in the series to be shot in a 2.35:1 aspect ratio.
Awards[edit]
Wins2004 - MTV Movie Awards for Best Dance Sequence (Seann William Scott)
2004 - Teen Choice Awards for Choice Movie Sleazebag (Seann William Scott) and Choice Movie Your Parents Didn't Want You To See
Nominations2004 - Teen Choice Awards for Choice Movie (Comedy), Choice Movie Actor (Seann William Scott), Choice Movie Actress (Alyson Hannigan), Choice Movie Blush (Seann William Scott), Choice Movie Hissy Fit (Jason Biggs) and Choice Movie Liplock (Jason Biggs & Alyson Hannigan)
Soundtrack[edit]
The film's soundtrack includes songs by Van Morrison, Blue October, The Working Title, Foo Fighters, Feeder, Avril Lavigne, American Hi-Fi, Sum 41, the All-American Rejects, Joseph Arthur, New Found Glory, and Hot Action Cop. Badly Drawn Boy and The Libertines also have songs in the feature. Note that most songs used were already singles. And, this is the first film to feature the song "Laid" (Matt Nathanson covering the band James) in both the trailers and the opening sequence. Notably, it is also the only film in the series to not play the song "Mrs. Robinson" in a scene where Finch has sex with Stifler's mother. It is also the first of the American Pie films not to feature a blink-182 song.
The song "Into the Mystic", played at the end of the film when Jim and Michelle take to the dance floor at the reception, begins as Van Morrison's recording, but midway through it changes to The Wallflowers' cover version due to licensing reasons.
The film's soundtrack peaked at number 23 on the Billboard 200 chart.[3]

American Wedding

Soundtrack album by Various Artists

Released
August 1, 2003
Length
1:00:13
Label
Uptown/Universal
Various Artists chronology

American Pie 2 Soundtrack 2001 American Wedding Soundtrack 2003 American Reunion Soundtrack 2012


No.
Title
Performed by
Length

1. "Times Like These"   Foo Fighters 4:26
2. "The Anthem"   Good Charlotte 2:55
3. "Forget Everything"   New Found Glory 2:33
4. "The Hell Song"   Sum 41 3:19
5. "Swing, Swing"   The All-American Rejects 3:54
6. "I Don't Give"   Avril Lavigne 3:37
7. "Laid"   Matt Nathanson 3:03
8. "The Art of Losing"   American Hi-Fi 3:22
9. "Fever for the Flava"   Hot Action Cop 4:03
10. "Give Up the Grudge"   Gob 2:58
11. "Bouncing Off The Walls"   Sugarcult 2:22
12. "Come Back Around"   Feeder 3:12
13. "Any Other Girl"   NU 3:23
14. "Beloved"   The Working Title 4:28
15. "Calling You"   Blue October 3:58
16. "Honey and the Moon"   Joseph Arthur 4:44
17. "Into the Mystic"   Van Morrison 3:39
Songs that appear during Stifler's dance in the gay bar:
"Beat It" - Michael Jackson (only few seconds)
"Maniac" - Michael Sembello
"Heaven Is a Place on Earth" - Belinda Carlisle
"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" - Eurythmics
"Venus" - Bananarama
"The Reflex" - Duran Duran
Release[edit]
Box office[edit]
American Wedding was released in the United States on August 1, 2003 and opened at #1 with $33,369,440 before dropping 53.7% the next weekend, landing at #3 behind the new releases of S.W.A.T. and Freaky Friday.[4] Closing about 3.5 months later (November 20, 2003), the film had grossed a domestic total of $104,565,114 and $126,884,089 overseas for a worldwide total of $231,449,203, based on a $55 million budget.[2]
Despite being a huge box office success, it is the lowest-grossing film in the series, making roughly $2 million less than American Reunion would in 2012.
Critical response[edit]
[icon] This section requires expansion. (July 2011)
The film received mixed reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a rating of 55% "Rotten" based on 146 reviews.[5]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "AMERICAN PIE: THE WEDDING (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 2003-07-29. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
2.^ Jump up to: a b "American Wedding (2003)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 17 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
3.Jump up ^ "American Wedding - Original Soundtrack - Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved October 21, 2013.
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American Reunion

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"American Pie 4" redirects here. For the fourth installment in the American Pie series overall, see American Pie Presents: Band Camp.
For the Dogme 95 film, see Reunion (2001 film).

American Reunion (American Pie)
Group picture of the cast. Alyson Hannigan has a baby bottle in hand instead of a flute. The pie has only a small slice left, indicating this is the final film in the series.
Theatrical poster that mirrors the original 1999 American Pie movie poster

Directed by
Jon Hurwitz
Hayden Schlossberg
Produced by
Chris Moore
 Craig Perry
Adam Herz
 Warren Zide
Written by
Jon Hurwitz
 Hayden Schlossberg
Based on
Characters
 by Adam Herz
Starring
Jason Biggs
Alyson Hannigan
Chris Klein
Thomas Ian Nicholas
Seann William Scott
Tara Reid
Mena Suvari
Eddie Kaye Thomas
Dania Ramirez
Eugene Levy
Music by
Lyle Workman
Cinematography
Daryn Okada[1]
Editing by
Jeff Betancourt[1]
Studio
Relativity Media
Zide/Perry Productions
Distributed by
Universal Pictures
Release date(s)
April 6, 2012

Running time
113 minutes[2]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$50 million[2]
Box office
$234,736,898[2]
American Reunion (also known as American Pie: Reunion in certain countries[3]) is a 2012 ensemble comedy film written and directed by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg. It is the fourth installment in the American Pie theatrical series and eighth installment in the American Pie franchise overall.
Due to the film's success, it was revealed that a sequel under the name American Pie 5 is coming with Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg coming back as directors and screenwriters.

Contents
  [hide] 1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production 3.1 Development
3.2 Casting
3.3 Filming
4 Release 4.1 Box office
4.2 Home video
5 Reception 5.1 Accolades
6 Soundtrack
7 Sequel
8 References
9 External links
Plot[edit]

 This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. (January 2013)
Thirteen years after graduating high school, Jim Levenstein (Jason Biggs), Chris "Oz" Ostreicher (Chris Klein), Kevin Myers (Thomas Ian Nicholas), Paul Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas), and Steve Stifler (Seann William Scott) are well-established in their lives and careers. Jim is still married to Michelle (Alyson Hannigan) and they now have a two-year-old son, Evan. Since the birth of their son, Jim and Michelle's sex life has deteriorated. Oz is an NFL sportscaster living in Los Angeles with his supermodel girlfriend Mia (Katrina Bowden). Kevin is married to Ellie and works from home as an architect. Finch tells his friends that he has been traveling the world, and still searching for his one true love. Stifler works as a temp at an investment firm, where he is also the victim of cruel verbal abuse by his arrogant employer.
Former classmate John (John Cho), one half of the 'MILF' duo, organizes a Class of 1999 high school reunion in East Great Falls. Jim and Michelle return to Jim's old home, where his father Noah (Eugene Levy) is now a widower. Jim encounters his neighbor Kara (Ali Cobrin), whom he used to babysit and who is soon to turn 18. Jim meets Oz, Kevin and Finch at a bar, where they meet Selena Vega (Dania Ramirez), a former classmate and Michelle's best friend from band. Stifler happens by, and joins them for weekend activities.
The next day, the group goes to the beach. Oz meets his high school girlfriend, Heather (Mena Suvari), who is dating a cardiologist named Ron (Jay Harrington), and Kevin reconnects with Vicky (Tara Reid). The guys have an altercation with Kara's boyfriend A.J. (Chuck Hittinger) and his friends, which ends with Stifler defecating in their beer cooler and destroying their jet skis. That night, the guys and girls minus Michelle, go to the falls and find a high school party celebrating Kara's birthday. Finch and Selena reconnect and realize how much they have in common, and they fall in love. Kara becomes intoxicated; Jim drives her home, and she tries to seduce him. They are discovered by John, who mistakes Kara for Michelle and dismisses it. Oz, Finch, and Stifler help Jim return Kara to her parents' home, but A.J. spots them. Kevin wakes up hungover next to Vicky and assumes they had sex.
The next day, Stifler tries to throw a party like in high school, but finds everyone else has outgrown this. Jim and Michelle attend, intending to recreate their prom night. They bring Noah along to help him out of his depression. Noah becomes intoxicated and encounters Stifler's mother Jeanine (Jennifer Coolidge) for the first time. Kevin confronts Vicky about the night before, but she insists there was no sex and is upset that he would assume such a thing. Mia takes Ecstasy, and Ron humiliates Oz by showing a DVD of his failure as a contestant on Celebrity Dance-Off. Heather comforts Oz, and they attempt to rekindle their relationship. They are interrupted by Mia, who starts a fight with Heather. Stifler performs oral sex on a former classmate named Loni hoping she would return the favor, only to strike out. Jim and Michelle decide to role-play, but Kara tries to seduce him again. A.J. misunderstands and jealously interrupts them. The adults and the teens erupt in a brawl on the front lawn, which is disrupted by police officers. They arrest Finch for stealing a motorcycle. Stifler finds Finch's arrest amusing while the others sympathize with Finch. Fed up with Stifler's rudeness, the guys tell him off. Stifler responds that they never contact him anymore and they didn't tell him they were coming to town. The others admit that they did not want him to ruin things like he always does. Hurt, Stifler ends the party.
Mia leaves Oz, Stifler decides to skip the reunion, and Michelle goes to her grandmother's. When Jim tells his father about his disappointing sex life, Noah advises them to make time for each other. At the reunion, Finch admits that he is an assistant manager at Staples and stole the motorcycle from his boss when he did not receive a raise that was promised. The boys apologize to Stifler at his place of work, and insist that he is their friend; without him, high school would not have been any fun. Stifler is emboldened by this and quits his job - but not before standing up to his antagonistic boss - and attends the reunion. Kevin reconciles with Vicky, but she meets a new guy at the reunion. Finch makes amends with Selena for lying, and they have sex in the bathroom which promises to lead to an ongoing relationship. Oz reunites with Heather, and Jim reconciles with Michelle. Jessica reveals that she is a lesbian, and Sherman (Chris Owen) hooks up with Loni. Stifler is asked to be a party planner for a wedding for his former lacrosse teammates. He also meets Finch's mother Rachel (Rebecca De Mornay) who proceeds to have sex with him on the lacrosse field. John is reunited with his estranged buddy, Justin (Justin Isfeld) and they watch Stifler having sex with Finch's mom while chanting "MILF".
The next morning, Jim and Kara apologize to each other for their behavior. Oz plans to stay in town with Heather, Finch plans a trip with Selena to Europe, and Stifler drops subtle hints about sleeping with Rachel. Jim proposes a pact for them to reunite once a year. They all agree and make a toast as the franchise's theme song ("Laid") plays. In a post-credits scene, Noah Levenstein receives sexual gratification from Stifler's Mom at a movie theater.
Cast[edit]



American Pie: Reunion cast, at the * Harry's Cafe de Wheels in * Sydney 2012.
Jason Biggs as Jim Levenstein
Alyson Hannigan as Michelle Levenstein
Chris Klein as Chris "Oz" Ostreicher
Thomas Ian Nicholas as Kevin Myers
Eddie Kaye Thomas as Paul Finch
Seann William Scott as Steve Stifler
Tara Reid as Vicky Lathum
Mena Suvari as Heather
John Cho as MILF Guy #2
Jennifer Coolidge as Stifler's Mom
Eugene Levy as Noah Levenstein
Natasha Lyonne as Jessica
Dania Ramirez as Selena
Katrina Bowden as Mia
Jay Harrington as Dr. Ron
Ali Cobrin as Kara
Chuck Hittinger as AJ
Shannon Elizabeth as Nadia
Chris Owen as Sherman
Vik Sahay as Prateek Duraiswamy
Kim Wall as Kara's Mom
Neil Patrick Harris as Celebrity Dance-Off Host
Rebecca Field as Loni
Molly Cheek as Jim's Mom
Chad Ochocinco as Himself
Terrell Owens as Himself
Rebecca De Mornay as Rachel Finch (uncredited)
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
It was reported[by whom?] in October 2008 that Universal Pictures was planning to produce a third theatrically released sequel to the first film.[4] In April 2010, the film entered pre-production, with Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg signing on to write and direct with plans of reuniting the whole cast of the primary series.[5]
Casting[edit]
In March 2011, it was announced[by whom?] that Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott and Eugene Levy had signed on to reprise their roles.[6] Biggs and Scott were granted executive producer credits and also helped convince the other previous cast members to return.[7] In April 2011, Alyson Hannigan, Chris Klein and Mena Suvari signed on.[8][9][10] The following month, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Tara Reid, Eddie Kaye Thomas,[11] Shannon Elizabeth,[12] and Jennifer Coolidge[13] signed on. In June and July 2011, John Cho[14] and Natasha Lyonne[15] were the last returning cast to sign on.
On May 18, 2011, a casting call went out for the character "Kara", a role that involved "upper frontal nudity".[16] Ali Cobrin was cast in the role. National Football League wide receiver Chad Ochocinco has a cameo along with other wide receiver Terrell Owens.[17][18]
Jason Biggs and Sean William Scott each received a reported $5 million plus a percentage of the profits for their performances. Alyson Hannigan and Eugene Levy were said to have been paid $3 million each, with the rest of the cast receiving payments within the $500,000 to $700,000 range, except Tara Reid who was paid $250,000.[19]
Filming[edit]
On a budget of $50 million,[2] principal photography took place from early June to August 2011 in metro Atlanta, Georgia.[12][20] In late June, filming took place at Conyers, Monroe and Woodruff Park.[18][21] Production filmed at Newton High School in Covington from July 11 to July 15. Scenes were filmed at the school's gym for a reunion prom set, football field, commons area and hallways; which included 200 extras. Under the deal the production company paid $10,000 to the Newton County School System for using the school.[21]
During the last week of July, production moved to Cumming to film at Mary Alice Park on Lake Lanier and included about 100 extras.[22] Moore said the beach at the lake looks similar to a Lake Michigan setting, which is the state in which the film is set. The production company paid $23,000 to have full access to the property for a week.[22] Suvari finished filming her scenes on August 4.[23]
Release[edit]
Box office[edit]
American Reunion opened in Norths America on April 6, 2012 in 3,192 theaters for a weekend total of $21,514,080, putting it at number 2 at the box office behind The Hunger Games.[24] On its second week of release it dropped to number 5 at the box office with a weekend total of $10,473,810.[25]
The film earned $56,758,835 in North America and $177,978,063 internationally, for a worldwide total of $234,736,898.[2]
Home video[edit]
The DVD and Blu-ray discs were released on July 10, 2012 in North America. [26] The film was also released in a box set called American Pie Quadrilogy on August 22, 2012 in Australia.[27] The rated R version was available on iTunes a few days ahead of time as an "Early Digital Release".[28] It was released on the September 10, 2012 in the United Kingdom.[29]
Reception[edit]
The film received mixed reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 43 percent based on 198 reviews, with the consensus being "It'll provide sweetly nostalgic comfort food for fans of the franchise, but American Reunion fails to do anything truly new or interesting -- or even very funny -- with the characters." [30]
According to Roger Ebert:[31]

The charm of "American Pie" was the relative youth and naivete of the characters. It was all happening for the first time, and they had the single-minded obsession with sex typical of many teenagers. "American Reunion" has a sense of deja vu, but it still delivers a lot of nice laughs. Most of them for me came thanks to Stifler. . . If you liked the earlier films, I suppose you gotta see this one. Otherwise, I dunno.
The Village Voice concludes its review with the following:[32]

After some strained "Remember the time . . ." callbacks to 13-year-old gags, American Reunion gets comfortable and funny, as Hurwitz and Schlossberg hit familiar marks from unexpected angles, while the ensemble interplay is "routine" in the best sense of the word. Taken altogether, the Pie movies offer a cohesive worldview, showing each of life's stages as the setting for fresh-yet-familiar catastrophes, relieved by a belief in sex, however ridiculous it might look, as a restorative force. The recipe is so durable and the sustained character work so second-skin by now, one can imagine the Pie films keeping with the dramatis personae through middle age and into the problems of geriatric love, a raunch-comic version of Britain's documentary Up series. American Midlife Crisis? American Retirement? American Funeral? Let's go!
Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave American Reunion a positive review of two and half stars out of four saying, "American Reunion reminds us what we liked about the original: the way the movie sweetened its raunch to build a rooting interest in these characters."[33]
Accolades[edit]


Year
Award
Category
Recipient(s)
Result
2012 Teen Choice Awards[34] Choice Movie: Comedy  Nominated
Choice Movie Actor: Comedy Jason Biggs Nominated
Choice Movie Actress: Comedy Alyson Hannigan Nominated
Soundtrack[edit]

American Reunion: Music from the Motion Picture

Soundtrack album by Various artists

Released
April 30, 2012
Length
55:32
Label
Universal Republic
Various artists chronology

American Wedding: Music from the Motion Picture
 (2003) American Reunion: Music from the Motion Picture
 (2012) 


Professional ratings

Review scores

Source
Rating
Allmusic 2.5/5 stars [35]

No.
Title
Writer(s)
Performed by
Length

1. "Last Night"     Good Charlotte 3:40
2. "You Make Me Feel..." (featuring Sabi)   Cobra Starship 3:35
3. "Here Comes the Hotstepper"     Stooshe 3:36
4. "Wannamama"     Pop Levi 3:28
5. "My First Kiss" (featuring Ke$ha)   3OH!3 3:13
6. "I'm a Man"     The Blue Van 3:49
7. "Bring It On Home"     Kopek 3:08
8. "Rump Shaker" (featuring Teddy Riley)   Wreckx-N-Effect 3:57
9. "Wannabe" (radio edit)   Spice Girls 2:53
10. "I'll Make Love to You"     Boyz II Men 4:02
11. "This Is How We Do It"     Montell Jordan 3:59
12. "The Good Life"     Hassahn Phenomenon 3:21
13. "My Generation"     Thomas Nicholas Band 2:28
14. "Class of '99"     Lyle Workman 5:49
15. "Na Na Na"     My Chemical Romance 4:13
16. "American Reunion"     Lyle Workman 3:26
17. "Laid"     James 2:37
Sequel[edit]
A fifth theatrical film, under the working title American Pie 5 was announced on August 4, 2012, with Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg returning as directors and screenwriters.[36]
References[edit]
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7.Jump up ^ Wloszczyna, Susan (October 12, 2011). "All the 'Pie' ingredients are there in 'American Reunion'". USA Today. Archived from the original on October 13, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
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9.Jump up ^ Garcia, Jennifer (April 18, 2011). "Chris Klein Officially Back for More American Pie". People. Archived from the original on September 19, 2011. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
10.Jump up ^ "Mena excited about American Reunion". Northwich Guardian. Press Association. April 20, 2011. Archived from the original on August 12, 2011. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
11.Jump up ^ Semigran, Aly (May 10, 2011). "'American Reunion' gets Thomas Ian Nicholas on board. What other classic '90s teen ensembles do you want to see get back together?". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on September 19, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
12.^ Jump up to: a b Andreeva, Nellie (May 27, 2011). "Reunion On 'American Reunion' Complete: Shannon Elizabeth Signs For Fourquel". Deadline.com. Archived from the original on September 19, 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2011.
13.Jump up ^ "Jennifer Coolidge Joins American Pie Reunion". Contact Music. May 23, 2011. Archived from the original on September 19, 2011. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
14.Jump up ^ Ayres, Tom (June 11, 2011). "John Cho is back for 'American Reunion'". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on September 19, 2011. Retrieved June 12, 2011.
15.Jump up ^ Uddin, Zakia (July 13, 2011). "Natasha Lyonne joins 'American Reunion'". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on September 19, 2011. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
16.Jump up ^ "Casting Call for American Reunion". ComingSoon.net. May 18, 2011. Archived from the original on September 19, 2011. Retrieved May 22, 2011.
17.Jump up ^ Goldberg, Matt (June 29, 2011). "Football Star Chad Ochocinco to Cameo in AMERICAN REUNION". Collider.com. Archived from the original on September 19, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
18.^ Jump up to: a b Brett, Jennifer (June 29, 2011). "6/30 Peach Buzz: Action! Filming updates both ITP and OTP". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on June 30, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
19.Jump up ^ Matthew Bellonni, 'Who Got Paid What for the 'American Pie' Reunion', Hollywood Reporter, 29 Sept 2011 accessed 14 Sept 2012
20.Jump up ^ "Bye, Bye American Pie". The Newton Citizen. August 13, 2011. Archived from the original on September 19, 2011. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
21.^ Jump up to: a b Floyd, Michelle (June 25, 2011). "NHS to be location in 'American Pie' movie". The Newton Citizen. Archived from the original on June 25, 2011. Retrieved June 25, 2011.
22.^ Jump up to: a b "Crews film 'American Pie Reunion' scenes at Lanier". Chicago Tribune. Associated Press. August 1, 2011. Archived from the original on August 3, 2011. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
23.Jump up ^ "Mena Suvari — Mena Suvari Curious About Pie Return". Contactmusic.com. August 5, 2011. Archived from the original on September 19, 2011. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
24.Jump up ^ "'Hunger Games' Sinks 'American Reunion,' 'Titanic 3D'". The Hollywood Reporter. April 8, 2012. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
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34.Jump up ^ "Teen Choice Awards 2012: 'Breaking Dawn,' 'Snow White' Lead Second Wave of Nominees". Retrieved July 15, 2012.
35.Jump up ^ American Reunion at AllMusic
36.Jump up ^ "American Pie 5 cooking at Universal". Retrieved August 4, 2012.
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American Pie Presents: Band Camp

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American Pie Presents:
 Band Camp
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DVD release cover

Directed by
Steve Rash
Produced by
Mike Elliott
Written by
Adam Herz (characters)
 Brad Riddell
Starring
Tad Hilgenbrinck
Arielle Kebbel
Eugene Levy
Matt Barr
Jun Hee Lee
Angela Little
Jason Earles
Chris Owen
Omar Benson Miller
Lily Mariye
Cinematography
Victor J. Kemper
Distributed by
Universal Pictures
Release date(s)
October 31, 2005
December 26, 2005
(United States)
Running time
87 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$15 million
American Pie Presents: Band Camp is a 2005 direct-to-DVD, spin-off from the American Pie series.[1] While being the first American Pie spin-off, it is also a direct continuation of American Wedding. It was directed by Steve Rash and written by Brad Riddell. During development, the film's working title was American Pie 4. The film centers on Matt Stifler, younger brother of Steve Stifler.[2] In this film, Matt is sent to the infamous band camp, where he is compelled to change his ways.
It was released on DVD in the United Kingdom on October 31, 2005 and in the United States on December 26, 2005.

Contents
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2 Cast
3 Soundtrack listing
4 References
5 External links
Plot[edit]
Matt Stifler, the younger brother of Steve Stifler, is eager to enter the family business of making porn films so he can prove himself to his older brother. After Matt plays a prank on the school band, the school's guidance counselor Chuck "The Sherminator" Sherman, who attended high school with Steve, decides that a worthwhile punishment would be for Matt to attend band camp. Matt is initially disgruntled by the idea but soon agrees to it, interested in the notorious sexual behavior of band camp girls (citing Jim's marriage and sex life with Michelle as an example).
Upon arrival, Matt is extremely disrespectful to the rules along with everyone at Tall Oaks and even gets his school's band in trouble. Jim's dad, Noah Levenstein, the camp's MACRO (Morale And Conflict Resolution Officer) recommends he start trying to fit in and earn the band's trust. Matt conspires with his nerdy roommate, Ernie, to film the other band members in a bid called 'Bandeez Gone Wild', using hidden cameras.
During a lunch time scuffle Matt accepts a duel with rival band leader Brandon, wherein the performers show off their music skills, with Brandon playing the snare drum, and Matt playing the triangle. When it seems Matt has lost, he leaves the stage and comes back playing the bagpipes to the tune of "Play That Funky Music" to win the duel.
The various school bands compete for points throughout camp with East Great Falls leading on the last day, but an ill-fated prank by Matt that was intended for the rival team, causes the band to lose and East Great Falls band member Elyse to lose a chance at a scholarship. Once the new term starts, Matt attempts to fix his mistakes and persuades the school band to play Elyse's piece to the Conservatory head, winning Elyse a scholarship, and her affection.
Cast[edit]
Tad Hilgenbrinck as Matthew "Matt" Stifler
Arielle Kebbel as Elyse Houston
Eugene Levy as Noah Levenstein (aka "Jim's Dad")
Chris Owen as Chuck Sherman
Matt Barr as Brandon Vandercamp
Jun Hee Lee as James Chong
Jason Earles as Ernie Kaplowitz
Crystle Lightning as Chloe
Omar Benson Miller as Oscar
Lauren C. Mayhew as Arianna
Angela Little as Sheree
Rachel Veltri as Dani
Dossett March as Andy
Lily Mariye as Dr. Susan Choi
Ginger Lynn as Camp Nurse Sanders
Richard Keith as Trading Card Bandie
Jennifer Walcott as Bathroom Girl
Matthew Herb as Shower Guy
Joe Phua as Band Camp Student (uncredited)
Soundtrack listing[edit]

American Pie Presents: Band Camp

Soundtrack album by Various Artists

Released
December 2005
Label
Uptown/Universal
Various Artists chronology

American Wedding Soundtrack 2003 Band Camp (spin-off) The Naked Mile (2006)

1.Andrew W.K. - "She Is Beautiful"
2.Breaking Benjamin - "Forget It"
3.Snow Patrol - "How To Be Dead"
4.Matt Nathanson - "Laid"
5.Treble Charger - "American Psycho"
6.Good Charlotte - "The Anthem"
7.Paul Locke - "Paul's Drums"
8.Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
9.Courtesy of Associated Productions Music - "Dracula Plays"
10.Courtesy of Associated Productions Music - "Pom Pom"
11.Courtesy of Associated Productions Music - "Piano Sonata"
12.Cage9 - "Breaking Me Down"
13.Linda Perry - "Get The Party Started"
14.D.O.R.K - "Jaime"
15.The Penfifteen Club - "Disco MF"
16.The City Drive - "Defeated"
17.Wild Cherry (band) - "Play That Funky Music White Boy"
18.The City Drive - "Bring Me Everything"
19.Christian B - "Baby Got Back"
20.Steppenwolf - "Born to Be Wild"
21.Tal Bachman - "Aeroplane"
22.Chris Rash and Jean-Paul DiFranco - "Bonfire Etude"
23.Ash - "Vampire Love"
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Matt Webb Mitovich (Dec 26, 2005). "New Pie Exposes Wild Times at Band Camp". TV Guide. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
2.Jump up ^ Jason Buchanan (March 30, 2011). "American Pie Presents Band Camp". New York Times. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
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American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile

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American Pie Presents:
 The Naked Mile
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Directed by
Joe Nussbaum
Produced by
W.K. Border
 Joel Soisson (executive)
Written by
Eric Lindsay
Based on
Characters
 by Adam Herz
Starring
John White
Jessy Schram
Steve Talley
Christopher McDonald
Eugene Levy
Jake Siegel
Ross Thomas
Candace Kroslak
Jordan Prentice
Music by
Jeff Cardoni
Cinematography
Eric Haase
Editing by
Danny Saphire
Studio
Neo Art & Logic
Capital Arts Entertainment
Distributed by
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Rogue Pictures
Release date(s)
December 12, 2006
December 19, 2006
(United States)
Running time
97 minutes
Country
Canada
 United States
Language
English
Budget
$15 million
American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile is a 2006 American teen comedy film released by Universal Pictures. The film is the second spin-off to the American Pie film series and begins a story arc that continues and concludes with American Pie Presents: Beta House (2007).[1][2] John White stars as Erik Stifler, a high school senior who is given a "guilt free pass" by his girlfriend, Tracy Sterling (Jessy Schram), and so visits the Beta House fraternity led by his cousin, Dwight Stifler (Steve Talley), to run a mile naked. Christopher McDonald co-stars as Erik's father, Harry, and Eugene Levy once again plays Jim's Dad, who turns out to be a family friend of both Erik's and Tracy's. Also, it is in this film that his name is revealed to be "Noah Levenstein".

Contents
  [hide] 1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Soundtrack
4 Production 4.1 Filming locations
5 DVD sales
6 Reception
7 Drinking game death
8 References
9 External links
Plot[edit]
Erik Stifler (John White) has a difficult time living up to his family name. He is Steve and Matt Stifler's cousin. He is perhaps the only Stifler about to graduate from high school as a virgin. The film opens with Erik feigning illness so that he can stay home and masturbate. Unfortunately, just as he is about to ejaculate, his parents and grandmother unexpectedly walk into the door and are hit with Erik's semen, after which his grandmother dies of a heart attack. Erik's dad later surmises that, as a Stifler, his son should be out having sex instead of masturbating. Erik's girlfriend of two years, Tracy (Jessy Schram), loves him, but is not ready for intercourse. Tracy decides to have sex, their first attempt goes horribly wrong, and she backs out of trying again.
Erik's friends Cooze (Jake Siegel) and Ryan (Ross Thomas) plan a road trip to visit Erik's cousin Dwight Stifler (Steve Talley) in Michigan during an event known as the Naked Mile. Tracy sees this as an opportunity to give Erik a "guilt free weekend pass," hoping that he can quench his lust and get sex out of his system since she is not ready.
As soon as Erik and his friends arrive on campus, they witness an over-the-top drinking contest where Dwight is crowned a campus champion. Later, they lose a rough game of football against a bitter rival fraternity composed almost entirely of midgets, and end up in a brawl with those same midgets on several occasions. The first night when the guys are at a college bar, Erik meets a college girl named Brandi who has a fetish for virgin boys, prompting Ryan and Cooze to make a bet with each other that Erik won't sleep with Brandi and will remain a virgin. At the same time, Ryan and Cooze end up getting turned down by a couple girls they met at the bar, Jill and Alexis, who are taken by a couple of the midgets.
The following morning, Dwight gets jumped by the midget fraternity in disguise while walking down the street, landing him in the hospital. Dwight tells the guys he probably won't make it to the Naked Mile, but yet still manages to make it right in time. Right away, he joins up with Erik, Ryan and Cooze, who are at first reluctant to run, but when Brandi, Jill and Alexis show up to run with the guys, they're finally prompted to strip down and run with the girls, and end up having a great time. Finally as Erik and Brandi reach the finish line, they steal a kiss, which is then caught on camera for a news report on TV. Watching the news report about the Naked Mile back at home, Tracy is upset and feels guilty that she allowed Erik the free pass. Her friends convince her to also lose her virginity before he gets back.
Later that evening, Erik realizes that he loves Tracy, confesses to Brandi that he can't sleep with her and rushes back to see his girlfriend. When he gets to her house, Tracy's dad says she is at a party and Erik arrives at the party just as Tracy has headed upstairs, presumably to lose her virginity to her ex-boyfriend. Erik loudly pounds on the closed bedroom door, proclaiming his love for her. However, Tracy was not in the room because she had decided that she could not go through with her plans. The two decide that they should be each other's first, and they make love.
When Erik returns to the Beta house to pick up his friends the next morning, each boy shares stories of his experiences from the night before. The guys then ask Erik if he "sealed the deal" with Brandi that night, and Erik tells them no, prompting Ryan and Cooze to pay up on their bet, until Erik tells them about his adventure back home to make up to Tracy and finally lose his virginity. The guys are now proud of Erik for officially living up to the Stifler family name, and the three friends finally drive back to East Great Falls.
During the post-Naked Mile party, Dwight spots Vicky (Winkler), the girlfriend of Rock (Prentice), the leader of the midget fraternity, and the two of them head up to Dwight's room to have sex. Later, as the film closes, Dwight sent a DVD to Rock that reads, "Payback's a bitch." It reveals both Dwight and Vicky having sex, as Rock yells out, "Stifler!" As it turns out, Dwight and Vicky start dating, and they end up traveling the world together, as various postcard pictures show their many journeys together as the end credits roll.
Cast[edit]
John White as Erik Stifler
Jessy Schram as Tracy Sterling
Jake Siegel as Mike "Cooze" Coozeman
Steve Talley as Dwight Stifler
Eugene Levy as Noah Levenstein
Ross Thomas as Ryan Grimm
Jordan Prentice as Rock
Candace Kroslak as Brandy
Christopher McDonald as Harry Stifler
Dan Petronijevic as Bull
Jaclyn A. Smith as Jill
Angel Lewis as Alexis
Jordan Madley as Brooke
Melanie Merkosky as Natalie
Jon Cor as Trent
Maria Ricossa as Mrs. Stifler
Mika Winkler as Vicky
Alyssa Nicole Pallett as Porn Chick
Jessica Booker as Grandma Stifler
Stuart Clow as Tracy's Dad
Joe Bostwick as Mr. Williams
Daniel Morgret as Frankie
Soundtrack[edit]
1."Let's Get It On" performed by Marvin Gaye
2."News International - Sting 2" Composed by Terry Devine-King
3."Down, Down, Down" Performed by Gabriel Mann
4."Say Goodbye" Performed by The Muffs
5."Freedom" Performed by The White Heat
6."It's All About The Rock" Performed by White Demons
7."Go" Performed by LeeTownPusyy Pusyy Yup
8."Absolutely Wasted" Performed by Sporting Riff-Raff
9."Freak-A-Leek" Performed by K-Lein
10."I Wish" Performed by Skee Lo
11."Go Hard" Performed by Kel Spencer
12."On The Run" Performed by Classic
13."Wey" Performed by Tre Jaqun
14."That's What Dreams Are Made Of" Performed by 2 Clicks Down
15."Scratch" Performed by Allister
16."Stuck In America" Performed by Sugarcult
17."Here We Go" Performed by The Grand Skeem
18."I'm Gonna Make You Sweat" Performed by Al Sheez
19."Sucka MCs" Performed by The Grand Skeem
20."Rock to the Rhythm" Performed by Lexicon
21."Swing Baby Swing" Performed by The DNC
22."Let's Get Def" Performed by Kennedy
23."Candy Store" Performed by Miss Eighty 6
24."Devilz Badvocate" Performed by Dastardly / Focus
25."Hands To Tha Pump" Performed by Da Diggler
26."Ain't No Game" Performed by Basko
27."Everybody Get Crazy Now" Performed by The STL of The DNC
28."Getting Hot In Here" Performed by Josh Henderson
29."Check Out The Sound" Performed by Boomish
30."Perfect" Performed by Remi J
31."Let's Go Home" Performed by The Drop
32."Birthday Song" Performed by Ben Lee
33."RU Ready" Performed by AD
34."We're At The Top Of The World" Performed by The Juliana Theory
Production[edit]
"The Naked Mile" of the title refers to a real event that was carried out annually by students of the University of Michigan until 2004.[3] The participants, mostly senior students, would run or bike a pre-designed course through campus while partially or entirely naked. The last "Naked Mile" was in 2004 after the University ended the tradition through arrests and threats to students who ran.[4] Participation in the event also reportedly suffered as it attracted the attention of internet pornography operations.[5][6]
Filming locations[edit]
Parts were filmed at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, and at the St. George campus of the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario. The Naked Mile itself was filmed at Victoria University, a federated university within the University of Toronto. Other parts were filmed at Port Credit Secondary School in Mississauga, Ontario.[citation needed]
DVD sales[edit]
The DVD was released on December 19, 2006 in the USA. In the opening weekend, 478,336 units were sold, generating revenue of $9,561,937. As of April 2010, over 3,000,000 have been sold translating to estimate amount of $30,000,000 in revenue.[7] The Region 2 DVD was released in the UK on December 4, 2006 in PAL Widescreen and has been certified 15 by the BBFC with the following viewer guidance; Contains strong language, moderate sex and sex references. The movie was passed without any cuts.[citation needed]
The Region 1 DVD was released December 19, 2006 in Fullscreen R-Rated, Fullscreen Unrated, and Widescreen Unrated versions. All feature Dolby Digital 5.1 audio in English, French, and Spanish. Extras include deleted and extended scenes, outtakes, and a full length feature commentary featuring the director, writer and cast members. The unrated DVD also contains two bonus features.[8]
Reception[edit]
After the commercial success of the direct-to-DVD production, American Pie Presents: Band Camp, Universal Studios Home Entertainment decided to produce another sequel to the American Pie film. American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile was released direct-to-video on December 19, 2006. The film was a financial success, generating US$27.41 million in DVD sales domestically, however the fans reaction was negative, criticizing the recycled jokes and gags from previous 'American Pie' films and the Stifler character for being a poor, flat copy of the original.
Drinking game death[edit]
In February 2007, David Reid, a 22 year old Bank of New York worker from Manchester, England died by copying a binge drinking game called "last man standing" which was depicted in the film.[9][10]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Another American Pie?". Cinemablend.com. 2006-04-13. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
2.Jump up ^ "American Pie Presents... (US - DVD R1) in News > Releases at DVDActive". Dvdactive.com. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
3.Jump up ^ Randall, Laura (2004-08-01). "Things You Do Only in College". The New York Times.
4.Jump up ^ https://www.michigandaily.com/content/construction-police-hinder-naked-mile
5.Jump up ^ "Police say nude runners could end up on Internet". The Item (Ann Arbour: Osteen Publishing). Associated Press. 21 April 1998. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
6.Jump up ^ "Naked Mile may run on Internet". The Robesonian (Ann Arbour). Associated Press. 21 April 1998. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
7.Jump up ^ "American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile - DVD Sales". The Numbers. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
8.Jump up ^ Dave Foster, The Digital Fix. "American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile (R1) in December". DVD Times. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
9.Jump up ^ "Young graduate dies in 'last man standing' drinking competition inspired by American Pie | Mail Online". London: Dailymail.co.uk. 2008-01-30. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
10.Jump up ^ Alleyne, Richard (2008-04-12). "Binge drinking contest kills banker, 22". London: Telegraph. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
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American Pie Presents: Beta House

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American Pie Presents: Beta House
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Directed by
Andrew Waller
Produced by
W. K. Border
Written by
Erik Lindsay
Based on
characters
 by Adam Herz
Starring
John White
Steve Talley
Christopher McDonald
Eugene Levy
Music by
Jeff Cardoni
Cinematography
Gerald Packer
Editing by
Rod Dean
 Andrew Somers
Studio
Neo Art & Logic
Rogue Pictures
Universal Pictures
Distributed by
Universal Pictures
Release date(s)
December 26, 2007
Running time
85 minutes
Country
Canada
 United States
Language
English
Budget
less than $10 million[1]
Box office
$18,552,332[2]
American Pie Presents: Beta House is a 2007 American teen comedy film released by Universal Pictures. It is the third spin-off to American Pie film series franchise and a sequel to the second spin-off, American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile (2006). John White stars as Erik Stifler, a college freshman who pledges the Beta House fraternity led by his cousin, Dwight Stifler (Steve Talley). Christopher McDonald co-stars as Erik's father and Eugene Levy plays Beta House alumnus Noah Levenstein.
Universal commissioned the film after positive commercial reaction to The Naked Mile. Erik Lindsay and W.K. Border, the writer and producer, respectively, as well as four of the five principal cast members from the preceding film returned. Principal photography took place for "seven, eight weeks" from June 4, 2007 in Toronto, Canada.
American Pie Presents: Beta House was released direct-to-DVD internationally on December 10, 2007 and in the United States on December 26, 2007. The film was a moderate financial success, generating US$18.55 million in United States sales. While largely overlooked by critics, it garnered generally negative reviews.

Contents
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2 Cast
3 Production
4 Release
5 References
6 External links
Plot[edit]
The following fall semester after the events of The Naked Mile, Erik Stifler and his buddy Mike "Cooze" Coozeman are now incoming college freshmen at the University of Michigan. As soon as they arrive, Erik meets a cute girl named Ashley taking a shower in the coed bathrooms. Also he meets his new roommate while a cute girl is riding him,. Soon enough, Erik's cousin, Dwight Stifler, invites Erik, Cooze, and Bobby to a Beta House party. They learn how they can gain eligibility to pledge for the Beta House fraternity and meet Wesley, who was initiated into the Beta house from his ability to black out real easy when he drinks.
In the meantime, Erik and Ashley begin dating. On their first date, Erik accidentally gets hot soup poured all over himself, so Ashley brings him to her room to clean up. When she then goes to put lotion on Erik's burns, he accidentally ejaculates all over Ashley's things, including her teddy bear. Erik apologizes, and explains to Ashley about the masturbation incident that made sex "taboo" in his house a few months prior, and how he hasn't had sex since his ex-girlfriend Tracy broke up with him. At the same time, Cooze falls for Ashley's roommate, Denise. Unfortunately whenever Cooze tries to get intimate with Denise, she feels nervous about Cooze getting in her pants, but she's still willing to give Cooze handjobs. After talking with Erik, Bobby and Dwight about how Denise won't let him get into her pants yet gives him "the best handjobs he ever had", Cooze develops suspicions Denise might be a guy. But Dwight says the only way for Cooze to make sure is by getting into her pants.
Alongside two other pledges, Erik, Cooze and Bobby complete 50 tasks to pledge, including getting their posteriors signed by a stripper, having sex with a professor, marrying a male friend in Canada, and placing a live ostrich in the Geek fraternity house. After they complete their final task, stealing something from the Geek house, the Geek's president, Edgar, challenges the Betas to the Greek Olympiad. Beta House alumni Noah Levenstein returns to campus to officiate the contest. The first competition is won by Beta House as Dwight and Edgar compete in removing girls' bras. Beta House loses the next two competitions: a light saber duel and catching a greased pig but win the fourth, which was a horse semen gunshot challenge with Dwight vs Edgar with edgar losing to dwight after getting a horse semon in the mouth and the fifth, which is a drinking competition won by Wesley doing a keg stand. After learning that Edgar previously had sex with a sheep, the Betas use Edgar's wool fetish against him in the final challenge, ultimately costing him and his house the tournament.
The Betas host a toga party, where Cooze, much to his relief, finally sleeps with Denise and all suspicions of her being a man are gone. The following morning, Wesley wakes up finally believing that his curse as the blackout menace is over, only to be confronted by the former Geek House bodybuilder. In a post-credits scene, Edgar instructs a stripper at Silver Dollar to dance with the headpiece of the sheep costume.[3]
Cast[edit]
John White as Erik Stifler, a freshman pledging the Beta House
Steve Talley as Dwight Stifler, the pledge master and leader of the Beta House
Christopher McDonald as Mr. Stifler, Erik's father
Eugene Levy as Noah Levenstein, Beta House alumni and the officiator of the Greek Olympiad
Meghan Heffern as Ashley, Erik's love interest
Jake Siegel as Mike "Cooze" Coozeman, Erik's friend and a freshman pledging the Beta House alongside Erik and Bobby
Nic Nac as Bobby, Erik's roommate and a freshman pledging the Beta House alongside Erik and Cooze
Jonathan Keltz as Wesley, a member and the rush chair of the Beta House
Bradford Anderson as Jake Parker, a handicapped member of the Geek House
Robbie Amell as Nick Anderson, a freshman pledging the Beta House
Production[edit]

  
Christopher McDonald (left) and Eugene Levy reprised their roles from The Naked Mile

American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile, the second spin-off to the American Pie film series, was a commercial success, and Universal Pictures prepared for a sequel. The Naked Mile's writer, Erik Lindsay, pitched the film by saying "Look, we're not going to top Animal House of course, but it's been 25 years. I was in a fraternity for six years. Let's just make a straight pledging movie."[4] Universal gave Lindsay the green light to write Beta House, and also hired Andrew Waller and The Naked Mile's producer, W. K. Border, as the film's director and producer, respectively.[5] The film's screenplay was based on characters by Adam Herz and on aspects of writer Lindsay's own life.[6][7] Lindsay felt that Universal being unworried to make the film similar to Animal House provided "more opportunities to keep the story organic," which he found the challenge of writing a sequel.[4]
The film features the same principal cast as The Naked Mile minus Jessy Schram;[8] John White, Steve Talley, Christopher McDonald and Eugene Levy reprised their roles from the preceding film, with Levy returning to play Noah Levenstein for the sixth time in the series.[3] Craig Kornblau, the president of Universal Studios Home Entertainment, said "we think he [Levy] is crucial to this franchise because his character represents the heart of the movie."[1] Jake Siegel, Jaclyn A. Smith, Dan Petronijevic and Jordan Prentice also reprised their roles from The Naked Mile.[3]
Principal photography began on June 4, 2007 and lasted about "seven, eight weeks."[9][10] Filming took place at the University of Toronto, Pinewood Toronto Studios and at the Brass Rail strip club in Toronto.[6][11][12] Neo Art & Logic, Rogue Pictures and Universal Pictures produced the film on a budget of less than $10 million.[1] The film was intended to be the center of a trilogy beginning with The Naked Mile and although talks for a concluding sequel were made, no such film has yet materalised.[6][8]
Release[edit]
American Pie Presents: Beta House was released direct-to-DVD internationally on December 10, 2007 and in the United States on December 26, 2007. It was rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America, due to "pervasive strong crude and sexual content, graphic nudity, language and excessive drinking," and was marketed with the tagline "the most outrageous slice of pie!"[3] The film was released in two single-disc DVD editions. The R-rated edition included no special features, while the unrated edition included a commentary track, behind-the-scenes clips, deleted scenes and storylines, a fake public service announcement, featurettes, outtakes, a mock in-character interview with Noah Levenstein, music videos by God Made Me Funky, and a 30 Rock episode.[13] Through its first four weeks the DVD sold over 534,000 copies in the United States, generating $12.25 million in sales.[2] Universal Pictures expected to sell more than a million units;[1] sales have since totaled over 898,000 units in the United States, with $18.55 million in revenue.[2]
While largely overlooked by critics, the film has garnered generally negative reviews. LaRue Cook of Entertainment Weekly graded the film with a "D" and wrote, "what was once a fresh slice of teen comedy has become a slab of stale crudeness."[14] Scott Weinberg of Moviefone, in his negative review, found the film "slightly more amusing to sit through than the two previous entries", in particular praising the Star Trek sexual roleplay scene as "extremely effective."[15] DVD Talk's Jeffrey Robinson writes that "if anything, it will bore you and leave you wondering why you wasted an hour and a half of your life."[13] Writing in JoBlo.com, Adam Quigley poked fun at the film's themes, declaring that "if there's a lesson to be taken from these films, it's that women are objects, and should always be treated as such".[16] However, not all reviews were negative. IGN's Hock Teh gave the film 5/10, writing that it "stays very close to the American Pie formula," while criticizing the story as "devoid of anything remotely semi-compelling or even noteworthy."[17] Peter Hammond of Maxim describes American Pie Presents: Beta House as "loaded with sex, laughs and raunchy fun," writing that it "may be the most outrageous slice of pie yet!"[11]
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b c d Barnes, Brooks (28 January 2008). "Direct-to-DVD Releases Shed Their Loser Label". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
2.^ Jump up to: a b c "American Pie Presents: Beta House – DVD Sales". The Numbers. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
3.^ Jump up to: a b c d American Pie Presents: Beta House (DVD) (Standard ed.). Universal Pictures. 10 December 2007.
4.^ Jump up to: a b Topel, Fred. "Interview with Erik Lindsay from American Pie Presents: Beta House". About.com. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
5.Jump up ^ Vukcevic, Filip. "Set Visit: American Pie Presents: Beta House -- Part One - Page 1". IGN. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
6.^ Jump up to: a b c Vukcevic, Filip. "Set Visit: American Pie Presents: Beta House -- Part Two - Page 1". IGN. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
7.Jump up ^ "Lindsay's Movies Pay Off Partying Debts". World Entertainment News Network. 3 January 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
8.^ Jump up to: a b Topel, Fred. "Interview with John White from American Pie Presents: Beta House". About.com. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
9.Jump up ^ "From Universal Studios Home Entertainment- American Pie Presents: Beta House Begins Principal Photography in Toronto". PR Newswire. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
10.Jump up ^ Vukcevic, Filip. "Set Visit: American Pie Presents: Beta House -- Part Two - Page 2". IGN. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
11.^ Jump up to: a b American Pie Presents: Beta House (DVD) (Unrated ed.). Universal Pictures. 10 December 2007.
12.Jump up ^ Spence, Rebecca (12 April 2011). "From Universal Studios Home Entertainment- American Pie Presents: Beta House Begins Principal Photography in Toronto". National Post. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
13.^ Jump up to: a b Robinson, Jeffrey (12 January 2008). "American Pie Presents: Beta House". DVD Talk. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
14.Jump up ^ Cook, LaRue (4 January 2008). "American Pie Presents: Beta House". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 20 September 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
15.Jump up ^ Weinberg, Scott (17 December 2007). "DVD Review: American Pie Presents Beta House". Moviefone. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
16.Jump up ^ Quigley, Adam. "American Pie Presents: Beta House DVD review by The Digital Dorm". Joblo.com. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
17.Jump up ^ Teh, Hock (30 December 2007). "American Pie Presents: Beta House (Unrated) DVD Review". IGN. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
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American Pie Presents: The Book of Love

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American Pie Presents:
 The Book of Love
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DVD cover

Directed by
John Putch
Produced by
Mike Elliot
 Craig Perry
 Warren Zide
Written by
David H. Steinberg
Based on
Characters
 by Adam Herz
Starring
Bug Hall
Brandon Hardesty
 Kevin M. Horton
Eugene Levy
Louisa Lytton
 Nico McEown
Beth Behrs
 Melanie Papalia
 Edwin Perez
Music by
David Lawrence
Cinematography
Ross Berryman
Editing by
John Gilbert
Studio
Capital Arts Entertainment
Distributed by
Universal Studios
Release date(s)
December 22, 2009

Running time
93 minutes
 96 minutes (Unrated cut)
Country
Canada
 United States
Language
English
Budget
$7 million
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love (sometimes known as American Pie and the Book of Love) is a 2009 teen comedy released directly to DVD. It is the seventh installment of the fourth and final film in the American Pie Presents franchise. Directed by John Putch, the film stars Bug Hall, John Patrick Jordan, Kevin M. Horton, Brandon Hardesty, and Eugene Levy who reappears as "Jim's Dad" in a brief yet crucial role. This was Sherman Hemsley's final film appearance before his death on July 24, 2012.

Contents
  [hide] 1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Soundtrack
5 Reception
6 References
7 External links
Plot[edit]
The story takes place at East Great Falls High, eleven years after the events of American Pie. The new protagonists of this movie are three brand new hapless virgins: Rob (Hall), Nathan (Horton) and Lube (Hardesty). One night Rob accidentally sets fire to the school library, and finds "the Bible" (or Book of Love), the creation of Mr. Levinstein (Eugene Levy). Unfortunately for them, the book is ruined. The book had incomplete advice and sends them on a helpless journey to lose their virginity. After trying and failing for most of the time, they pledge to restore the book, and to do this, they must find Levenstein and all the other people who wrote in the book, and start the restoration.
The story begins with Rob entering his bedroom, and attempting to masturbate with a peanut butter sandwich (similar to the apple pie scenario in the first film). While he is doing this his dog, Frizzie, tries to eat the sandwich, and Rob's little brother Cody takes a video of him receiving this unwanted sexual gratification. Later, Rob meets with his friends, Nathan and Marshall Lube, at school. Nathan reveals that his girlfriend, Dana, has pledged to abstain from sex until marriage despite the fact that she has already slept with six other people. Rob talks to Heidi, a girl he is attracted to, and Stifler. Stifler states that if Rob doesn't make a move on Heidi, he will. In class, Lube has a vivid fantasy about a group of cheerleaders, particularly one named Ashley. Rob and Heidi meet later in the school library where she discloses that she is a virgin, and wishes to just "get it [sex] over with". At the school dance, Nathan tries to get to second base with Dana, but only manages to offend her due to her abstinence pledge. Rob attempts to tell Heidi how he feels about her but is interrupted by Nathan and Lube. He eventually finds her in the library about to have sex with another student, and drops a lit candle in a bin in shock. This sets the library on fire, which sets off the water sprinklers.
The next day, when Rob and Heidi are cleaning the library, Rob finds a secret compartment containing 'The Bible' (The Book of Love). He shows the book to his friends Nathan and Lube and explains that it is a sex manual that has been compiled over forty years by the students who found it. The book is regarded as legendary, but unfortunately has been damaged by the water.
Later in the local mall, Rob attempts to test a tip in the book; 'Simple Flattery'. He approaches Ashley in a lingerie store and complements her. Ashley leads him into a changing room, takes off her bra and top, and makes him steal a bra for her. Unfortunately Rob is caught and forced to pay for the bra with his mom's credit card. Meanwhile, Nathan goes to Dana's church service to talk to her, but accidentally broadcasts the explicit and highly personal conversation to the entire congregation on the church's PA system. Dana's father then bans Dana from seeing Nathan. When she receives her credit card bill, Rob's mom tries to talk to him about buying underwear, prompting Rob to sarcastically say that he likes wearing women's underwear. He is again filmed by his little brother, who again posts the footage on the internet for the whole school to see.
The next day, Heidi, Imogen and Dana are spectating at a school basketball game in which Rob and Stifler are playing. A girl called Katie tries to talk to Stifler, but he brushes her off. Rob again attempts to tell Heidi how he feels, but is unable to. Lube discovers a page in The Bible which tells of a brothel in Canada and a prostitute, Monique, who is very experienced. The entry was written in 1975, but Lube misreads the date as 1995, and they decide to visit. When they meet Monique the boys are disgusted, but Nathan states that they should go for it anyway. Nathan and Lube make Rob go first, but Monique dies while performing oral sex on him. They panic and drive back to the USA.
Rob and Heidi are once gain in the library where Rob finally tells her he is attracted to her. Heidi says she feels the same, and they agree to meet at Stifler's party later. At the party Heidi hears Rob shout "Tonight, I'm getting laid!", and runs upstairs. Stifler again brushes off Katie when she tries to talk to him. Lube tells Ashley how he feels about her, giving a speech on how he guarantees sexual satisfaction, but she still turns him down. Ashley's friend is impressed with his promise and tells Lube to meet her upstairs, but when she finds an offensive text on his phone she storms out. Nathan attempts to reconcile with Dana but offends her, making her leave once again. Rob finds Heidi in bed with Stifler and leaves the room. Heidi follows him downstairs, but Rob refuses to talk to her and begins to drink heavily. He declares "only assholes get laid!" and then behaves crudely to a random girl, who promptly goes to bed with him. She asks him to have sex with her from behind, but he hallucinates and sees Heidi saying; "You aren't seriously going to stick your dick in that, are you?". Rob then throws up on the girl's back. The next morning his mother asks him if he drove home drunk, and shows him a film she received on her phone of Rob throwing up on the girl the night before.
In an attempt to restore The Bible, Rob and his friends resolve to find all of the people who originally wrote it in order to recreate it, starting with the original creator, Noah Levenstein. They eventually succeed in recreating the book.
Rob and his friends then go on the school ski trip. In a log cabin where a few students are playing strip poker, Katie again attempts to talk to Stifler, who again brushes her off. She bets Stifler that if she wins at poker he has to apologise to her and run naked in the snow. Stifler loses and is forced to apologise and go outside naked, where he is humped by a moose. Due to last night's ordeal, Imogen keeps him company and the two form a bond. The other students are riding up the mountain in gondola ski lifts, but Nathan has sex with Dana in the lift control room and accidentally shut off the lifts' power. In one lift, Rob and Heidi reconcile and kiss. Ashley and Lube are in another lift, where Lube falls out when trying to go for help. When Ashley climbs down to him, Lube tells her how he really feels about her, moving her to tears. Heidi and Rob return to the cabin and have sex. Lube and Ashley also go back to the cabin and have sex.
The story ends with Rob, Nathan and Lube returning the newly restored Bible to where Rob found it, after Rob has added his signature to it. As a finale, Rob's brother, Cody, enters his bedroom to find an online film of him putting a vacuum cleaner on his penis. To his horror it has been viewed almost 10 million times. Rob ends the film with the words "Gotchaaaaa, ha ha".
Cast[edit]
Bug Hall as Robert "Rob" Shearson
Brandon Hardesty as Marshall "Lube" Lubetsky
Kevin M. Horton as Nathan Jenkyll
Beth Behrs as Heidi
Melanie Papalia as Dana
Jennifer Holland as Ashley
John Patrick Jordan as Scott Stifler
Louisa Lytton as Imogen
Curtis Armstrong as Pete O'Donnell
Rosanna Arquette as Madeline Shearson
Cindy Busby as Amy
Naomi Hewer as Alyson
Adrienne Carter as Katie
Nico McEown as Cody
Edwin Perez as Gibbs
 Cameo AppearancesEugene Levy as Noah Levenstein (aka Jim's Dad)
Kevin Federline as Canadian Border Guard
Sherman Hemsley as Pastor
Dustin Diamond as Alumnus Guy #1
C. Thomas Howell as Alumnus Guy #2
Christopher Knight as Alumnus Guy #3
Tim Matheson as Carlito (Alumnus Guy #4)
Steve Railsback as Alumnus Guy #5
Robert Romanus as Alumnus Guy #6
Bret Michaels as himself

Production[edit]
The Book of Love was filmed in Vancouver. The East Great Falls High was actually Centennial Secondary School in Coquitlam, British Columbia. The tram scene up the mountain is located at Vancouver's Grouse Mountain.
Soundtrack[edit]
1."Oh Yeah" by Yello
2."Something in Your Mouth" by Nickelback
3."Sexy Little Thing" by The High Decibels
4."Smoke Alarm" by Freddy Rawsh
5."Hot N Cold" by Katy Perry
6."Dance, Dance" by Fall Out Boy
7."Turn It Down" by Sideway Runners
8."Hypnotik" by Roobie Breastnut
9."Beer" by Ace Baker
10."How Do I Know" by Wanda Bell
11."When You Want Some Uh Uh" by Nio Renee Wilson
12."Get Loose (NipJoint Remix)" by Quanteisha
13."Pauline" by The High Lonesome
14."Katmandu" by Sam Morrison
15."1969" by Dr. Hollywood
16."Body Language" by Isaac Hayes
17."If Something's Wrong" by Aidan Hawken
18."Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don't)" by All Time Low
19."Hot Mess" by Cobra Starship
20."Are You Ready" Crash Boom Bang
21."Got Me Some Love" by Keely Hawkes
22."Army Girl" by The Genders
23."Obsession" by Ace Baker
24."Something Wild" by The High Lonesome
25."Burnin' Love" by Travis Tritt
26."Laid" by Aidan Hawken
27."She Can Dance" by Billy Trudel
28."Monday" by Mikey and the Gypsys
29."In It for You" ("Catch My Fall") by The Elliots
30."Heartbeats" by Melinda Ortner
31."Say Yes" by Elliott Smith
32."Book of Love" by Powderfinger
33."Sinner" by Big B featuring Scott Russo
34."Mouth to Mouth" by Kaya Jones
Reception[edit]
The film received negative reviews from critics and audiences. The Rotten Tomatoes approval rating is currently N/A, but the audience score is currently 30%.
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The Exorcist (film)

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The Exorcist
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Directed by
William Friedkin
Produced by
William Peter Blatty
Screenplay by
William Peter Blatty
Based on
The Exorcist
 by William Peter Blatty
Starring
Ellen Burstyn
Max von Sydow
Lee J. Cobb
Kitty Winn
Jack MacGowran
Jason Miller
Linda Blair
Mercedes McCambridge
Music by
Jack Nitzsche (additional)
Cinematography
Owen Roizman
Editing by
Norman Gay
Distributed by
Warner Bros.
Release date(s)
December 26, 1973

Running time
122 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
 Latin
 Greek
 French
 German
 Arabic
Budget
$10,497,444[1]
Box office
$441,071,011[2]
The Exorcist is a 1973 American horror film directed by William Friedkin, adapted by William Peter Blatty from his 1971 novel of the same name. The book, inspired by the 1949 exorcism case of Roland Doe,[3][4] deals with the demonic possession of a 12-year-old girl and her mother's desperate attempts to win back her child through an exorcism conducted by two priests.
The film features Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Jason Miller, Lee J. Cobb, Linda Blair, and (in voice only) Mercedes McCambridge. It is one of a cycle of "demonic child" films produced from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s, including Rosemary's Baby and The Omen.
The Exorcist was released theatrically in the United States by Warner Bros. on December 26, 1973. The film earned 10 Academy Award nominations, winning two (Best Sound Mixing and Best Adapted Screenplay), and losing Best Picture to The Sting. It became one of the highest-grossing films of all time, grossing over $441 million worldwide. It is also the first horror film to be nominated for Best Picture.
The film has had a significant influence on popular culture.[5][6] It was named the scariest film of all time by Entertainment Weekly[7] and Movies.com[8] and by viewers of AMC in 2006, and was No. 3 on Bravo's The 100 Scariest Movie Moments.[9][dead link] In 2010, the Library of Congress selected the film to be preserved as part of its National Film Registry.[10][11] In 2003, it was placed at No. 2 in Channel 4's The 100 Greatest Scary Moments in the United Kingdom.

Contents
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2 Cast
3 Production 3.1 Factual basis for the film
3.2 Casting
3.3 Direction
3.4 Music
3.5 Filming locations
3.6 Special effects
4 Urban legends and on-set incidents
5 Alternative and uncut versions 5.1 The spider-walk scene
6 Sequels and related films 6.1 Other films
6.2 Other references
7 Home media
8 Reception 8.1 Box office
8.2 U.K. reception
8.3 Audience reception 8.3.1 Alleged subliminal imagery

9 Awards and honors 9.1 Academy Awards
9.2 Golden Globe Awards
9.3 Library of Congress
9.4 American Film Institute Lists
10 See also
11 References
12 External links
Plot[edit]
In Northern Iraq during an archeological dig, archeologist and priest Father Lankester Merrin (Max von Sydow) discovers a small amulet, and after studying it discovers it resembles a statue of Pazuzu, a monstrous demon in the form of a man, falcon, serpent and lion. Merrin suspects Pazuzu, whom he defeated many years ago, will return.
In Georgetown, Washington D.C., actress Chris McNeil (Ellen Burstyn) begins noticing strange and frightening behavioral changes in her daughter Regan(Linda Blair) such as constant swearing and abnormal strength. When medicine fails, Regan is given a few unpleasant tests, but X-rays results prove "negative" much to the confusion of the doctors. In reality, Regan is now possessed via a Ouija board by Pazuzu, who pretended to be her imaginary friend "Captain Howdy."
Burke Dennings (Jack McGowan), Chris's British director, dies mysteriously after falling from Regan's open bedroom window while Chris' secretary Sharon Spencer (Kitty Winn) was out. His murder is investigated by detective William Kinderman (Lee J. Cobb), who questions both Chris and a young priest named Damien Karras (Jason Miller) who has lost faith in God after the death of his ill and elderly Greek mother, with only Chris suspecting Regan. After Regan assaults a psychiatrist, the doctors finally decide an exorcism may be Regan's only hope. Chris, however, is tentative as she and Regan have no religious beliefs.
Karras agrees to see Regan for Chris but refuses to perform an exorcism; however, further supernatural phenomena forces him to accept Regan needs an exorcism. Karras is given permission by the bishop, who, at the request of the university's president, also hires Merrin to help, since he has prior experience with exorcisms.
Working together, Karras and Merrin attempt to exorcise Pazuzu from Regan, but the demon taunts them, especially Karras for his weak faith and guilt over his mother's death. Karras is dismissed after a break, as Merrin knows he is not mentally fit for a second attempt. Despite this, Karras returns to the room where Regan is now free from her binds and Merrin lies dead. In a fit of rage he assaults Regan and orders the demon to take him instead. Pazuzu obeys and Karras throws himself from the window. He then dies of his injuries, but not before doing last rites with his friend Father Dyer (William O'Malley).
Days later the McNeils leave for Los Angeles. They meet Dyer and say goodbye, and Regan remembers nothing, she embraces him after noticing his white collar. After missing the duo, Kinderman decides to befriend Dyer by inviting him to see a movie with him.
Cast[edit]
Ellen Burstyn as Christine "Chris" MacNeil, a famous actress temporarily living in Washington, D.C., with her daughter. She is an agnostic and has a quick temper but is also a loving mother. When Regan displays strange behavior, Chris experiences an emotional breakdown and tries to find help for her daughter, consulting neurosurgeons, psychiatrists, and finally a Catholic exorcist.
Jason Miller as Father Damien Karras, a troubled priest, vocational counselor, and psychiatrist. He suffers deeply when his mother dies and confesses to have (apparently) lost his faith in God. Jack Nicholson was the original choice for the role, but Miller was cast after Friedkin saw his play, That Championship Season, and meeting the playwright/actor after the performance.
Max von Sydow as Father Lankester Merrin, an elderly priest and archeologist. A quiet and patient man with great faith, he has prior experience in performing exorcisms and is aware of the risks of facing evil.
Linda Blair as Regan Teresa MacNeil, Chris's friendly, loving, faithful, and sweet twelve-year-old daughter. She displays strange and aggressive behaviors after playing with a Ouija board, which are later revealed as early symptoms of demonic possession.
Lee J. Cobb as Lieutenant William F. Kinderman, a police detective investigating Burke Dennings's death. Assertive and cunning, he thinks Regan was involved in Dennings's death, which may be related to the recent desecration of a nearby church.
Mercedes McCambridge provided the voice of the demon, Pazuzu.
Kitty Winn as Sharon Spencer, Chris's friend and personal assistant who acts as Regan's tutor.
Jack MacGowran as Burke Dennings, an eccentric film director and close friend of Chris; his unexplained death while looking after Regan elicits a police homicide investigation.
Father William O'Malley as Father Joseph Dyer, a close friend of Karras's who tries to help him deal with his mother's death.
Robert Symonds as Dr. Taney.
Barton Heyman as Dr. Samuel Klein, a doctor who suggests that Regan needs "special" help.
Arthur Storch as the psychiatrist.
Titos Vandis as Karras's uncle.
Eileen Dietz as a face associated with the demon, seen only in visions and flash cuts.
William Peter Blatty himself has a small speaking role during the scene where Chris is filming in front of Healy Hall. His character engages in a minor technical dispute with director Burke Dennings.
Production[edit]
Factual basis for the film[edit]
See also: Exorcism of Roland Doe
Aspects of the novel were inspired by an exorcism performed on a young boy from Cottage City, Maryland, in 1949 by the Jesuit priest, Fr. William S. Bowdern, who formerly taught at both St. Louis University and St. Louis University High School. Hunkeler's Catholic family was convinced the child's aggressive behavior was attributable to demonic possession, and called upon the services of Father Walter Halloran to perform the rite of exorcism.[12] Although Friedkin admits he is very reluctant to speak about the factual aspects of the film, he made the film with the intention of immortalizing the events that took place in Cottage City, Maryland in 1949, and despite the relatively minor changes that were made, the film depicts everything that could be verified by those involved. It was one of three exorcisms to be sanctioned by the Catholic Church in the U.S. at that time. In order to make the film, Friedkin was allowed access to the diaries of the priests involved, as well as the doctors and nurses; he also discussed the events with the boy's aunt in great detail. Friedkin doesn't believe that the "head-spinning" actually occurred, but this has been disputed. Friedkin is not a Christian of any denomination.[13]
Casting[edit]

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Although the agency representing Blair did not send her for the role, Blair's mother brought her to meet with Warner Brothers's casting department and then with Friedkin. Pamelyn Ferdin, a veteran of science fiction and supernatural drama, was a candidate for the role of Regan. April Winchell was considered, until she developed Pyelonephritis, which caused her to be hospitalized and ultimately taken out of consideration. Denise Nickerson, who played Violet Beauregarde in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, was considered, but the material troubled her parents too much, and they pulled her out of consideration. Anissa Jones, known for her role as Buffy in Family Affair, auditioned for the role, but she too was rejected, for much the same reason as Ferdin. The part went instead to Blair, a relative unknown except for a role in The Way We Live Now.
The studio wanted Marlon Brando for the role of Father Lankester Merrin.[citation needed] Friedkin immediately vetoed this by stating it would become a "Brando movie." Jack Nicholson was up for the part of Karras before Stacy Keach was hired by Blatty. Friedkin then spotted Miller following a performance of Miller's play That Championship Season in New York. Even though Miller had never acted in a film, Keach's contract was bought out by Warner Brothers, and Miller was signed.
Jane Fonda and Shirley MacLaine were each approached to play Chris, but both refused to do the film. Audrey Hepburn was approached, but said she would only agree if the film were to be shot in Rome. Anne Bancroft was another choice, but she was in her first month of pregnancy. Burstyn then received the role.
Friedkin originally intended to use Blair's voice, electronically deepened and roughened, for the demon's dialogue. Although Friedkin felt this worked fine in some places, he felt scenes with the demon confronting the two priests lacked the dramatic power required and selected legendary radio actress Mercedes McCambridge, an experienced voice actress, to provide the demon's voice. After filming, Warner Brothers attempted to conceal McCambridge's participation, which led to a lawsuit from McCambridge and opened a grudge between her and Friedkin.[citation needed]
Direction[edit]

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 The puppet used in the film.
Warner had approached Arthur Penn (who was teaching at Yale), Peter Bogdanovich (who wanted to pursue other projects, subsequently regretting the decision), and Mike Nichols (who did not want to shoot a film so dependent on a child's performance) and John Boorman—who would direct the second film—said he did not want to direct it because it was "cruel towards children". Originally Mark Rydell was hired to direct, but William Peter Blatty insisted on Friedkin instead, because he wanted his film to have the same energy as Friedkin's previous film, The French Connection. After a standoff with the studio, which initially refused to budge over Rydell, Blatty eventually got his way. Stanley Kubrick was offered the film (and later on its first sequel) but declined.
Production of The Exorcist began on August 14, 1972, and though it was only supposed to last 85 days, it lasted for 224.
Friedkin went to some extraordinary lengths, reminiscent of some directors from the old Hollywood directing style, manipulating the actors, to get the genuine reactions he wanted. Yanked violently around in harnesses, both Blair and Burstyn suffered back injuries and their painful screams went right into the film. Burstyn injured her back after landing on her coccyx when a stuntman jerked her via cable during the scene when Regan slaps her mother. According to the documentary Fear of God: The Making of the Exorcist, however, the injury did not cause permanent damage, although Burstyn was upset the shot of her screaming in pain was used in the film. After asking Reverend William O'Malley if he trusted him and being told yes, Friedkin slapped him hard across the face before a take to generate a deeply solemn reaction that was used in the film, as a very emotional Father Dyer read last rites to Father Karras; this offended the many Catholic crew members on the set. He also fired a gun without warning on the set to elicit shock from Jason Miller for a take, and only told Miller that pea soup would hit him in the chest rather than the face concerning the projectile-vomiting scene, resulting in his disgusted reaction. Lastly, he had Regan's bedroom set built inside a freezer so that the actors' breath could be visible on camera, which required the crew to wear parkas and other cold-weather gear.
Music[edit]

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Lalo Schifrin's working score was rejected by Friedkin. Schifrin had written six minutes of music for the initial film trailer but audiences were reportedly too scared by its combination of sights and sounds. Warner Bros. executives told Friedkin to instruct Schifrin to tone it down with softer music, but Friedkin did not relay the message.
In the soundtrack liner notes for his 1977 film, Sorcerer, Friedkin said had he heard the music of Tangerine Dream earlier, he would have had them score The Exorcist. Instead, he used modern classical compositions, including portions of the 1971 Cello Concerto by Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki, Five Pieces for Orchestra by Austrian composer Anton Webern as well as some original music by Jack Nitzsche. But the music was heard only during scene transitions. The 2000 "Version You've Never Seen" features new original music by Steve Boddacker, as well as brief source music by Les Baxter.
The original soundtrack LP has only been released once on CD, as an expensive and rare Japanese import. It is noteworthy for being the only soundtrack to include the main theme Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield, which became very popular after the film's release, and the movement Night of the Electric Insects from George Crumb's string quartet Black Angels.
The Greek song playing on the radio when Father Karras leaves his mother's house is called "Paramythaki mou" (My Tale) and is sung by Giannis Kalatzis. Lyric writer Lefteris Papadopoulos has admitted that a few years later when he was in financial difficulties he asked for some compensation for the intellectual rights of the song.
Filming locations[edit]



The Exorcist steps in Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
The film's opening sequence was filmed in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, near the Syrian border. The people of Sinjar are mostly Kurdish members of the ancient Yezidi sect, which reveres Melek Taus. Outsiders often equate Melek Taus with the Devil,[14] though this benevolent being has little in common with the Islamic and Christian Satan.[15] The archaeological dig site seen at the film's beginning is the actual site of ancient Hatra in Nineveh Province.
The "Exorcist steps", stone steps at the end of M Street in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. were padded with 1/2"-thick rubber to film the death of Karras. The stuntman tumbled down the stairs twice. Georgetown University students charged people around $5 each to watch the stunt from the rooftops.
The MacNeil residence interiors were filmed at CECO Studios in Manhattan. The bedroom set had to be refrigerated to capture the authentic icy breath of the actors in the exorcizing scenes, while the bedroom scenes along with many other scenes were filmed in the basement of Fordham University in New York. The temperature was brought so low that a thin layer of snow fell onto the set one morning. Blair, who was only in a thin nightgown, says to this day she cannot stand being cold.[16] Exteriors of the MacNeill house were filmed at 36th and Prospect in Washington, using a family home and a false wall to convey the home's thrust toward the steps. In fact, both then and now, a garden sits atop the embankment between the steps and the home.
The interior of Karras' room at Georgetown was a meticulous reconstruction of Theology professor Father Thomas M. King, S.J.'s "corridor Jesuit" room in New North Hall. Fr. King's room was photographed by production staff after a visit by Blatty, a Georgetown graduate, and Friedkin. Upon returning to New York, every element of King's room, including posters and books, was recreated for the set, including a poster of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J., a paleontologist on whom the character of Fr. Merrin was loosely based. Georgetown was paid $1,000 per day of filming, which included both exteriors, such as Burstyn's first scene, shot on the steps of the Flemish Romanesque Healy Hall, and interiors, such as the defilement of the statue of the Virgin Mary in Dahlgren Chapel, or the Archbishop's office, which is actually the office of the president of the university. One scene was filmed in The Tombs, a student hangout across from the steps that was founded by a Blatty classmate. The motion picture St. Elmo's Fire includes scenes filmed at The Tombs.
Special effects[edit]
The Exorcist contained a number of special effects, engineered by makeup artist Dick Smith. In one scene from the film, Max von Sydow is actually wearing more makeup than the possessed girl (Linda Blair). This was because director Friedkin wanted some very detailed facial close-ups. When this film was made, von Sydow was 44, though he looked 74.[17] Alan McKenzie stated in his book Hollywood Tricks of the Trade that the fact "that audiences didn't realize von Sydow was wearing makeup at all is a tribute to the skills of veteran makeup artist Dick Smith."
Urban legends and on-set incidents[edit]

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Many of the film's participants claimed the film was cursed. Blatty stated on video[18] that there were some strange occurrences during the filming. Lead actress Burstyn indicated some rumors were true in her 2006 autobiography, Lessons in Becoming Myself. Because of a studio fire, the interior sets of the MacNeil residence (with the exception of Regan's bedroom) had to be rebuilt and caused a setback in pre-production. Friedkin claimed that a priest was brought in numerous times to bless the set. After difficulties encountered in the New York production, Blatty asked Fr. King[18] to bless the Washington crew on its first day of filming at the foot of Lauinger Library's steps to 37th Street. The incident was recounted in Fr. King's The Washington Post obituary in 2009.
According to the documentary Fear of God: The Making of the Exorcist, while filming the crucifix masturbation scene, Burstyn was injured and required a doctor's consultation during a scene in which the crew pulled her harness too hard after Blair's character struck her across the face and sent her onto the floor. While filming the scene where Regan is being thrashed by the demon on her bed, Blair's metal harness came loose and injured her back as well. Irish actor Jack MacGowran died from influenza shortly after he filmed his role as director Burke Dennings.
Alternative and uncut versions[edit]
Several versions of The Exorcist have been released: the 1979 theatrical re-issue was reconverted to 70mm, with its 1.75:1 ratio[19] cropped to 2.20:1 to use all the available screen width that 70mm offers. This was also the first time the sound was remixed to six-channel Dolby Stereo sound. Almost all video versions feature this soundtrack.
In both the TV-PG and TV-14 rated network versions, the image of the obscenely defiled statue of the Virgin Mary stays intact. It stays on screen several seconds longer for the TV-14 version. On original TV airings, the shot was replaced with one where the statue's face is smashed in but without other defilement.
The DVD released for the 25th Anniversary retains the original theatrical ending, and includes the extended ending with Dyer and Kinderman as a special feature (as opposed the "Version You've Never Seen" ending, which features Dyer and Kinderman but omits the Casablanca reference). The Special Edition DVD also includes a 75-minute documentary titled The Fear of God on the making of The Exorcist (although PAL releases feature an edited, 52 minute version). The documentary includes screen tests and additional deleted scenes. The Exorcist: The Complete Anthology (box set) was released in October 2006. This DVD collection includes the original theatrical release version The Exorcist; the extended version, The Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen; the sequel with Linda Blair, Exorcist II: The Heretic; the supposed end of the trilogy, The Exorcist III; and two different prequels: Exorcist: The Beginning and Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist. Morgan Creek, current owner of the franchise, is now negotiating a cable television mini-series of Blatty's novel, which is the basis for the original film.
The spider-walk scene[edit]
Contortionist Linda R. Hager performed the infamous spider-walk scene on April 11, 1973. Director Friedkin deleted this scene just prior to the December 26, 1973 premiere because it was technically ineffective due to the visible wires suspending Hager in a backward-arched position as she descends the stairs. According to Friedkin, "I cut it when the film was first released because this was one of those effects that did not work as well as others, and I was only able to save it for the re-release with the help of computer graphic imagery."[20] Additionally, Friedkin considered that the spider-walk scene appeared too early in the film's plot and removed it despite screenplay writer William Peter Blatty's request that the scene remain. In the book, the spider-walk is very quiet, and consists of Regan following Sharon around and occasionally licking her ankle.
In 1998, Warner re-released the digitally remastered DVD of The Exorcist: 25th Anniversary Special Edition. The DVD includes the BBC documentary, The Fear of God: The Making of The Exorcist,[21] highlighting the never-before-seen original non-bloody variant of the spider-walk scene.
To appease the screenwriter and some fans of The Exorcist, Friedkin worked with CGI artists to digitally remove the wires holding Hager. The director reinstated the bloody variant of the spider-walk scene for the 2000 theatrically re-released version of The Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen.
In October 2010, Warner released The Exorcist (Extended Director's Cut & Original Theatrical Edition) on Blu-ray, including the behind-the-scenes filming of the spider-walk scene.
Sequels and related films[edit]
After the film's success, rip-off films and The Exorcist franchise sequels appeared. John Boorman's Exorcist II: The Heretic was released in 1977, and revisited Regan four years after her initial ordeal. The plot dealt with an investigation into the legitimacy of Merrin's exorcism of Regan in the first film. In flashback sequences, we see Regan giving Merrin his fatal heart attack, as well as scenes from the exorcism of a young boy named Kokumo in Africa many years earlier. The film was so sharply criticized that director John Boorman reedited the film for a secondary release immediately after its premiere. Both versions have now been released on video; the cut version on VHS and the original uncut version now on DVD.
The Exorcist III appeared in 1990, written and directed by Blatty himself from his own 1983 novel Legion. Jumping past the events of Exorcist II, this book and film presented a continuation of Karras' story. Following the precedent set in The Ninth Configuration, Blatty turned a supporting character from the first film—in this case, Kinderman—into the chief protagonist. Though the characters of Karras and Kinderman were acquainted during the murder investigation in The Exorcist and Kinderman expressed fondness for Karras, in Exorcist III Blatty has Kinderman remembering Karras as his "best friend".Jason Miller reprised his Academy Award nomination role.
A prequel film attracted attention and controversy even before its release in 2004; it went through a number of directorial and script changes, such that two versions were ultimately released. John Frankenheimer was originally hired as director for the project, but withdrew before filming started due to health concerns. He died a month later. Paul Schrader replaced him. Upon completion the studio rejected Schrader's version as being too slow. Renny Harlin was then hired as director. Harlin reused some of Schrader's footage but shot mostly new material to create a more conventional horror film. Harlin's new version Exorcist: The Beginning was released, but was not well received. Nine months later Schrader's original version, retitled Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist, was given a small theatrical release. It received better, but still mostly negative, critical responses. Both films were made available on DVD. Like Exorcist II: The Heretic, both films made significant changes from the original storyline. The plot of these films centered on an exorcism that Father Merrin had performed as a young priest in Africa, many years prior to the events in The Exorcist. This exorcism was first referenced in The Exorcist, and in the first sequel Exorcist II: The Heretic, flashback scenes were shown of Merrin exorcising the demon Pazuzu from an African boy named Kokumo. Although the plot for both prequels Beginning and Dominion centered around Merrin's exorcism in Africa, they both took a significant departure from the original storyline, making no effort to be faithful to original details. For example: the African boy, though he appeared in the film was not named Kokomu, and eventually discovered not to actually be the possessed character.
In November 2009, it was announced that Blatty planned to direct a mini-series of The Exorcist.[22][23]
A made-for-television film, Possessed (based on the book of the same name by Thomas B. Allen), was broadcast on Showtime on October 22, 2000, directed by Steven E. de Souza and written by de Souza and Michael Lazarou. The film claimed to follow the true accounts that inspired Blatty to write The Exorcist and starred Timothy Dalton, Henry Czerny, and Christopher Plummer.
Blatty directed The Ninth Configuration, a post-Vietnam War drama set in a mental institution. Released in 1980, it was based on Blatty's novel of the same name. Though it contrasts sharply with the tone of The Exorcist, Blatty regards Configuration as its true sequel[citation needed]. The lead character is the astronaut from Chris' party, Lt. Cutshaw.
Other films[edit]
The success of The Exorcist inspired a string of possession-related films worldwide. The first was Beyond the Door, a 1974 Italian film with Juliet Mills as a woman possessed by the devil. It appeared in the U.S. one year later. Also in 1974, a Turkish film, Şeytan (Turkish for Satan; the original film was also shown with the same name), is an almost scene-for-scene remake of the original. The same year in Germany, the exorcism-themed film Magdalena, vom Teufel besessen was released. In 1976, Britain released The Devil Within Her (also called I Don't Want to Be Born) with Joan Collins as an exotic dancer who gives birth to a demon-possessed child.
Similarly, a blaxploitation film was released in 1974 titled Abby. While the films Şeytan and Magdalena, vom Teufel besessen were protected from prosecution by the laws of their countries of origin, Abby's producers (filming in Louisiana) were sued by Warner. The film was pulled from theaters, but not before making $4 million at the box office.
A parody, Repossessed, was released the same year as The Exorcist III, with Blair lampooning the role she had played in the original.
The prologue for Scary Movie 2 was a short parody of several scenes from the original.
Other references[edit]
A meta-reference to the film was made in an episode of Supernatural- a show where demons possessing humans is a common plot element; demons in the series are human souls corrupted by their time in Hell, lacking physical bodies of their own to interact with Earth-, where Linda Blair appeared as a police detective, with protagonist Dean Winchester finding her character familiar and expressing a strange desire for pea soup at the episode's conclusion.
In Angel: Earthly Possessions, a spin-off comic story based on the TV series Angel, protagonist Angel finds himself dealing with a priest who performs exorcisms, but comes to realize that the priest is summoning the demons for him to exorcise in the first place. He also makes a note of The Exorcist film, noting that the vision it created of possession actually made things easier for possession demons by making it harder for humans to know what to expect from a possession.
Home media[edit]
A limited edition box set was released in 1998; it was limited to 50,000 copies, with available copies circulating around the Internet. There are two versions; a special edition VHS and a special edition DVD. The only difference between the two copies is the recording format.
DVD featuresThe original film with restored film and digitally remastered audio, with a 1.85:1 widescreen aspect ratio.
An introduction by director Friedkin
The 1998 BBC documentary The Fear of God: The Making of "The Exorcist"
2 audio commentaries
Interviews with the director and writer
Theatrical trailers and TV spots
Box featuresA commemorative 52-page tribute book, covering highlights of the film's preparation, production, and release; features previously unreleased historical data and archival photographs
Limited edition soundtrack CD of the film's score, including the original (unused) soundtrack ("Tubular Bells" and "Night of the Electric Insects" omitted)
8 lobby card reprints
Exclusive senitype film frame (magnification included)
Blu-ray
In an interview with DVD Review, Friedkin mentioned that he was scheduled to begin work on The Exorcist Blu-ray on December 2, 2008.[24] This edition features a new restoration, including both the 1973 theatrical version and the 2000 "Version You've Never Seen".[25] It was released on October 5, 2010.[26][27] A 40th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray will be released on October 8, 2013. The release will contain both cuts of the film and many of the previously released bonus features in addition to two featurettes that revolve around author William Peter Blatty.[28]
Reception[edit]
Upon its December 26, 1973, release, the film received mixed reviews from critics, "ranging from 'classic' to 'claptrap'."[29] Stanley Kauffmann, in The New Republic, wrote, "This is the scariest film I've seen in years—the only scary film I've seen in years ... If you want to be shaken—and I found out, while the picture was going, that that's what I wanted—then The Exorcist will scare the hell out of you."[30] Variety noted that it was "an expert telling of a supernatural horror story ... The climactic sequences assault the senses and the intellect with pure cinematic terror."[31] In Castle of Frankenstein, Joe Dante called it "an amazing film, and one destined to become at the very least a horror classic. Director Friedkin's film will be profoundly disturbing to all audiences, especially the more sensitive and those who tend to 'live' the movies they see ... Suffice it to say, there has never been anything like this on the screen before."[32]
However, Vincent Canby, writing in The New York Times, dismissed The Exorcist as "a chunk of elegant occultist claptrap ... a practically impossible film to sit through ... It establishes a new low for grotesque special effects ..."[33] Andrew Sarris complained that "Friedkin's biggest weakness is his inability to provide enough visual information about his characters ... whole passages of the movie's exposition were one long buzz of small talk and name droppings ... The Exorcist succeeds on one level as an effectively excruciating entertainment, but on another, deeper level it is a thoroughly evil film."[34] Writing in Rolling Stone, Jon Landau felt the film was "nothing more than a religious porn film, the gaudiest piece of shlock this side of Cecil B. DeMille (minus that gentleman's wit and ability to tell a story)  ... "[35]
Over the years, The Exorcist's critical reputation has grown considerably. The film currently has an 87% "Certified Fresh" approval rating on the Rotten Tomatoes website, based on 47 reviews the website collected.[36] Chicago Tribune film critic Gene Siskel placed it in the top five films released that year.[37] However, the film has its detractors as well, including Kim Newman who has criticized it for messy plot construction, conventionality and overblown pretentiousness, among other perceived defects. Writer James Baldwin provides an extended negative critique in his book length essay The Devil Finds Work.[citation needed] Director Martin Scorsese placed The Exorcist on his list of the 11 scariest horror films of all time.[38] In 2008, the film was selected by Empire Magazine as one of The 500 Greatest Movies Ever Made.[39] It was also placed on a similar list of 1000 films by The New York Times.[40]
Box office[edit]
The film earned $66.3 million in distributors' domestic (US/CAN) rentals during its theatrical release in 1974, becoming the second most popular film of that year (trailing The Sting).[41] After several reissues, the film eventually grossed $232,671,011 in North America,[42] which if adjusted for inflation, would be the ninth highest-grossing film of all time and the top-grossing R-rated film of all time.[43] To date, it has a total gross of $441,071,011 worldwide.[42]
U.K. reception[edit]
Following a successful re-release in cinemas in 1998, the film was submitted for home video release for the first time in February 1999 [44] and was passed uncut with an 18 certificate, signifying a relaxation of the censorship rules with relation to home video in the UK. The film was shown on terrestrial television in the U.K. for the first time in 2001, on Channel 4.[45]
Audience reception[edit]
Roger Ebert, while praising the film, believed the special effects to be so unusually graphic he wrote, "That it received an R rating and not the X is stupefying."[46]
Theaters provided "Exorcist barf bags".[47]
Because of death threats against Blair, Warner hired bodyguards to protect her for six months after the film's release.[16]
Alleged subliminal imagery[edit]
The Exorcist was also at the center of controversy due to its alleged use of subliminal imagery. Wilson Bryan Key wrote a whole chapter on the film in his book Media Sexploitation alleging multiple uses of subliminal and semi-subliminal imagery and sound effects. Key observed the use of the Pazuzu face (in which Key mistakenly assumed it was Jason Miller made up in a death mask makeup) and claimed that the safety padding on the bedposts were shaped to cast phallic shadows on the wall and that a skull face is superimposed into one of Father Merrin's breath clouds. Key also wrote much about the sound design, identifying the use of pig squeals, for instance, and elaborating on his opinion of the subliminal intent of it all. A detailed article in the July/August 1991 issue of Video Watchdog examined the phenomenon, providing still frames identifying several usages of subliminal "flashing" throughout the film.[48] In an interview from the same issue, Friedkin explained, "I saw subliminal cuts in a number of films before I ever put them in The Exorcist, and I thought it was a very effective storytelling device... The subliminal editing in The Exorcist was done for dramatic effect—to create, achieve, and sustain a kind of dreamlike state."[49] However, these quick, scary flashes have been labeled "[not] truly subliminal".[50] and "quasi-" or "semi-subliminal".[51] True subliminal imagery must be, by definition, below the threshold of awareness.[52][53][54][55] In an interview in a 1999 book about the film, The Exorcist author Blatty addressed the controversy by explaining that, "There are no subliminal images. If you can see it, it's not subliminal."[56]
Awards and honors[edit]
Academy Awards[edit]
The Exorcist was nominated for ten total Academy Awards in 1973, winning two. It is the first horror film to be nominated for Best Picture.[57] At the 46th Annual Academy Awards ceremony, the film won two statuettes (highlighted in bold).[58]
The film was nominated for:
Academy Award for Best Picture – William Peter Blatty and Noel Marshall
Academy Award for Best Actress – Ellen Burstyn
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor – Jason Miller
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress – Linda Blair
Academy Award for Best Director – William Friedkin
Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay – William Peter Blatty
Academy Award for Best Cinematography – Owen Roizman
Academy Award for Best Film Editing – Norman Gay
Academy Award for Best Production Design – Bill Malley and Jerry Wunderlich
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing – Robert Knudson, Chris Newman
Golden Globe Awards[edit]
The Exorcist was nominated for seven total Golden Globes in 1973. At the 31st Golden Globes ceremony that year, the film won four awards.
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
Golden Globe Award for Best Director – William Friedkin
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture – Linda Blair
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay – William Peter Blatty
The film was nominated for
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama – Ellen Burstyn
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture – Max von Sydow
Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress – Linda Blair
Library of Congress[edit]
2010 National Film Registry
American Film Institute Lists[edit]
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – Nominated[59]
AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills – #3
AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains: Regan MacNeil – #9 Villain
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes: "What an excellent day for an exorcism." – Nominated[60]
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – Nominated[61]
See also[edit]

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The Exorcist

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This article is about the novel. For the film adaptation, see The Exorcist (film). For other uses, see Exorcist.

The Exorcist
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First edition cover

Author
William Peter Blatty
Country
United States
Language
English
Genre
Novel, horror
Publisher
Harper & Row
Publication date
1971
Media type
Print (Hardcover, paperback)
Pages
340 (first edition)
ISBN
978-0-06-010365-1
OCLC Number
29760583
Followed by
Legion
The Exorcist is a 1971 novel by William Peter Blatty. The book details the demonic possession of twelve-year-old Regan MacNeil, the daughter of a famous actress, and the Jesuit priest-turned-psychiatrist who attempts to exorcise the demon. Published by Harper & Row, the novel was the basis of a highly successful film adaption released two years later, whose screenplay was also written by Blatty.
The novel was inspired by a 1949 case of demonic possession and exorcism that Blatty heard about while he was a student in the class of 1950 at Georgetown University.[1] As a result, the novel takes places in Washington D.C. near the campus of Georgetown University. In September 2011, the novel was reprinted by Harper Collins to celebrate its fortieth anniversary, with slight revisions made by Blatty as well as interior title artwork by Jeremy Caniglia.

Contents
  [hide] 1 Plot
2 Factual basis for the novel
3 Achievements
4 Republications
5 See also
6 References
Plot[edit]
An elderly Jesuit priest named Father Lankester Merrin is leading an archaeological dig in northern Iraq and is studying ancient relics. Following the discovery of a small statue of the demon Pazuzu (an actual ancient Assyrian demigod) and a modern-day St. Joseph medal curiously juxtaposed together at the site, a series of omens alerts him to a pending confrontation with a powerful evil, which, unknown to the reader at this point, he has battled before in an exorcism in Africa.
Meanwhile, in Georgetown, a young girl named Regan MacNeil is living with her famous mother, actress Chris MacNeil, who is in Georgetown filming a movie. As Chris finishes her work on the film, Regan begins to become inexplicably ill. After a gradual series of poltergeist-like disturbances in their rented house, which Chris attempts to find rational explanations for, Regan begins to rapidly undergo disturbing psychological and physical changes: she refuses to eat or sleep, becomes withdrawn and frenetic, and increasingly aggressive and violent. Chris initially mistakes Regan's behavior as a result of repressed anger over her parents' divorce and absent father.
After several unsuccessful psychiatric and medical treatments, Regan's mother, an atheist, turns to a local Jesuit priest for help as Regan's personality becomes increasingly disturbed. Father Damien Karras, who is currently going through a crisis of faith coupled with the loss of his mother, agrees to see Regan as a psychiatrist, but initially resists the notion that it is an actual demonic possession. After a few meetings with the child, now completely inhabited by a diabolical personality, he turns to the local bishop for permission to perform an exorcism on the child.
The bishop with whom he consults does not believe Karras is qualified to perform the rites, and appoints the experienced Merrin, who has recently returned to the United States, to perform the exorcism; although he does allow the doubt-ridden Karras to assist him. The lengthy exorcism tests the priests both physically and spiritually. When Merrin, who had previously suffered cardiac arrhythmia, dies during the process, completion of the exorcism ultimately falls upon Father Karras. When he demands that the demonic spirit inhabit him instead of the innocent Regan, the demon seizes the opportunity to possess the priest. Karras surrenders his own life in exchange for Regan's by jumping out of her bedroom window and falling to his death.
Factual basis for the novel[edit]
See also: Exorcism of Roland Doe
Aspects of the character Father Merrin were based on the British archaeologist Gerald Lankester Harding, who had excavated the caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls had been found and whom Blatty had met in Beirut. Blatty has stated that Harding "was the physical model in my mind when I created the character [of Merrin], whose first name, please note, is Lankester."[2]
Aspects of the novel were inspired by an exorcism performed by the Jesuit priest, Fr. William S. Bowdern, who formerly taught at both St. Louis University and St. Louis University High School.
Recent investigative research by freelance journalist Mark Opsasnick indicates that Blatty's novel was based on an actual 1949 exorcism of a young boy, Ronald Hunkeler, from Cottage City, Maryland, whom Opsasnick refers to using the pseudonyms Robbie Mannheim and Roland Doe. The child's Catholic family was convinced the child's aggressive behavior was attributable to demonic possession, and called upon the services of Father Walter Halloran to perform the rite of exorcism. Ronald was sent to his relative's home on Roanoke Dr in St. Louis where most of the exorcism took place.[3]
Blatty refers to the Loudun possessions and the Louviers possessions throughout the story, mostly when Fr. Karras is researching possession and exorcism to present the case to his superiors.[4] He also has one of his characters tell a brief story about an unnamed fraudulent Spiritualist medium who had studied to be a Jesuit priest. This story can be found in Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research, Vol. 114. 1930, in an article about fraudulent practices by Daniel Dunglas Home.[5]
Achievements[edit]
According to a research from the Spanish Book Institute, the Spanish translated version was the eighth-most popular book sold in Spain in 1975.[6]
Republications[edit]
On October 31, 2010, Cemetery Dance published a special omnibus edition of The Exorcist and its sequel Legion, signed by Blatty (ISBN 978-1587672118). A limited edition of 750 copies (with an additional 52 leatherbound copies), it is now out of print.[7] On September 27, 2011, The Exorcist was re-released as a 40th Anniversary Edition in paperback, hardcover and audiobook editions with differing cover artwork. This new, updated edition featured and revised material, as Blatty writes: "The 40th Anniversary Edition of The Exorcist will have a touch of new material in it as part of an all-around polish of the dialogue and prose. It also features all new cover artwork and interiors by the artist Jeremy Caniglia. First time around I never had the time (meaning the funds) to do a second draft, and this, finally, is it. With forty years to think about it, a few little changes were inevitable -- plus one new character in a totally new very spooky scene. This is the version I would like to be remembered for."[8]
See also[edit]

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References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Dimension Desconocida. Ediciones Robinbook. 2009. ISBN 9788499170015. Retrieved 2010-04-04. "La inspiración del exorcista La historia de Robbie Mannheim es un caso típico de posesión, y es la que dio vida a la película El Exorcista."
2.Jump up ^ http://www.theninthconfiguration.com/2009/
3.Jump up ^ http://www.strangemag.com/exorcistpage1.html
4.Jump up ^ Pages 245-250 in the 40th Anniversary edition.
5.Jump up ^ Count Petrovsky-Petrovo-Solovo. "Some Thoughts on D. D. Home." In Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research, Vol. 114. 1930. Quoted in John Casey (2009), After Lives: A Guide to Heaven, Hell and Purgatory. Oxford. pp. 373-374.
6.Jump up ^ Folha de São Paulo, Ilustrada, p.5, January 28, 1976 (in portuguese) - Retrieved December 29, 2011.
7.Jump up ^ http://www.cemeterydance.com/page/CDP/PROD/blatty02
8.Jump up ^ TheNinthConfiguration.com - Further 40th Details

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An American Haunting

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An American Haunting
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Directed by
Courtney Solomon
Produced by
Christopher Milburn
Andre Rouleau
Courtney Solomon
Written by
Courtney Solomon
Starring
Donald Sutherland
Sissy Spacek
James D'Arcy
Rachel Hurd-Wood
Music by
Caine Davidson
Cinematography
Adrian Biddle
Distributed by
Freestyle Releasing
Release date(s)
November 5, 2005 (AFI Film Festival)
April 14, 2006 (United Kingdom)
May 5, 2006 (United States)

Running time
93 minutes
Country
United Kingdom
 Canada
 Romania
 United States
Language
English
Budget
$14 million
Box office
$29,612,137[1]
An American Haunting is a 2005 horror film written and directed by Courtney Solomon. It stars Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, Rachel Hurd-Wood, and James D'Arcy. The film was previewed at the AFI Film Festival on November 5, 2005 and was released in U.S. theaters on May 5, 2006. The film had an earlier release in the U.K. on April 14, 2006. The film was panned by critics[2][3] and audiences[4] and performed poorly at the box office.
The film is based on the novel The Bell Witch: An American Haunting, by Brent Monahan. The events in the novel are based on the legend of the Bell Witch. The film switches from the 21st century to the 19th, and features a side story about a recently divorced mother whose daughter is going through something like the same experience as Betsy Bell.

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In present times, a young girl is having a dream about being chased by something unseen through the forest and into her house. Her mother comes to wake her up and finds an old binder of letters from the 19th century, as well as an old doll. The letters are from a previous occupant of the house, warning the mother that if she is reading the letters, and noticing supernatural happenings, then the unthinkable has come to pass. The movie then switches to the early 19th century, to a village that used to stand around the house, and the story of the Bell Witch is told.
John Bell is taken to church court, having been accused of stealing a woman's land. The church finds him guilty of charging her too much interest, but lets him go because "the loss of his good name is punishment enough". The offended woman, Kate Batts, who is infamous in the village over claims of witchcraft, tells him to enjoy his good health and the health of his family while he can, scaring him.
Soon after that, strange things start happening. John Bell sees a rabid black wolf that keeps disappearing, and his youngest daughter, Betsy, hears noises in her room, as if someone was in it. She then has terrible nightmares about a little girl in a red dress and an evil entity that always comes into her bedroom after everyone else is asleep. At first, everyone thinks they are just nightmares but then the family sees Betsy suspended above the floor by unseen hands, and watch as something seems to slap her across the face. John Bell believes that Kate Batts has cursed him.
Betsy starts to look very sick in class, and her schoolmaster, Professor Richard Powell, who has a latent romantic interest in her, notices. He learns of what the Bells have been experiencing, and as an educated man, initially tries to justify the incidents with reality, and tries to convince them that what they saw was their illusion. He offers to stay the night at their house to dispel their fears. The haunting gets worse, and chairs, books, and people are pulled around by some entity. As they try to read from the Bible to scare it off, the Bible is thrown to the ground and the pages are ripped out.
Soon the family finds blood on Betsy's dresses in the morning – it appears to be blood due to the loss of her virginity. Betsy is dragged around the house, and the spirit rapes her at one point. John Bell begins to get sick, and sees ghosts as well. The mother begs Professor Powell to marry her daughter and take her away to live with him. He says that although he is smitten with Betsy, he cannot marry her just to protect her. John Bell begins to go insane, and goes to Kate Batts' house, asking her to kill him. She tells him, "I didn't curse you, you cursed yourself", and does not kill him. John stumbles into the forest, falls to his knees, holds the gun to his head, and pulls the trigger. The hammer clicks, but the gun doesn't fire.
Betsy finally has a revelation: the attacks on her and her father are caused by a supernatural being who was born out of her innocence (i.e. herself), and the reason for them was for her to "remember". She needed to remember that the true cause of her pain was that her father has sexually abused her. Lucy, Betsy's mother, has the same revelation, as she had witnessed the assault herself. Both had apparently repressed the incident.
John Bell is coughing in bed, and a girl's hand is seen pouring cough medicine into a spoon and bringing it to his mouth. He takes the medicine, chokes and then dies. The girl who gave him the medicine is Betsy; her mother is watching as Betsy poisons her father. Betsy is then seen at her father's grave, and the narrator says that Betsy was never haunted from that point forward.
The story then returns to present day, where the young girl's mother has been reading the journal. An old photograph that appears to be a wedding portrait of Richard Powell and Betsy is shown on a shelf. As she finishes reading, her daughter comes to her, saying that her father (who is divorced from her mother) has come to take her for a weekend stay with him. She sends her daughter to her ex-husband, who is waiting outside. Returning to her house, Betsy's apparition suddenly appears in front of her and cries "Help her!" then disappears. Shocked for a couple of seconds, the mother suddenly realizes that Betsy is trying to warn her that something is amiss between her daughter and her ex-husband.
Instantly, she runs out of her house, only to catch a glimpse of her daughter's worried face as she and her father drive away in his car; it is thus implied that her father has already begun abusing her. The film ends with the mother running after the father's car.
Cast[edit]
Donald Sutherland - John Bell
Sissy Spacek - Lucy Bell
James D'Arcy - Richard Powell
Rachel Hurd-Wood - Betsy Bell / Entity Voice
Matthew Marsh - James Johnston
Thom Fell - John Bell Jr.
Zoe Thorne - Theny Thorn
Gaye Brown - Kate Batts
Sam Alexander - Joshua Gardner
Miquel Brown - Chloe
Vernon Dobtcheff - Elder #1
Shauna Shim - Anky
Madalina Stan - Ethereal Girl
Philip Hurdwood - Partygoer (as Phillip Hurd-Wood)
Vlad Cruceru - Richard Bell (aged 6)
Critical reception[edit]
An American Haunting was panned by critics,[5] Rotten Tomatoes reports that few critics' reviews for the movie were positive with 12% rating.[6]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "An American Haunting (2006)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
2.Jump up ^ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/american_haunting/
3.Jump up ^ http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/americanhaunting?q=An%20American%20Haunting
4.Jump up ^ An American Haunting at the Internet Movie Database
5.Jump up ^ An American Haunting Reviews, Ratings, Credits. Metacritic. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
6.Jump up ^ An American Haunting Movie Reviews, Pictures. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
External links[edit]
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The Exorcism of Emily Rose
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Directed by
Scott Derrickson
Produced by
Tom Rosenberg
 Gary Luchese
Paul Harris Boardman
 Tripp Vinson
 Beau Flynn
Written by
Scott Derrickson
Paul Harris Boardman
Starring
Laura Linney
Jennifer Carpenter
Tom Wilkinson
Colm Feore
Mary Beth Hurt
Henry Czerny
Shohreh Aghdashloo
Music by
Christopher Young
Cinematography
Tom Stern
Editing by
Jeff Betancourt
Studio
Lakeshore Entertainment
 Firm Films
Distributed by
Screen Gems
Release date(s)
September 9, 2005

Running time
119 minutes
 122 minutes (Unrated cut)
Country
United States
Language
English
 Syriac
 German
 Greek
 Hebrew
 Latin
 Aramaic
Budget
$19 million
Box office
$144,216,468
The Exorcism of Emily Rose is a 2005 American courtroom drama horror film directed by Scott Derrickson and starring Laura Linney and Tom Wilkinson. The film is loosely based on the story of Anneliese Michel and follows a self-proclaimed agnostic who acts as defense counsel (Linney) representing parish priest (Wilkinson), accused by the state of negligent homicide after he performed an exorcism. The film, which largely takes place in a courtroom, depicts the events leading up to and including the exorcism through flashbacks.

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3 Production
4 Reception
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Plot[edit]
Lawyer Erin Bruner (Laura Linney) defends a priest, Father Richard Moore (Tom Wilkinson), charged with negligent homicide for his spiritual oversight over a girl named Emily Rose, which included a failed exorcism and which supposedly led to her death.
During the trial, the prosecution's primary hypothesis is that Emily could have suffered from both epilepsy and psychosis, and that she was medically neglected. Defense counsel Bruner explains that it was when both medicine and psychology had failed Emily, that her family had to seek help through the Church.
Scenes from Emily's life are shown as flashbacks as the witnesses testify. Several scenes show Emily having episodes when she felt she was being taken over by a demon, these experiences being especially intense around 3:00 AM. After these incidents, she leaves school and returns to live with her parents, none of whom believe she is suffering from any medical condition. They seek help from Father Moore, who obtains permission from the Church to perform an exorcism.
As the trial proceeds, Bruner begins to experience strange occurrences at 3:00 AM too. Moore warns her that she may be targeted by demons for her involvement in the case. Moore later explains that 3:00 AM is the "devil's hour", which evil spirits use to mock the Holy Trinity, being the opposite of 3:00 PM, traditionally thought to be the hour at which Jesus died.
Bruner then decides to call Dr. Sadira Adani to testify, a professor of anthropology and psychiatry. Adani goes on to testify about various cultures' religious and spiritual beliefs regarding spiritual possession and quotes Carlos Castaneda's A Separate Reality, validating the possibility of Emily's possession. The prosecution objects, dismissing the testimony as pseudoscience.
Dr. Cartwright, a medical doctor present during the exorcism, reluctantly comes forward and shows Bruner an audio recording made during the rite. Moore is called to the stand to testify. As the recording is played, the film flashes back to the exorcism. It is performed on a rainy Halloween night, because Moore believes "All Saints' Eve might be easier to draw out the demons". Emily is initially restrained but she breaks her bonds and jumps out a window, running into a barn. They follow her there, where they encounter unnatural gusts of wind and demonic screams. As the exorcism resumes, it is ultimately revealed that there's actually six demons residing inside Emily. Compelled to identify themselves, they identify themselves as the demons who possessed Cain, Nero and Judas Iscariot, as well as the demons Legion, Belial and Lucifer himself, each speaking in its own native language.
When Dr. Cartwright does not appear in court when scheduled to testify, Bruner finds him standing outside the back of the courthouse, where he fearfully apologizes for backing out of testifying. As he starts to flee, he is hit and killed by a car.
With their key eyewitness and expert dead, Bruner calls Moore back to the stand. He reads a letter that Emily wrote before she died, in which Emily describes an experience she had had the morning after the exorcism. Emily is shown tremblingly walking outside and in an out of body experience, she experiences a Marian apparition, which tells her that the demons will not leave her, so she can choose to die and end her suffering, or live and be living proof of the existence of God and the devil. Emily chooses to live, and she then receives stigmata, which Moore believes is a sign of God's love for her. To this, the prosecutor argues that she could have just hurt herself in barbed wire.
Father Moore is ultimately found guilty; however, on a recommendation from the jury, the judge agrees to a sentence of time served. Bruner is offered a partnership at her firm, which had originally opposed her defense, but she refuses and resigns. She goes with Moore to Emily's grave, where he engraved a quote Emily recited to him the night before she died: from the second chapter, twelfth verse of the Epistle to the Philippians, "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling".
Cast[edit]
Laura Linney as Erin Christine Bruner
Tom Wilkinson as Father Richard Moore
Jennifer Carpenter as Emily Rose


Production[edit]
The screenplay was written by director Scott Derrickson and Paul Harris Boardman; in honor of the contributions of Boardman and other collaborators on the film, Derrickson chose to forgo the traditional "film by" credit. According to Derrickson's DVD commentary, he chose Boardman as his co-writer because Derrickson sees himself as a believer and Boardman as a skeptic, and believed the pairing would provide the screenplay with two different perspectives, thus providing the film some ambiguity as to whether it supports a religious/supernatural interpretation of the events depicted, or a more secular/medical interpretation.
The character of Emily Rose was inspired by the true story of Anneliese Michel, a young German Catholic woman who died in 1976 after unsuccessful attempts to perform an exorcism upon her with psychotropic drugs. The court accepted the version according to which she was epileptic, refusing to accept the idea of supernatural involvement in this case. Two priests involved in the exorcism, as well as her parents, were found guilty of manslaughter resulting from negligence and received prison time (which was suspended), generating controversy. Michel's grave has become a place of pilgrimage for many Catholics who believe she atoned for wayward priests and sinful youth, and honor her as an unofficial saint.[1]
German director Hans-Christian Schmid launched his own treatment of Anneliese Michel's story, Requiem, around the same time in late 2006.
Reception[edit]
As of April 2012, The Exorcism of Emily Rose had made $144,216,468 worldwide.[2] In 2006, the Chicago Film Critics Association listed the film in their Top 100 Scariest Films Ever Made at #86.[3] Jennifer Carpenter, whose "demonic" bodily contortions were often achieved without the aid of visual effects, won "Best Frightened Performance" at the MTV Movie Awards in 2006;[4] however, according to review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, critical reception to the film was overall mixed.[5] As emphasized by Roger Ebert, who described The Exorcism of Emily Rose as "intriguing and perplexing", the film "asks a secular institution, the court, to decide a question that hinges on matters the court cannot have an opinion on".[6] Ebert noted that "the screenplay is intelligent and open to occasional refreshing wit".[6] Paul Arendt from BBC outlined that "the flashback story... is high-octane schlock that occasionally works your nerves, thanks to a committed performance from Jennifer Carpenter".[7]
The general consensus between 150 critics was that "[the film] mixes compelling courtroom drama with generally gore-free scares in a ho-hum take on demonic cinema." It holds a 44% 'rotten' approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 150 reviews. On Metacritic it has an overall score of 46 out of 100, based on 32 reviews.[8]
See also[edit]
Exorcism: The Possession of Gail Bowers
Requiem
Possessed
Exorcism of Roland Doe
Anneliese Michel
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ What in God's Name?!
2.Jump up ^ The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
3.Jump up ^ http://www.filmspotting.net/top100.htm
4.Jump up ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1358539/awards
5.Jump up ^ http://au.rottentomatoes.com/m/exorcism_of_emily_rose/
6.^ Jump up to: a b Roger Ebert. "The Exorcism of Emily Rose". Rogerebert.suntimes.com. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
7.Jump up ^ Paul Arendt. "The Exorcism Of Emily Rose (2005)". BBC. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
8.Jump up ^ http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/exorcismofemilyrose
External links[edit]
The Exorcism of Emily Rose at the Internet Movie Database
The Exorcism of Emily Rose at AllRovi
The Exorcism of Emily Rose at Box Office Mojo
The Exorcism of Emily Rose at Rotten Tomatoes
The Exorcism of Emily Rose at Metacritic
Comparison of the true story and the film at Chasing the Frog
Q&A on the film with screenwriters Scott Derickson and Paul Harris Boardman
Sony Pictures - The Exorcism of Emily Rose

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