PCU (1994)

Director:

Hart Bochner

Writers (WGA):

Adam Leff (written by) &
Zak Penn (written by)

Release Date:

29 April 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Flunk 'em if they can't take a joke

Plot:

A high school senior visits college for the weekend, and stay at the wildest house on campus in this classic tale of anti-political-correctness.

Plot Keywords:

High School Senior | Protest | University | College | Acronym In Title

Cast

Jeremy Piven	...	James 'Droz' Andrews
Chris Young	...	Tom Lawrence
Megan Ward	...	Katy
Jon Favreau	...	Gutter
Alex Désert	...	Mullaney
Gale Mayron	...	Cecilia
Jake Grace	...	Dave #1 (as Jake Beecham)
Darin Heames	...	Dave #2
Matt Ross	...	Raji (as Matthew Brandon Ross)
Stivi Paskoski	...	Deege
Jody Racicot	...	Pigman
Sarah Trigger	...	Samantha
Viveka Davis	...	Womynist #1
Maddie Corman	...	Womynist #2
David Spade	...	Rand McPherson
Thomas Mitchell	...	Bantam Draper
Kevin Jubinville	...	Carter Prescott
Jake Busey	...	Mersh
Ted Kozma	...	Kosmo
Theo Caldwell	...	The Giggler
Jessica Walter	...	President Garcia-Thompson
Colin Fox	...	Trustee #1
Larry Reynolds	...	Trustee #2
Becky Thyre	...	Moonbeam
Kevin Thigpen	...	Afrocentrist
Rob Gfroerer	...	Computer Geek
Jonathan Wilson	...	Gay Activist
Joel Bissonnette	...	Sanskrit Major
M.J. Kang	...	Physics Major
Trent McMullen	...	Phys. Ed. Major
David Berni	...	Jock #1
Jeff Clarke	...	Jock #2
Valentina Cardinalli	...	Signer
Adam Bocknek	...	Folksinger
Zak Penn	...	Bathroom Patron
Freddy Proia	...	D.J.
Jeremy Harris	...	Granola #1
Russell Feher	...	Granola #2 (as Jeff Feher)
Joel S. Keller	...	Pretty Boy Dancer
Lee Hoverd	...	Cattle Butcher
Trie Donovan	...	Flashback Girl (as Teresa Sherrer)
Jannie McInnes	...	Scoreboard Flipper
Marcia Diamond	...	Pampers Woman
Dick Callahan	...	Liquor Store Guy
Stephen Jackson	...	Townie #1
Pierre Larocque	...	Townie #2
Shel Goldstein	...	Gutter's Mother (as Shelley Goldstein)
Glenn K. Pearson	...	Newscaster in Video Clip
George Clinton	...	Himself
Greg Boyer	...	Himself
Gary Cooper	...	Himself
Bernie Cowan	...	Himself
Ray Davis	...	Himself
Louis Kabbabie	...	Himself
Tracy Lewis	...	Herself
Dewayne McKnight	...	Himself
Cordell Mosson	...	Himself
William Michael Payne	...	Himself
Garry Shider	...	Himself
Nicole Tindall	...	Herself
Greg Thomas	...	Himself
Andre Williams	...	Himself
Belita Woods	...	Herself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Natalie Gray	...	Student (uncredited)
Jordan-Patrick Marcantonio	...	(uncredited)
Paolo Perin	...	Hippie (uncredited)
Danny Smith	...	Superguy (uncredited)

Directed by
Hart Bochner

Writing credits (WGA)
Adam Leff		(written by) &
Zak Penn		(written by)

Produced by
Barry Sabath	....	co-producer
Paul Schiff	....	producer

Original Music by
Steve Vai

Cinematography by
Reynaldo Villalobos

Film Editing by
Nicholas C. Smith

Production Design by
Steven J. Jordan

Costume Design by
Mary Zophres

Makeup Department
Linda Gill	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
David Coatsworth	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Martin Walters	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Tory Bellingham	....	property master
Cameron S. Brooke	....	key scenic artist
Robert C. Brooke	....	lead scenic artist
James Halpenny	....	construction coordinator
Jeff Poulis	....	assistant property master
Robert S. Smith	....	carpenter

Sound Department
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Michael P. Cook	....	dialogue editor
Chris David	....	sound re-recording mixer
Cameron Frankley	....	sound editor
Craig Heath	....	sound recordist
Susan Kurtz	....	sound effects editor
Darrin Mann	....	foley mixer
Thomas Needell	....	assistant sound editor
Dean St. John	....	adr mixer
Steve Switzer	....	boom operator
Mike Szakmeister	....	dialogue editor

Stunts
Mark Brunzell	....	stunt double
Mic Jones	....	stunt double
Mic Jones	....	stunt rigger
Danny Lima	....	stunts
Branko Racki	....	stunt coordinator
John Stoneham Jr.	....	utility stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Jon Cassar	....	camera operator
Mike Harwood	....	electrician
Robert Kositchek	....	director of photography: second unit
Rob McEwan	....	still photographer
Robert McRae	....	gaffer
John Medland	....	additional still photographer
Herb Reischl Jr.	....	rigging gaffer

Casting Department
Michael D. Segel	....	extras casting
Greg Rubidge	....	extras casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Loreen Lightfoot	....	seamstress
Sheila E. Pruden	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Bob Allen	....	assistant editor
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Charlene Olson	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Ralph Sall	....	executive music producer
Curt Sobel	....	music consultant

Transportation Department
Dave Marwick	....	production driver
Robert Tenaglia	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Greg Eby	....	first assistant accountant
Elaine Thurston	....	production accountant

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Other Companies

• Fox Records  soundtrack

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for language, drug content and some sensuality

Runtime:

79 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:M | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Ontario Legislature Building, Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Jeremy Piven contracted malaria during filming. He lost 8 pounds overnight. He passed out during filming of the scene at the bicentennial celebration. His weight loss is apparent between the beginning of the movie and the party scene in "the Pit".

Goofs:

Factual errors: A full beer keg is much too heavy for a single person to lift over their head. While it's possible that these aren't full kegs, but merely kegs that haven't been finished (beer can be heard sloshing around in them, which can not be heard in a full keg), due to the movement of the liquid inside a half-full keg is nearly as awkward as a full keg. Either way, the kegs could not be lifted overhead.

Quotes:

Droz:What's your major?
Sanskrit Major:Sanskrit.
Droz:Sanskrit? You are majoring in a 5000 year old dead language?
Sanskrit Major:Yeah.
Droz:[Searches through a pile of theses] Latin, best I can do.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Another Gay Movie (2006)

Soundtrack:

Wonderful Lie

90's Crazy Campus Life depicted so well...... (Jeremy Piven who?)

Hit Me!!!

Jeremy Piven really is impressive in this role, which frankly gained my attention. This really makes the film..... HE IS THE FILM, well almost.

Is It For U?

Hate over glossy hollywood productions? prefer smaller budgets and original acting?

So....

This is PCU, a college film unlike Road Trip or American Pie 1,2,3,126,5002, whatever... Some gloss, great acting(my god it really does make the film!), good setting, good script, no great script!!!

However...

Two points though... the plot is not the most complicated ever.... the characters are sometimes stereotypical and predictable... but thats college movies... how else can it be done..

Trust me.... this made my year! BB