Road Trip (2000)

Four friends take off on an 1800 mile road trip to retrieve an illicit tape mistakenly mailed to a girl friend.

Director:

Todd Phillips

Writers:

Todd Phillips, Scot Armstrong

Stars:

Breckin Meyer, Seann William Scott, Amy Smart

2 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Breckin Meyer	...	Josh Parker
Seann William Scott	...	E.L.
Amy Smart	...	Beth Wagner
Paulo Costanzo	...	Rubin Carver
DJ Qualls	...	Kyle Edwards
Tom Green	...	Barry Manilow
Rachel Blanchard	...	Tiffany Henderson
Anthony Rapp	...	Jacob
Fred Ward	...	Earl Edwards
Andy Dick	...	Motel Clerk
Ethan Suplee	...	Ed
Horatio Sanz	...	French Toast Guy
Rhoda Griffis	...	Tour Group Mom
Marla Sucharetza	...	Sperm Bank Nurse
Edmund Lyndeck	...	Jack Manilow, Barry's Grandpa

Storyline

Josh and Tiffany have been together since they were kids. ENTER Beth, a sexy blonde going to college with Josh. One night, Josh and Beth hook up and make a videotape the same day that Josh plans to mail a video to Tiffany of him talking about college life. The wrong tape gets sent, forcing Josh, along with a few pals, to go to Austin, where Tiffany is, and stop her from seeing the tape. Full of laughs, you'll be sure to enjoy Road Trip.

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Plot Keywords:

road trip | friend | college | blonde | sexism | 

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Taglines:

Love is never having to say you're sorry you made a sex tape with a woman then mailed it to your girlfriend.

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong sexual content, crude humor, language and drug use

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 May 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Brucoši u frci

Filming Locations:

Athens, Georgia, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$15,600,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$248,712 (Norway) (10 November 2000)

Gross:

ESP 786,175,709 (Spain) (29 June 2001)

Company Credits

Production Co:

DreamWorks SKG, Montecito Picture Company, The

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min 94 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When E.L. asks for "help" from the nurse working at the sperm bank she says, "The best results seem to be obtained through fantasization accompanied by masturbation followed by ejaculation." This line was taken from a similar scene in The Right Stuff, where Gordon Cooper asks for help from Nurse Murch.

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Goofs

When Beth is talking to the girl in the locker room, the voices do not match with the lips' movement. I found this on repeated viewings because who would look at her mouth in this scene?

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Quotes

Barry: [singing] Tiny salmon swimming in a stream / Tiny salmon chasing that impossible dream / The mynah bird says, "Caw. Ca-Caw" / The chimpanzee says, "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" / The friendly owl says, "Hoo, hoo-hoo" / But the salmon can only say, "Bloobloobloobloo. Blooboloobloobloo. Blooboloobolooooo-Blooblooo-Bloobloobloo." / And it's sad.

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Connections

Referenced in Rich Hall's Continental Drifters (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Freakin' You"
Written by Nathaniel Hall, Michael Small & Alex Gifford
Performed by Jungle Brothers
Courtesy of Gee Street Records/V2 Records Inc.

User Reviews

Crass, offensive, and absolutely hilarious

Usually this kind of film turns me off, but I was talked into watching 'Road Trip' with a bunch of college buddies and a couple of twelve-packs, and I couldn't stop laughing.

Josh (Breckin Meyer) has loved Tiffany (Rachel Blanchard) since they were both five years old. But Josh attends college in upstate New York, while Tiffany has gone to school in Texas. Josh's friends think he's crazy to keep up a long-distance relationship when there are plenty of girls around to . . . date. Particularly alluring is Beth (Amy Smart), who has the hots for Josh. When Josh is unable to locate Tiffany by phone and begins to suspect that she's been cheating on him, he gives in to his urges and brings Beth back to his dorm room for a night of hot love. Beth, eager to show how wild she can be, decides to videotape the encounter. The next day, Josh finds out that he couldn't reach Tiffany because of a family emergency, and is immediately wracked with guilt. Things get more complicated when his knuckleheaded suitemate Barry mistakes the sex tape for a video message to Tiffany which Josh had asked him to drop in the mail. Horrified at the thought of Tiffany popping a tape into the VCR to see him making the double-backed beast with another girl, Josh determines to travel to Texas to intercept the illicit tape. His two best friends--resident prankster E.L. (Sean W. Scott) and stoner-intellectual Rubin (Paul Costanzo)--offer to come along, and help Josh persuade mega-nerd Kyle (D.J. Qualls) to let them use his father's car in exchange for a chance to come along for the ride.

From that point on, 'Road Trip' follows the traditional teen exploitation comedy format, though with greater wit and intelligence than should be expected from the genre. Director Todd Phillips manages to give us slapstick, gross-out comedy while simultaneously poking fun at stereotypes and experiences familiar to anyone who's gone to college (psycho-sorority hazing, TAs trying to make undergrad girls, alcohol- and pot-related shenanigans, the nerd breaking bad, a hilarious run-in at an all-black fraternity house,etc.). Compensating for the adolescent hijinks is the surprisingly smart and thoughtful subplot for Kyle, who transforms from nerdy object of derision into the film's most likable and memorable character.

In the tradition of 'Animal House,' 'Road Trip' is crass and juvenile, but irresistibly funny. Not a movie for date night, but a good choice for gathering around the tube with bongs, brews, and bros. An instant joe six-pack classic.