Loser (2000)

Director:

Amy Heckerling

Writer (WGA):

Amy Heckerling (written by)

Release Date:

21 July 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Dare to be different

Plot:

A college student, branded a loser by his roommates and booted from the dorm, falls in love with a coed who has eyes for their professor.

Plot Keywords:

Love | College | Loser | Party | New York City

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jason Biggs	...	Paul Tannek
Mena Suvari	...	Dora Diamond
Zak Orth	...	Adam
Thomas Sadoski	...	Chris (as Tom Sadoski)
Jimmi Simpson	...	Noah
Greg Kinnear	...	Prof. Edward Alcott
Dan Aykroyd	...	Dad
Twink Caplan	...	Gena
Bobby Slayton	...	Sal
Robert Miano	...	Victor
Mollie Israel	...	Annie (as Mollee Israel)
Colleen Camp	...	Homeless Woman
Andy Dick	...	Another City Worker
Steven Wright	...	Panty Hose Customer
Brian Backer	...	Doctor

Also Known As:

The Loser (USA) (alternative title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for drug content, crude sexual material and language.

Runtime:

98 min | Finland:92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Finland:K-12 | Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | USA:PG-13 (certificate #37232) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Germany:6 | Spain:13 | UK:12 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Bryant Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Branti Film Productions

Trivia:

The scene featuring David Spade was filmed in Toronto's first specialty video store Revue Video. Since the store specializes in films (Foreign Language and Classics) other than the ones feature in the scene, the whole look of the store had to be changed.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Dora and Paul are sneaking in to the second act of a show with the smokers, they are seen watching the song "Willkommen" from the show "Cabaret". The song "Willkommen" is the very start of the show, welcoming the viewers to the Cabaret, and would not be seen at the beginning of act two.

Quotes:

Noah: Oh, my God. Are you guys taking Psych?
Chris, Adam: Yes...
Noah: Did you ever look the book?
Chris, Adam: [Chris and Adam look at each other] No...
Noah: LOOK AT THIS RETARD!
[all laugh]

Movie Connections:

References Fargo (1996)

Soundtrack:

Teenage Dirtbag

Not as bad as people say

I don't know why people like to bash this movie, it is a nice little remake of the 1960 classic "the apartment" where in a businessman sells out to his bosses so they can use his apartments to have affairs with other women, but when one attempts suicide in his house, it happens to be the one he falls in love with, the same story is evident here, Biggs plays the role well, and Suvari could play Shirley MacLaine in future remakes, the same with Kinnear and MacMurray, this could become one of those films that could get young people involved into the classics.