The New Guy (2002)

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88 min - Comedy - 10 May 2002 (USA)

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Ratings: 5.5/10 from 17,550 users Metascore: 24/100
Reviews: 155 user | 45 critic | 23 from Metacritic.com

A high school senior branded uncool in the ninth grade gets himself expelled so he changes his image to cool kid at the town's other high school.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	DJ Qualls	...	Dizzy
	Eliza Dushku	...	Danielle
	Zooey Deschanel	...	Nora
	Jerod Mixon	...	Kirk
	Parry Shen	...	Glen
	Lyle Lovett	...	Bear
	Eddie Griffin	...	Luther
	Sunny Mabrey	...	Courtney
	Ross Patterson	...	Conner
	Matt Gogin	...	Ed Ligget
	Horatio Sanz	...	Dance Instructor
	Tony Hawk	...	Himself
	Geoffrey Lewis	...	Principal Zaylor
	Charlie O'Connell	...	Charlie
	Gene Simmons	...	Reverend

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Storyline

Dizzy Harrison is an unpopular, high school geek going through a hellish senior year. In an attempt to make a new identity for himself, Dizzy gets himself expelled from his high school, learns the technics of being cool from a prison inmate, and enrolls at a new high school under the alias Gil Harris, to make new friends where he soon gains respect from the jocks and geeks alike. Dizzy then gets noticed by the head cheerleader, Danielle, and helps the school football team gain self-respect to win games. But things unknowingly begin to turn sour when Danielle's disgruntled boyfriend begins investigating into "Gil Harris'" past to uncover any dirt on him. Written by Matthew Patay

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A zero will rise See more »

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Comedy

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, language, crude humor and mild drug references See all certifications »

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 May 2002 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Le nouveau See more »

Filming Locations:

Austin Studios - 1901 E. 51st Street, Austin, Texas, USA See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$13,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$9,007,833 (USA) (12 May 2002) (2687 Screens)

Gross:

$28,972,187 (USA) (30 June 2002)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Revolution Studios, Bedlam Pictures, Frontier Pictures See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min | 92 min (director's cut)

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DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

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Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

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Trivia

The concept of the high school likeness and the Scottish theme/mascot were modeled after the real life Glendora High School located in Southern California. See more »

Goofs

Factual errors: When Dizzy tells the band about getting them a paying gig the day after the football teams first win he says they will be headlining homecoming two weeks from Friday but they play the Championship game before homecoming. If their time line holds true the football team would have only won 2 games before the title game and when has a state championship been played before homecoming See more »

Quotes

Dizzy/Gil: Who's da bitch now?
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Crazy Credits

During the credits, there are bloopers. After that, Dizzy and Danille ride
on into the sunset and Danielle falls off the horse. See more »

Connections

References Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) See more »

Soundtracks

"So Fresh, So Clean"
Written by André Benjamin, Big Boi (as Antwan Patton), Sleepy Brown (as Patrick Brown),
Rico Wade and Raymon Murray
Performed by Outkast
Courtesy of LaFace Records/Arista Records, Inc. See more »

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