Van Wilder: Party Liaison (2002)
"Van Wilder" (original title)

The most popular kid on campus meets a beautiful journalist who makes him realize that maybe he's afraid to graduate.

Director:

Walt Becker

Writers:

Brent Goldberg, David Wagner

Stars:

Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid, Tim Matheson

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ryan Reynolds	...	Van Wilder
Tara Reid	...	Gwen Pearson
Tim Matheson	...	Vance Wilder Sr.
Kal Penn	...	Taj Mahal Badalandabad
Teck Holmes	...	Hutch
Daniel Cosgrove	...	Richard Bagg
Deon Richmond	...	Mini Cochran
Alex Burns	...	Gordon
Emily Rutherfurd	...	Jeannie
Paul Gleason	...	Professor McDoogle
Erik Estrada	...	Himself
Curtis Armstrong	...	Campus Cop
Jason Winer	...	Panos Patakos
Chris Owen	...	Suicidal Freshman
Simon Helberg	...	Vernon

Storyline

Van Wilder is a guy who has been at his college for seven years. He spends most of his time throwing parties and "fund raisers". When his father decides that it's time for tough love, he doesn't pay his tuition. So Van becomes a professional party thrower. At the same time, Gwen who writes for the college paper, is tasked with doing a story on him, but Van is too busy partying to do that. So she writes it using info from people who talk about him and writes an unflattering piece, which doesn't make him happy. He then dares her to see if she can get the true story but is more interested in trying to score with her, which is not easy because she has a boyfriend, who is a snob, and who is not too happy with the amount time she is spending with him. So he tries to get rid of him.

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Plot Keywords:

college | party | love | reporter | golf cart | 

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Taglines:

No party gets started until it gets wilder.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong sexual content, gross humor, language and some drug content

Details

Country:

Germany USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 April 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

National Lampoon's Van Wilder

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$6,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$238,882 (Brazil) (8 August 2003)

Gross:

$650,967 (Brazil) (5 September 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Myriad Pictures, In-Motion AG Movie & TV Productions, World Media Fonds V (WMF V)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min 94 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the scene where Van Wilder is talking to the basketball team he is seen wearing a hat with the Volkswagen logo on the front. Which is a V above a W - Van Wilder's initials.

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Goofs

When Richard and Gwen are finished having sex, he puts his pants on while he's still lying on the bed. In the next shot he gets up and puts his underwear on again.

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Quotes

Van Wilder: Wow, If he's here, who's running hell?

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Crazy Credits

A couple of deleted scenes play on during the end credits including makeout scene outtakes and others.

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Connections

References Happy Gilmore (1996)

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Soundtracks

"Too Much Too Soon"
Written by Ben Morton
Performed by Llama
Courtesy of MCA Records
Under License from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

has it moments

I will say this about National Lampoon's films of late---they are getting funnier--AND maybe someday, the movies they crank out now will be as good as the earlier ones they released. The movie Van Wilder is OKAY, but I'm sure they could have done a bit better in churning up the laughs--everything is too heavily relied on gross humour. The acting needed to be more memorable too. Tara Reid--although looking great--had little acting range--she just seemed to go through the motions of the film. Her character and Ryan Reynolds character had no real chemistry between them and the that made Kal Penn's character steal the majority of the film. Granted we shouldn't laugh at our fellow foreign exchange students, but we also shouldn't be made to pay over $5 for a mediocre film also. If anyone is thinking of purchasing this film---my suggestion is to rent it first. This movie is a "I'm willing to waste a couple of hours of my day" movie.