Van Wilder (2002)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Walt Becker

Writers:

Brent Goldberg (written by) &
David Wagner (written by)

Release Date:

5 April 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

The Tradition Continues

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

College | Party | Reporter | Group Vomit | Video Game

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

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
Aaron Paul	...	Wasted Guy
Ivana Bozilovic	...	Naomi
Kim Smith	...	Casey
Teresa Hill	...	Hot Female Doctor
Megan Gallagher	...	Holyoke Hottie
Jason Hopkins	...	Sick Boy
Lydia Hull	...	Lindsey
Mark Chaet	...	Business Manager
Michael Waltman	...	Coach Ken Massey
Cynthia Fancher	...	Ms. Haver
Michael Olowokandi	...	Leron
Darius Miles	...	Darius
Quentin Richardson	...	Quentin
Lamar Odom	...	Coolidge Chickadee Player
Nick Puga	...	Pimply Faced Freshman
Joshua Swanson	...	Annoyingly Peppy Freshman
Jesse Capelli	...	Desiree (as Jenny Leone)
Ronald Hunter	...	Gus
Jeremy Phillips	...	Overweight Freshman
Darcy Shean	...	Gwen's Mom
Harry Danner	...	Dr. Beeverman
Tom Howard	...	Gwen's Dad
John Colton	...	Dr. Henke
Sophia Bush	...	Sally
J. Patrick McCormack	...	Dean Mooney
Gregg Daniel	...	English Professor
Lauren Birkell	...	Cheesy TV Announcer
Teesha Lobo	...	Hot Indian Girl
Cheryl Bricker	...	Mrs. Henke
Chris Sowers	...	Thin Pledge
Colin Campbell	...	Archive Guy
Willie Latimore	...	Ming Impersonator
Sean Marquette	...	Little Kid
Sterling Rice	...	Little Girl
Albert Owens	...	Another Doctor
Anderson Goncalves	...	Dorky Brother
Anne Varnishung	...	Gorgeous Secretary
Erik Aude	...	Martial Arts Freshman
Sarah Fairfax	...	Mrs. Seay
Travis McKenna	...	Milty
Lou Beatty Jr.	...	Library Man
Andrew Bilgore	...	Party Busting Cop
Alexia Chiaromonte	...	Stunning Co-Ed Freshman
Brent Goldberg	...	Freshman Interviewee 1
David Wagner	...	Freshman Interviewee 2
Chad Evans	...	Stoner Freshman
Brandon Kessel	...	College Kid
Ryan Carlberg	...	Worried Preppy Freshman
Matt Newton	...	Male Sophomore (as Matthew Newton)
Edie McClurg	...	Campus Tour Guide
Joyce Brothers	...	Herself (as Dr. Joyce Brothers)
Shaina Fewell	...	Hot Senior
Megan Litwin	...	Hotter Friend
Sarah Paul	...	Terri
Michelle Thomas	...	Sherri
Sirin Suprasert	...	Suk Mee
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Megan Baker	...	Student (uncredited)
Dan Beck	...	Lamda geek (uncredited)
Walt Becker	...	Fireman (uncredited)
Sean Brennan	...	Shoeshine DIK (uncredited)
Chad Brokaw	...	DIK Brother (uncredited)
Heather Charles	...	Luau Girl (uncredited)
Soren Fulton	...	10 Year Old Boy (uncredited)
Reid Godshaw	...	Drunk Boy (uncredited)
Marc S. Gordon	...	Student leader (uncredited)
Sean Gordon	...	Rollerskater (uncredited)
Christopher D. Grace	...	Drunken Frat Guy (uncredited)
Kelly Hayes	...	Luau Party Guy (uncredited)
Jesse Heiman	...	Student on Couch (uncredited)
Summer Moore	...	Pajama Party-Goer (uncredited)
Bonnie Morgan	...	Twisted Auditioner (uncredited)
Justin Neill	...	Frat Guy (uncredited)
Alex Nesic	...	ROTC Student (uncredited)
Steffen Schlachtenhaufen	...	Student Bartender (uncredited)
Jennifer Schlueter	...	Student (uncredited)
Tom Everett Scott	...	Elliot Grebb (uncredited)
Skyler Stone	...	Test Taker (uncredited)
Charlie Talbert	...	Stomach Guy (uncredited)
Billy Taylor	...	Student (uncredited)
Nathan Todaro	...	Skating Rink Geek (uncredited)
Greta Valenti	...	Hot Roller Girl (uncredited)
Dave Vandermeuse	...	Cowboy Lamda Brother (uncredited)
Josh Waters	...	College Student on Campus Tour (uncredited)
Natan Zahavi	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Walt Becker

Writing credits
Brent Goldberg		(written by) &
David Wagner		(written by) (as David T. Wagner)

Produced by
Peter Abrams	....	producer
Kirk D'Amico	....	executive producer
Lucas Foster	....	executive producer
Jeff Franks	....	associate producer
Rick Joseph	....	co-producer
Robert L. Levy	....	producer
Jonathon Komack Martin	....	producer
Peter Nelson	....	co-producer
Ari Newman	....	co-producer
Andrew Panay	....	producer
Philip von Alvensleben	....	executive producer

Original Music by
David Lawrence

Cinematography by
James R. Bagdonas		(director of photography) (as James Bagdonas)

Film Editing by
Dennis M. Hill

Production Design by
Rachel Kamerman

Art Direction by
William J. Durrell Jr.

Set Decoration by
Suzan Katcher
Jill McGraw

Costume Design by
Alexis Scott

Makeup Department
Kimberly 'Beverly' Beard	....	key hair stylist
Timothy Considine	....	special makeup effects artist
Jeffrey S. Farley	....	special makeup effects artist
Tina Harrelson	....	makeup artist
Andrea Helm	....	hair stylist
Martina Kohl	....	key makeup artist
Susan Laprelle	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Deborah Reissman	....	executive in charge of production
Michael Tinger	....	post-production supervisor
Andjelija Vlaisavljevic	....	production supervisor
Natan Zahavi	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael A. Allowitz	....	first assistant director
Susie Balaban	....	second second assistant director
Dirk Craft	....	assistant director
David Hallinan	....	first assistant director: second unit
Anna E. Hayward	....	second assistant director
Elenie Mansalis	....	second assistant director: additional photography

Art Department
William Apperson	....	construction coordinator
Brian Bains	....	on-set dresser
Daniel Chaves	....	labor foreman
Steffen Schlachtenhaufen	....	storyboard artist
Lisa Vasconcellos	....	art department coordinator

Sound Department
Richard Burnette	....	mix facility coordinator
Robert Carr	....	sound recordist
Andrew DeCristofaro	....	supervising sound editor
David Esparza	....	sound effects editor
Frank A. Fuller Jr.	....	sound editor
Marshall Garlington	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kevin Hamilton	....	adr editor
Kevin Hamilton	....	dialogue editor
Daniel Hastings	....	boom operator
Ben Jacob	....	production sound mixer (as Itamar Ben-Jacob)
Ben Jacob	....	sound engineer
Shawn Kennelly	....	foley mixer
Lee Lemont	....	supervising adr editor
Steve Mann	....	sound effects editor
Marc Meyer	....	first assistant sound editor
Anthony Milch	....	dialogue editor
William Munroe	....	additional boom operator
Chris Navarro	....	adr recordist
Michael Payne	....	sound effects editor
James L. Pearson	....	sound editor
John Placencia	....	utility sound technician
Martin Schloemer	....	sound recordist
Alexander Schwartz	....	foley artist
Cathie Speakman	....	sound editor
Edward M. Steidele	....	foley artist
Ken Teaney	....	sound re-recording mixer
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
Jonathan Wareham	....	sound effects editor
Aaron D. Weisblatt	....	sound effects editor
Bernard Weiser	....	supervising sound editor
Jeffrey R. Whitcher	....	sound effects editor
James Wright	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Stuart Provine	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Royce Hager	....	special effects foreman
Josh Hakian	....	special effects coordinator
Russ Herpich	....	mold maker: Creature Effects Inc.
Mark Rappaport	....	special effects makeup
Eric Von Scott	....	animal special effects/prosthetics

Visual Effects by
Andy Davis	....	digital compositor: Standard
Jessica James	....	opticals: main title sequence producer
Jessica James	....	visual effects producer
Don Lee	....	digital compositor
Andrew MacDonald	....	compositor: Creo Collective

Stunts
Charlie Brewer	....	stunts
Manny Chavez	....	stunts
Dirk Christensen	....	stunts
Joe Cofer	....	stunts
Laura Lee Connery	....	stunts
Thomas Dewier	....	utility stunts
Johnny Martin	....	stunt coordinator
Brian Simpson	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Patti Arpaia	....	still photographer
Gerrit Dangremond	....	Steadicam operator
Gerrit Dangremond	....	camera operator
Nate Foll	....	electrician
Sean Ginn	....	electrician
Barry Gross	....	rigging gaffer
Julie Helton	....	camera loader
John Hoffma	....	rigging electrician
Jason Jensen	....	second assistant camera
Mark Pickens	....	dolly grip
John Placencia	....	video assist operator
Bruce Reutlinger	....	camera operator
Rob Sweeney	....	director of photography: second unit
Wally Sweeterman	....	first assistant camera
Toby Tucker	....	film loader
Ryan Shopay	....	lamp operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Rob Decina	....	casting: New York
Barbara Fiorentino	....	casting
Randi Hiller	....	casting consultant
Jimmy Jue	....	extras casting
Rebecca Mangieri	....	casting associate
Summer Wesson	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gloria Fonseca	....	set costumer
Laura E. Little	....	costumer
Gregory B. Peña	....	costume supervisor
Gregory B. Peña	....	set costumer
Catherine Peña	....	set costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Ryan Folsey	....	additional editor
Bob Wenokur	....	studio post-production representative
Andrew Chitko	....	post-production assistant (uncredited)

Music Department
Guy Defazio	....	music mixer
Guy Erez	....	music composer: song
Guy Erez	....	music producer: original songs
Guy Erez	....	musician
Sheri Ozeki	....	music editor
Roger Sommers	....	soundtrack producer
Christopher Violette	....	music supervisor (as Chris Violette)
Richard Ziegler	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Eric Moon	....	driver
Michael Perrotti	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Edwin Avedissian	....	location manager
Darren Lynn Bousman	....	production assistant
Neil Butler	....	assistant: Lucas Foster
Francois Caillaud	....	production assistant
Dayna Danika	....	production coordinator
Melissa Engle	....	production assistant
Corina Garcia	....	assistant: Robert Levy and Peter Abrams (as Corinna Garcia)
Kelly Hayes	....	production assistant
Jennifer Hilton	....	assistant: Jonathon Komack Martin
Paula Hunziker	....	script supervisor (as Paula Dussman)
Chris Kenny	....	location assistant
Megan Litwin	....	production assistant
Jeremy Martin	....	assistant: Andrew Panay
Rebecca Merle	....	production assistant (as Rebecca Koscinski)
Billy Parks	....	assistant: Lucas Foster
Gregory B. Peña	....	set supervisor
J.C. Rappaport	....	assistant: Kirk D'Amico
Taylor Saxon	....	set medic
Anouk Schaff	....	assistant: Philip von Alvensleben (as Anouk Schaaf)
Steffen Schlachtenhaufen	....	production assistant
Mollie Stallman	....	production assistant
Christopher W. Trott	....	location manager
Randy Barach	....	security officer (uncredited)
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond representative (uncredited)
Steven Jetton	....	layout board (uncredited)

Thanks
Mimi Clarke	....	special thanks
Austin Lander	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Myriad Pictures (presents)
• In-Motion AG Movie & TV Productions (in association with) (as IN-motion AG)
• World Media Fonds V (WMF V) (in association with) (as WMF V)
• Tapestry Films

Distributors

• Constantin Film (2002) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Filmauro Distribuzione (2003) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Hoyts Distribution (2002) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Independent Films (2002) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Lions Gate Films (2002) (USA) (theatrical)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2003) (France) (theatrical)
• Momentum Pictures (2002) (UK) (theatrical)
• Prooptiki (2002) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Sociedad General de Derechos Audiovisuales (SOGEDASA) (2002) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Alpha Filmes (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Alpha Filmes (2004) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Artisan Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD) (2-disc unrated version)
• Artisan Entertainment (2003) (USA) (VHS) (unrated)
• Gativideo (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD) (unrated two-disc special edition)
• RTL Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing) (RTL5)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS) (rental)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS) (retail)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2003) (Germany) (DVD)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2003) (Germany) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Standard Pictures Distributing Company

Other Companies

• Central Casting  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Jeremy Walker + Associates  publicity
• Sound Satisfaction  foley facilities
• Standard Pictures Distributing Company  title design: main titles
• Ultimatum Music  soundtrack

Also Known As:

Van Wilder: Party Liaison (Australia) (Philippines: English title) (UK) (USA) (working title)
National Lampoon's Van Wilder (USA) (complete title)
National Lampoon's Van Wilder: Party Liaison (UK) (DVD title)
Party Animals - ... wilder geht's nicht! (Germany)

MPAA:

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

Runtime:

92 min | USA:94 min (unrated version)

Country:

Germany | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) (also unrated version) | Canada:14A (British Columbia) | Canada:18A (Alberta) | Canada:AA (Ontario) (also unrated version) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) (also unrated version) | Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) | Singapore:PG | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | South Korea:15 | Finland:K-15 (TV rating) | Ireland:15 | Argentina:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Australia:MA | Austria:14 | Brazil:14 | Germany:12 (f) | Hong Kong:IIB | Malaysia:(Banned) | Netherlands:12 | Norway:11 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Myriad Pictures

Trivia:

When Taj is trying to study while watching a girl's breasts he is actually writing about the history of Hungary the sixteenth century, after the Battle of Nándorfehérvár (1521) and Mohács (1526).

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Taj is getting ready to give Naomi a massage, she tells him she likes the song on the stereo. Taj replies "It is the White Barry" (meaning Barry White). It's actually a song called "Stumblin' In" performed by Suzie Quatro and Chris Norman.

Quotes:

Van Wilder: Was that a…
[looks away and points]
Van Wilder: Judges ruling? Uh huh. Yeah.
[looks back]
Van Wilder: I do believe that was a joke.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Starz Inside: In the Gutter (2008) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Super Trooper

They Left Out the Best Parts

Finally caught up with "Van Wilder" on DVD for an article on what's happened to Frat/College movies since "Animal House," and the most striking thing about this witless mess is that its best scenes are the deleted ones. They contain the character development, the plot exposition, and the textures (well, sort of) that would have made the rest of the movie interesting if they'd been left in. Oh, yeah, plus has anybody noticed that "Van Wilder" is gay? Not the actor, the character, and not all gays, just the gay stereotype. Lookit: he plays fey, he rolls his eyes a lot, he spends inordinate energy getting other guys laid but not himself, his only heterosexual contact is with the woman as the aggressor, he's always coming on to girls but never following through, there's no kissing, and if his voice was any higher he'd be Tara Reid. On that level, perhaps, "Van Wilder" is a subversive movie. But that's giving it 18 credits more than it deserves.