Old School (2003)

Three men are disenchanted with life and try to recapture their college days.

Director:

Todd Phillips

Writers:

Court Crandall (story), Todd Phillips (story),

Stars:

Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn

4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Luke Wilson	...	Mitch Martin
Will Ferrell	...	Frank Ricard
Vince Vaughn	...	Bernard 'Beanie' Campbell
Jeremy Piven	...	Dean Gordon 'Cheese' Pritchard
Ellen Pompeo	...	Nicole
Juliette Lewis	...	Heidi
Leah Remini	...	Lara Campbell
Perrey Reeves	...	Marissa Jones
Craig Kilborn	...	Mark
Elisha Cuthbert	...	Darcie
Seann William Scott	...	Peppers
Matt Walsh	...	Walsh
Artie Lange	...	Booker
Patrick Fischler	...	Michael
Sara Tanaka	...	Megan Huang

Storyline

Mitch, Frank and Beanie are disillusioned with their personal lives begining when Mitch's nymphomanic girlfriend, Heidi, cheats on him, then former party animal Frank gets married, but unwilling to get go of his wild life, and Beanie is a family man seeking to reclaim his wild and crazy youth. Beanie suggests that they form their own fraternity in Mitch's new house on a college campus to re-live their glory days by bringing together a variety of misfit college students, losers, middle-aged and elderly retirees as their new friends and later try to avoid being evicted by the new Dean of Students, Pritchard, whom still holds a personal grudge against all three of them.

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Plot Keywords:

college | friend | party | house | fraternity | 

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Taglines:

All the fun of college, none of the education.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some strong sexual content, nudity and language

Details

Official Sites:

DreamWorks

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 February 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Old School - Wir lassen absolut nichts anbrennen

Filming Locations:

1803 Bushnell Avenue, South Pasadena, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$24,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$688,346 (Australia) (30 May 2003)

Gross:

$1,300,030 (Australia) (13 June 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

DreamWorks SKG, Montecito Picture Company, The

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min 92 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The last scene shot was Mitch-A-Palooza.

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Goofs

Near the end, when Frank and Dean Pritchard are tumbling down the classroom stairs, the stuntman for Frank is much smaller than Will Ferrell and also has dark black hair.

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Quotes

Frank: We're going streaking!

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Crazy Credits

During most of the end credits, there are scenes showing what happened to the main characters.

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Connections

Referenced in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Episode #7.57 (2008)

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Soundtracks

"Ain't No Sunshine"
Written & Performed by Bill Withers
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

User Reviews

#1 comedy of all time

This is the ultimately guy comedy of all time. I'll be quoting this movie until i'm 80 years old. The plot is original and hilarious and you can watch it from front to back 10 times in a row and still laugh every time. I'm a huge Will Ferrell fan and he doesn't disappoint. As Frank "the tank" he manages to be one of the funniest characters in movie history. This is a movie that most guys can relate to. If you've ever wanted to get back to the days of partying and girls, yet are stuck in the boredom of everyday life, then this movie will have you rolling around. Hecks, i'm even contemplating starting up my own fraternity. I can only hope that there will be a sequel to this one. I'll be the first in line to see it when it opens.