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:

Why do men act like boys? Because they can.

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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

Todd Phillips:  shows up at the door to ask about the gang bang.

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Goofs

When Mitch comes home and calls Beanie and Frank into the kitchen about the fraternity Beanie is setting up, a monitor is reflected in the window.

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Quotes

Waiter: And don't worry. For the Godfather, it's always on the house.

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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 Tosh.0: National Anthem Fail Girl (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Chariots of Fire"
Written by Vangelis (as Evangelos Papathanassiou)

User Reviews

enjoyable if not always on target

A man in his mid-thirties is restless, disheartened, and fed up with life in general after breaking up with his longtime girlfriend. He moves into a house on a college campus where, against his better judgment but with the persuasion of his equally depressed, unhappily married buddies, he starts an unofficial fraternity. To their surprise, the fraternity turns into a huge success that allows the three of them to recapture the spirit of their beloved college years. Intentionally goofy, college-oriented comedy from the director of Road Trip is uneven at times, but the cast is good and there are often some very funny moments. **½