American Pie: The Wedding (2003)
"American Wedding" (original title)

It's the wedding of Jim and Michelle and the gathering of their families and friends, including Jim's old friends from high school and Michelle's little sister.

Director:

Jesse Dylan

Writers:

Adam Herz (characters), Adam Herz

Stars:

Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Alyson Hannigan

3 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jason Biggs	...	Jim Levenstein
Seann William Scott	...	Steve Stifler
Alyson Hannigan	...	Michelle Flaherty
Eddie Kaye Thomas	...	Paul Finch
Thomas Ian Nicholas	...	Kevin Myers
January Jones	...	Cadence Flaherty
Eugene Levy	...	Jim's Dad
Molly Cheek	...	Jim's Mom
Deborah Rush	...	Mary Flaherty
Fred Willard	...	Harold Flaherty
Angela Paton	...	Grandma
Eric Allan Kramer	...	Bear (as Eric Allen Kramer)
Amanda Swisten	...	Fraulein Brandi
Nikki Ziering	...	Officer Krystal (as Nikki Schieler Ziering)
Lawrence Pressman	...	Head Coach

Storyline

Jim Levenstein has finally found the courage to ask his girlfriend, Michelle Flaherty to marry him. She agrees to get married, but the problems don't stop there for Jim. Now along with Paul Finch and Kevin Myers, Jim must plan the wedding. Unfortunately Steve Stifler is in town and won't let the wedding go past without having some fun himself, which includes setting up a secret bachelor party.

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Plot Keywords:

wedding | friend | bachelor party | american football | law school | 

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Taglines:

Forever hold your piece.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content, language and crude humor

Details

Country:

USA Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 August 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

American Pie 3

Filming Locations:

101 South Glassell, Orange, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$55,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$748,800 (Brazil) (28 November 2003)

Gross:

$2,283,276 (Brazil) (26 December 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Zide-Perry Productions, LivePlanet

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min 103 min (unrated) 74 min (TV)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Seann William Scott's agents were reluctant to show the script to the actor, certain he would turn it down. Turns out that they were worried for nothing because after he read it, he agreed to do the movie.

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Goofs

When Jim and his dad talk about vows and sex, the camera, cameraman and lights used to film the scene are reflected in the television behind them.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Jim: Well, Michelle, we did it. Happy graduation.

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Crazy Credits

American Pie is a registered trademark of Don McLean.

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Connections

Followed by American Pie Presents The Naked Mile (2006)

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Soundtracks

"Into the Mystic"
Written by Van Morrison
Performed by The Wallflowers
Produced by Jakob Dylan
Courtesy of Interscope Records

User Reviews

Good conclusion, but missing some good characters

American Wedding is exactly the type of ending that suits the American Pie trilogy. It's not like the typical TV sitcom where it's feel good and lacking on humor. The traditional gross out honest humor is still present. Unfortunately not all the characters are due to scheduling conflicts.

The directors do a good job of covering the absent characters by simply not mentioning them but there lack of presence is felt. Oz isn't present during Jim's speech with the best men. Michele is the only returning female lead. Even some of the returning characters play a smaller role. Kevin is almost not seen in most of the film. He serves very little important role and is more in the background. Finch and Stifler seem to be the lead story, at times more than the wedding itself. It does work to create a funny story.

The story is well wrapped up and that hopefully means that no additional and poorly conceived sequels are made. There seems to be three rules that follow in all of these films.

1) Jim does something bizarre sexual act that embarrasses him.

2) Stifler ingest some bodily excretion

3) Finch has sex with Stifler's Mom

Obviously they've hit Stifler with about every funny excretion. The only options left are blood, pus, or earwax. Rule #2 is going to be hard to follow.