American Wedding (2003)

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 Michelle calls Jim's dad into her room to help with her vows, they sit down together. A crew member can be seen in the mirror behind Jim's dad.

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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

Featured in Visionado obligado: Capturing the Friedmans (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Time for Heroes"
Written by Pete Doherty and Carl Barât (as Carl Barat)
Performed by The Libertines
Courtesy of Sanctuary Records Group

User Reviews

For a 2nd sequel, a rare best of any movie series

If you think Police Academy, think Superman III, or any other series that went downhill by the 2nd sequel... notice how they could not top the previous movies in their respective series. American Wedding accomplishes that.

While following some of the same cues from the previous American Pie movies, it definitely sets itself apart enough to deserve the name it received (instead of American Pie 3). You can see where they drop some of the stuff that really gets old, (the stuff about "the next step", etc.) and make this movie very different, and you'll see where some of our key players grow up. Yet, some things never seem to change.

Go watch it and you will see what I mean.