Accepted (2006)

A high school slacker who's rejected by every school he applies to opts to create his own institution of higher learning, the South Harmon Institute of Technology, on a rundown piece of property near his hometown.

Director:

Steve Pink

Writers:

Adam Cooper (screenplay), Bill Collage (screenplay),

Stars:

Justin Long, Jonah Hill, Adam Herschman

4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Justin Long	...	Bartleby Gaines
Jonah Hill	...	Sherman Schrader
Adam Herschman	...	Glen
Columbus Short	...	Daryl 'Hands' Holloway
Maria Thayer	...	Rory Thayer
Lewis Black	...	Ben Lewis
Blake Lively	...	Monica Moreland
Mark Derwin	...	Jack Gaines
Ann Cusack	...	Diane Gaines
Hannah Marks	...	Lizzie Gaines
Robin Taylor	...	Abernathy Darwin Dunlap (as Robin Lord Taylor)
Sam Horrigan	...	Mike Welsh
Joe Hursley	...	Maurice / The Ringers
Jeremy Howard	...	Freaky Student
Anthony Heald	...	Dean Richard Van Horne

Storyline

Bartleby (B.) Gaines is a fun loving slacker who, unfortunately, gets turned down for every college he applied for, much to the chagrin of his overly expectant parents. So, with a little cutting and pasting, he creates the South Harmon Institute of Technology, and lo and behold, he is accepted (along with his friends Rory, Hands, and Glen, whose college plans were also all but dashed). However, his parents want to see the website, the campus, and the dean. So now he has his other friend Sherman (who has been accepted to the prestigious Harmon College) build a web page, they lease out an abandoned psychiatric hospital, and they hire Sherman's uncle Ben to be the dean. Problem solved? Not quite. The web page was done so well, that hundreds of students show up at the front door, all of which were turned down by other colleges. Faced with no choice, Bartleby decides to proceed with turning South Harmon into a real college, and sets about figuring out what to teach and how to teach it. ...

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Plot Keywords:

college | student | education | hospital | high school | 

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Taglines:

The rejected have defected

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for language, sexual material and drug content

Details

Official Sites:

Universal [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 August 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Admitido

Filming Locations:

Chapman University - One University Drive, Orange, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$23,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£349,897 (UK) (6 October 2006)

Gross:

£605,920 (UK) (13 October 2006)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Shady Acres Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Since the school/college's name is "South Harmon Institute of Technology (S.H.I.T.), the "S-word" is the most frequently used word, being used 62 times throughout the entire movie.

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Goofs

In the scene where the Dean of B's University is lecturing to a large group of students in the center of the half-pipe, there is a black "X" near his feet (his mark), but in the very next scene it has been removed.

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Quotes

Bartleby Gaines: I could go to jail.
Uncle Ben: Don't worry, you're young. Your butt can take it.

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Crazy Credits

The last line in the credits segment "The Filmmakers Wish To Thank" reads, "And all the Students at South Harmon Institute of Technology".

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Connections

Referenced in Reject Rejection: The Making of 'Accepted' (2006)

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Soundtracks

"Holiday"
Written by Rivers Cuomo
Performed by Weezer
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

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This is what movies should aspire to. Funny without being totally stupid, a little sexy without having every female in the cast show her boobs, biting without resorting to 'f-bombs' every line. I've been seeing Justin Long pop up in a lot of films over the past few years, I figured with the right role he could break out. (Mac commercials not withstanding.) This film just might put him on a fast track to the A list. The rest of the cast also did their jobs perfectly, this is an excellent little film with a nice message. (But you don't need to buy the message to have a good time.) Lewis Black is, as usual, hilarious, and Blake Lively is a fresh faced beauty.

Take a couple hours and see this film, they will not have been wasted.