American Pie Presents Band Camp (2005) (V)

Director:

Steve Rash

Writers (WGA):

Adam Herz (characters)
Brad Riddell (written by)

Release Date:

26 December 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

This One Time at Band Camp...

Plot:

Matt Stifler wants to be just like his big bro, making porn movies and having a good time in college. After sabotaging the school band, he gets sent to band camp where he really doesn't like it at first but then learns how to deal with the bandeez.

Plot Keywords:

Band | Band Camp | High School | Bagpipe | Sequel

Cast

Eugene Levy	...	Mr. Levenstein
Tad Hilgenbrink	...	Matt Stifler (as Tad Hilgenbrinck)
Arielle Kebbel	...	Elyse
Jason Earles	...	Ernie
Crystle Lightning	...	Chloe (as Crystle Lea Lightning)
Jun Hee Lee	...	Jimmy
Matt Barr	...	Brandon Vandecamp
Chris Owen	...	Sherman
Lauren C. Mayhew	...	Arianna
Angela Little	...	Sheree
Rachel Veltri	...	Dani
Timothy Stack	...	Mr. Nelson
Ginger Lynn Allen	...	Nurse Sanders
Russell Howard	...	Riggler
Carla Alapont	...	Leslie

Also Known As:

American Pie 4: Band Camp (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content/nudity, crude humor and language.

Runtime:

USA:94 min (unrated version) | Australia:87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:15 | Australia:MA | Germany:12 | Singapore:M18 | Spain:13 | Finland:K-11 | Argentina:16 | Brazil:18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:18A (Manitoba) | Norway:11 | USA:Unrated (unrated version) | Malaysia:18PL | USA:R (certificate #41926) | Iceland:12 | New Zealand:R16 | Ireland:15 | Netherlands:AL

Filming Locations:

Altadena, California, USA

Company:

Capital Arts Entertainment

Trivia:

Tad Hilgenbrink really bared it all in the scene where he undresses in front of the girls while playing the trivia game. He didn't inform the girls in advance, who were expecting him to keep his privates covered somehow, so their reaction is quite genuine.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Matt is in the pool, his hair switches back and forth between wet and dry.

Quotes:

Mr. Levenstein: [to Elyse and Stifler] Let me see if I have this straight. Elyse, you think Matt is an arrogant jock who wears his penis on his forehead just to gain the approval of his sociopathic older brother. And Matt, you think Elyse is an uptight, geeky prude who needs to, uh, loosen up a bit and get laid.
[to Elyse]
Mr. Levenstein: Excuse the expression, dear. Is that close to being on the money?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Band Camp Dirty Diary: American Pie Presents Band Camp DVD (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

Baby Got Back

He's Stifler like tofu is meat

Whoever owns the rights to "American Pie" is being pretty capitalistic about it. You can name twenty characters Stifler if you want, it doesn't change the fact that this is a rather uninspired effort to cash in which bizarrely works. You can judge it standing by itself, but just keep in mind it was never intended to stand by itself. So here Stifler's brother Matt(good Lord it's not even the same guy from "American Pie 2",how cheap can a production get?)is punished for pulling an on all levels pretty lame prank. The Sherminator meanwhile has become a school counselor and sends him to band camp, which as it turns out, currently employs Jim's Dad. It's like bad fan fiction came to life. So naturally he pulls more pranks on the rivals like, two. They get back at him like, once. The rest is filled up with references to the actual "American Pie"-movies, semi-naked chicks and extremely irritating love subplots including a horrendously clichéd nerd you just can't possibly side with. Add a last fifteen minutes that's like the Siberian prison edit of "Family Matters" and you start wondering why it's still somewhat enjoyable. Perhaps it's the presence of Eugene Levy in yet another movie he's too talented for. The sunscreen gag was pretty good too I guess. This "American Pie presents" crap needs to end though, even if you don't give any thought to how a movie can present anything, it's still a thorn in the eye to the franchise.