Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj (2006)

Taj Mahal Badalandabad leaves Coolidge College behind for the halls of Camford University in England, where he looks to continue his education, and teach an uptight student how to make the most out of her academic career.

Director:

Mort Nathan

Writers:

David Drew Gallagher, Brent Goldberg (characters),

Stars:

Kal Penn, Lauren Cohan, Daniel Percival

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kal Penn	...	Taj
Lauren Cohan	...	Charlotte
Daniel Percival	...	Pip
Glen Barry	...	Seamus
Anthony Cozens	...	Gethin
Steven Rathman	...	Simon
Holly Davidson	...	Sadie
Tom Davey	...	Percy
William de Coverly	...	Roger
Beth Steel	...	Penelope
Amy Steel	...	Alexandra
Jonathan Cecil	...	Provost Cunningham
Roger Hammond	...	Camford Dean
Kulvinder Ghir	...	Taj's Father
Shobu Kapoor	...	Taj's Mother

Storyline

Having graduated in the US as Van Wilder disciple, now self-confident Taj Mahal. arrives as 'don' (teaching assistant) history at England's super-prestigious Cambridge. He falls victim to the haughty, aristocratic leading fraternity's aristocratic president Pip's usual prank for 'commoners', landing in the derelict 'barn' with other 'social outcasts'. But Taj decides to band the rejects into a new fraternity, Cocks & Bulls, which under his leadership challenges Pip's in the annual all-round excellence championship.

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Plot Keywords:

bulldog | cockney accent | breasts | sequel | bare butt | 

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Taglines:

The Legend is Growing.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive crude sexual content, some nudity and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 December 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$2,313,372 (USA) (1 December 2006)

Gross:

$4,259,591 (USA) (5 January 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Bauer Martinez Studios, Tapestry Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The two reporters' bylines in the newspaper articles are "Anita Hanjaab" and "Mike Oxsbig", which sound just like... Well, you can figure it out.

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Goofs

While proving Taj's innocence to the Provost, Charlie's cell phone is seen flipped to the camera configuration in the wide shot, in regular phone configuration for the close up, yet back to camera configuration when the wide shot comes back on screen.

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Quotes

Taj: verticle smile, scrambled eggs between the legs, sunny side up on the way to the butt

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Connections

References Back to the Future (1985)

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Soundtracks

"Pop Song"
Written by Ben Clark, Nate Mooter, Jacob Hoffman, Eric Howk, Mike Loggins, Scotty Rickard
Published by the Book Is Now the Movie (ASCAP)
Performed by The Lashes
Courtesy of Lookout! Records
By Arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group

User Reviews

Fun, its just not Van Wilder, thats the problem

To be honest, you take this movie as a stand alone, its correct, sure its stereotyped at max, but which comedy dosen't do that? Especially the ones setting in University. If you are watching these kind of movies hoping to see reel stuff, you will see students in class and studying 90% of the time...would be a fun movie right? lol. Anyway basically i am a huge fan of Van Wilder, and without Van, it wasen't Van Wilder... thats the problem. This movie should have do better without the title it got, i know they tried to capitalize on the name, but problem is that people where just so much expecting a similar movie to Van Wilder that in the end... it didn't do as good. So personally yeah i enjoyed it, not as much as the first movie and neither as the third, but still enough to have a good time.