The Hangover (2009)

Three buddies wake up from a bachelor party in Las Vegas, with no memory of the previous night and the bachelor missing. They make their way around the city in order to find their friend before his wedding.

Director:

Todd Phillips

Writers:

Jon Lucas, Scott Moore

Stars:

Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper, Justin Bartha

Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 10 wins & 26 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bradley Cooper	...	Phil
Ed Helms	...	Stu
Zach Galifianakis	...	Alan
Justin Bartha	...	Doug
Heather Graham	...	Jade
Sasha Barrese	...	Tracy
Jeffrey Tambor	...	Sid
Ken Jeong	...	Mr. Chow
Rachael Harris	...	Melissa
Mike Tyson	...	Mike Tyson
Mike Epps	...	Black Doug
Jernard Burks	...	Leonard
Rob Riggle	...	Officer Franklin
Cleo King	...	Officer Garden
Bryan Callen	...	Eddie

Storyline

Angelenos Doug Billings and Tracy Garner are about to get married. Two days before the wedding, the four men in the wedding party - Doug, Doug's two best buddies Phil Wenneck and Stu Price, and Tracy's brother Alan Garner - hop into Tracy's father's beloved Mercedes convertible for a 24-hour stag party to Las Vegas. Phil, a married high school teacher, has the same maturity level as his students when he's with his pals. Stu, a dentist, is worried about everything, especially what his controlling girlfriend Melissa thinks. Because she disapproves of traditional male bonding rituals, Stu has to lie to her about the stag, he telling her that they are going on a wine tasting tour in the Napa Valley. Regardless, he intends on eventually marrying her, against the advice and wishes of his friends. And Alan seems to be unaware of what are considered the social graces of the western world. The morning after their arrival in Las Vegas, they awaken in their hotel suite each with the worst ...

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Plot Keywords:

hangover | morning after | hedonism | drunkenness | female nudity | 

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Taglines:

Easy, tiger!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive language, sexual content including nudity, and some drug material

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 June 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hangover

Filming Locations:

Jean, Nevada, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$44,979,319 (USA) (5 June 2009)

Gross:

$277,313,371 (USA) (11 December 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros., Legendary Pictures, Green Hat Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min 108 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Josh Lucas, Vince Vaughn, Josh Hartnett and Ethan Embry were considered for the part of Phil Wenneck, while Breckin Meyer and Seth Rogen were considered for the part of Stu Price.

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Goofs

Phil, Stu, and Alan are able to obtain the Mercedes from the impound. A car cannot be released from an impound without showing proof of ownership, which they did not have because the car was not theirs. However, while normally this is the case, the fact that they were released "off the books" provides a completely reasonable (or at least internally consistent) explanation for getting the car back without any red tape.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Doug Billings: [on recording] Hey, you've reached Doug. Sorry I missed your call. Please leave a name and number and I'll get back to you.

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Crazy Credits

Collage of photos telling the story of what happened that night.

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Connections

Referenced in Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers (2009)

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Soundtracks

Yeah!
Written by James Phillips, Ludacris (as Christopher Bridges), La Marquis Jefferson (as LaMarquis Jefferson), Patrick J. Que Smith (as Patrick Smith), Sean Garrett and Lil Jon (as Jonathan Smith)
Performed by Usher Raymond (as Usher) featuring Ludacris and Lil Jon
Courtesy of LaFace Records and The RCA/Jive Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment
Ludacris appears courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Lil Jon appears courtesy of The Orchard

User Reviews

Hands down one of the funniest movies I've ever seen!

This movie is hands down the raunchiest and one of the funniest movies i have ever seen. From the beginning of the movie right up to the end it is consistently funny, there really are not any slow parts to this movie because they are on a constant journey and race against time. And just when you thought the movie couldn't get any funnier the last 30 seconds of the movie slaps you across the face. I literally was laughing so hard I cried.. I walked out of the theater feeling hungover from an overdose of laughter, great time!

Nothing more to say, spend the money to see this and you won't regret it!