Van Wilder: Freshman Year (2009) (V)

Director:

Harvey Glazer

Writers:

Brent Goldberg (characters) and
David Wagner (characters) ...
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Release Date:

14 July 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Van Wilder starts his freshman year at Coolidge College and embarks on an adventure to land the campus hottie and liberate his school from sexual oppression and party dysfunction. |

Plot Keywords:

College | Breasts | Punched In The Face | Breast Fondling | Lesbian Kiss

Cast

Jonathan Bennett	...	Van Wilder
Kristin Cavallari	...	Kaitlin Hayes
Kurt Fuller	...	Dean Charles Reardon
Steve Talley	...	Lt. Dirk Arnold
Nestor Aaron Absera	...	Farley
Nick Nicotera	...	Corporal Benedict (as Nic Nac)
Jerry Shea	...	Yu Dum Fok / Steve
Meredith Giangrande	...	Eve
Irene Keng	...	Dongmei
Linden Ashby	...	Vance Wilder Sr.
Mike Pniewski	...	General Thomas
Brett Rice	...	Sergeant Hayes
Mike Brune	...	Irving Peppler
Leland L. Jones	...	Reverend Dawkins (as Leland Jones)
Dennis Luciani	...	Professor Downs
Sonny Shroyer	...	Coach Bob
Terrie Thompson	...	Reardon's Wife
Jasmine Burke	...	Molly
Andy Stahl	...	Principal (as Andrew Stahl)
L. Warren Young	...	Campus Cop
Greg Savage	...	Campus Cop
Brian Beegle	...	Recon Leader
Ashleigh Dunn	...	Lyndsey
Hayes Mercure	...	First Squad Raider
Shaun Lynch	...	Squad Captain
Nicholas Frazzano	...	Squad Captain
Shahrooz Nateghi	...	Dirk's Crony
Nicholas Kerves	...	Dirk's Crony (as Nick Kerves)
Rick Calik	...	Dirk's Crony
Amanda Best	...	Hot Freshman Girl (as Mandy Best)
Allie Taylor	...	Hot Freshman Girl
Alexa Johns	...	Danish Dish
Lizzie Oldem	...	Danish Dish
Robert Peterson	...	Quarterback
Chase Steven Anderson	...	Excited Guy (as Chase Anderson)
Champ	...	Colossus
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rashad Hawkins	...	Other Student
Cesar Aguirre	...	Student (uncredited)
Badar	...	Football Fan (uncredited)
Paul Bednarz	...	College Student (uncredited)
Tim Blanchard	...	College Student (uncredited)
Drew Branch	...	College Student (uncredited)
Bobby Browning	...	Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Corey Crocker	...	Cronie #6 (uncredited)
Ondie Daniel	...	Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Nicholas Giancola	...	3rd Squad Lead Cronie (uncredited)
Julie Guy	...	Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Jackey Hall	...	Dean Rearden's Masseuse (uncredited)
Roger Herrera	...	Football Fan (uncredited)
Daniel Hirsh	...	Parent of Graduate (uncredited)
Noel Holston	...	Distinguished Professor (uncredited)
Eli Jones	...	Cru Jones (uncredited)
Alana Jordan	...	Dorm Girl (uncredited)
Matthew Kent	...	College Student (uncredited)
Scottie Knollin	...	Student (uncredited)
Shawn Knowles	...	Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Kimberly Lambert	...	College Student (uncredited)
Micheal Leath	...	Raider (uncredited)
Dawn Lyn	...	College Student (uncredited)
Lynn McArthur	...	Rocker Chick / College Student (uncredited)
Patrick McDonald	...	Reardon's Raider (uncredited)
Faye Yvette McQueen	...	Cafeteria Worker (uncredited)
Darryl D. Moore	...	Parent of Graduate (uncredited)
Debra Moss	...	Family Member (uncredited)
Brandon Near	...	Dirk's Raider (uncredited)
Lilly Nelson	...	Student (uncredited)
Bill Pacer	...	2 Star General (uncredited)
John Fitzgerald Page	...	Waiter (uncredited)
John Pleasant	...	ROTC Student (uncredited)
Yvette Rachelle	...	Blondie (uncredited)
Eddie Rattanasouk	...	Football Fan (uncredited)
Mike Santoro	...	College Kid (uncredited)
Brian Spencer	...	Parent of Graduate (uncredited)
David Suri	...	Football Fan (uncredited)
Sonya Thompson	...	Professor (uncredited)
Norman Wakefield	...	College Student (uncredited)
Joe Walsh	...	Parent at Graduation (uncredited)
Steve Warren	...	Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Michael Blake Woodruff	...	Party Student (uncredited)
Mandy Yaughn	...	Football Fan (uncredited)
Lorenzo Yearby	...	Nerd #1 (uncredited)

Directed by
Harvey Glazer		(as Harv Glazer)

Writing credits
Brent Goldberg		(characters) and
David Wagner		(characters) (as David T. Wagner)
Todd McCullough		(written by)

Produced by
Peter Abrams	....	producer
Sam Bernard	....	executive producer
Kat Blasband Page	....	co-producer (as Katherine Blasband)
Kirk D'Amico	....	executive producer
Robert L. Levy	....	producer
Ari Newman	....	co-producer
Andrew Panay	....	producer
Darin Spillman	....	executive producer
Natan Zahavi	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Nathan Wang

Cinematography by
Shawn Maurer		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Aden Bahadori
Suzanne Hines
Mahi Rahgozar

Casting by
Mandy Sherman

Production Design by
David Dreyer
Joseph Litsch		(as Joe Litsch)

Set Decoration by
Joseph Litsch		(as Joe Litsch)
Dan Post

Costume Design by
Luellyn Harper

Makeup Department
Lay'Na Anderson	....	assistant makeup artist
Andrea C. Brotherton	....	assistant hair stylist (as Andrea Brotherton)
Roxanne Ferguson	....	key hair stylist
T.A. Henderson	....	assistant hair stylist
Wanda Patterson	....	makeup artist
Keitric Starks	....	assistant makeup artist
Shunika Terry	....	assistant hair stylist
Dionne Wynn	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Sherwood Jones	....	post-production supervisor
Tatiana Komlos	....	production supervisor (as Tatiana K. Post)
Day Permuy	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Derrick Doose	....	second second assistant director
Evans Griffin	....	second second assistant director
Adam Jordan	....	second second assistant director
Amir R. Khan	....	second assistant director (as Amir Khan)
James J.D. Taylor	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Joseph F. Beeco	....	construction coordinator (as Joseph Beeco)
Dwight Benjamin-Creel	....	props master (as Dwight B. Creel)
Taylor Bennett	....	paint foreman
Marty Corser	....	props assistant
Jerry Davenport	....	construction foreman
Cayman Eiler	....	assistant: production designer
Shawn M. Gray	....	assistant property master (as Shawn Gray)
Roland Heart	....	set dresser (as Roland Spence)
Jermaine Ivey	....	set dresser
Barry James	....	paint foreman
Kip Jamison	....	set dresser (as Kip Jamieson)
Ellen L. Kerr	....	buyer (as Ellen Kerr)
Julie Kobsa	....	props assistant
Ryan Kutch	....	set dresser
Amy Lehman	....	product placement coordinator
Konrad Lewis	....	on-set dresser
Chauncey Myshkin	....	set dresser
Robert Tate Nichols	....	leadman (as Tate Nichols)
Ron Pruette	....	set painter
Katrina Rice	....	props assistant
Philip Salick	....	leadman (as Phil Salik)
Dan Savage	....	gang boss
Andy G. Strauss	....	picture car coordinator
Adam Sumner	....	set dresser
Erin Thornton	....	art department intern
Monika van Schellenbeck	....	buyer (as Monica van Scellenbeck)
James Vasilovic	....	set dresser
Greg Waddle	....	leadman

Sound Department
Scott Casillas	....	foley effects
Lorita de la Cerna	....	foley mixer & editor
Brian Didsbury	....	boom operator
Vincent Guisetti	....	foley effects
Jae Kim	....	foley effects
Colt Logan	....	boom operator
Dessie Markovsky	....	adr
Dessie Markovsky	....	supervising sound editor
Tom Ozanich	....	sound re-recording mixer
Emile Razpopov	....	sound designer
Vesco Razpopov	....	sound effects props
Aron Siegel	....	sound mixer
Andy Snavley	....	dialogue editor
Andy Snavley	....	sound editor
Andy Snavley	....	sound re-recording mixer
Trevor Stott	....	sound utility
Todd Weaver	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Lisa Reynolds	....	special effects foreman
Bob Shelley	....	special effects coordinator (as Bob Shelly)

Visual Effects by
Aden Bahadori	....	visual effects producer: Pixalite
Seth Brown	....	digital artist
John Iskandar	....	visual effects
Tom Martinez Jr.	....	digital artist
Roger Nall	....	visual effects supervisor
Michael E. Phillips	....	digital editing consultant (as Michael Phillips)

Stunts
Anderson Martin	....	stunt coordinator (as Andy Martin)

Camera and Electrical Department
Chris Antignane	....	additional grip
Irie Bailey	....	electrician
Shelley Baldwin	....	additional electrician
Mike Besaw	....	grip
Chris Birdsong	....	key grip
Darrell Charles	....	additional electrician
Guy D'Alema	....	still photographer
Alfeo Dixon	....	additional director of photography: second unit
Alfeo Dixon	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Alexander Falk	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera (as Alex Falk)
Rodney Gaskin	....	electrician
Anthony Jacobs	....	additional electrician
Sylvia Kay	....	grip
Nathaniel Kendrick Jr.	....	gaffer
Levi Loy	....	best boy grip
Todd Marshall	....	camera operator
Nathan McConnell	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Jim McKinney	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Alan Melling	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Connor O'Malley	....	additional grip
David Parker	....	grip
Stoke T. Renigade Patterson	....	best boy electric (as Stroke Renegade)
Mike Pearce	....	additional electrician
Daniel Pederson	....	additional grip (as Daniel Pedersen)
Bruce Robinson	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
John E. Stephens	....	dolly grip (as John Stephens)
Cris Toebben	....	additional electrician
Matthew Horn	....	camera intern (uncredited)

Casting Department
Janella Bersabal	....	extras casting assistant: Atlanta
Shay Griffin	....	casting director: Atlanta (as Shay Bentley Griffin)
Jaime Harlan	....	casting director assistant: Los Angeles
Patrick Ingram	....	extras casting director: Atlanta
Nathan Wright	....	extras casting production assistant: Atlanta

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Layne Brightwell	....	costume supervisor
Kate Duke	....	costume assistant
Randy Edwards	....	costume assistant (as Randie Edwards)
Paradise Franklin	....	costume assistant
Daniel George	....	set costumer (as Dan George)
Jeff Gillies	....	costume assistant
Rhonney Greene	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Jay Hunt	....	editorial assistant
Chris Lazar	....	assistant editor
Robert J. Lemos	....	assistant editor (as Robert Lemos)
Chuck Nosworthy	....	colorist (as Chuck Noseworthy)
Dan Racicot	....	assistant editor
Igor Ridanovic	....	on-line editor
Andrew Sommer	....	assistant editor
Ron Wisman Jr.	....	additional editor
Keith Roush	....	additional post-production services (uncredited)

Music Department
Amjad Albasel	....	composer: stock music
Paul Di Franco	....	music supervisor (as Paul DiFranco)
Jean-Paul DiFranco	....	music coordinator
Michael Dittrick	....	supervising music editor
Amber Funk	....	music editor
Jeremy Sweet	....	composer: additional music (2009-2010)

Transportation Department
Dennis G. Carter	....	production van driver (as Dennis Carter)
Jerry Carter	....	construction driver
Marshall Hovies	....	combo driver
Peter McGoran	....	driver: set dressing
Ken Nevin	....	transportation captain (as Kenny Nevin)
David Carlton White	....	stakebed driver (as David White)

Other crew
Haley Billue	....	production secretary
Justin Bones	....	set production assistant
Reagan Brandon	....	script supervisor (as Reagan L. Brandon)
Bonnie Chaney	....	additional accountant
Erin Charles	....	production coordinator
Jessie Daniel	....	production assistant
Kamien Faison	....	intern
Eric Forth	....	caterer
Nicholas Giancola	....	intern production assistant
Nicholas Giancola	....	stand-in: Dean Reardon
Tameka Gibson	....	intern
Kevin Hindley	....	script clearance
Matthew Kelly Jackson	....	production assistant (as Matt Jackson)
Adam Jordan	....	key set production assistant
Zach Kane	....	craft service
Sedrick Lakpa	....	production assistant
Chuck Manning	....	stand-in: Mr. Bennett
Ben McIver	....	assistant location manager
Adam Miller	....	locations
Amber Mitchell	....	intern
Kendra L. Patterson	....	intern (as Kendra Patterson)
Jason Payne	....	caterer
Marilyn Penn	....	post-production accountant
Day Permuy	....	pre-production consultant
Alan Robbins	....	set medic
Adam W. Rosen	....	legal services
Jayne Royall	....	production accountant
Walter Royall	....	payroll supervisor
Vicki L. Sawyer	....	production accountant (as Vicki Sawyer)
Gene Michael Smith	....	production assistant (as Gene Smith)
Kalena Smith	....	location manager
Stan Swofford	....	key set medic
Brian Tinch	....	production assistant
Greg Tresan	....	animal wrangler
Freddy Turner	....	production assistant
Paul Van Den Bosch	....	production assistant
Dana Wasdin	....	stand-in: Ms. Cavallari
Gresszelle Williams	....	caterer (as Gresszell Williams)
Justin Zelik	....	assistant: Mr. Levy
Seth Zimmerman	....	assistant location manager

Production Companies

• Paramount Famous Productions
• Paramount Home Entertainment
• Tapestry Films

Distributors

• Indies Home Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
• Movie Bank (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2011) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• RTL Entertainment (2011) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL5)

Special Effects

• 11:11 Mediaworks

Other Companies

• Bendy  sound effects design (as Bendy Music)
• Danetracks  re-recorded at
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Hollywood Global Studios  post-production facilities
• IndieClear  script clearance
• Kappa Studios  HD post-production
• L.A. Mad Dogs  voice casting (as L.A. Maddogs)
• LA House of Props  product placement
• Lab 601  post-production facilities (RED digital transfer & HD finishing)
• Micdi Productions  music editorial services
• Out of the Pan Catering  catering
• Rosen, Feig, Golland & Lunn  legal services
• Roush Media  post-production facilities
• Turbosound  post sound services
• Turbosound  sound design
• Vans  special thanks

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive crude and sexual content, language and drug use

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:Unrated | USA:R (certificate #44997) | Australia:MA | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Denmark:15 | UK:18 | Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Agnes Scott College - 141 E. College Avenue, Decatur, Georgia, USA

Company:

Paramount Famous Productions

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The Jeep that Lt. Dirk Arnold is of a model that has not been used by the U.S. Army in over 30 years. The appropriate vehicle for this scene would have been a Humvee.

Movie Connections:

References "The Hills" (2006)

Soundtrack:

I Ran (So Far Away)

This imitation of the original formula doesn't taste as good.

This movie tries to follow the format of the original film. Thus, there are T&A galore, raunchy humor, bizarre characters, and wild parties. Bennett even kind of looks like Ryan Reynolds.

But generally, this flick doesn't do it as good as the original. Some of the jokes are kind of funny, but most are tepid or even complete knockoffs of old jokes I've heard before. While the original used eccentric characters and outlandish situations as springboards for humor, this one just goes deep into Bizzaro World (a college run by its ROTC director, who has posted "No Partying" and "No Kissing" signs, and can involuntarily enroll students in ROTC?).

Bennett decently mimicked Reynolds, but he didn't have the same charisma. Cavallari was charismatic, though, and I liked her as the love interest. Meredith Giangrande was downright sexy as forbidden- fruit Eve.

If you love being grossed out, this film ups the ante from the first one on the disgusting factor, although that's not particularly my thing. I do have to say, however, that the soft-porn aspects of this film are better than the original. There are scenes involving girls with vibrators, and a sex-ed class that illustrates intriguing positions (although with clothes on, but still), which may almost make you forget you're watching a comedy.