Project X (2012)

3 high school seniors throw a birthday party to make a name for themselves. As the night progresses, things spiral out of control as word of the party spreads.

Director:

Nima Nourizadeh

Writers:

Matt Drake (screenplay), Michael Bacall (screenplay),

Stars:

Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, Jonathan Daniel Brown

4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Thomas Mann	...	Thomas
Oliver Cooper	...	Costa
Jonathan Daniel Brown	...	JB
Dax Flame	...	Dax
Kirby Bliss Blanton	...	Kirby
Brady Hender	...	Everett
Nick Nervies	...	Tyler
Alexis Knapp	...	Alexis
Miles Teller	...	Miles
Peter Mackenzie	...	Dad
Caitlin Dulany	...	Mom
Rob Evors	...	Rob
Rick Shapiro	...	T-Rick
Martin Klebba	...	Angry Little Person
Pete Gardner	...	Older Guy

Storyline

Three seemingly anonymous high school seniors attempt to finally make a name for themselves. Their idea is innocent enough - let's throw a party that no one will forget, and have a camera there, to document history in the making. But nothing could prepare them for this party. Word spreads quickly as dreams are ruined, records are blemished and legends are born.

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Plot Keywords:

party | high school | high school senior | birthday party | found footage | 

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Taglines:

You are invited

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for crude and sexual content throughout, nudity, drugs, drinking, pervasive language, reckless behavior and mayhem - all involving teens (also extended cut)

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 March 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Proyecto X

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$21,051,363 (USA) (2 March 2012)

Gross:

$54,724,272 (USA) (11 May 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Green Hat Films, Silver Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Project X was a tentative title until it became official.

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Goofs

Thomas rescues his dog, Milo when a group of party guests tie him to a set of balloons and send him afloat, Thomas is heard yelling "That's my dog". Kirby remarks that she should record the event. Seconds later she shows Thomas the recording inside the house and you can hear Thomas yelling "That's my dog" which he said before she started recording.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Costa: What up my lovely females? This is your boy Costa, your host for the evening. Behind me is Thomas Kub's house. Today is Thomas Kub's birthday,
[grabs crotch]
Costa: and this is Project X, yo.

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Connections

Referenced in Project aXe (2012)

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Soundtracks

"Intro"
Written by Oliver Sim and Romy Madley-Croft
Performed by The Xx

User Reviews

Don't do this at home!

This is a movie filled with hilarious laughs, over the top characters and many crazy ideas that you should enjoy with your friends in the movie theatres or watch at home in an appropriated atmosphere. Once you saw this you might know what I mean. This movie makes you want to break free, have some fun and get out to have the party of your life but of course you should not do any of what the movie shows us at your home.

In the end, the main character prefers to celebrate his next birthday with the girl he likes and loves instead of having a big party just to get famous at school and this is where the movie shows us the real sense of life and morality. I must admit that some characters are even pretty well developed for this kind of movie and represent quite well three naive teenage guys that play the main role. You have the sneaky and egoistic guy who only wants to have a hell load of fun, the more responsible and naive birthday child and the shy and awkward young man who risks everything to be cool and live the best night of his life.

The rest is great and of course superficial entertainment. You simply have to switch your brains off and enjoy it. Of course this epic movie is not a joy ride for everyone. It's about drugs, it's about alcohol, it's about sex but you should see all of this coming. This movie contains probably more swear words and bad gestures than a gangster rap album and more naked women than a regular porn flick and might not please to younger and older audiences. I'm not used to watch this kind of movie at all as I watch rather exotic and intellectual stuff but it's a light and welcome change of my usual habits and I enjoyed it and would definitely watch it again.