The Internship (2013)

Two salesmen whose careers have been torpedoed by the digital age find their way into a coveted internship at Google, where they must compete with a group of young, tech-savvy geniuses for a shot at employment.

Director:

Shawn Levy

Writers:

Vince Vaughn (screenplay), Jared Stern (screenplay)

Stars:

Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Rose Byrne

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Vince Vaughn	...	Billy McMahon
Owen Wilson	...	Nick Campbell
Rose Byrne	...	Dana
Aasif Mandvi	...	Mr. Chetty
Max Minghella	...	Graham Hawtrey
Josh Brener	...	Lyle
Dylan O'Brien	...	Stuart
Tiya Sircar	...	Neha
Tobit Raphael	...	Yo-Yo Santos
Josh Gad	...	Headphones
Jessica Szohr	...	Marielena
Rob Riggle	...	Randy
Eric André	...	Sid
Harvey Guillen	...	Zach
Gary Anthony Williams	...	Bob Williams

Storyline

Billy (Vince Vaughn) and Nick (Owen Wilson) are salesmen whose careers have been torpedoed by the digital world. Trying to prove they are not obsolete, they defy the odds by talking their way into a coveted internship at Google, along with a battalion of brilliant college students. But, gaining entrance to this utopia is only half the battle. Now they must compete with a group of the nation's most elite, tech-savvy geniuses to prove that necessity really is the mother of re-invention.

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Plot Keywords:

google | internship | animated credits | actor's picture shown in credits | still images in end credits | 

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Taglines:

Eight years ago, they crashed weddings. Now, they're about to crash the system.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexuality, some crude humor, partying and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

Tagalog Cantonese English Mandarin Spanish

Release Date:

7 June 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Generation Praktikum

Filming Locations:

Leadership Challenge Course, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$58,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$17,325,307 (USA) (7 June 2013)

Gross:

$44,665,963 (USA) (6 September 2013)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Regency Enterprises, Wild West Picture Show Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

119 min 125 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Datasat

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Two stars from Gossip Girl are in this film they also make a joke early in the film about it.

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Goofs

In one of the exterior shots, the Bank of America Plaza (a famous skyscraper in Atlanta) is visible. This is especially notable because there are no skyscrapers at all in Mountain View, where the movie is set.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Nick Campbell: What the shit is this? Why is this on the get psyched mix?
Billy McMahon: Because I gotta throw you a curve-ball every now and again, or you get bored, and the mix doesn't have its intended effect.
Nick Campbell: No, I want to get rev'd up, and this song's not doing it.
Billy McMahon: Oh, really? I defy you to crush this chorus and not get psyched.
Nick Campbell: Not gonna happen.
Billy McMahon: Don't ya think?
[cranks up the volume and Nick actually starts singing along]

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Crazy Credits

The first half of the ending credits incorporates Google's products such as Google Drive, Translate, Google+, Hangouts, Photos, and YouTube. Following the "Lost Cosplay Video", the credits revert to a regular format using the Google logo font.

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Connections

Featured in TMZ on TV: Episode dated 4 October 2014 (2014)

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Soundtracks

F*** U Betta (DJ Chuckie Club Remix)
Written by Benjamin Levin, Lauren Christy and Neon Hitch
Performed by Neon Hitch
Courtesy of Reprise Records
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

User Reviews

Google Commercial Disguised as Heartwarming Buddy Comedy

First off, like most of you, I loved Vince Vaughn and Luke Wilson in Wedding Crashers and like most of you, I went into The Internship hoping for more of the same.

What I found was a very safe, very by the numbers 'under dog' story featuring two ageing salesman trying to start over in the tragically cool world of Google employment.

Vince Vaughn and Luke Wilson are two veteran pitchmen who learn their current company has just gone out of business and, in a reality only Hollywood could create, there are no other sales jobs anywhere in the universe! We know this because Vince spends 3 minutes using Google (not Workopolis or Monster??) to find a new gig only to have a sudden and unexplained epiphany that the search engine he's using to find a job IS the job. Deep.

What follows is a stock plot about the seniors taking on a group of outcast geek interns and teaching them to party, keep it real and - this is new - there is more to life than computers.

The film, written by Vaughn, plays it very safe, heartwarming feel good lessons replace well, comedy.

On the positive side, if you want to learn A LOT about the hipster, self absorbed world of Google this film is for you. Nowhere is the mega company joked about, ridiculed, parodied or in anyway presented as anything other than the ideal final destination for everyone on the planet who wants to ride silly colored bicycles and waste their lives typing code.

Rent Dodgeball. A FUNNY Vaughn movie with the same plot.