PCU (1994)

A high school senior visits college for the weekend, and stays at the wildest house on campus in this classic tale of anti-political-correctness.

Director:

Hart Bochner

Writers:

Adam Leff, Zak Penn

Stars:

Jeremy Piven, Chris Young, Megan Ward

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jeremy Piven	...	James 'Droz' Andrews
Chris Young	...	Tom Lawrence
Megan Ward	...	Katy
Jon Favreau	...	Gutter
Alex Désert	...	Mullaney
Gale Mayron	...	Cecilia
Jake Grace	...	Dave #1 (as Jake Beecham)
Darin Heames	...	Dave #2
Matt Ross	...	Raji (as Matthew Brandon Ross)
Stivi Paskoski	...	Deege
Jody Racicot	...	Pigman
Sarah Trigger	...	Samantha
Viveka Davis	...	Womynist #1
Maddie Corman	...	Womynist #2
David Spade	...	Rand McPherson

Storyline

A high school senior comes to visit Port Chester (aka Politically Correct U) for the weekend, and the admissions department mistakenly sets him up to stay with Droz, a seven year student and party-animal who lives in The Pit, the most offensive house on campus. After trying to pawn the pre-freshman off on his house mate, Droz sets off on his normal daily activities including disrupting a political protest by throwing meat at a group of vegan protesters. The President of the University then receives a number of complaints, and with the help of her lackey, she may finally have the power to kick Droz's house off campus. But the Pit throws an all-campus rager where George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic performs, and everything might turn out alright if the various political groups can forget their protests for one night and just have fun together.

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Plot Keywords:

fraternity | protest | high school senior | meat | university | 

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Taglines:

Flunk 'em if they can't take a joke

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for language, drug content and some sensuality

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 April 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

PCU Pit Party

Filming Locations:

Ontario Legislature Building, Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$8,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$2,129,483, 1 May 1994, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$4,350,774

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox

Technical Specs

Runtime:

79 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jessica Walters stars in both this and television series "Arrested Development" and both prominently feature "Afternoon Delight" by The Starland Vocal Group.

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Goofs

When dumping the meat on the Cause Heads, the pan full of meatballs turns into potatoes when they get thrown out of the window.

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Quotes

Droz: Are we having a party tonight or what?
Cecilia: Well, there's no publicity, so there's no people; Gutter never showed up, so there's no beer; instruments just blew out, so there's no band; and I think Raji and Deege may be dead.
Droz: Wait a minute... no beer? Well, where the hell's Gutter?
Katy: Probably in a parking lot somewhere picking his nose.
[cut to Gutter in a parking lot somewhere picking his nose]

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Connections

Referenced in The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear (2010)

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Soundtracks

What's Wrong With Me
Written by Jeffrey McDonald and Steve McDonald (as Steven McDonald)
Performed by Redd Kross (as Red Kross)
Courtesy of PolyGram Records

User Reviews

This is college

I'm sorry, maybe it's because I attend ultra-liberal UC Santa Cruz, but let me tell you I love this movie. I see people like this on a daily basis, and this movie hits it right on the head. I think Animal house is better overall, but I gave it a worse score because PCU just clicks with me. I can relate to it really well, and this is almost 10 years after it's release. The line where the school president is asking about the future of the academics programs is hilarious and is close to being true. It goes...

"I think bi-sexual Asian studies should have it's own building. But what goes? The math department or the hockey team, I say hockey."

That's not exact but VERY close and very funny. If you are going to college these days you MUST see this movie, I think you will laugh even more then you do at Animal House! Spade is brilliant as ever too.

Zoopansick