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 | microphone | college campus | band | beer | 

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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

Gross USA:

$4,330,020

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$4,330,020

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

The "Whooping Crane" chosen as PCU's new mascot is actually an African Grey Crowned Crane.

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Goofs

Droz selects the song number of the CD before he put it in the stereo.

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Quotes

Womynist #1: Fine, Sam. Why don't we forget about fighting the phallucracy for a while and go have a good time.
Samantha: Exactly.
[walks into the party]

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Connections

Featured in At the Movies: When a Man Loves a Woman/PCU/With Honors/No Escape/The Favor (1994)

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Soundtracks

You Know You Can't Jump
Written by Mike Chapman, Trent Thomas and Geraldine Sigler
Performed by Lovell Jones and Katori Lundy

User Reviews

well it made me laugh...!

I only watched this cos I'm such a fan of Piven, and I had my doubts about it, but I really enjoyed it. Its no masterpiece, but there are some laugh-out-loud funny bits. JP is wonderful as ever, and all the caricature stereotypes are spot on. But geez - I did not recognise Favreau - I had to rewind to check it really was him! As my friend from Boston said, this may be dismissed as only appealing to frat-boys, but I'm a 30 year old, vegetarian, English woman - and it made me laugh (hey you know what - good for them chucking a load of meat out the window - now no-one can eat it!)

Oh, and please, who posted this comment "I'm afraid that only those of us who attended Wesleyan University at the very start of the 90's are going to get it" Get over yourselves. Any Red Dwarf fans out there better just stop laughing, cos unless you went to Liverpool Uni like the writers, and me & my friends, I bet you don't get every single joke, cos I've been to the Aigburth Arms, and I know first hand how funny the curtains there are. Alright?

Watch the movie, it will probably make you laugh. It might not. Regardless of where you went to school.