American Pie (1999)

Four teenage boys enter a pact to lose their virginity by prom night.

Directors:

Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz (uncredited)

Writer:

Adam Herz

Stars:

Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas

9 wins & 14 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jason Biggs	...	Jim Levenstein
Jennifer Coolidge	...	Stifler's Mom
Shannon Elizabeth	...	Nadia
Alyson Hannigan	...	Michelle Flaherty
Chris Klein	...	Chris 'Oz' Ostreicher
Clyde Kusatsu	...	English Teacher
Eugene Levy	...	Jim's Dad
Natasha Lyonne	...	Jessica
Thomas Ian Nicholas	...	Kevin Myers
Chris Owen	...	Chuck Sherman
Lawrence Pressman	...	Coach Marshall
Tara Reid	...	Victoria 'Vicky' Lathum
Seann William Scott	...	Steve Stifler (as Seann W. Scott)
Mena Suvari	...	Heather
Eddie Kaye Thomas	...	Paul Finch

Storyline

Jim, Oz, Finch and Kevin are four friends who make a pact that before they graduate they will all lose their virginity. The hard job now is how to reach that goal by prom night. Whilst Oz begins singing to grab attention and Kevin tries to persuade his girlfriend, Finch tries any easy route of spreading rumors and Jim fails miserably. Whether it is being caught on top of a pie or on the Internet, Jim always ends up with his trusty sex advice from his father. Will they achieve their goal of getting laid by prom night? Or will they learn something much different?

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Plot Keywords:

nudity | female masturbation | prom | milf | female frontal nudity | 

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Taglines:

Come again!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong sexuality, crude sexual dialogue, language and drinking, all involving teens

Did You Know?

Trivia

Eugene Levy was told he could improvise much of the dialogue for his character, including the part when flipping through the pornographic magazines with Jim, forcing a noticeably muffled laugh from Jason Biggs with the "giant orgy" line.

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Goofs

When Noah hands Jim the third porn magazine, the first couple of shots show his hands at the top of the magazine. In the next shot, when Jim takes it from him, Noah's hands are at the bottom of the magazine.

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Quotes

Chris "Oz" Ostreicher: Suck me, beautiful.
College Girl: What did you just say?
Chris "Oz" Ostreicher: Suck me, beautiful!
[girl laughs]
Chris "Oz" Ostreicher: Friends call me Nova, as in Casanova.
College Girl: That's pathetic!
Chris "Oz" Ostreicher: Jeez, you don't have to laugh at me.

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Crazy Credits

Travis Barker is credited as Scott Raynor.

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Alternate Versions

Some versions shown by Sky Television in the UK contain different and extra scenes including:

• The scene in which Oz turns up for the Music Recital, there is a scene which is changed, where Albert asks "D-Does this mean I'm not gonna get to do the duet?" and a choir buddy says "Albert you suck". Then they cut to a long shot of Oz and Heather kissing. In other versions Oz says "Albert, you suck..." and it cuts straight to the next scene.
• Stifler mentions to the Lacrosse team after Oz has run off, "Guys, I don't think he's coming back...", in other versions this scene is cut completely.
• Extra shots when Oz runs from the Lacrosse game, and asks a person for directions.
• After Vicky telling Kevin that she wants to have sex, extra scenes are included, including Vicky dancing in the mirror and Kevin looking in the mirror while putting condoms in his jacket pocket.

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Connections

Followed by American Pie Presents: The Book of Love (2009)

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Soundtracks

New Girl
Written by Stephan Jenkins
Performed by Third Eye Blind
Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment Group

User Reviews

Astoundingly good-natured sex comedy

The director and the writer, Paul Weitz and Adam Herz respectively, will do anything for a laugh -- that's good, as it turns out, because this movie has a great many laughs in it. There's not much of that restricting, suffocating "logic" stuff around, but "American Pie" is immensely enjoyable. I mean, almost none of the things that happen in this film would ever, ever come to pass in real life, but it doesn't matter.

For starters, the characters aren't all one-dimensional. Thankfully, they're two-dimensional, so right away it has an edge on 60-70% of all the movies ever made.

Moreover, it's heart is in the right place. Most high school movies these days are all about cruelty and malice, especially towards (and among) the women. Not the case here. This is the first conventional high school movie I've ever seen that made me smile so much (I say conventional because "Rushmore" still trumps every one of them).

Furthermore, it's very funny. I wouldn't dare give away any of the really great gags (we've all seen the trailer -- that's not the one I mean), but I'll say this: Weitz and Herz are extraordinarily skilled in audience manipulation, which is to say that they know how and when to spring unexpected surprises upon us. They also know how to use foul language for punch, rather than punctuation.

The soundtrack is another positive. It's all about joy and high energy -- even music from Third Eye Blind and Barenaked Ladies that suffers from radio overplay fits the mood appropriately.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Vidio [Indonesia]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 July 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

East Great Falls High

Filming Locations:

USA

Box Office

Budget:

$11,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$18,709,680, 11 July 1999

Gross USA:

$102,561,004

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$235,483,004

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Zide-Perry Productions, Newmarket Capital Group

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1