Road Trip (2000)

Four college buddies embark on a road trip to retrieve an illicit tape mistakenly mailed to a female friend.

Director:

Todd Phillips

Writers:

Todd Phillips, Scot Armstrong

Stars:

Breckin Meyer, Seann William Scott, Amy Smart

4 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Breckin Meyer	...	Josh
Seann William Scott	...	E. L.
Amy Smart	...	Beth
Paulo Costanzo	...	Rubin
DJ Qualls	...	Kyle
Rachel Blanchard	...	Tiffany
Anthony Rapp	...	Jacob
Fred Ward	...	Earl Edwards
Tom Green	...	Barry
Andy Dick	...	Motel Clerk
Ethan Suplee	...	Ed
Horatio Sanz	...	French Toast Guy
Rhoda Griffis	...	Tour Group Mom
Marla Sucharetza	...	Sperm Bank Nurse
Ellen Albertini Dow	...	Barry's Grandma

Storyline

Josh and Tiffany have been together since they were kids. ENTER Beth, a sexy blonde going to college with Josh. One night, Josh and Beth hook up and make a videotape the same day that Josh plans to mail a video to Tiffany of him talking about college life. The wrong tape gets sent, forcing Josh, along with a few pals, to go to Austin, where Tiffany is, and stop her from seeing the tape. Full of laughs, you'll be sure to enjoy Road Trip.

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Plot Keywords:

reference to socrates | partying | college student | friend | road trip | 

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Taglines:

The greatest college tradition of all time.

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong sexual content, crude humor, language and drug use

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 May 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Road Trip

Filming Locations:

5th Avenue and Broadway, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$16,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$15,484,004, 21 May 2000

Gross USA:

$68,540,777

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$119,754,278

Company Credits

Production Co:

DreamWorks, The Montecito Picture Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min 94 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Fred Wards second film where his first name of the character he is playing is Earl

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Goofs

On the package being mailed to Austin TX, the ZIP code is 50321. All Austin ZIP codes start with 787; 50321 is Des Moines, Iowa.

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Quotes

Frat member: [Holding up a white hood] Are you in the Ku Klux Klan?
Josh: Whoa whoa, that isn't ours.
Kyle: That's not mine!
Josh: OK, hold on, th-there's obviously some explanation.
Frat member: There is. See your boy here's an evil bigot, and now he's gonna die.
Kyle: [faints]

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Alternate Versions

Available on DVD in both R and unrated versions. Unrated version features more nudity in the shower scene.

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Connections

Referenced in The Cinema Snob: The Passion of the Christ (2015)

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Soundtracks

It's Tricky
Written by Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, Jam Master Jay & Rick Rubin
Performed by Run-D.M.C.
Courtesy of Profile/Arista

User Reviews

My kind of movie

Similar in style to American Pie, and ultimately stemmed from the likes of Porkys and Animal house, this movie was right up my street.

Josh Parker is separated from his childhood sweetheart by a difference of collage and of course 1800 Miles, until he videos himself having sex with someone else and accidentally sends it to her.

The road trip then begins, and its a journey of disaster, discovery and above all laughs, as Josh tries to get to his sweetheart before the tape does.

A really funny film, with the right ingredients.

8/10 Also check out, American Pie, Old School and if you fancy something older try Porkys and Animal house.