Going Greek (2001)

Loner freshman Jake Taylor is forced to join the wildest fraternity on campus...

Director:

Justin Zackham

Writer:

Justin Zackham

Stars:

Dylan Bruno, Laura Harris, Simon Rex

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dylan Bruno	...	Jake
Laura Harris	...	Paige Forrester
Simon Rex	...	Thompson
Dublin James	...	Gil
Chris Owen	...	Davis
Harvey Silver	...	T.J.
Steve Monroe	...	Nick
Oliver Hudson	...	Ziegler
Susan Ward	...	Wendy
Todd Giebenhain	...	Russ
Corey Pearson	...	Sully
Charlie Talbert	...	Dooly
Tom Bower	...	Bill
Britain Spellings	...	Rigby
Branton Box	...	Brad (as Branton Boxer)

Storyline

Loner freshman Jake Taylor is forced to join the wildest fraternity on campus when the frat brothers refuse to accept his geeky cousin/roommate unless Jake agrees to pledge with him. As the semester progresses, Jake struggles to maintain his grades as well as his affair with Paige, a beautiful sophomore who hates all fraternities. Through naked scavenger hunts, sorority ass-signings and all night beer fests, Jake discovers that he's actually beginning to enjoy himself. But when both his scholarship and his relationship with Paige are threatened, Jake must swallow his pride and turn to his fellow pledges for help or risk losing everything.

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Plot Keywords:

fraternity | pledge | campus | sorority | scholarship | 

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Taglines:

Sometimes the best memories can be hard to remember.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance | Sport

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 August 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Begolyózott gólyák

Filming Locations:

Highland Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Little Fish Films,Michael/Finney Productions

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

The scavenger hunt's item that was assigned to Pledge Ziegler was to sleep with at least one girl of each sorority before hell week begins. But the last girl Wendy (Susan Ward) only agreed to do it with him after he was already pledged. The fraternity was supposed to de-pledge him when he arrived for hell week.

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Quotes

[Thompson calls, once again]
Jake: [picks up phone, angrily] Listen to me...
Paige Forrester: [takes phone from Jake] No, listen to *me*, you dickless fuck. I know exactly what you're trying to do and I want you to know two things. One, even if you called here a thousand times tonight, Jake would still be getting laid. And two, if you bother us even once in the next ten hours, I'll see to it he tells everyone about the transsexual drag queen you were having cybersex with over the internet.

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Connections

References The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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Soundtracks

KUNG FU SATURDAYS
Performed by The MelTones
Written by Mel Waldorf

User Reviews

As good as American Pie, better than Old School

A girl in my dorm, yeah, I'm in summer school, had a copy of this, and we thought it would be a stupid knock-off of the above films. And while it does stick to most of the conventional situational comedy gags, there really was a lot to offer here, including some jokes I never even imagined... Do frat boys really do some of this??!!

Knowing the guys as UCSB, I wouldn't put it past them, but this movie did a really good job of telling the story in a way that made it feel more real and less Hollywood - which I mean as a good thing.

The cast was really good, I only recognized a few of them from other movies, and it felt like a really well made film - waaay better than 99% of the recent teen sex "comedies". My friend said it's coming out soon, so I would definitely recommend it to anyone in college.