Old School (2003)

Three friends attempt to recapture their glory days by opening up a fraternity near their alma mater.

Director:

Todd Phillips

Writers:

Court Crandall (story), Todd Phillips (story)

Stars:

Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Will Ferrell

5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Luke Wilson	...	Mitch
Will Ferrell	...	Frank
Vince Vaughn	...	Beanie
Jeremy Piven	...	Pritchard
Ellen Pompeo	...	Nicole
Juliette Lewis	...	Heidi
Leah Remini	...	Lara
Perrey Reeves	...	Marissa
Craig Kilborn	...	Mark
Elisha Cuthbert	...	Darcie
Seann William Scott	...	Peppers
Matt Walsh	...	Walsh
Artie Lange	...	Booker
Patrick Fischler	...	Michael
Sara Tanaka	...	Megan

Storyline

Mitch, Frank and Beanie are disillusioned with their personal lives begining when Mitch's nymphomanic girlfriend, Heidi, cheats on him, then former party animal Frank gets married, but unwilling to let go of his wild life, and Beanie is a family man seeking to reclaim his wild and crazy youth. Beanie suggests that they form their own fraternity in Mitch's new house on a college campus to re-live their glory days by bringing together a variety of misfit college students, losers, middle-aged and elderly retirees as their new friends and later try to avoid being evicted by the new Dean of Students, Pritchard, whom still holds a personal grudge against all three of them.

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Plot Keywords:

college student | blindfolded woman | college | fraternity | girl wearing panties | 

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Taglines:

Critics say, "'Old School' is dumb and pointless." We say, "WHO CARES?"

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some strong sexual content, nudity and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 February 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Old School

Filming Locations:

UCLA, Westwood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$24,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$17,453,216, 23 February 2003

Gross USA:

$75,585,093

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$87,135,520

Company Credits

Production Co:

DreamWorks, The Montecito Picture Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

First feature film role for Patrick J. Adams, who portrayed Patch.

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Goofs

At the birthday party, after Frank gets shot with the dart gun, he falls onto a table and knocks over a chair. He falls on top of the chair. In the next shot his arm is through the chair as he is lying on the ground.

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Quotes

Beanie: I have a wife and kids. Do I seem like a happy guy to you, Frank?

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Crazy Credits

During most of the end credits, there are scenes showing what happened to the main characters.

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Alternate Versions

The new additions are

• 1. Extra 15 seconds or so of Frank streaking. (The scene where he is leaving the party and runs down the street setting off the car alarm)
• 2. Extra 45 seconds or so with Andy Dick, lots of stuff in this scene that was cut.
• 3. Finally, there seems to be an additional 5 seconds or so with the naked girls in the KY Jelly.

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Connections

References Made (2001)

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Soundtracks

To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High)
Written by Ryan Adams & David Rawlings
Performed by Ryan Adams
Courtesy of Heartbreak Inc.

User Reviews

Best Comedy in the past 5 years.

This is the best comedy since Tommy Boy. Every college educated male between the ages of 25-50 knows someone just like Frank and Beanie. Absolutely hilarious. Will Farrell is perfect as Frank but Vince Vaughn steals the show. Half of everything Beanie says in this movie is just classic. The plot goes a little off towards the end, but it doesn't matter because my friends and I have been repeating some of the lines for the last 2 years. With all the really lame comedies that have come out in the past 5 years it is nice to see something that will stand the test of time- a modern Animal House. A little too cheesy towards the end but still a top 10 comedy of all time and a must own on DVD.