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 beginning 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:

Why do men act like boys? Because they can.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some strong sexual content, nudity and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Blue's real name is Joseph (Jay) "Blue" Pulaski. The Toronto Blue Jays have a minor league team named the Pulaski Blue Jays.

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Goofs

When Frank is picked up by his wife and friends after streaking, one of the girls in the back seat is shown wearing a hat which subsequently disappears.

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Quotes

Peppers: She's a beauty, ain't she?
Frank: Yeah, what kind of gun is this?
Peppers: It's a tranquilizer gun. If any of these little fuckers decide to freak out on the kids, I get to take them down. Ain't that right?
[yank's on the mule's reigns]
Peppers: Oh, what? That's what I thought. Shut up.
Frank: [Frank cocks the gun]
Peppers: Hey, hey. Careful with that. That's the most powerful tranq gun on the market. Got her in Mexico.
Frank: Cool.
Peppers: Yeah, it is cool. They say it can puncture the skin of a rhino from...
[Frank shoots himself in the neck with the dart]
[...]

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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 Unrated DVD contains about a minute of new footage. It includes more of Frank streaking and more with Andy Dick's character, with references to animal sex and ejaculation.

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Connections

Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #19.127 (2011)

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Soundtracks

Lady
Written by Dennis DeYoung
Performed by Dan Finnerty & The Dan Band

User Reviews

enjoyable if not always on target

A man in his mid-thirties is restless, disheartened, and fed up with life in general after breaking up with his longtime girlfriend. He moves into a house on a college campus where, against his better judgment but with the persuasion of his equally depressed, unhappily married buddies, he starts an unofficial fraternity. To their surprise, the fraternity turns into a huge success that allows the three of them to recapture the spirit of their beloved college years. Intentionally goofy, college-oriented comedy from the director of Road Trip is uneven at times, but the cast is good and there are often some very funny moments. **½

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 Pictures, The Montecito Picture Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1