American Wedding (2003)

It's the wedding of Jim and Michelle and the gathering of their families and friends, including Jim's old friends from high school and Michelle's little sister.

Director:

Jesse Dylan

Writers:

Adam Herz (characters), Adam Herz

Stars:

Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Seann William Scott

3 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jason Biggs	...	Jim Levenstein
Seann William Scott	...	Steve Stifler
Alyson Hannigan	...	Michelle Flaherty
Eddie Kaye Thomas	...	Paul Finch
Thomas Ian Nicholas	...	Kevin Myers
January Jones	...	Cadence Flaherty
Eugene Levy	...	Jim's Dad
Molly Cheek	...	Jim's Mom
Deborah Rush	...	Mary Flaherty
Fred Willard	...	Harold Flaherty
Angela Paton	...	Grandma
Eric Allan Kramer	...	Bear (as Eric Allen Kramer)
Amanda Swisten	...	Fraulein Brandi
Nikki Ziering	...	Officer Krystal (as Nikki Schieler Ziering)
Lawrence Pressman	...	Head Coach

Storyline

Jim Levenstein has finally found the courage to ask his girlfriend, Michelle Flaherty to marry him. She agrees to get married, but the problems don't stop there for Jim. Now along with Paul Finch and Kevin Myers, Jim must plan the wedding. Unfortunately Steve Stifler is in town and won't let the wedding go past without having some fun himself, which includes setting up a secret bachelor party.

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Plot Keywords:

lost pants | reference to pubic hair | shaving pubic hair | woman in a bathtub | female removes her clothes | 

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Taglines:

This time they're going all the way.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content, language and crude humor

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the first, as well as only film in the series where the MILF Guys are addressed by their names, John (John Cho) and Justin (Justin Isfeld). John is addressed by his name again in American Reunion.

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Goofs

When Stifler picks up the dog poop with the paper, there are grass clippings on it. When they show it later, it is grass free.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Jim: Well, Michelle, we did it. Happy graduation.

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Crazy Credits

American Pie is a registered trademark of Don McLean.

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Alternate Versions

In all military versions of this film, the scene in the Gay bar where a man in a U.S. Navy Uniform is seen kissing another man is deleted.

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Connections

Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: The Road/Ninja Assassin/Old Dogs (2009)

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Soundtracks

The Anthem
Written by Benji Madden, Joel Madden, and John Feldmann
Performed by Good Charlotte
Courtesy of Epic Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

User Reviews

Chocolate truffles anyone?

This is the third installment in the life of Jim Levenstein and his friends. "American Wedding" seems to point out there will be follow up movies perhaps. Why not? This formula has produced three films and could "American Children", "American Divorce", "American Single Dad", etc. will be too far behind? Jesse Dylan directs this one.

The film is typical of the gross movie genre. The only excuse to watch this one is Seann William Scott, who as the obnoxious Steve Stifler, is at his nastiest self in the film. Stifler has great moments, such as in the sequence involving the rescue of the ring that one of the dogs has have swallowed! Jason Biggs, the groom of the film, seems to be playing second fiddle as Seann William Scott's part was made more important to his own, which in a way is what keeps the film alive because the nerdy Jim doesn't elicit much fun when he shows on screen. Eugene Levy, Fred Willard and Deborah Rush have good moments in the film.

Let's just hope the people behind these installments will see the light and put all these characters to rest and give us more of Mr. Scott in his own vehicles.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 August 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

American Pie 3: Piece of Pie

Filming Locations:

101 South Glassell, Orange, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$55,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$33,369,440, 3 August 2003

Gross USA:

$104,565,114

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$232,722,935

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Zide-Perry Productions, LivePlanet

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min 103 min (unrated) 74 min (TV)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1