Superbad (2007)

Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.

Director:

Greg Mottola

Writers:

Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg

Stars:

Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse

11 wins & 24 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jonah Hill	...	Seth
Michael Cera	...	Evan
Christopher Mintz-Plasse	...	Fogell
Bill Hader	...	Officer Slater
Seth Rogen	...	Officer Michaels
Martha MacIsaac	...	Becca
Emma Stone	...	Jules
Aviva Baumann	...	Nicola (as Aviva)
Joe Lo Truglio	...	Francis the Driver
Kevin Corrigan	...	Mark
Clement Blake	...	Homeless Guy (as Clement E. Blake)
Erica Vittina Phillips	...	Liquor Store Cashier
Joe Nunez	...	Liquor Store Clerk (as Joseph A. Nunez)
Dave Franco	...	Greg the Soccer Player
Marcella Lentz-Pope	...	Gaby

Storyline

Seth and Evan are best friends, inseparable, navigating the last weeks of high school. Usually shunned by the popular kids, Seth and Evan luck into an invitation to a party, and spend a long day, with the help of their nerdy friend Fogell, trying to score enough alcohol to lubricate the party and inebriate two girls, Jules and Becca, so they can kick-start their sex lives and go off to college with a summer full of experience and new skills. Their quest is complicated by Fogell's falling in with two inept cops who both slow and assist the plan. If they do get the liquor to the party, what then? Is sex the only rite of passage at hand?

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Plot Keywords:

short skirt | thin girl | pig | bacon | bra and panties | 

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Taglines:

Come and Get Some

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive crude and sexual content, strong language, drinking, some drug use and a fantasy/comic violent image - all involving teens

Did You Know?

Trivia

The penis-drawing scene required "enormous legal complications" getting it to the screen. Every single drawing had to be approved individually by the studio's legal department "and we would get notes back saying 'too big, too veiny.'"

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Goofs

When Evan is at the first party and the six men enter the room to smoke or do cocaine, the man in the blue track jacket notices Evan in the corner and asks, "Who's that guy?" At that time he is holding a vodka bottle in his left hand and points at Evan with his right hand, which is holding a cigarette. In the next frame, when everyone turns to look at Evan, the cigarette is now in the man's left hand, and his right hand is empty. Also, the bearded man in the white hat appears to be missing the cigarette that he was just lighting seconds before.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Evan: Yo.
Seth: Hey, man, I was doing some research for next year and I think I figured out which website I wanna subscribe to. The Vag-Tastic Voyage.

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Crazy Credits

After the end credits, a repeat of Seth's (Jonah Hill) "love you" line is whispered.

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Alternate Versions

When released on home video, the film was made available in an unrated version that had approximately 6 minutes of extra footage (most of which is extensions to existing scenes.)

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Connections

Referenced in Superfast! (2015)

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Soundtracks

Chop Chop You're Dead
Written by Zack Frank, Simon Toye, Matt Winters and Craig Nordemann
Performed by Cities In Dust
Courtesy of Paper Bag Records
By arrangement with Coda Music

User Reviews

Impressive

Normally I don't like this kind of film about teenagers trying to act like adults, but this film really works. It is funny, it has brotherhood, friendship and romance all in one. It is impolite at times but it is not over the top. It doesn't feel annoying or stupid either, which is actually quite impressive.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Sony Pictures [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 August 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Separation Anxiety

Filming Locations:

4273 Overland Avenue, Culver City, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$33,052,411, 19 August 2007

Gross USA:

$121,463,226

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$170,812,526

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures, Apatow Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min 119 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1