Plot
Four teenage boys enter a pact to lose their virginity by prom night.
Release Year: 1999
Rating: 6.9/10 (150,148 voted)
Critic's Score: 58/100
Director:
Paul Weitz
Stars: Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas
Storyline Jim, Oz, Finch and Kevin are four friends who make a pact that before they graduate they will all lose their virginity. The hard job now is how to reach that goal by prom night. Whilst Oz begins singing to grab attention and Kevin tries to persuade his girlfriend, Finch tries any easy route of spreading rumors and Jim fails miserably. Whether it is being caught on top of a pie or on the Internet, Jim always end up with his trusty sex advice from his father. Will they achieve their goal of getting laid by prom night? or will they learn something much different.
Cast: Jason Biggs
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Jim Levenstein
Chris Klein
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Chris 'Oz' Ostreicher
Thomas Ian Nicholas
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Kevin Myers
Alyson Hannigan
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Michelle Flaherty
Shannon Elizabeth
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Nadia
Tara Reid
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Victoria 'Vicky' Lathum
Eddie Kaye Thomas
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Paul Finch
Seann William Scott
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Steve Stifler
(as Seann W. Scott)
Eugene Levy
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Jim's Dad
Natasha Lyonne
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Jessica
Mena Suvari
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Heather
Jennifer Coolidge
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Stifler's Mom
Chris Owen
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Chuck Sherman
Eric Lively
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Albert
Molly Cheek
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Jim's Mom
Taglines:
Come again!
Release Date: 9 July 1999
Filming Locations: 402 S. Myrtle, Monrovia, California, USA
Box Office Details
Budget: $11,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend: $18,709,680
(USA)
(11 July 1999)
(2508 Screens)
Gross: $235,483,004
(Worldwide)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia: Alyson Hannigan went to her callback audition really having to pee. She ran to the bathroom and her name was called right after she got out. She went in without having calmed down so she read the part really quirky and with an over amount of energy. She credits that to her getting the part.
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized:
As Stifler is walking through the party, the visual of both his slapping of a girl's butt and his snapping his fingers do not match up to the audio.
Quotes: Steve Stifler:
[at choir practice]
What did you cocks do to him? Chris "Oz" Ostreicher:
You came to see me in action? Jim:
Yeah man, I thought you sounded really good! Steve Stifler:
Yeah man, I think you need your balls reattached!
User Review
Another reason that the summer of '99 is the Season of Comedy
Rating: 8/10
I laughed so hard I spit out half the bucket-o-pop I was drinking, and
finally had to stop sipping from its fine nectar, because so many times I
was hooting and bending over in joy.
There are some slower moments to let you catch your breath and allow for
moments of sincerity, but only for a minute. The scenes in the previews
(the
ones you think will ruin the movie for you) are expounded on ten-fold, so
there are plenty of surprises.
During the movie I kept saying, "This is me and my friends when we were in
high school!" They were almost the same conversations about life, sex and
girls; just not as frequently, but it's only a two-hour film. Any guy will
appreciate American Pie full tilt, and girls will realize just what hoops
guys jump through in order to get their attention, let alone in their
pants.
What added to American Pie is that I liked every character, because the
filmmakers didn't feel the urge to give us prototypical teen characters.
Their personalities are distinctive, and their situations are all
different,
which leads to a hilarious finale where we see just how their pact plays
out
on prom night.
As I mentioned before, there are genuine moments on the screen where the
guys and gals have revelations of sincerity. It adds a needed depth to a
film like this, where it's not just raw, raunchy comedy, but important to
the lives of the characters who know more than sex is at stake. Which is
another reason to like Pie, there are several slices, and sexual conquest
is
only one of them.
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