American Pie (1999)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Paul Weitz

Writer (WGA):

Adam Herz (written by)

Release Date:

9 July 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

There's something about your first piece.

Plot:

Four teenage boys enter a pact to lose their virginity by prom night.

Plot Keywords:

Prom | Virginity | Prom Night | Friend | Party

Awards:

9 wins & 14 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Nov. 14	9:00 PM	COMEDY
Sun. Nov. 15	7:00 PM	COMEDY

Cast

Jason Biggs	...	Jim Levenstein
Chris Klein	...	Chris 'Oz' Ostreicher
Thomas Ian Nicholas	...	Kevin Myers
Alyson Hannigan	...	Michelle Flaherty
Shannon Elizabeth	...	Nadia
Tara Reid	...	Victoria 'Vicky' Lathum
Eddie Kaye Thomas	...	Paul Finch
Seann William Scott	...	Steve Stifler (as Seann W. Scott)
Eugene Levy	...	Jim's Dad
Natasha Lyonne	...	Jessica
Mena Suvari	...	Heather
Jennifer Coolidge	...	Stifler's Mom
Chris Owen	...	Chuck Sherman
Eric Lively	...	Albert
Molly Cheek	...	Jim's Mom

Also Known As:

East Great Falls High (USA) (working title)
Great Falls (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexuality, crude sexual dialogue, language and drinking, all involving teens.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Malaysia:18PL (cut version) | Malaysia:(Banned) (uncut version) | Finland:K-12 (1999) | Finland:S (2000) (unrated version) | Denmark:A | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Singapore:R(A) (original rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Belgium:KT | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) (unrated version) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Chile:14 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:L (original rating) | Ireland:18 | Israel:16 | Japan:R-15 | Mexico:B15 | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:11 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #36525) | USA:Unrated (unrated DVD version) | Philippines:R-18

Filming Locations:

402 S. Myrtle, Monrovia, California, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

The scene in which Oz and Stifler play their last lacrosse game. The coach gives a sideline speech. The assistant coach repeats the coach's words. This is a homage to Trey Wilson's "lolygagger" speech from Bull Durham (1988).

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: A hand is briefly visible during the webcast as Jim's shirt falls off the webcam. It is actually being dropped in front of the camera.

Quotes:

[Deleted scene. The boys are in Dog Years]
Finch: Is that legal? Can you do that?
Jim: I did it. Don't care.
Kevin: Maybe we'll just have to call you two-ply.
Chris "Oz" Ostreicher: I personally enjoyed the double-bagging part myself.
Jim: Well I'm very happy to entertain you Oz. So how you doing Kev, you okay?
Kevin: [pauses] Yeah.

Movie Connections:

Edited into What Hollywood Taught Us About Sex (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

One Week

It's not what it looks like, Dad!

Some folks might consider this "Porky's" for the nineties: four teen-aged guys, who seem to think about little else besides sex, make a pact to lose their virginity on prom night.

While the main drawing card of this movie seems to be the assortment of raunchy gags (and I'll admit they do make me laugh) what really helps it is the likability and earnestness of the cast. You can't help but sympathize (maybe even identify) with these people. Plus, you can't go wrong with casting funny man Eugene Levy as Jim's dad; the old man teaches Jim about masturbation and skin mags and these scenes are priceless.

I'll say it: I like this movie, I'm not ashamed to say it, and I don't consider myself a moron for enjoying it.

Interesting aside, though: I read that Spike Lee was so disgusted by this film that it motivated him to make his film "The Original Kings of Comedy".

To each his own, I say, and I give it eight out of ten.