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 Director
:Paul Weitz
Starring
: Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Natasha Lyonne, Thomas Ian Nicholas,
Tara Reid, Menu Suvari, Eugene Levy
Picture
1.85:1 Anamorphic, DD 5.1, Dual-Layer, Keep Case
Running
Time : 96 mins
The
story:
There's
something about your first piece.
Comedy
about four 'unlucky in love' high school friends, Jim, Finch,
Oz and Gary who make the ultimate pact: they must lose their
virginity by prom night! With time running out, the pals
desperately try their luck with their classmates with often
disastrous consequences. Follow the four in the run up to
the prom as they learn about sex, women and apple pies!
The
summary:
This
film goes a long way to proving that you don't need big
name stars to make a hit movie. The relatively unknown cast
(though you'll know them by now) go though the cheap jokes
and sexual innuendoes in this slickest teen comedy for years.
They all look older than teens to me, but what the hell,
they're convincing enough. This film has some great moments
that'll make you laugh out loud - like the pint glass incident
and THE apple pie scene! The humour does scrape the bottom
of the barrel at times but when you do it with style, it's
amazing what you can get away with. Eugene Levy, one of
the few older cast members has some hilarious moments as
he awkwardly attempts to teach his son some sex education
with adult magazines! As you might have gathered, this is
aimed at the 18-30 audience, or anyone else that remembers
the good old 'playground humour'. It's not going to be everyone's
cup of tea but if it sounds good so far, you wont be disappointed
- this is one disc you'll watch again and again.
The
DVD itself is absolutely top notch. With the film itself
a little over an hour and a half, plenty of extras have
been generously used as packing material. The commentary
is very well done but the outtakes are a little disappointing
considering the amount of fun the cast had making this.
In all it's very well presented and with top picture and
sound it makes this an essential purchase for the younger
audience.
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Extras:
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Spotlight On Location
- A featurette with interviews with the cast and their views
on prom nights, girls and the first time director/producer
- Just over 10 mins.
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Feature Commentary
- The director, producer, writer and cast get a real party
atmosphere (with little in the way of a script) going in
this amusing commentary. Well worth listening to.
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Outtakes - Disappointing.
Just over two and a half minutes and not very funny. Crappy
picture quality too.
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Universal Records Soundtrack Presentation
- A shameless ad for the American Pie soundtrack
and the "Tonic - You Wanted More" music video.
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Music Highlights -
Jump to a music snippet from each chapter. Hmm..
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Classic Quotes - Same
as above but with quotes from each chapter.
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Production Notes -
Usual notes and lots of them!
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Cast and Filmmakers
- A couple of pages on each cast member and the films they've
starred in (just this one and Carrie 2 for a few!)
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Theatrical Trailer
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Universal Showcase
- 2 trailers - "Man on the Moon" and "Snow
Falling on Cedars".
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Reel Recommendations
- 3 more trailers of some golden oldies - "Blues Brothers",
"Animal House" and "American Graffiti"
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DVD-ROM Features -
Including a 'behind-the-scenes', sound sound clips and interviews.
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