Van Wilder (2002)

Director:

Walt Becker

Writers:

Brent Goldberg (written by) &
David Wagner (written by)

Release Date:

5 April 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

The Tradition Continues

Plot:

The most popular kid on campus meets a beautiful journalist who makes him realize that maybe he's afraid to graduate.

Plot Keywords:

Immaturity | Teen Movie | Male Nudity | Wilhelm Scream | Hockey

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Ryan Reynolds	...	Van Wilder
Tara Reid	...	Gwen Pearson
Tim Matheson	...	Vance Wilder Sr.
Kal Penn	...	Taj Mahal Badalandabad
Teck Holmes	...	Hutch
Daniel Cosgrove	...	Richard Bagg
Deon Richmond	...	Mini Cochran
Alex Burns	...	Gordon
Emily Rutherfurd	...	Jeannie
Paul Gleason	...	Professor Ted McDoogle
Erik Estrada	...	Himself
Curtis Armstrong	...	Campus Cop
Jason Winer	...	Panos Patakos
Chris Owen	...	Suicidal Freshman
Stacy Bellew	...	Roller Girl

Also Known As:

Van Wilder: Party Liaison (Australia) (Philippines: English title) (UK) (USA) (working title)
National Lampoon's Van Wilder (USA) (complete title)
National Lampoon's Van Wilder: Party Liaison (UK) (DVD title)
Party Animals - ... wilder geht's nicht! (Germany)
Van the Man (International: English title)
A Buliszervíz (Hungary) [hu]
American Party (France) [fr]
Dono da Festa, O (Brazil) [pt]
Maial college (Italy) [it]
National Lampoon présente Van Wilder (Canada: French title) [fr]
Party Animals - ... wilder geht's nicht! (Austria) [de]
Van Wilder: Animal Party (Spain) [es]
Van Wilder: I psyhi tou party (Greece) [el]
Van Wilder: Party Animal (Netherlands) [nl]
Van the Man (Sweden) [sv]
Van the Man (Norway) (DVD title) [no]
Van the Man (Denmark) [da]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content, gross humor, language and some drug content.

Runtime:

92 min | USA:94 min (unrated version)

Country:

Germany | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Iceland:14 (original rating) | South Korea:15 | Canada:18A (Alberta) | Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) (also unrated version) | Finland:K-15 (TV rating) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) (also unrated version) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Canada:AA (Ontario) (also unrated version) | Canada:14A (British Columbia) | Ireland:15 | Australia:MA | Austria:14 | Brazil:14 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Malaysia:(Banned) | Netherlands:12 | Norway:11 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

In-Motion AG Movie & TV Productions

Trivia:

Michael Olowokandi, Darius Miles, Quentin Richardson, and Lamar Odom, who were all players on Coolidge's basketball team, were real life teammates at the time in the NBA on the Los Angeles Clippers.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Richard and Gwen are finished having sex, he puts his pants on while he's still lying on the bed. In the next shot he gets up and puts his underwear on again.

Quotes:

Van Wilder: Well just take a look at this... ya... doodles... I attended class today just about stayed the whole time too!
Gwen: I'm glad you went to all your classes today.
Van Wilder: And a few that weren't mine, I stepped in the wrong room, liked what I heard... stayed.
Gwen: That's great!

Movie Connections:

References Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

Soundtrack:

Never Going to Fly

One hilarious movie

This was one heck of an hilarious movie. I can watch it over and over. Reynolds did a spectacular job in the movie, but I must say that without the character Taj the movie wouldn't have been as funny.

This is more of a guy comedy type movie but my gf loved it also.

The donuts scene I must say was a little gross but still the movie was amazing. Laughed from start to finish..... This is the kind of guy everyone would like to be or know in College.

I don't think they could of taken anyone else then Reynolds to do this role maybe I m just saying that because he is one of my favorite actors but he did do a great job. 9/10