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 | Streaking | Male Nudity | Hockey | Teen Movie

Awards:

2 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sun. Aug. 3	11:00 AM	COMEDY
Sun. Aug. 3	9:00 PM	COMEDY

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 McDoogle
Erik Estrada	...	Himself
Curtis Armstrong	...	Campus Cop
Jason Winer	...	Panos Patakos
Chris Owen	...	Suicidal Freshman
Simon Helberg	...	Vernon

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:

Canada:18A (Alberta) | Ireland:15 | Finland:K-15 (TV rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) (also unrated version) | Canada:AA (Ontario) (also unrated version) | Singapore:PG | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) | South Korea:15 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (British Columbia) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) (also unrated version) | 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:

When Taj is trying to study while watching a girl's breasts he is actually writing about the history of Hungary the sixteenth century, after the Battle of Nándorfehérvár (1521) and Mohács (1526).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Van is getting ready to run the Naked Mile Run, he supposedly takes off his underwear. However, his underwear is still showing after that shot.

Quotes:

Van Wilder: The first day of spring semester. A time to say goodbye to the parents once again, and say hello to a few new student bodies.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Graduate (1967)

Soundtrack:

I'm A Fool

Don't believe the critics (this is a great movie)

This is a great movie, don't believe the critics on this one. If you get this on DVD you can safely fast-forward through the two over-the-top gross out scenes that virtually assured this movie would get terrible reviews. The rest is pure comic genius in the often amusing, but rarely outstanding, field of teen/college comedy. This is my new favorite movie!

ps. The best jokes in this movie rely on sex or sexual inuendo. If you don't like either you can safely count this movie out, but then again, you probably knew that already.