Old School (2003)

Director:

Todd Phillips

Writers (WGA):

Court Crandall (story) and
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Release Date:

21 February 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

All the fun of college, none of the education.

Plot:

Three men are disenchanted with life and try to recapture their college days.

Plot Keywords:

College | Fraternity | Party | Underwater | Catch Phrase

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Luke Wilson	...	Mitch Martin
Will Ferrell	...	Frank Ricard
Vince Vaughn	...	Bernard 'Beanie' Campbell
Jeremy Piven	...	Dean Gordon 'Cheese' Pritchard
Ellen Pompeo	...	Nicole
Juliette Lewis	...	Heidi
Leah Remini	...	Lara Campbell
Perrey Reeves	...	Marissa Jones
Craig Kilborn	...	Mark
Elisha Cuthbert	...	Darcie
Seann William Scott	...	Peppers
Matt Walsh	...	Walsh
Artie Lange	...	Booker
Patrick Fischler	...	Michael
Sara Tanaka	...	Megan Huang
Harve Presnell	...	Mr. Springbrook
Katherine Ellis	...	Amy (as Kate Ellis)
Phe Caplan	...	Julie
Sarah Shahi	...	Erica
Kristen Kerr	...	Lisa
Dan Finnerty	...	Wedding Singer
Gregory Alan Williams	...	Therapist (as Greg Alan Williams)
Ashley Jones	...	Tracy, the Caterer
Bryan Callen	...	Avi, the Waiter
James Carville	...	Himself
Todd Phillips	...	Gang Bang Guy
Stuart Cornfeld	...	Taxi Driver
Corinne Kingsbury	...	Jenny
Lisa Donatz	...	Jeanie
David Moreland	...	Convention Speaker
Chris Hendrie	...	Priest
Rachel Winfree	...	Archer's Wife
Nathalie Fay	...	Mindy
Kristina Hughes	...	Naked Woman
Nicholas Hosking	...	Naked Man
Sara Bryan	...	Amanda
Sydney Bryan	...	Amanda
Noel Gugliemi	...	Student #1 (as Noel Guglielmi)
Robert Baker	...	Student #2
Bob Lazar	...	Marissa's Dad
Arthur Taxier	...	Professor
Darryl Armbruster	...	The Dan Band
Gene Reed	...	The Dan Band
David Arana	...	The Dan Band
David Hughes	...	The Dan Band
Marc Thaldorf	...	The Dan Band
Jimi Englund	...	The Dan Band
Snoop Dogg	...	Himself
Warren G.	...	Himself
The Bishop Don Magic Juan	...	Himself (as Archbishop Don Magic Juan)
Jerry 'Mr. Kane' Long	...	Himself
Patrick Cranshaw	...	Joseph 'Blue' Palasky
Jerod Mixon	...	Weensie
Rick Gonzalez	...	Spanish
Matthew Carey	...	Hatch
Simon Helberg	...	Jerry
Abdul Goznobi	...	Abdul
Eddie Pepitone	...	Archer
Rob Corddry	...	Warren (as Robert Corddry)
Charles Noland	...	Beav
Raymond Ma	...	Mr. Ma
Jesse Heiman	...	Budnick
José Gonzales	...	Gonzo
Patrick J. Adams	...	Patch
Jake Jarvi	...	Jarvi
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
André Gordon	...	Laughing student
Allen Bloomfield	...	Airplane Ticket Buyer (uncredited)
Katie Carlin	...	Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Ellen Cleghorne	...	Trustee (uncredited)
Candice Cook	...	College Student (uncredited)
Andy Dick	...	Barry, Oral Sex Instructor (uncredited)
Amos Goss	...	Pledge (uncredited)
Josephine Hinds	...	Church Organist (uncredited)
Dava Hulsey	...	Attorney at Meeting (uncredited)
Heide Lytle	...	Mother at Pool Party (uncredited)
Daron McFarland	...	Pledge (uncredited)
Devin McGovern	...	College student (uncredited)
Lauren Kristine Mitte	...	Student (uncredited)
Terry O'Quinn	...	Goldberg (uncredited)
Jami Philbrick	...	Marissa's Brother (uncredited)
Erin Rose	...	College Student (uncredited)
Dina Rosenmeier	...	College Student (uncredited)
Robert Scheid	...	College Student (uncredited)
Ray Uhler	...	Hotel Guest (uncredited)
David Michael White	...	Bullpen Pledge (uncredited)

Directed by
Todd Phillips

Writing credits (WGA)
Court Crandall		(story) and
Todd Phillips		(story) &
Scot Armstrong		(story)
Todd Phillips		(screenplay) &
Scot Armstrong		(screenplay)

Produced by
Paul Deason	....	co-producer
Daniel Goldberg	....	producer
Joe Medjuck	....	producer
Todd Phillips	....	producer
Tom Pollock	....	executive producer
Ivan Reitman	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Theodore Shapiro

Cinematography by
Mark Irwin		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Michael Jablow

Casting by
Joseph Middleton

Production Design by
Clark Hunter

Art Direction by
Max Biscoe

Set Decoration by
Traci Kirshbaum

Costume Design by
Nancy Fisher

Makeup Department
Art Anthony	....	key makeup artist
Art Anthony	....	special makeup effects artist
Corrina Duran	....	makeup artist: Leah Remini
Pauletta O. Lewis	....	key hair stylist (as Pauletta O. Lewis-Irwin)
Stephen Robinette	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Paul Deason	....	unit production manager
Mark Graziano	....	post-production supervisor
Angela Heald	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Marco Black	....	first assistant director: second unit
Michael Neumann	....	first assistant director (as Michael T. Neumann)
Kenneth Roth	....	second second assistant director
Amy Schmidt	....	second assistant director (as Amy J. Schmidt)

Art Department
P. Scott Bailey	....	lead man: reshoots
Ted Boonthanakit	....	storyboard artist
Robert J. Carlyle	....	construction coordinator
Vanessa Couron	....	buyer
Peter Davidson	....	set designer
Jenny DeArmitt	....	construction assistant
Eva Firshein	....	buyer
Jimmy Flores	....	set construction foreman
Hector M. Gonzalez	....	on-set dresser (as Héctor M. González)
Lisha Hocking	....	art department assistant
Dana McCall	....	assistant property master
Luigi Mugavero	....	set dresser
Charles Righetti	....	leadman
Graham Robertson	....	set dresser
Joel Ruiz	....	set dresser
Alex Sessing	....	on-set greensman
Doug Sieck	....	set dresser
Jordan Steinberg	....	set dresser
Tom Talley	....	general foreman
Lisa Vasconcellos	....	art department coordinator
Thomas 'Noe' Welch	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Michael Babcock	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Michael Babcock	....	sound designer (as Mike Babcock)
Michael Babcock	....	supervising sound editor
John Benson	....	supervising sound editor
James Bolt	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ryan Darden	....	assistant sound editor
Carl Fischer	....	boom operator
Tim Gomillion	....	sound recordist
David Hankins	....	supervising sound editor
Petur Hliddal	....	sound
Chet Leonard	....	music playback
Paul Massey	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tim McColm	....	re-recording engineer
Robert Morrisey	....	assistant sound editor
Ralph Osborn	....	dialog & adr editor
Rocky Quiroz	....	cableperson
Dennis Rogers	....	sound recordist
Philip Rogers	....	adr recordist

Special Effects by
Al Marangoni	....	special effects crew
Bruno Van Zeebroeck	....	special effects coordinator
Daniel Yates	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
David Crawford	....	compositor
Wensen Ho	....	digital artist
Kristin Johnson	....	digital compositor
Joan Kim	....	digital compositor
Margaux Mackay	....	visual effects producer
Gray Marshall	....	visual effects supervisor
Dan Trezise	....	digital compositor: Gray Matter
Christopher Grandel	....	trailer digital effects, Howard Anderson Company (uncredited)
Albert Mason	....	digital producer (uncredited)
Robert Rowles	....	video I/O (uncredited)

Stunts
Sandy Berumen	....	stunts (as Sandy Justus)
Michael Blasko	....	stunts
Bob Brown	....	stunts (as Robert Brown)
Troy Brown	....	stunts
Joe Bucaro III	....	stunt double: Will Ferrell
Richard Bucher	....	stunt double: Luke Wilson
Wally Crowder	....	stunts
Max Daniels	....	stunt performer
Tom Elliott	....	stunts
Annie Ellis	....	stunts
Debbie Evans	....	stunts
Johner R. Faulkner	....	stunts (as Joner Faulkner)
Kevin Foster	....	stunts
André Gordon	....	stunts
Brad Halstead	....	stunts (as Brad Halsted)
Reid Harper	....	stunts
Riley Harper	....	stunts
Thomas Robinson Harper	....	stunt coordinator
Christie Hayes	....	stunts
Freddie Hice	....	stunts
Steve Holladay	....	stunts
Lisa Hoyle	....	stunts
Kevin L. Jackson	....	stunts (as Kevin Jackson)
Mike Justus	....	stunts
Josh Kemble	....	stunts
Mark Kubr	....	stunts (as Mark Kuber)
Shawn Lane	....	stunt double: Vince Vaughn
Christopher Leps	....	stunts
Billy D. Lucas	....	stunts (as Billy Lucas)
Alex Madison	....	stunts (as Gail Monian)
Cole McLarty	....	stunts
Sonja Munsterman	....	stunts
Chrisie Paola	....	stunts
Chris Peterson	....	stunts
Tim Rigby	....	stunts
Larry Rippenkroeger	....	stunts
Shawn Robinson	....	stunts
Mic Rodgers	....	stunts
Erik Rondell	....	stunts
Matthew Taylor	....	stunts
Tim Trella	....	stunts
Brian Danner	....	assistant swordmaster (uncredited)
Christie Hayes	....	stunt arranger (uncredited)
Christopher Leps	....	stunt double: Jeremy Piven (uncredited)
Sonja Munsterman	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Tim Weske	....	fencing double (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Jeff Andrus	....	rigging grip
Sammy Beavers	....	rigging electrician
Miguel Benavides	....	grip
Jeffrey N. Civa	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Tony Cucchiari	....	camera operator: second unit
Tony Cucchiari	....	director of photography: second unit
Egor Davidoff	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Nicholas Davidoff	....	second assistant camera
Matthew Devitt	....	best boy rigging grip
Gregory L. Edwards	....	grip: re-shoots
Eddie Farmer	....	rigging electrician
Richard Foreman Jr.	....	still photographer
Paul Gibilisco	....	second assistant camera
Adam Harrison	....	electrician
Doug Huete	....	lighting technician
Darryl Humber	....	dolly grip: "b" camera
Douglas S. Johnson	....	camera loader
Lawrence Karman	....	Steadicam operator
Kevin Kennedy	....	key grip
Dan Kneece	....	additional Steadicam operator
Matthew Livingston	....	grip
Ryan Louden	....	grip
Juan Morse	....	electrician
John S. Moyer	....	Steadicam operator: re-shoot
Greg Patterson	....	set lighting technician
Justin Portwood	....	rigging grip
Gary Katsuya Ushino	....	Steadicam assistant
Gary Katsuya Ushino	....	first assistant camera
Chris Wagganer	....	video assist operator
John 'JW' Warner	....	rigging key grip
Troy Webb	....	gaffer
Jay W. Yowler	....	gaffer
Skip Mobley	....	additional second assistant camera (uncredited)
Trace Schneider	....	electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Stacie Goodman	....	casting associate
Marisa Lynch	....	casting assistant
Allegra Pollock	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nicole Chavez	....	set costumer
Lisa A. Doyle	....	set costumer
Mathew Hooey	....	costumer
Jayne Marie Kehoe	....	key costumer
Bob Morgan	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Anthony J. Camaioni	....	assistant editor
Martin Cohen	....	post-production executive
Vaune Kirby Frechette	....	assistant editor
Heather Mullen	....	first assistant editor
Nadav Streett	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Pete Anthony	....	orchestrator
Snoop Dogg	....	rapper
Chris Fogel	....	music scoring mixer
Todd Homme	....	executive music supervisor
Jonathan Karp	....	music editor
Michael Kosarin	....	conductor
Christopher Marino	....	first assistant music editor
Lee Mars	....	music recording engineer
Randall Poster	....	music supervisor
Gary Raymond	....	music playback & recording mixer
Bud Raymond	....	music playback operator (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Karen K. Chang	....	transportation office coordinator
J. Armin Garza II	....	driver: camera car

Other crew
Jason Altieri	....	production assistant
Carlos A. Aragon	....	production assistant
Angela Athayde	....	production assistant
Scott Budnick	....	associate to the director
Tim Clark	....	office production assistant
Felicity Cockram	....	assistant: Mr. Pollock
Stephen P. Del Prete	....	set production assistant
Michael De Luca	....	production executive
Patricia L. DeShields	....	production accountant
Devon Evans	....	animal trainer
Ray Felipe	....	script researcher
Rob Frank	....	key assistant location manager
Evan Gaines	....	production intern
Russell Geltman	....	production intern
Marc W. Havener	....	set production assistant
Marie Healy	....	assistant location manager
Travis Hills	....	set production assistant
Alex Hunter	....	production assistant
Alex Hunter	....	production intern
Nicki Johnson	....	assistant production office coordinator
Jeremiah Kent	....	production assistant
Todd Kolker	....	assistant to producer
James Land	....	stand-in
Brigette Lester	....	production coordinator
Janet Lonsdale	....	production accountant
Jodi Macaulay	....	assistant: Mr. Goldberg
Holly McGreevy	....	assistant production office coordinator: re-shoots
Karl Mefford	....	assistant: Joe Medjuck
Steven R. Molen	....	production executive
Michael Neale	....	location manager
Kevin O'Neil	....	production assistant
Roberta Riordan	....	production assistant
Tricia Ronten	....	script supervisor
Stephen Roome	....	stand-in
Justin Thomas Rowe	....	assistant to producer
Chad Saxton	....	additional set production assistant
Peter J. Silbermann	....	unit publicist
Sean Stortroen	....	production assistant
Stephen Sweeney	....	accounting clerk
Jim Swidarski	....	payroll accountant
Ryan Tighe	....	additional production assistant
Juliet Ward	....	assistant: Mr. Reitman
Tim Weske	....	fencing choreographer
Tim Weske	....	sword fight coordinator
Brian Danner	....	assistant sword master (uncredited)
Brad Hanson	....	stand-in: Craig Kilborn (uncredited)
Justin Janowitz	....	production intern (uncredited)
Christopher Johnston	....	production intern (uncredited)
Freesia Pearson	....	production office intern (uncredited)

Production Companies

• DreamWorks SKG (as DreamWorks Pictures) (presents)
• Montecito Picture Company, The

Distributors

• DreamWorks Distribution (2003) (USA) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2003) (non-USA) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2003) (Germany) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2003) (UK) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2003) (Italy) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2003) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2004) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2004) (Argentina) (VHS)
• DreamWorks Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• SubTV (2006) (Finland) (TV)
• Universal Home Video (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Universal Home Video (2004) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2003) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Universal Pictures Finland Oy (2003) (Finland) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Finland Oy (2003) (Finland) (VHS)
• Veronica (2006) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)

Special Effects

• Gray Matter FX (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Act One Script Clearance  script research
• Central Casting  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Movie Movers  cast trailers
• Pivotal Post  Avid editing equipment provided by
• Redman Movies and Stories  grip equipment
• Transportation Resources  transportation equipment

Also Known As:

Old School - Wir lassen absolut nichts anbrennen (Austria) (Germany) [de]
Старая закалка (Russia) [ru]
Aquellas juergas universitarias (Spain) [es]
Aquellos viejos tiempos (Argentina) (video title) [es]
Back to School (France) [fr]
Dias Incríveis (Brazil) [pt]
Dias de Loucura (Portugal) [pt]
Old School (Finland) (video title) [fi]
Old school - jengi koossa (Finland) (TV title) [fi]
Retour à la fac (France) [fr]
Sholikes anamniseis (Greece) (TV title) [el]
Stara skola (Serbia) [sr]
Sulihuligánok (Hungary) [hu]
Vive la fraternité (Canada: French title) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated R for some strong sexual content, nudity and language.

Runtime:

91 min | 92 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) (unrated version) | Finland:K-15 | Iceland:12 | Canada:14A (British Columbia) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:18A (Alberta/Manitoba) | Canada:18A (Ontario) (unrated version) | Ireland:18 (extended version) | Singapore:R(A) | Malaysia:(Banned) | Singapore:R21 (re-rating) | Netherlands:12 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | New Zealand:R13 | Peru:14 | South Korea:18 | UK:15 | USA:R (original rating) | USA:Unrated (unrated DVD version)

Filming Locations:

Ambassador Hotel - 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

DreamWorks SKG

Trivia:

The elephant suit that Spanish is wearing at the birthday party is the same outfit as the one in The Sweetest Thing (2002).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Mitch first walks in on Heidi when she is having the "Gang Bang", the bathroom door behind is alternately open/closed between shots.

Quotes:

Beanie: Earmuffs.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Saturday Night Live: The Best of Tracy Morgan (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

Here I Go Again

Why anyone would not like this movie is beyond me

This has to be one of the funniest movies ever made. I laughed so hard during this movie. I've heard a lot of bad reviews for this movie, and I can't believe what some people have said. Apparently some copies of this movie were taped over with that godawful Jennifer Aniston debacle "Picture Perfect", because that is the only explanation that I have for the people who have said those things. Seriously, Old School has some of the funniest scenes in movie history...and I've seen a LOT of movies. Mandatory for all movie fans to see. One of the greatest movies ever created! If you haven't seen this movie yet, go get it NOW! Buy it, rent it, borrow it, steal it, whatever, just see it somehow. 10/10