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American Pie
Group picture of the cast. Alyson Hannigan has a flute in hand.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPaul Weitz
Written byAdam Herz
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRichard Crudo
Edited byPriscilla Nedd-Friendly
Music byDavid Lawrence
Production
company
Zide/Perry Productions
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • July 9, 1999 (1999-07-09)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$11 million
Box office$235.5 million

American Pie is a 1999 American coming-of-age teen sex comedy film directed and co-produced by Paul Weitz and written by Adam Herz. The ensemble cast includes Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Alyson Hannigan, Natasha Lyonne, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Tara Reid, Mena Suvari, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Seann William Scott, Eugene Levy, Shannon Elizabeth, and Jennifer Coolidge. The story follows a group of high school classmates who make a pact to lose their virginity before they graduate.

The title refers to a scene in which the protagonist is caught masturbating with a pie after being told that sex feels like "warm apple pie". Herz said the title also refers to the quest of losing one's virginity in high school, which is as "American as apple pie".

Released on July 9, 1999, in the United States, American Pie received mixed reviews from critics, who were polarized on the raunchy humor but praised the performances. The film was a box office success, grossing $235.5 million worldwide on a $10 million budget. Retrospective critical analysis has placed American Pie among the greatest teen films.[1][2][3]

The film created a franchise, including the theatrical sequels American Pie 2, American Wedding and American Reunion and the direct-to-DVD films American Pie Presents: Band Camp, The Naked Mile, Beta House, The Book of Love and Girls' Rules.

Plot

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At East Great Falls High School, Michigan, four friends await the end of their final school year before college: the sexually inexperienced Jim Levenstein; the insensitive school lacrosse star Chris "Oz" Ostreicher; the intellectual and philosophical Paul Finch; and Kevin Myers, who is deperate to have sex with his girlfriend Vicky. During a house party hosted by womanizing jock Steven Stifler, the friends learn that their dorky classmate Chuck Sherman has apparently lost his virginity. Frustrated by their own lack of sexual experience, the four friends make a pact to lose their virginity by prom night in three weeks.

Kevin struggles to seduce Vicky, who wants to wait for the perfect moment to lose her virginity and fears that Kevin only wants sex because he will not say that he loves her. On the advice of Vicky's friend Jessica, Kevin tries to win Vicky over by giving her an orgasm. Guided by his older brother, he discovers a book of sex tips compiled by former students and uses the 'Tongue Tornado' cunnilingus technique to successfully rekindle their relationship. Finch pays Jessica to spread rumors about his sexual prowess and large genitalia, making him popular with the high school girls. When Stifler's prom date ditches him, hoping Finch will ask her instead, Stifler spikes Finch's mochaccino with a laxative and sends him to the girls' restroom, where he experiences explosive diarrhea. A crowd gathers to mock Finch, ruining his carefully crafted reputation. Oz joins the school choir to pursue girls unaware of his reputation, but he learns to enjoy performing, and gains the attention of choir girl, Heather, who invites him to the prom. She rescinds the offer after realizing Oz is faking his sensitive persona, but reconciles with him after seeing his genuine efforts to change.

Desperate for experience, Jim, inspired by Oz's description of a vagina, has sex with a warm apple pie, but is humiliated after being caught by his father. When Czech foreign exchange student Nadia asks Jim to help her study at his house after her ballet class, Stifler convinces him to set up a webcam so they can watch her change clothes. Jim unwittingly shares the livestream with the school's entire e-mail directory, letting everyone watch as Nadia undresses and masturbates to Jim's porn collection. Kevin and Finch encourage Jim to walk in on Nadia, which he does, and she invites him to join her but, to her disappointment, he prematurely ejaculates twice before they can have sex. After this public incident, Nadia is sent back to the Czech Republic, and Jim becomes the laughingstock of the school. Frustrated, and believing she did not see the livestream, Jim asks the ostracized and seemingly naive band geek, Michelle, to the prom.

As school draws to a close, Oz, realizing his feelings for Heather have become sincere, abandons his lacrosse championship game to perform a duet with her. At the prom, Kevin insists Jim, Oz, and Finch fulfil their pact and lose their virginities, but they refuse, frustrated at the social pressures to have sex for the sake of it, and accuse Kevin of using the pact to hide his own fear of losing his virginity. After learning that Sherman lied about having sex, the boys reconcile with Kevin, who admits he is afraid.

At Stifler's lake house post-prom party, Kevin finally tells Vicky he loves her and they have sex. Afterward, Vicky ends their relationship, admitting it is unrealistic for them to maintain a long distance romance while attending different colleges; they part while affirming their love for each other. Oz confesses his feelings to Heather and they spend a romantic night together by the lake. Finch propositions Stifler's mom and they have sex on the pool table; Stifler later walks in on them and faints. Michelle reveals her aggressive sexuality and takes Jim upstairs to lose his virginity. The next day, Jim, Oz, Finch, and Kevin meet up and discuss how things will change after high school, making a toast to their next step.

Cast

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See also: List of American Pie characters
Jason Biggs (pictured in 2014), Chris Klein (2012), Thomas Ian Nicholas (2021), Seann William Scott (2012), Eddie Kaye Thomas (2008), Alyson Hannigan (2003), Tara Reid, Mena Suvari (both 2007), and Shannon Elizabeth (2006)

American Pie also features Clyde Kusatsu as an English Teacher, Lawrence Pressman as Coach Marshall, Molly Cheek as Jim's Mom; Christina Milian as Band Member; Eden Riegel as Sophomore Chick; John Cho as "Milf" Guy; Sasha Barrese as Courtney; Eric Lively as Albert; Eli Marienthal as Stifler's Younger Brother; and Casey Affleck as Kevin's brother.[10] Rock band Blink-182 members, Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus, and Travis Barker, make a cameo appearance as band members watching Nadia's and Jim's livestream.[11][a]

Production

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Northwest view of the Los Cerritos house.

Much of American Pie is based on the writer's days at East Grand Rapids High School in Michigan.[12][13] In the film, the town is called "East Great Falls", and the high school bears the same school colors — blue and gold — along with a similar mascot — the Trailblazers instead of the Pioneers. The restaurant hangout, "Dog Years", is based on Yesterdog, a popular hot dog restaurant in the nearby Eastown neighborhood of Grand Rapids.[14] The "Central Chicks" and "Central" Lacrosse team that East Great Falls plays against is an amalgam of nearby Forest Hills Central High School.[15] The working title for the film had been "East Grand Rapids".[16]

Adam Herz wrote the screenplay, tentatively titled Untitled Teenage Sex Comedy That Can Be Made For Under $10 Million That Most Readers Will Probably Hate But I Think You Will Love, in six weeks using Porky's and Bachelor Party as inspiration.[17] Principal photography on the film, now titled Great Falls, begun on July 21 and wrapped on September 11, 1998. The film originally received an NC-17 rating from the Motion Picture Association of America until edits were made to secure an R rating.[18] During the casting of the film, Bill Murray was considered for the role of Noah Levenstein, Jim's dad.[19] Jonathan Taylor Thomas was considered for the role of Jim Levenstein.[20][21] When Eugene Levy was cast, he insisted on being allowed to improvise his lines, as he disliked how his character was written in the script. In the final film, most of his lines were improvised.[22]

The film was shot in Southern California, particularly Long Beach, using high schools in Long Beach Unified School District. Millikan High School, whose school colors are blue and gold, was used for exterior shots, and Long Beach Polytechnic High School was used for interior shots. Located in Los Cerritos, Long Beach, California, both schools are within five miles of the Virginia Country Club and Los Cerritos Neighborhood (where Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Donnie Darko were filmed).[23][24]

Release

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Context

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In May 1999, shortly before the film's release, Universal sold the international distribution rights to American Pie for $4–$5 million, with additional bonuses based on the film's performance. The film rights were among the most popular being bid for at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival, the majority of which were purchased by Summit Entertainment, covering all non-English speaking territories.[25][26] This sale was part of a financial risk mitigation strategy by Universal, but many Hollywood executives saw it as misguided given the film's relatively low budget of $11.8 million,[b] $20 million in international marketing costs, and the fact that international box offices were contributing 55% or more to a film's global gross. According to the Los Angeles Times, American Pie was predicted to become a sleeper hit of the summer, and had the potential to break the convention that American teen comedies typically performed poorly outside of the country.[26]

Box office

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See also: 1999 in film

American Pie was released in the United States and Canada on July 9, 1999.[27] During its opening weekend it grossed a total of $18.7 million from 2,508 theaters—an average of $7,460 per theater—making it the highest grossing film of the weekend, ahead of Wild Wild West ($16.8 million) in its second week of release, and ahead of Big Daddy ($16 million) in its third.[28] In its second weekend, American Pie fell to the number 2 position with a $13.6 million gross—a 27.5% drop from the previous week—placing it behind Eyes Wide Shut ($21.7 million) and ahead of Lake Placid ($11 million), both in their debut weekends.[29] It fell to the number 3 position in its third weekend with a gross of $10.1 million, behind the debuts of The Haunting ($33.4 million) and Inspector Gadget ($21.9 million).[30] American Pie left the top-ten highest-grossing films after five weeks, with a gross of $85.5 million, and left theaters after 25 weeks with a total gross of $102.5 million. This figure made it the 17th-highest-grossing film of 1999.[27][31]

Outside of the United States and Canada, American Pie is estimated to have grossed an additional $132.9 million,[27] receiving its highest grosses in Germany ($33.2 milion)—where it became the second highest-grossing film of the preceding 12 months—the United Kingdom ($22.1 milion), France ($13.7 milion), Australia ($10.3 milion), and Italy ($8 milion).[32] In Germany, it was the most successful theatrical release of 2000, spending 4 weeks at number one and grossing $33.5 million.[33][34]

With a cumulative worldwide gross of $235.5 million, American Pie became the 12th-highest-grossing film of 1999, ahead of Big Daddy ($234.8 million) and behind The Blair Witch Project ($248.6 million).[35][c]

Reception

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Critical response

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On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 62% approval rating across 130 critics, with an average score of 5.8/10. The consensus reads; "A riotous and raunchy exploration of the most eagerly anticipated—and most humiliating—rite of adulthood, known as losing one's virginity. In this hilarious lesson in life, love and libido, a group of friends, fed up with their well-deserved reputations as sexual no-hitters, decide to take action."[36] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 58 out of 100 based on 30 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[37] Audience polls by CinemaScore reported moviegoers gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.[38]

The more negative reviews include Stephen Holden of The New York Times who felt American Pie was "one of the shallowest and the most prurient teen films."[39] Ernest Hardy of Film.com wrote that American Pie "had a few amusing bits, however the audience should strongly note that the movie is really awful, and that it was not worthy of guilty pleasure status."[40] Jim Sullivan of The Boston Globe wrote that American Pie is a "gross and tasteless high school romp with sentimental mush."[41] Roger Ebert was more supportive, awarding it three out of four stars. He noted that "[i]t is not inspired, but it's cheerful and hard-working and sometimes funny, and—here's the important thing—it's not mean. Its characters are sort of sweet and lovable."[42]

Accolades

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Year Award Category Recipients Result Ref.
2000 American Comedy Awards Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Eugene Levy Nominated
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Favorite Supporting Comedy Actor Eugene Levy Won [43]
Favorite Actress Mena Suvari Nominated [43]
Favorite Actor Alyson Hannigan Nominated [43]
Bogey Awards Bogey Awards in Platinum Universal Pictures Won
Casting Society of America Artios Award for Best Casting for Feature Film Universal Pictures Won
CFCA Award Best Promising Actor Chris Klein Nominated
Csapnivalo Award Golden Slate Award for Best Teen Movie Universal Pictures Won
Golden Screen Universal Pictures Won
Golden Screen with 1 Star Universal Pictures Won
MTV Movie Awards Best Comedic Performance Jason Biggs Nominated [44]
Breakthrough Female Performance Shannon Elizabeth Nominated [44]
Breakthrough Male Performance Jason Biggs Nominated [44]
Best Movie Universal Pictures Nominated [44]
Teen Choice Awards Choice Actor Jason Biggs Nominated
Choice Breakout Performance Chris Klein Nominated
Choice Comedy Universal Pictures Nominated
Choice Liar Chris Klein Nominated
Choice Sleazebag Seann William Scott Nominated
Young Hollywood Awards Best Ensemble Cast American Pie Won
Breakthrough Female Performance Mena Suvari Won
Best Soundtrack Uptown Records & Universal Records Won

Other releases

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Home video

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American Pie was released on DVD and Blu-ray in both theatrical and unrated versions.[citation needed] The unrated version was released January 11, 2001 on laserdisc. A new two-disc Ultimate Edition DVD release of the film debuted on July 31, 2001, to coincide with the release of its successor American Pie 2.[45]

Soundtrack

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The film's soundtrack peaked at number 50 on the Billboard 200 chart.[46]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[47]
No.TitlePerformed byLength
1."New Girl"Third Eye Blind2:16
2."You Wanted More"Tonic3:52
3."Mutt"Blink-1823:23
4."Glory"Sugar Ray3:29
5."Super Down"Super TransAtlantic4:07
6."Find Your Way Back Home"Dishwalla4:04
7."Good Morning Baby"Dan Wilson of Semisonic & Bic Runga3:34
8."Stranger by the Day"Shades Apart4:02
9."Summertime"Bachelor No. 13:46
10."Vintage Queen"Goldfinger3:04
11."Sway"Bic Runga4:23
12."Wishen"The Loose Nuts3:04
13."Man with the Hex"The Atomic Fireballs3:01

The following songs were included in the film but were not featured on the soundtrack:

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[48] Silver 60,000*
United States (RIAA)[49] Gold 500,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Legacy

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Despite critic reviews being mixed at the time of its release, American Pie has retrospectively been considered as one of the greatest teen films of all time.[1][2][3]

American Pie heavily boosted the careers of many of its young ensemble cast members. Jason Biggs immediately went on to have lead roles in multiple teen comedy films, such as Boys and Girls (2000), Loser (2000; he starred in this film with fellow American Pie cast member Mena Suvari), and Saving Silverman (2001).[50] Seann William Scott also received lead or supporting acting credits in the comedies Road Trip (2000), Dude, Where's My Car? (2000), and Evolution (2001), as well as a supporting role in the cult classic supernatural horror film Final Destination (2000).[51]

The saying "MILF (Mom I'd Love to Fuck)" was used in regard to the character of Stifler's mom (Jennifer Coolidge). The film's usage of "MILF" helped popularize the term and introduce it to a mainstream audience.[52]

A scene in the film in which Jim sticks his penis inside an apple pie became arguably the most infamous scene from the film.[53]

Sequels and spin-offs

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Main articles: American Pie 2, American Wedding, American Reunion, and American Pie Presents (film series)

The success of American Pie led to immediate development of a sequel, American Pie 2 (2001), which surpassed the financial success of the original film.[54][55][56] The main cast returned for the film, which follows the boys' holiday adventures at Lake Michigan after their first year of college.[57] In a 2001 interview, Herz said that as long as audiences remained invested in the characters, they could be an untold number of sequels.[58] The success of American Pie 2 led to a third film, American Wedding (2003), which also performed well financially, though less so than its predecessors.[54][55][58] Depicting the impending wedding between Jim and Michelle, American Wedding omitted several main cast members, including Klein, Suvari, Reid, and Lyonne, for unspecified reasons.[59][60]

The lower box office gross of American Pie 3 led to the development of four direct-to-home-video spin-off films under the American Pie Presents banner: Band Camp (2005), The Naked Mile (2006), Beta House (2007), and The Book of Love (2009).[55][54] These films focus on different characters to the mainline series, but feature Levy as Jim's dad and various Stifler relatives.[54][61]

A fourth main entry, American Reunion (2012), brings the original cast back together as the friends gather for their high school reunion after several years. Writers Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg replaced Herz, aiming to provide a new take on the franchise.[55][54][61] A fifth American Pie Presents film, Girls' Rules, was released in 2020, following a female group of friends.[54] The four main films have grossed $990 million together which, combined with the "lucrative" American Pie Presents spin-offs, has made the American Pie series a $1 billion franchise as of 2020.[54][55]

Notes

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  1. ^ Former Blink-182 member Scott Raynor is incorrectly credited instead of Travis Barker.[11]
  2. ^ The 1999 budget of $11.8 million is equivalent to $21.6 million in 2023.
  3. ^ The 1999 worldwide gross of $235.5 million is equivalent to $431 million in 2023.

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