Party Animals - It doesn't get any wilder!

Movie
German title	Party Animals - It doesn't get any wilder!
Original title	National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Country of production	USA / Germany
original language	English
Publishing year	2002
length	93 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12 JMK 14
Rod
Director	Walt Becker
script	Brent Goldberg , David Wagner
production	Robert L. Levy , Peter Abrams , Andrew Panay , Jonathan Komack Martin
music	David Nessim Lawrence
camera	James R. Bagdonas
cut	Dennis M. Hill
occupation
Ryan Reynolds : Van Wilder Tara Reid : Gwen Pearson Kal Penn : Taj Mahal Badalandabad Daniel Cosgrove : Richard Bagg Tim Matheson : Vance Wilder Sr. Paul Gleason : Professor McDoogle Sophia Bush : Sally
chronology
Successor  → Party Animals 2

Party Animals - It doesn't get any wilder! (Original title: National Lampoon's Van Wilder ) is a US-American-German student film comedy from the year 2002 by director Walt Becker and with a running time of 93 minutes.

action

Van Wilder is in his 7th year of college and is a well known and very popular student. Instead of working on his degree, he throws parties, charity events, and helps many students with their college life problems. When his father is no longer willing to pay the tuition fees, Van has to look for a new source of money.

At the same time, Gwen Pearson was commissioned to write an article about Van Wilder. He interprets the conversations with Gwen as a romantic rapprochement. As a result, he draws the resentment of Gwen's friend Richard, which develops into a guerrilla war between the two. Eventually Richard manages to accuse Van of a crime, which is why Van is to be expelled from college immediately. Due to his popularity, however, Van succeeds in taking the (few) missing courses for his degree.

background

• The English original title National Lampoon's Van Wilder refers to the satirical magazine National Lampoon , as well as to the name of the main character of the film.
• The film was shot in Los Angeles and Vancouver .
• Production cost was estimated to be $ 6 million. The film grossed approximately $ 21 million in US cinemas. The British cinemas grossed around 1.7 million pounds sterling and the Italian cinemas around 2.2 million euros.
• The scene in which a black student from the law club assists Van Wilder in his defense and tries to put on gloves that are too tight parodies Johnnie Cochran and the murder trial of OJ Simpson .
• In the German dubbed version, Van Wilder speaks to the basketball team at halftime as a baseball team when he motivates them.

Reviews

"Teenage comedy without style and independence, which falls below any level of taste and paints an image of women that was long believed to have been overcome."

- Lexicon of international film

Awards

• Ryan Reynolds was nominated for a 2003 MTV Movie Award .
• The song Girl On The Roof was nominated for a Golden Satellite Award 2003.

Sequels

The film had two sequels. Party Animals 2 (National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj) was produced in 2006, and a direct-to-DVD production was released three years later with Party Animals 3 .

Web links

• Party Animals - It doesn't get any wilder! in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Party Animals - It doesn't get any wilder! at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
• Party Animals - It doesn't get any wilder! in the online film database
• Comparison of the Cut Versions Theatrical Version - Unrated by Party Animals - It couldn't be wilder! at Schnittberichte.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ locations
2. ↑ Financial data
3. ↑ Party Animals - It doesn't get any wilder! In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .