PCU (1994)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Hart Bochner

Writers (WGA):

Adam Leff (written by) &
Zak Penn (written by)

Release Date:

29 April 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Flunk 'em if they can't take a joke

Plot:

A high school senior visits college for the weekend, and stay at the wildest house on campus in this classic tale of anti-political-correctness.

Plot Keywords:

High School Senior | Protest | University | College | Acronym In Title

Cast

Jeremy Piven	...	James 'Droz' Andrews
Chris Young	...	Tom Lawrence
Megan Ward	...	Katy
Jon Favreau	...	Gutter
Alex Désert	...	Mullaney
Gale Mayron	...	Cecilia
Jake Grace	...	Dave #1 (as Jake Beecham)
Darin Heames	...	Dave #2
Matt Ross	...	Raji (as Matthew Brandon Ross)
Stivi Paskoski	...	Deege
Jody Racicot	...	Pigman
Sarah Trigger	...	Samantha
Viveka Davis	...	Womynist #1
Maddie Corman	...	Womynist #2
David Spade	...	Rand McPherson
Thomas Mitchell	...	Bantam Draper
Kevin Jubinville	...	Carter Prescott
Jake Busey	...	Mersh
Ted Kozma	...	Kosmo
Theo Caldwell	...	The Giggler
Jessica Walter	...	President Garcia-Thompson
Colin Fox	...	Trustee #1
Larry Reynolds	...	Trustee #2
Becky Thyre	...	Moonbeam
Kevin Thigpen	...	Afrocentrist
Rob Gfroerer	...	Computer Geek
Jonathan Wilson	...	Gay Activist
Joel Bissonnette	...	Sanskrit Major
M.J. Kang	...	Physics Major
Trent McMullen	...	Phys. Ed. Major
David Berni	...	Jock #1
Jeff Clarke	...	Jock #2
Valentina Cardinalli	...	Signer
Adam Bocknek	...	Folksinger
Zak Penn	...	Bathroom Patron
Freddy Proia	...	D.J.
Jeremy Harris	...	Granola #1
Jeff Feher	...	Granola #2
Joel S. Keller	...	Pretty Boy Dancer
Lee Hoverd	...	Cattle Butcher
Trie Donovan	...	Flashback Girl (as Teresa Sherrer)
Jannie McInnes	...	Scoreboard Flipper
Marcia Diamond	...	Pampers Woman
Dick Callahan	...	Liquor Store Guy
Stephen Jackson	...	Townie #1
Pierre Larocque	...	Townie #2
Shel Goldstein	...	Gutter's Mother (as Shelley Goldstein)
Glenn K. Pearson	...	Newscaster in Video Clip
George Clinton	...	Himself
Greg Boyer	...	Himself
Gary Cooper	...	Himself
Bernie Cowan	...	Himself
Ray Davis	...	Himself
Louis Kabbabie	...	Himself
Tracy Lewis	...	Herself
Dewayne McKnight	...	Himself
Cordell Mosson	...	Himself
William Michael Payne	...	Himself
Garry Shider	...	Himself
Nicole Tindall	...	Herself
Greg Thomas	...	Himself
Andre Williams	...	Himself
Belita Woods	...	Herself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Natalie Gray	...	Student (uncredited)
Jordan-Patrick Marcantonio	...	(uncredited)
Paolo Perin	...	Hippie (uncredited)

Directed by
Hart Bochner

Writing credits (WGA)
Adam Leff		(written by) &
Zak Penn		(written by)

Produced by
Barry Sabath	....	co-producer
Paul Schiff	....	producer

Original Music by
Steve Vai

Cinematography by
Reynaldo Villalobos

Film Editing by
Nicholas C. Smith

Production Design by
Steven J. Jordan

Costume Design by
Mary Zophres

Makeup Department
Linda Gill	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
David Coatsworth	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Martin Walters	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Tory Bellingham	....	property master
Cameron S. Brooke	....	key scenic artist
Robert C. Brooke	....	lead scenic artist
James Halpenny	....	construction coordinator
Jeff Poulis	....	assistant property master

Sound Department
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Michael P. Cook	....	dialogue editor
Chris David	....	sound re-recording mixer
Cameron Frankley	....	sound editor
Craig Heath	....	sound recordist
Susan Kurtz	....	sound effects editor
Darrin Mann	....	foley mixer
Thomas Needell	....	assistant sound editor
Dean St. John	....	adr mixer
Steve Switzer	....	boom operator
Mike Szakmeister	....	dialogue editor

Stunts
Mark Brunzell	....	stunt double
Mic Jones	....	stunt double
Mic Jones	....	stunt rigger
Danny Lima	....	stunts
Branko Racki	....	stunt coordinator
John Stoneham Jr.	....	utility stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Jon Cassar	....	camera operator
Mike Harwood	....	electrician
Rob McEwan	....	still photographer
Robert McRae	....	gaffer
John Medland	....	additional still photographer

Casting Department
Michael D. Segel	....	extras casting
Greg Rubidge	....	extras casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Loreen Lightfoot	....	seamstress
Sheila E. Pruden	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Bob Allen	....	assistant editor
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Charlene Olson	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Ralph Sall	....	executive music producer
Curt Sobel	....	music consultant

Transportation Department
Dave Marwick	....	production driver
Robert Tenaglia	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Greg Eby	....	first assistant accountant
Elaine Thurston	....	production accountant

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Other Companies

• Fox Records  soundtrack

Also Known As:

PCU Pit Party

Runtime:

79 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:M | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Rogers Communication Centre, Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

PCU was made by a graduate of Wesleyan University, and is based on the school. In the opening sequence, there is a shot of the main library (Olin) and one of the residence halls (Clark) of the school, in Middletown, CT.

Goofs:

Continuity: When President Thompson first gives the Pit the damage bill, she announces the total as $7568. When Moles brings in the money box at the party, he says the same amount, $7568, but says they have "the damage money and a hundred to spare."

Quotes:

Womynist #2: Stop the penis party!

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Apocalypse Now (1979)

Soundtrack:

Year of the Girl

Buy the DVD, support the cult

A MOVIE TO WATCH IF YOU WANT TO LAUGH

Gutter and Droz will make you laugh and it doesn't need raunchy scenes to do it. It is just in your face funny. There are a very good number of positive postings about this movie so I know the DVD release is because this is a cult classic, and it will become a much bigger one if more people actually knew about the movie. I only believe that there has been one college movie released before or after PCU that compares to it and that is Old School.

As far as Animal House goes don't get me wrong, awesome movie. But it is overrated because it was the trend setter in this kind of movie which in my opinion doesn't make a movie great.

I have little faith in the DVD having great behind the scenes or deleted scenes but if it has one cool thing on it i think it is worth it.

F- this 5.8 rank. I find it funny that according to the poll's description men over 45 give the movie an average of a 3.8 vote which is by far the worst. WTF, I don't watch movies in the 70's that i don't understand and give them a rank of 1/10. So, F- these people that bash what they don't and can't understand. So if you have seen it and love it vote and help up the rank so more people have more of an incentive to watch this great movie.

-ding ding ding, Gutter tell her what she's won :)