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American Pie (1999) -- Four teenage boys enter a pact to lose their virginity by prom night.
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Overview

User Rating:
6.9/10   98,599 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Adam Herz (written by)
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Release Date:
9 July 1999 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
There's something about your first piece. more
Plot:
Four teenage boys enter a pact to lose their virginity by prom night. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
9 wins & 14 nominations more
User Comments:
Astoundingly good-natured sex comedy more (760 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
East Great Falls High (USA) (working title)
Great Falls (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong sexuality, crude sexual dialogue, language and drinking, all involving teens.
Runtime:
95 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Certification:
Malaysia:18PL (cut version) | Malaysia:(Banned) (uncut version) | Finland:K-12 (1999) | Finland:S (2000) (unrated version) | Denmark:A | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Singapore:R(A) (original rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Belgium:KT | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) (unrated version) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Chile:14 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:L (original rating) | Ireland:18 | Israel:16 | Japan:R-15 | Mexico:B15 | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:11 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #36525) | USA:Unrated (unrated DVD version) | Philippines:R-18

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Trivia:
When submitting his script to studios, screenwriter Adam Herz titled it, "Untitled Teenage Sex Comedy That Can Be Made For Under $10 Million That Most Readers Will Probably Hate But I Think You Will Love". It was later changed to "East Great Falls High", then "Great Falls", and finally, "American Pie". more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Nadia opens Jim's drawer, the jar of Vaseline disappears. more
Quotes:
Jim: I would like to make an announcement. There is a beautiful woman masturbating on my bed. more
Movie Connections:
References The Graduate (1967) more
Soundtrack:
Super Down more

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46 out of 60 people found the following comment useful.
Astoundingly good-natured sex comedy, 14 July 1999
7/10
Author: Jaime N. Christley (j_christley@hotmail.com) from NAS Whidbey Island, WA

The director and the writer, Paul Weitz and Adam Herz respectively, will do anything for a laugh -- that's good, as it turns out, because this movie has a great many laughs in it. There's not much of that restricting, suffocating "logic" stuff around, but "American Pie" is immensely enjoyable. I mean, almost none of the things that happen in this film would ever, ever come to pass in real life, but it doesn't matter.

For starters, the characters aren't all one-dimensional. Thankfully, they're two-dimensional, so right away it has an edge on 60-70% of all the movies ever made.

Moreover, it's heart is in the right place. Most high school movies these days are all about cruelty and malice, especially towards (and among) the women. Not the case here. This is the first conventional high school movie I've ever seen that made me smile so much (I say conventional because "Rushmore" still trumps every one of them).

Furthermore, it's very funny. I wouldn't dare give away any of the really great gags (we've all seen the trailer -- that's not the one I mean), but I'll say this: Weitz and Herz are extraordinarily skilled in audience manipulation, which is to say that they know how and when to spring unexpected surprises upon us. They also know how to use foul language for punch, rather than punctuation.

The soundtrack is another positive. It's all about joy and high energy -- even music from Third Eye Blind and Barenaked Ladies that suffers from radio overplay fits the mood appropriately.

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