American Pie Presents: Band Camp
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| American Pie Presents Band Camp | |
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 American Pie Presents Band Camp DVD cover |
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| Directed by | Steve Rash |
| Produced by | Mike Elliott |
| Written by | Adam Herz (characters) Brad Riddell |
| Starring | Tad Hilgenbrink Arielle Kebbel Jason Earles Eugene Levy Chris Owen Tara Killian |
| Distributed by | Universal Studios |
| Release date(s) | October 31, 2005 (UK) December 26, 2005 (USA) |
| Running time | 87 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | ~ US$10,000,000 |
| Preceded by | American Wedding |
| Followed by | AP: The Naked Mile (Spinoff) |
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American Pie Presents Band Camp is a 2005 direct-to-video spinoff to the American Pie trilogy of films. It was directed by Steve Rash and written by Brad Riddell. The film centers on Matt Stifler (played by Eli Marienthal in the original films), younger brother of Steve Stifler. In this film, Matt (now played by Tad Hilgenbrink) is sent to the infamous band camp, where he meets a young woman and is compelled to change his ways.
It was released on DVD in the UK on October 31, 2005, and in the U.S. on December 26, 2005. It sold one million DVDs in its first week in the United States.
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[edit] Plot synopsis
The movie focuses on Matt Stifler, the younger brother of Steve Stifler from the previous American Pie films. Matt is eager to enter the family business of making films, so he can prove to his older brother that he is "up to the standards of the Stifmeister." Stifler and his friends play a prank on the band students during the seniors' graduation ceremony by spraying pepper spray on the mouthpieces of the band's instruments. Matt narrowly escapes getting caught and stows the can of pepper spray in his front pocket, which subsiquently leaks onto his crotch. The band members begin to play "Pomp and Circumstance," only to become too irritated by the pepper spray to continue. During the commotion, one of the students trips and pulls down the back curtain, which reveals Matt, who is washing his pepper spray soaked genitals in a drinking fountian, in front of the whole school.
Elyse demands that Stifler be punished for ruining their performance, stating that he always gets away with his pranks because he is the school's star football player. The school's guidance counselor Chuck Sherman ("The Sherminator") decides that a worthwhile punishment would be for Stifler to attend band camp, in the hopes that he would make friends with the "bandies" and not follow in the footsteps of his much-hated brother. As Matt records the various happenings at the camp, he gradually becomes friends with some of the band members from his school and even falls in love with Elyse, who is revealed to have been a friend of Matt's in 8th grade but had a falling out after Matt started hanging around with Steve and his friends and acting like "The Stifmeister". Matt is eventually caught with his movies, and his once-friends want nothing more to do with him.
After talking with Mr. Levenstein (Jim's Dad), head of the band camp, Matt learns that the people that Steve thought were his friends really did not like him very much. Levenstein believes that people want to like Matt, but he makes it impossible by trying to be like his brother. This is confirmed when Matt later asks Sherman, "Did everyone really hate my brother?" to which he responds with a rather sad nod.
Matt comes to realize that his brother is not as great or cool as he once thought and that following in his footsteps is not a good idea, so he deletes all the videos he recorded at band camp. He even enlists the help of the band to help Elyse get the band scholarship that Stifler accidentally made her lose in the final days of band camp.
[edit] Cast
- Tad Hilgenbrink as Matt Stifler
- Arielle Kebbel as Elyse Houston
- Eugene Levy as Jim's Dad/the MACRO.
- Jason Earles as Ernie Kaplowitz
- Matt Barr as Brandon Vanderkamp
- Jun Hee Lee as Jimmy Chong
- Crystle Lightning as Chloe
- Lauren C. Mayhew as Arrianna
- Angela Little as Sheree
- Rachel Veltri as Dani
- Chris Owen as Chuck Sherman / "The Shermanator"
- Omar Benson Miller as Oscar
- Claire Titelman as Clare Beechwood
- Kathleen LaGue as Receptionist
- Dossett March as Andy
- Matt Baker as Derek
- Tara Killian as Patty
- Carla Alapont as Leslie
- Jennifer Walcott as Laurie
- Lily Mariye as Dr. Susan Choi
- Sean Briskey as Novak
- Russell Howard as Riggler
- Michael Lawson as Bootleg Bandie
- Reilly Marshall as Senior football player
- Ginger Lynn as Camp Nurse
- Jean-Paul DiFranco as Guitar Player
[edit] Soundtrack Listing
- Andrew W.K. - She Is Beautiful
- Breaking Benjamin - Forget It
- Matt Nathanson - Laid
- Treble Charger - American Psycho
- Good Charlotte - The Anthem
- Paul Locke - Paul's Drums
- D.O.R.K - The Authority Song
- Courtesy of Associated Productions Music - Dracula Plays
- Courtesy of Associated Productions Music - Pom Pom
- Courtesy of Associated Productions Music - Piano Sonata
- Cage9 - Breaking Me Down
- Linda Perry - Get The Party Started
- D.O.R.K - Jaime
- The Penfifteen Club - Disco MF
- The City Drive - Defeated
- Robert W. Parissi - Play That Funky Music White Boy
- The City Drive - Bring Me Everything
- Christian B - Baby Got Back
- Mars Bonfire - Born To Be Wild
- Tal Bachman - Aeroplane
- Chris Rash and Jean-Paul DiFranco - Bonfire Etude
[edit] Trivia
- Two of the original cast members from the original American Pie films are featured in this film; Eugene Levy as Jim's dad/MACRO and Chris Owen as The Sherminator/Guidance Counselor.
- During the scene where Matt follows Oscar into the woods, he imitates the accent and famous word "Crikey!" from Steve Irwin.
- The scene where Matt strips off for the girls in their dorm was genuine. The girls had no idea that he was really going to get naked.
- Many of the band member extras in field performance (and the ending formal scene) were members of the RCC Marching Tigers. Most of the marching band field music and sound were also recorded by them.
- The "oboe" that Matt used for sexual pleasure was not an oboe at all, it was actually an English Horn.
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[edit] References
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American Pie series
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| Main Series: | |
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| Spin Offs: |
Band Camp | The Naked Mile | Beta House |
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| Main Characters: |
Jim Levenstein | Chris Ostreicher | Paul Finch | Kevin Myers | Steve Stifler |
