Not Another Teen Movie

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Not Another Teen Movie
Directed by	Joel Gallen
Produced by	Neal H. Moritz
Written by	Mike Bender Adam Jay Epstein Andrew Jacobson Phil Beauman Buddy Johnson
Starring	Chris Evans Chyler Leigh Jaime Pressly Eric Christian Olsen Mia Kirshner
Music by	Theodore Shapiro
Cinematography	Reynaldo Villalobos
Distributed by	Columbia Tri-Star / Sony Pictures
Release date(s)	December 14, 2001 (USA)
Running time	89 min.
Language	English
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Not Another Teen Movie is a film released in 2001 by Sony Pictures. It is a parody of the teen movies and other cinematic portrayals of adolescence which have accumulated in Hollywood over the last few decades. While the general plot is based on She's All That, the film is also packed with allusions to numerous other films.

[edit] Plot

The movie starts with Jake Wyler (Chris Evans), the school jock/Mr. Popular, being dumped by his girlfriend Priscilla (Jaime Pressly), the head cheerleader. After he is dumped, he ends up making a bet with his friends that he can make Janey Briggs (Chyler Leigh), the apparently homely but uniquely rebellious girl, into prom queen but inadvertently falls in love with her. Meanwhile Ricky (Eric Jungmann), Janey's best friend who is also in love with her, tries to fight for her affection. In the end, Jake turns Janey into the "perfect girl" but she finds out about his bet and runs away. Both Jake and Ricky chase her but Ricky gets hit by several bicycles, and then a bus. Jake catches up with Janey, professes his love and they live happily ever after. Janey's younger brother Mitch, seems to get into mischief with his two friends, Ox and Bruce, and ends up going with Amanda Becker (Lacey Chabert).

[edit] Characters

The movie has many clichéd characters throughout the movie. See Stock character.

• Jake Wyler (Chris Evans), the popular jock; based on of Freddie Prinze, Jr.'s character Zach Siler in She's All That as well as Jake Ryan in Sixteen Candles and James Van Der Beek's character in Varsity Blues.
• Janey Briggs (Chyler Leigh), the pretty ugly girl with her ponytail, glasses and paint-covered overalls, primarily a parody of Rachael Leigh Cook's character Laney Boggs in She's All That, as well as Molly Ringwald's character Andie Walsh in Pretty In Pink.
• Austin (Eric Christian Olsen), the cocky blonde guy, a parody of Paul Walker's character Dean Sampson in She's All That, Aaron Dozier's character in Better Off Dead and James Spader as Steff in Pretty in Pink.
• Ricky Lipman (Eric Jungmann), Janey's obsessed best friend, a parody of Jon Cryer's Duckie in Pretty in Pink
• Malik (Deon Richmond), the token black guy, a reference to Dule Hill's character Preston in She's All That
• Priscilla (Jaime Pressly), the bitchy cheerleader and the most popular girl at school, based on Taylor Vaughn (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe) in She's All That and a reference to Big Red (Lindsay Sloane) in Bring It On, Heather Chandler (Kim Walker) in Heathers and Jawbreaker.
• Catherine Wyler (Mia Kirshner), the cruelest girl in school, who also wants to have sex with her brother, Jake. Primarily based on Sarah Michelle Gellar's character in Cruel Intentions.
• Areola (Cerina Vincent), the naked foreign exchange student, an adaptation of the foreign exchange student Nadia (Shannon Elizabeth) in American Pie. Her name is also the word for the ring around the nipple.
• Les (Riley Smith), the beautiful weirdo always seen with a video camera, a parody of Wes Bentley's character in American Beauty. There is also a floating bag that follows him around, referencing the bag floating in the wind from American Beauty.
• Amanda Becker (Lacey Chabert), the dream girl, a parody of Jennifer Love Hewitt's character, Amanda Beckett, in Can't Hardly Wait
• Mitch Briggs (Cody McMains), the desperate virgin, a slight reference to Thomas Ian Nicholas' character, Kevin Myers, in American Pie, and also based on John Bender from The Breakfast Club.
• Ox (Sam Huntington), the sensitive guy, a parody of Chris Klein's character, Chris Ostreicher, in American Pie
• Bruce (Samm Levine), the wannabe, a parody of Seth Green's character in Can't Hardly Wait and/or Ralph Macchio's character in The Karate Kid series, and/or Gedde Watanabe's Long Duk Dong character from Sixteen Candles.
• Reggie Ray (Ron Lester), the fat, dumb, football player, who apparently has several concussions throughout the film, who plays a parody of his character from the film Varsity Blues.
• The Coach (Ed Lauter), the aggressive, obscene football coach, mostly inspired from Jon Voight's character in Varsity Blues.

Other stars include Randy Quaid (playing the father of Janey and Mitch) and Beverly Polcyn (playing Sadie Agatha Johnson, an undercover reporter posing as a high school student despite being well past sixty, a parody of Never Been Kissed).

[edit] Cameo roles

Many stars of recent teen movies as well as those highlighting the 1980s decade make credited and uncredited appearances. These include:

• Melissa Joan Hart, who starred in teen movies Drive Me Crazy, Can't Hardly Wait, and Sabrina the Teenage Witch
• Paul Gleason, reprising (and parodying) his "Richard Vernon" role from The Breakfast Club
• Sean Patrick Thomas, played a part in Save the Last Dance and Cruel Intentions, is also in a scene involving the token black guy.
• Lyman Ward, who starred in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, plays Jake Wyler's father.
• Molly Ringwald, who was featured in many of John Hughes' 1980s teen movies, appears as the gate agent at the airport.
• China Shavers, from the teen drama Boston Public, plays a rival cheerleader.
• Mr. T is the wise janitor, another clichéd character
• Kyle Cease, who played Bogey Lowenstein in 10 Things I Hate About You, plays the slow clap guy.
• The actors who play Molly Ringwald's grandparents in Sixteen Candles play a cameo at the beginning.
• The band Good Charlotte also has a cameo as the live band playing at the school's prom.

[edit] Spoofs

This is a list of films which are parodied in Not Another Teen Movie.

• 10 Things I Hate about You: "10 Things I Love About Janey" poem'; the serenade in the football field; The Father choosing the lifestyles of the daughters; "No dating until your older sister does". Also, the scene when Jake busts in on his friend, Priscilla and Les in the hotel room after prom, he punches all three of them out, claiming, "That's for taking Janey to the prom!" "That's for pouring water on her!" "That's for being weird!" - is much like the scene in 10 Things where Bianca punches Joey Donner in the nose and knees him for her date, her sister, and herself during Prom.
• Almost Famous: Janey's declaration of "Being a Golden God(dess)".
• Airplane!: The red/white zone gag at the airport.
• American Beauty: Les is modeled after the character Ricky Fitts and is always gazing into his camcorder as he obsessively strives to capture the beauty in everyday life. He never appears without a plastic bag labeled "the most beautiful thing I've ever seen" floating nearby. Also, when Priscilla and Austin are in bed at the motel with Priscillas' legs in the air screaming stuff about "THE KING!".
• American Pie: Mr. Briggs having a three-way with two pies. The oath to lose virginity. Janey masturbating and her family walking in on her. Jake's room looks exactly like Jason Biggs' room in American Pie. Ox's name is a play off of Oz. Ox, while pouring punch sings the "Scooby Dooby Do Wop" addition Oz's rendition of 'Magic". The naked foreign exchange student.
• Animal House: The scene where Ricky is on the ladder outside the room of the two naked girls pillow fighting and falls parodies John Belushi's classic mishap in Animal House which occurs almost the same way.
• Back to the Future: Ox at the prom is a near perfect parody of George McFly while at the "Enchantment Under the Sea" Dance, including the awkward dancing.
• Bring It On: Stealing cheerleading routines, cheerleading tryouts, Priscilla's insults, "bring it".
• Better Off Dead: Bicyclists screaming, "Two dollars!"
• Blind Date:When at the "FERRIS Party" of this movie, Jenny acts wild even though she had a small amount of beer, as did Kim Basinger's Character in Blind Date.
• The Breakfast Club: When the meat comes off the statue's head; Ox is dressed up like the cocky jock in detention, as Mitch is dressed as John Bender from The Breakfast Club; "Richard Vernon" was a character in both movies (played by Paul Gleason parodying his earlier performance); Mitch's hairstyle and clothes; the argument between Richard Vernon and Mitch; in the library scene; Ricky yelling "That's a fire hazard!" after running into the prom hall door; The song "Don't You (Forget About Me)" playing in the closing credits.
• Can't Buy Me Love: the "slow applause"; the premise of a nerd becoming popular just by dating someone who is popular.
• Can't Hardly Wait: the character Amanda Becker (Lacey Chabert) is a parody of Jennifer Love Hewitt's character Amanda Beckett (incidentally both actresses starred together on Party Of Five); fellow students unfamiliar with Catherine when she walks into "Ferris'" party; character Bruce (parody of Seth Green's character) tries to bond with Asians at the party against their liking.
• Cruel Intentions: Catherine Wyler teaching "second base". The incestuous relationship between Catherine and Jake. Catherine's licking of the crucifix. The lesbian kiss. Also, Catherine Wyler's room color is the same shade of blue and white stripes as in Kathryn Merteuil's (Sarah Michelle Gellar's) room in Cruel Intentions.
• Dead Poets Society: In a scatological spoof of Mr. Keating's first poetry lesson, where he ridicules Dr. J. Evans Pritchard's theories about measuring poetry as "Excrement!", scenes of an English class are cross-cut with those of a plumbing catastrophe brewing immediately upstairs.
• Detroit Rock City: The bathroom scene in which the three desperate virgins are watching a girl use the bathroom. The girl farting however, is more exaggerated in this film.
• Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo: During the cheer tryouts, the girl trying out shouts a stream of obscenities, and like Amy Poehler's character Ruth does in Deuce Bigalow, she blames it on Tourette's Syndrome
• Drive Me Crazy in reference to the prom and Melissa Joan Hart's cameo.
• Dude, Where's My Car?: Two high school boys talking and constantly saying 'dude' and 'sweet' and approached by a woman, who later says 'sweet dude'.
• Fast Times at Ridgemont High: "I DON'T KNOW" on the chalkboard; The song, "Somebody's Baby;" the television repair shop named "Spicoli's". (in 'Ridgemont', after Spicoli wrecks Jefferson's Camaro, he says that his dad is a TV repairman and has an ultimate set of tools)
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off: The same house is used in this movie (although not intentionally); The "Ferris" character revealing the uncivil things he is doing or about to do when his parents are leaving the house; the music playing during said scene; a banner "SAVE FERRIS" in the cafeteria
• Footloose: This movie about a town that outlaws dancing is paid tribute to with the "PROM SAT NIGHT" dance banner that reads "DANCING PROHIBITED"; every student in the High School "happens to be a professional dancer".
• Grease: Characters singing in the film just before the prom; Jake singing in the stands; Hand Jive during the dance scene; the character Sandy Sue.
• Guys and Dolls: A bet to go out with a seemingly unattainable girl backfires and the 'jock' loses her, despite being in love with her.
• Heathers: Priscilla is said to be based on Heather Chandler, the "Queen Bee" in Heathers.
• Independence Day: Randy Quaid's character, who says he's been an alcoholic since he was in the Vietnam War, resembles his character Russell Casse in Independence Day, also an alcoholic Vietnam veteran.
• Jawbreaker: Priscilla and her friends walking down the school hallway to the tune of "Yoo Hoo" by Imperial Teen.
• Jerry Maguire: Deleted scenes - Jake says to Janey, "You complete me." Janey replies, "You had me at, 'Janey thank God I got to you in time.'"
• Lucas: Jake relives his traumatized football game through flashbacks, that involved the death of a fellow player: a scrawny underdog with thick glasses that just wanted to play.
• Never Been Kissed: The geriatric undercover reporter posing as a student.
• Pleasantville: The new student with Tourette's Syndrome, Sandy Sue, is a take on Sandy from Grease and the female characters from Pleasantville.
• Porky's: The guys finding a way to look into the girls' locker room. Also, the opening scene could be a spoof on PeeWee Morris.
• Pretty in Pink: The song "If You Leave" played by the prom band; Ricky parodies Duckie; Janey's talent in art parodies Andie's lackluster talent in making dresses.
• Risky Business: As Mr. and Mrs. Wasserstein leave their house to go away for several days, they give their son Preston a few last-minute reminders. They do not notice at all the busy preparations that their good little boy is making (including shouting directions to the men delivering the sound system) to their house for an orgy of partying. Also, there is a championship banner hanging in the gym during the cheerleading tryouts, for the sport of "Crystal Egg Tossing, 1983".
• Road Trip: Mitch, Ox, and Bruce embark on a road trip which takes them to Preston's party two houses away. The "French Toast" line spoofs the diner scene.
• Rudy: When Marty goes in to the game, the crowd is cheering "MARTY" like "RUDY". Guy starts a slow clap as the football player in Rudy does. The wise janitor, besides being a parody of Mr. T, can be considered a parody of Fortune the janitor. Marty is wearing uniform #45, the same number as Rudy.
• Save the Last Dance: The black guy at the party is also the black guy in Save the Last Dance. In the deleted scenes, he's shown giving Janey support while she's trying to dance at the party.
• Say Anything: Janey is off to art school in Paris, similar to Ione Skye's character leaving for Europe.
• She's All That: The main plot of the movie. The "pretty actress playing an ugly girl" theme is parodied in particular in a scene in which the jocks rate an increasingly more bizarre group of girls as more attractive than Janey ("...she wears glasses! And her hair's in a ponytail!"). Also, the scene in which a character remarks "You would never suspect that everyone at this school is a professional dancer" is a dig on the choreographed prom scene. Also, the girl in She's All That is named Laney Boggs, which is very similar to Janey Briggs.
• Sixteen Candles: Janey and Mr. Briggs's father-daughter conversation on the sofa; "Anthony Michael Dining Hall" references Anthony Michael Hall. Ricky parodies Anthony Michael Hall by showing obsession for Janie. Jake Wyler's car (a red, 80's-vintage Porsche), shown briefly during the airport scene, is a near-exact replica of the Porsche driven by Jake Ryan at the end of Sixteen Candles. The song "If You Were Here" (The Thompson Twins) briefly playing during the airport scene.
• Song of the South: An animated bluebird appears in the musical sequence.
• Star Wars: Mr T's final appearance is as a disembodied head in front of a blue background, encouraging the main character at a crucial point in the movie.
• The Faculty: The two guys that look like Zeke Tyler played by Josh Hartnett and Stan Rosado played by Shawn Hatosy.
• The Goonies: The Fratelli twins is the name of Mama Fratelli's sons.
• The Karate Kid: Janey thinks that Jake borrows a line from this movie at the end.
• Valley Girl: Janey's heartfelt talk with her father about choosing the right guy; the live band at the prom.
• Varsity Blues: Football scenes - including one with My Hero by The Foo Fighters; Ron Lester parodies himself, Jake angrily tells his father "I don't want your life!"; Reggie Ray's concussions; Jake's whipped cream bikini parodies Ali Larter's whipped cream bikini scene; the football coach is a parody of Coach Bud Kilmer, played by Jon Voight.
• Weird Science: One of the book sections in the library scene is titled after this movie starring Anthony Michael Hall (who was also in the original library scene in The Breakfast Club).

[edit] Trivia

• The name of the high school in the film was John Hughes High School. This was a reference to John Hughes, director of many teen movies from the '80s.
• The football stadium name is "Harry Dean Stadium" - a tribute to Harry Dean Stanton who played Molly Ringwald's father in Pretty in Pink, not Harry Dean.
• The television geek from the short-lived game show Beat the Geeks makes a short appearance in the film as the chef who ejaculated into Mitch's french toast.
• The film's US working title was 10 Things I Hate about Clueless Road Trips When I Can't Hardly Wait To Be Kissed, a portmanteau of 10 Things I Hate about You, Clueless, Road Trip, Can't Hardly Wait and Never Been Kissed. This may also be a reference to the spoof of gangsta films, Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood which cobbled together its title from other genre films such as Menace II Society, Boyz N the Hood and Juice or Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth which pieced its title from horror films such as Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer and Friday the 13th.
• This movie uses a replica of the library that was used in The Breakfast Club, as well as the same house that was featured in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
• Phil Beauman and Buddy Johnson were two of the writers of Scary Movie. Ironically, the theatrical trailer for this film states, "If you liked Scary Movie, who gives a shit?"
• The high school mascot is the "Wasps," the acronym version of which describes stereotypical white people, many of whom can be found in teen movies.
• The character Malik, or "The Token Black Guy" can be seen with at least seven radically different hairstyles of varying lengths throughout the entire film.

[edit] Soundtrack listing

The soundtrack features rock artists from the 90's and 2000s, mostly covering songs from the 80's:

1. "Tainted Love" (Gloria Jones, popularized by Soft Cell) - Marilyn Manson
2. "Never Let Me Down Again" (Depeche Mode) - Smashing Pumpkins
3. "Blue Monday" (New Order) - Orgy
4. "The Metro" (Berlin)- System of a Down
5. "But Not Tonight" (Depeche Mode) - Scott Weiland
6. "Message of Love" (The Pretenders) - Saliva
7. "Bizarre Love Triangle" (New Order) - Stabbing Westward
8. "99 Red Balloons" (Nena) - Goldfinger
9. "I Melt With You" (Modern English) - Mest
10. "If You Leave" (OMD) - Good Charlotte
11. "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" (The Smiths) - Muse
12. "Somebody's Baby" (Jackson Browne) - Phantom Planet

Songs in the film that are not on the CD soundtrack include:

1. "Turning Japanese" (The Vapors) - Face to Face
2. "Inbetween Days" (The Cure) - Face to Face
3. "Oh Yeah" (Yello) - original version
4. "Janie's Got a Gun" (Aerosmith) - sung by Chris Evans a cappella
5. "The A-Team Theme" (Mike Post and Pete Carpenter)
6. "My Hero" (Foo Fighters) - original version
7. "Let's Go" (The Cars)
8. "Prom Tonight" (Ben Folds, Mike Bender, Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson) - Movie Cast
9. "I Want Candy" (Bow Wow Wow) - Good Charlotte
10. "Kiss Me" (Sixpence None the Richer)
11. "Don't You (Forget About Me)" (Simple Minds) - Sprung Monkey
12. "Yoo Hoo" (Imperial Teen) - ("Yoo-Hoo" is heard briefly during Jaime Pressly's slow-motion entrance)
13. "Rebel Girl" (Bikini Kill)
14. "Rock Star" (Everclear)
15. "If You Were Here" (Thompson Twins)
16. "Can't Fight This Feeling" (REO Speedwagon) (Amanda's slow-motion entrance song)
17. "Let's Begin (Shoot the S**t)" (Bad Ronald)
18. "Let Me Clear My Throat" (DJ Kool)
19. "True" (Spandau Ballet)

[edit] See also

• Teen films, the concept being spoofed in this film
• Scary Movie, a spoof on horror films
• Epic Movie, a spoof on epic films
• Date Movie, a spoof of date movies, or "chick flicks"

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