National Lampoon s Van Wilder: Freshman Year is the third film in the Van Wilder series, following Van Wilder and Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj . Freshman Year is a prequel to the first film. It was released straight-to-DVD in 2009. The film was directed by Harvey Glazer and stars Jonathan Bennett, in the titular role of a young Van Wilder, Kristin Cavallari, Jerry Shea, and Steve Talley.

Plot

Van Wilder, (Jonathan Bennett), has graduated from high school. Planning to go on a road trip to Amsterdam with his dad, (Linden Ashby), when plans are cut short by his dad, who as it turns out, is busy with work, leaving Van to go it alone. Following in the family tradition, Van ends up attending Coolidge College where his family has their name, literally, on one of the buildings, Wilder Hall. However, when he gets there, Coolidge is no longer the laid-back school of his dad s time, but a military-based institution run by Dean Reardon (Kurt Fuller).

Reardon, a military man who despises senior Wilder, wants to take his aggression out on young Mr. Wilder. He can t force him out because his dad is a wealthy alumni with close ties to the school, so he tries to make Van s life a living hell. Hilarity and hijinks ensue when Van turns a one-bed dorm room into a two-bedroom (by breaking down a wall). His roommate is Farley (Nestor Aaron Absera), a pothead from Jamaica. Against the rules, the boys decide to throw a party on campus, with such activities as making out, drugs, alcohol, sex, along with everything else considered fun by the raucous Van Wilder. The only person to show up at the party is Yu Dum Fok (Jerry Shea). The boys then encounter a group of prudish girls led by Eve (Meredith Giangrande).

After Eve throws sacramental wine on them, Van pulls a prank during church. Reardon knows Van is behind the prank, so he has his ROTC students, Dirk (Steve Talley) and his closeted sidekick, Corporal Benedict (Nick Nicotera), interrogate Van, trying to make him crack. Van falls for Dirk s girlfriend, Kaitlin (Kristin Cavallari), causing Dirk to get even angrier. Kaitlin thinks, lives, and breathes the military, and believes in chastity before marriage. After playing a military game with Reardon that results in him stepping down as dean and being tasered, Van and Kaitlin end up together and Van decides to finish college. The film ends as Van leaves Dirk and Benedict tied to each other in their underwear.

Cast

• Jonathan Bennett as Van Wilder
• Linden Ashby as Vance Wilder Sr.
• Kurt Fuller as Dean Charles Reardon
• Irene Keng as Dongmei
• Jerry Shea as Yu Dum Fok
• Steve Talley as Lt. Dirk Arnold
• Nick Nicotera as Corporal Benedict
• Meredith Giangrande as Eve
• Kristin Cavallari as Kaitlin Hayes

Home media

Van Wilder: Freshman Year was released on DVD on July 14, 2009. As of November 2011, 226,168 DVD units have been sold, bringing in $2,994,116 in revenue.

Year	2009
ReleaseDate	2009-07-14
RuntimeMins	98
RuntimeStr	1h 38min
Plot	Van Wilder starts his freshman year at Coolidge College and embarks on an adventure to land the campus hottie and liberate his school from sexual oppression and party dysfunction.
Directors	Harvey Glazer
Writers	Brent Goldberg, David Wagner, Todd McCullough
Stars	Jonathan Bennett, Kristin Cavallari, Kurt Fuller
Produced by	Peter Abrams,Sam Bernard,Kat Blasband Page,Kirk D Amico,Robert L. Levy,Ari Newman,Andrew Panay,Darin Spillman,Natan Zahavi
Music by	Nathan Wang
Cinematography by	Shawn Maurer
Film Editing by	Aden Bahadori,Suzanne Hines,Mahi Rahgozar
Casting By	Mandy Sherman
Production Design by	David Dreyer,Joseph Litsch
Set Decoration by	Joseph Litsch,Dan Post
Costume Design by	Luellyn Harper
Makeup Department	Lay Na Anderson,Andrea C. Brotherton,Roxanne Ferguson,T.A. Henderson,Wanda Patterson,Keitric Starks,Shunika Terry,Dionne Wynn
Production Management	Sherwood Jones,Tatiana Komlos,Paul L. Long,Day Permuy
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director	Derrick Doose,Evans Griffin,Adam Jordan,Amir R. Khan,James J.D. Taylor
Art Department	Joseph F. Beeco,Dwight Benjamin-Creel,Taylor Bennett,Marty Corser,Jerry Davenport,Cayman Eiler,Shawn M. Gray,Jermaine Ivey,Barry D. James,Kip Jamison,Ellen L. Kerr,Julie Kobsa,Ryan Kutch,Amy Lehman,Konrad Lewis,Chauncey Myshkin,Robert Tate Nichols,Ron Pruette,Katrina Rice,Philip Salick,Dan Savage,Roland Spence,Andy G. Strauss,Adam Sumner,Erin Thornton,Monika van Schellenbeck,James Vasilovic,Greg Waddle
Sound Department	Scott Casillas,Lorita de la Cerna,Brian Didsbury,Vincent Guisetti,Jae Kim,Colt Logan,Dessie Markovsky,Tom Ozanich,Emile Razpopov,Vesco Razpopov,Aron Siegel,Andy Snavley,Trevor Stott,Todd Weaver
Special Effects by	Lisa Reynolds,Bob Shelley
Visual Effects by	Aden Bahadori,Seth Brown,Nick Flook,John Iskandar,Tom Martinez Jr.,Roger Nall,Michael E. Phillips,Mike Sevigny
Stunts	Anderson Martin
Camera and Electrical Department	Chris Antignane,Irie Bailey,Shelley Baldwin,Mike Besaw,Chris Birdsong,Darrell Charles,Guy D Alema,Alfeo Dixon,Alexander Falk,Rodney Gaskin,Anthony Jacobs,Sylvia Kay,Nathaniel Kendrick Jr.,Levi Loy,Todd Marshall,Nathan McConnell,Jim McKinney,Alan Melling,Connor O Malley,David Parker,Stoke T. Renigade Patterson,Mike Pearce,Daniel Pederson,Bruce Robinson,John E. Stephens,Cris Toebben,Matthew Horn
Casting Department	Janella Bersabal,Shay Griffin,Jaime Harlan,Patrick Ingram,John Fitzgerald Page,Nathan Wright
Costume and Wardrobe Department	Layne Brightwell,Kate Duke,Randy Edwards,Paradise Franklin,Daniel George,Jeff Gillies,Rhonney Greene
Editorial Department	Jay Hunt,Chris Lazar,Robert J. Lemos,Chuck Nosworthy,Dan Racicot,Igor Ridanovic,Andrew Sommer,Ron Wisman Jr.,Keith Roush
Location Management	Kalena Boller,Ben McIver,Adam Miller,Seth Zimmerman
Music Department	Amjad Albasel,Gary Chase,Paul Di Franco,Jean-Paul DiFranco,Michael Dittrick,Amber Funk,Jeremy Sweet
Script and Continuity Department	Reagan Brandon,Kevin Hindley
Transportation Department	Dennis G. Carter,Jerry Carter,Marshall Hovies,Peter McGoran,Ken Nevin,David Carlton White
Additional Crew	Marie Barnas,Haley Billue,Justin Bones,Bonnie Chaney,Erin Charles,Kamien Faison,Eric Forth,Nicholas Giancola,Tameka Gibson,Matthew Kelly Jackson,Adam Jordan,Zach Kane,Sedrick Lakpa,Chuck Manning,Amber Mitchell,Kendra L. Patterson,Jason Payne,Marilyn Penn-Lindley,Day Permuy,Alan Robbins,Adam W. Rosen,Jayne Royall,Walter Royall,Vicki L. Sawyer,Gene Michael Smith,Stan Swofford,Brian Tinch,Carol Tresan,Greg Tresan,Freddy Turner,Paul Van Den Bosch,Dana Wasdin,Jessie Sasser White,Gresszelle Williams,Justin Zelik
Genres	Comedy, Romance
Companies	National Lampoon, Paramount Famous Productions, Paramount Home Entertainment
Countries	USA
Languages	English
ContentRating	R
ImDbRating	5.1
ImDbRatingVotes	14578
Keywords	flashing breasts,masturbation with dildo,sexual orgasm,female masturbation,female nudity