American Pie 2 (DVD)

American Pie 2 is a 2001 American sex comedy film directed by James B. Rogers and written by Adam Herz and David H. Steinberg from a story by Herz. A sequel to the 1999 comedy film American Pie, it is the second film in the American Pie series and stars Jason Biggs, Shannon Elizabeth, Alyson Hannigan, Chris Klein, Natasha Lyonne, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Tara Reid, Seann William Scott, Mena Suvari, Eddie Kaye Thomas, and Eugene Levy. The film follows the sexual exploits of five friends–Jim, Kevin, Stifler, Oz, and Finch–and their attempts to have the greatest summer party ever at a summer beach house in Michigan.

American Pie 2 was released in the United States on August 10, 2001, and grossed over $145 million in the US and $142 million overseas on a budget of $30 million, making it highest-grossing film in the franchise at just under $288 million worldwide. The film was followed by American Wedding.

Plot

Home for the summer after college, Jim Levenstein, Kevin Meyers, Chris Oz Ostreicher, and Paul Finch attend Steve Stifler s party until the police shut it down. Kevin is inspired by his brother to rent a Lake Michigan beach house and throw a massive party to close out the summer. The group obtains jobs painting houses in order to afford the rent. Jim receives a call from former love interest Nadia who informs him that she plans to visit him. To gain sexual experience, Jim seeks out his prom date, Michelle, who agrees to help him after he is mistaken for a mentally disabled trombone prodigy and makes a fool of himself in front of a band camp concert audience.

The group hosts a small party where Kevin and his ex-girlfriend Vicky awkwardly lie to one another regarding the number of sexual partners they have had at college. Oz attempts to have phone sex with his girlfriend Heather while she is studying abroad in Spain but they are interrupted by Stifler.

While painting a house, the group observes the two female occupants Stifler assumes are lesbians and he enters their home while they are away in order to find proof. Jim and Finch pursue him inside in an attempt to stop him when the women return home and find the trio inside. They tempt the boys with some quid pro quo sex acts. However, when Stifler exposes his genitals after the women request watching the boys give each other handjobs, Finch and Jim leave in disgust.

Jim visits Michelle again to obtain sexual tips and they are nearly caught by a camp director. Stifler brings the group pornography and Jim later accidentally mistakes super glue for lubricant and learns his penis will be unusable for a short period of time. Meanwhile, Finch has become involved in the art of Tantra and waits to use his new skills with Stifler s mom, who he mistakenly believes has arrived but is disappointed when he learns it is Stifler s younger brother.

Nadia unexpectedly arrives early, much to the dismay of Jim as his penis has not fully healed. He and Michelle pretend to be in a relationship. However, Michelle realizes that she has fallen in love with Jim but stages a mock breakup the night of the party so that Jim is free to hook up with Nadia. As the party begins, Jim realizes that he loves Michelle. Jim interrupts her concert performance and they return to the party together. Meanwhile, Sherman is seduced by Nadia who is attracted to his geeky persona. Kevin is disappointed to learn Vicky has brought a date and storms off onto the beach. Oz is happy when Heather unexpectedly arrives early. Jim, Oz, and Finch speak to Kevin, who admits he is struggling to move on after high school; but they reassure and convince him to return to the party. The group returns, Kevin apologizes to Vicky, and they all enjoy an evening of partying together. The two lesbians arrive to the party and later have a threesome with Stifler.

The next day, the group prepares to leave when a car pulls up; Finch approaches and finds Stifler s mom inside. They drive off together and have sex again.

Cast

• Jason Biggs as Jim
• Chris Klein as Oz
• Thomas Ian Nicholas as Kevin
• Seann William Scott as Stifler
• Eddie Kaye Thomas as Finch
• Alyson Hannigan as Michelle
• Natasha Lyonne as Jessica
• Tara Reid as Vicky
• Mena Suvari as Heather
• Shannon Elizabeth as Nadia
• Eugene Levy as Jim s Dad
• Chris Owen as Chuck Sherman, The Sherminator
• Molly Cheek as Jim s Mom
• Denise Faye as Danielle
• Lisa Arturo as Amber
• John Cho as John
• Justin Isfield as Justin
• Eli Marienthal as Stifler s Brother
• Casey Affleck as Kevin s Brother
• George Wyner as Camp Director
• Steve Shenbaum as Counselor
• Joelle Carter as Natalie
• JoAnna Garcia as Christy
• Jennifer Coolidge (uncredited) as Stifler s Mom
• Adam Brody as High School Guy (unrated version only)

Production

Principal photography began on February 14 and wrapped on April 27, 2001. Two versions of the film were released: the theatrical version and the unrated version. For the theatrical version, the film was cut slightly with a total of 19 scenes being altered. As a result, American Pie 2 achieved an R rating from the Motion Picture Association of America due to strong sexual content, crude humor, language and drinking.

Reception

Box office

During the opening weekend, American Pie 2 grossed $45.1 million from 3,063 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking at number one at the box office ahead of Rush Hour 2, a record for an R-rated comedy, surpassing Scary Movie. This record would be held until 2008 when it was surpassed by Sex and the City. Overall, it had the second-highest opening weekend for any R-rated film, behind Hannibal. For 14 years, the film would hold the record for having the highest August opening weekend for an R-rated film until Straight Outta Compton took it in 2015. It was the fourth consecutive Universal film of the year to reach $40 million in a single weekend, after The Mummy Returns, The Fast and the Furious and Jurassic Park III. American Pie 2 became the first film to top the box office for multiple weeks since Pearl Harbor. The film s theatrical run wrapped up on December 20, 2001, with a final domestic gross of $145,103,595 and $142,450,000 overseas, adding to a total worldwide gross of $287,553,595. It grossed $8.4 million in its opening weekend in Germany, a record for a comedy and for United International Pictures in the country, beating UIP s previous record set by Jurassic Park.

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 52% based on 127 reviews. The website s consensus states: Being a sequel, American Pie 2 doesn t retain the freshness of the original, nor is it as funny. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 43 out of 100 based on reviews from 28 critics, indicating mixed or average reviews . Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average rating of B+ on an A+ to F scale.

Roger Ebert gave the film 3 out of 4 stars. In At the Movies, Ebert and Richard Roeper both gave the film two thumbs up , with Roeper stating that the film had more laughs than the original .

Home media

American Pie 2 was released on VHS and DVD on January 15, 2002. The movie was released in two different versions: an R-rated version and an unrated version.

Soundtrack

The following songs were included in the movie but not featured on the soundtrack:

• The Afghan Whigs – Something Hot (Plays when Jim and Michelle walk along the beach before entering the lighthouse)
• Lit – A Place in the Sun (Heather arrives at the party)
• The Lemonheads – Mrs. Robinson (written and originally performed by Simon & Garfunkel) (Finch and Stifler s mom drive off)
• Oleander – Bruise (Heather sees Oz, Kevin says hello to Summer)
• Lit – The Last Time Again (First song that plays in the closing credits)
• Libra presents Taylor – Anomaly (Calling Your Name) (Jim sees the photo of Nadia before his dad walks in)
• American Hi-Fi – Flavor of the Weak (Stifler chases Finch out of his mom s room)
• Hoi Polloi – On My Mind (Sherman, seduces Jessica)
• Transmatic – Blind Spot (First Dog Years Scene)
• John Philip Sousa – Gladiator March
• Hoagy Carmichael & Stuart Gorrell – Georgia on My Mind
• Ali Dee – In and Out (Stifler sees the lesbians)
• Rafael Hernandez Marin – El Cumbanchero
• Michelle Branch – Everywhere (Plays during the montage of the guys having fun in their beach house)
• Weezer – Hash Pipe (Stifler breaks into the lesbians house)
• Julius Wechter – Spanish Flea
• Alien Ant Farm – Smooth Criminal (Jim super-gluing himself to himself)
• Toilet Böys – Another Day in the Life (Beginning of the lake house party)
• The Offspring – Want You Bad (Montage of Michelle and Jim dating)
• Sum 41 – In Too Deep (Heather and Oz and Jim and Michelle dance with each other)
• New Found Glory – Hit or Miss (The guys return from the beach)
• Witness – Here s One for You (uncredited) (only on some soundtrack versions)
• Larry Marciano – The Way It Used to Be
• Third Eye Blind – Semi-Charmed Life
• Zed – Renegade Fighter

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for American Pie 2

Chart (2001)	Peak position
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)	121

Chart (2002)	Position
Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)	134

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)	Gold	50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)	Silver	60,000^
United States (RIAA)	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Condition

New

Actor

Adam Herz, Chris Moore, Chris Weitz, Craig Perry, Paul Weitz, Warren Zide

Publisher

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

Published Date

2002-01-15

Age Group

Adult

Rating MPA

Not Rated

Recording Studio

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

Format

DVD

Brand

Uni Dist Corp. (Mca)

Amazon ASIN

B00003CY6D

UPC / EAN

025192073526

Year

2001

ReleaseDate

2001-08-10

RuntimeMins

108

RuntimeStr

1h 48min

Awards

Awards, 8 wins & 6 nominations

Directors

J.B. Rogers

Writers

Adam Herz, David H. Steinberg

Stars

Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Shannon Elizabeth

Produced by

Jane Bartelme, Chris Bender, Stefan Frank, Adam Herz, Chris Moore, Craig Perry, Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz, Warren Zide

Music by

David Lawrence

Cinematography by

Mark Irwin

Film Editing by

Larry Madaras, Stuart H. Pappé

Casting By

Joseph Middleton, Michelle Morris

Production Design by

Richard Toyon

Art Direction by

Kitty Doris-Bates

Set Decoration by

Karen Agresti

Costume Design by

Alexandra Welker

Makeup Department

Roxy D Alonzo, Wendy Martin, Vicky Phillips, Margie Puga, Brad Scott, Leslie Ann Sebert, Sharon Simon, Linda Trainoff, Joely Upchurch, Scott Williams, Brent Winholt, Soo-Jin Yoon, Theraesa Rivers, Verina Schafer

Production Management

Frank Cuomo, Virginia Landis Albertson, Daniel M. Stillman, Jane Bartelme, Ron Lynch

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Rick Barker, Marco Black, Cara Giallanza, Stephen V. Johnson, Michelene Mundo, Amy Schmidt

Art Department

Mark Andresen, Bennett Andrews, Carlo Basail, Scott Buckwald, Peggy Casey, Marienus Cetani Sr., David Clark, John E. Crider, Michael David, Amanda Evans, Andy Friend, David Harari, Derrick Harper, Jeff Hay, Hugo Herrera, Mark David Kersey, Drew Kinney, Betty Krul, Kenneth A. Larson, Scott W. Leslie, Steven M. Miller, John Mott, Efren N. Perez, Jeff Plauster, Brent Rice, Diana C. Richardson, Bret Ross, Jeannine Stevens, John Stone, Jim Sutton, Denise Ciarcia, Judson Crowder, Archie Hankins, Dylan J. Hay-Chapman, Werner Hoetzinger, David Keir, Michael Kocurek, Jerry Miscevich, Edward V. Pannozzo, Kimberley Rosenberg, Keith Sale, Ruben Sandoval Jr., Marcel Worch

Sound Department

Jeannette Browning, Chris Carpenter, Norval D. Crutcher III, Dylan A. Flores, Gary S. Gerlich, Jeff Gomillion, Marilyn Graf, Jeffrey Hefner, William Hooper, Doc Kane, Andy Koyama, Richard LeGrand Jr., Bob McNabb, Bill Meadows, Patrick O Sullivan, Philip Rogers, Walter Spencer, Jonathon Earl Stein, Stephen Tibbo, Samuel Webb, David Weisberg, Brent Brewington, Joe DeAngelis, Lee Gilmore, Linda Lew, Ken Strain, Richard Weingart

Special Effects by

Alan E. Lorimer, Wayne Rose

Visual Effects by

Rene Clark, Richard Malzahn, Lloyd Lee Barnett, Derek Ledbetter

Stunts

Brian Avery, Clayton J. Barber, Billy Burton, Clay Cullen, Mike Gunther, Karrie King, Rick LeFevour, Brad Martin, Chris O Hara, Darrin Prescott, Todd Schneider, Peter Stader, Troy Waters

Camera and Electrical Department

Samantha Bahramian, Jeff Barco, Adam Barth, Christine Benda, Ed Bernstein, Elizabeth Bolden, Marc Brown, Lon Caracappa, Jeffrey N. Civa, Tom Connell, Mark J. Coyne, Jay Dahlquist, Nicholas Davidoff, Cicero De Moraes, Jeff DeLucia, Matthew Devitt, Mark Dimitrov, Jim Tomcat Downing, Tommy Hooper Flanagan, Rocky Ford, Michael Foster, Chris Friebus, Eric J. Goldstein, Christopher Guyer, Douglas Huete-Soto, Darryl Humber, Ryan Huston, Douglas S. Johnson, C. Clifford Jones, Dan Kelly, Sean T. Kelly, Kevin Kennedy, Robert Kositchek, Randy Kutcher, Michael Listorti, Matthew Livingston, Ryan Louden, Michael McCormack, Skip Mobley, Zsuzsa Odry, Dean C. Peppler, Nabil Rahme, Michael Joseph Reyes, Mike Saad, Trace Schneider, Joel Schwartz, Alex Sinclair, Chris Soronen, Tim Soronen, Steven Strong, Donald J. Sutherland, John Trapman, Fred Troeskin, Gary Katsuya Ushino, Mark Van Loon, John Warner, Rachel Wells, Jonathan M. Wiener, John W. Yowler, Vivian Zink, Mike Byrd, Ian Dodd, Steve Galloway, Terry Kramer, Quinton Reilly, Gary Katsuya Ushino, John Wendling

Casting Department

Dena Berman, Kendra Carter, Caitlin McKenna

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Julie Lynn Ebin, Bill Edwards, Laurie Fink, Sandy Gazeley, Carrie Holt, David Swope

Editorial Department

Justin Bourret, Sarah de Sa Rego, Michael Gagliano, Monique Klauer, Ken Morrisey, Mary Nelson-Duerrstein, Melissa Remenarich-Aperlo, Matvey Shatz, Jason Solberg, Jeff Stroot, Philip Harrelson, Dave Lee, Chris Miller

Location Management

Ted Bayard, Becky Brake, Tyson Caffo, Richard De Labio, Edward J. Duffy, France Myung Fagin, Karlene Gallegly, Deborah Laub

Music Department

Julian Bratolyubov, Bobby Collins, Michael Farrow, Jay Gruska, Charles Martin Inouye, Gary Jones, Dave Jordan, David Lawrence, Cyril Morin, Kathy Nelson, Daniel Pipersky, Jojo Villanueva, Frank Wolf, Michelle Branch, Samantha Curry, George Doering, Rick Fleishman, Arnaud Gauthier, Sean M. Hickey

Script and Continuity Department

Sherry Gallarneau

Transportation Department

John Agnew, Keith D. Fisher, Don Poole, Aaron Skalka, Chris Ervin, Christian G. Ervin, Hugh Kelly, Cyril O Neil, Adam Pinkstaff

Additional Crew

Jason Altieri, Carlos A. Aragon, Daniel Bailey, Kevin Barnett, Elizabeth Bartolotta-Clark, Raymond W. Beal, John Catron, Robert L. Catron, Patrick Corcoran, Sarah de Sa Rego, Stacee E. Depalo, Stephen Dudycha, Matt Eddy, Joanna Fabicon, Randi Feldman, Lisa Furia, Michael George, William Grunder, C.J. Hakeem, Melissa House, Jeff Jenofsky, Jay Johnson, Lonnie Johnson, Kate Kelly, Kerry Kohansky-Roberts, Alex Krimm, Rob LaMorgese, Jeff Mahler, Clayton Mathis, Mark Mayer, Ray McCort, Janice Minsberg, Harry Monroe, Shannon Muchow, Suzanne Schnulle Murphy, Michelle Nigro, Matthew H. O Connor, Daniel Pancotto, Chris Papajohn, Peter Popp, Ming Qiu, Roberta Riordan, Josh Shader, Calvin Shatto, Alexa Sheehan, Deborah Simmrin, Bob Sobhani, Ryan D. Thompson, Ryan Tighe, Danny Trefts, Gabrielle Wallack, Troy Waters, Geoff Watson, Kristopher Wynne, Glen Yrigoyen, Nanni Baldini, Anthony Batarse, Mark Chambers, Alvaro Cofre, Bruce Comtois, Amina Allean Dieye, Terri Greening, Kyle Hutchison, Ryan Keating, Jeremiah Kent, Daniel A. Mondschain, Chad Saxton, James Warfield, Will White

Thanks

David Brown, Steve Bynum, Tera Hans, Rick Kessler, Steven Pahlberg

Genres

Comedy

Companies

LivePlanet, Universal Pictures, Zide-Perry Productions

Countries

USA

Languages

English

ContentRating

R

ImDbRating

6.4

ImDb Rating Votes

255550

Metacritic Rating

43

Short Description

American Pie 2 is a 2001 American sex comedy film directed by James B. Rogers and written by Adam Herz and David H. Steinberg from a story by Herz. A sequel to the 1999 comedy film American Pie, it is the second film in the American Pie series and stars Jason Biggs, Shannon Elizabeth, Alyson Hannigan, Chris Klein, Natasha Lyonne, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Tara Reid, Seann William Scott, Mena Suvari, Eddie Kaye Thomas, and Eugene Levy. The film follows the sexual exploits of five friends–Jim, Kevin, Stifler, Oz, and Finch–and their attempts to have the greatest summer party ever at a summer beach house in Michigan.

American Pie 2 was released in the United States on August 10, 2001, and grossed over $145 million in the US and $142 million overseas on a budget of $30 million, making it highest-grossing film in the franchise at just under $288 million worldwide. The film was followed by American Wedding.

Box Office Budget

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Box Office Opening Weekend USA

$45,117,985

Box Office Gross USA

$145,103,595

Box Office Cumulative Worldwide Gross

$287,553,595

Keywords

Coitus,female nudity,college student,reference to safe sex,female removes her clothes