When every college turned them down. . . they made one up.
M A I N D E T A I L S
Character: Monica
Theater Release Date: August 18, 2006
DVD Release Date: November 14, 2006
Director: Steve Pink
Budget: $23,000,000
U.S. Box Office: $36,300,285
Other Cast: Justin Long, Jonah Hill, Adam Herschman, Columbus Short, and Maria Thayer.
S U M M A R Y
High school senior Bartleby “B” Gaines is on his way to scoring eight out of eight rejection letters from colleges, which isn’t going to go over big with Mom and Dad. At least he’s not alone in the exclusion. Several of his crew of outcast friends are in the same, college-less boat. So how does a guy facing a bleak career please his parents and get noticed by dream girl Monica? Simple. Open his own university. B and his band of misfit freshmen take “liberal” arts literally when they fool their parents and peers and create the esteemed South Harmon Institute of Technology. Just as they are settling in, B and company realize they’ve done their jobs too well. Dozens of other college rejects show up for classes at this less-than-lofty institute. Under the scornful eyes of the privileged students from the neighboring college, B and his friends forge ahead with maintaining a fake, functioning university. With his future in the balance, it’s going to take more than just sleight of hand to keep B out of jail as he strives to get the girl, impress his parents and just become “Accepted.” (Source)
T R I V I A
- Most of the movie was improvised, and a lot of the gags were pitched by the actors on the day of shooting.
- The movie was filmed mostly in Los Angeles.
M O N I C A
Soon.
Q U O T E S : M O N I C A
“There are a lot of things in my life that I thought were real and ended up being fake. Why can’t the opposite be true?”
T H E M E D I A
T H E R E V I E W S
Soon.
O N T H E W E B
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