When did the first American Pie movie come out?
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American Pie is a 1999 American teen sex comedy film written by Adam Herz and directed by brothers Paul and Chris Weitz, in their directorial film debut. It is the first film in the "American Pie" theatrical series. The film was a box-office hit and spawned three direct sequels: "American Pie 2" (2001), "American Wedding" (2003), and "American Reunion" (2012). The film concentrates on five best friends (Jim, Kevin, Oz, Finch, and Stifler) who attend East Great Falls High. With the exception of Stifler (who has already lost his virginity), the guys make a pact to lose their virginity before their high school graduation. The title is borrowed from the song of the same name and refers to a scene in the film, in which the protagonist is caught masturbating with a pie after being told that third base feels like "warm apple pie". Writer Adam Herz has stated that the title also refers to the quest of losing one's virginity in high school, which is as "American as apple pie."
American Pie (film)
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American Pie is a film series, consisting of eight sex comedy films. The first film in the series was released in 1999, by Universal Pictures, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, and gained a cult following amongst young people. The second and third films were released at two-year intervals, whereas the fourth film was released in 2012. A spin-off film series titled "American Pie Presents", which includes four direct-to-video films was released from 2005 to 2009.
American Pie (film series)
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The film series began with "American Pie", released on July 9, 1999. This was followed by three sequels: "American Pie 2", released on August 10, 2001, "American Wedding", released on August 1, 2003, and "American Reunion", released on April 6, 2012.
American Pie (film series)
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"American Pie" is McLean’s second album; his first, "Tapestry", having been released to only moderate commercial success and acclaim in 1970. McLean was a protégé of Pete Seeger, having played with him in the 1960s. The album "American Pie" was intended as a unified work, as McLean has said that he was influenced by the Beatles' "Sgt Pepper" album and envisioned "American Pie" to be a similar album. Believing that an artist's work should stand by itself, McLean generally did not offer explanations for his work's themes or meaning, though he did describe the title song as involving "a sense of loss". McLean dedicated the album to Buddy Holly, one of his childhood icons, and it was released in 1971. It has a melancholy feel and rather sparse arrangements. At the time of the writing McLean’s first marriage was failing and the optimism and hopefulness of the 1960s was giving way to the nihilism and hedonism of the 1970s.
American Pie (Don McLean album)
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James "Jim" Levenstein is the main protagonist in three out of the four primary films in the "American Pie" series (the exception being "American Wedding"). He is one of the nerdy outsiders who wants to lose his virginity. He first appears in "American Pie", where he is trying to lose his virginity before the end of high school and begins to pine for Czech exchange student, Nadia. Stifler persuades him to set up a webcam in his room so that they can all watch it together. The plan goes wrong, though, when Nadia discovers Jim's pornography collection and sits half-naked on his bed to read it. Jim is persuaded to return to his room, where he joins Nadia, unaware that he accidentally sent the weblink to the entire school directory. As Nadia is preparing to have sex with him, he prematurely ejaculates twice, embarrassing himself live in front of the entire school. Shortly afterwards Nadia leaves school and goes back home, now leaving Jim completely dateless for prom and ruining his likeliness of losing his virginity before high-school is over. In his desperation, Jim asks band geek Michelle Flaherty to the senior prom as she is apparently the only girl at his school who did not see what happened. He succeeds in getting Michelle into bed where she behaves passionately before leaving him to wake up alone. The film ends with Jim and his friends eating breakfast before toasting to the next step.
List of American Pie characters
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A fifth theatrical film, under the working title "American Pie 5" was announced on August 4, 2012, with Hurwitz and Schlossberg returning as directors and screenwriters. In May 2015, Tara Reid revealed that there have been "talks" about a fifth theatrical movie, possibly set in Las Vegas. In August 2017, Seann William Scott said in an interview that the fourth film probably had not made enough at the domestic box office to warrant another film.
American Pie (film series)
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Levy's career received a tremendous boost in 1999, when he was cast as the clueless but loving dad in the blockbuster "American Pie". Reprising the role in three film sequels and starring in four straight-to-video sequels made him something of a cult hero. Levy has been quoted as saying the "American Pie" series was a particular turning point in his career, affording him "a new perspective on his career at the time". Since working on the first two "American Pie" movies, Levy has worked with Steve Martin and Queen Latifah in "Bringing Down the House", and most recently appeared with Martin in "Cheaper by the Dozen 2". Levy again appeared as his famous character, Noah Levenstein, in the fourth theatrical film in the "American Pie" series, "American Reunion". He is the only actor to appear in all eight "American Pie" films
Eugene Levy
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Rosenthal's first feature film, "See This Movie", which he directed and co-wrote, premiered at the Aspen Comedy Festival. It was the first feature produced by Depth of Field, a production company operated by Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz ("About a Boy", "Antz", "American Pie"). "See This Movie", which starred Seth Meyers and John Cho, won the Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature at the Malibu Film Festival and was released in theaters in January 2006.
David M. Rosenthal (director)
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After auditioning for "Election", Payne chose Klein and they began filming. The film was released in April 1999 to positive reviews. Soon after, Klein found a steady amount of work in the film industry while briefly attending TCU, where he studied theater and was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. He was next seen in "American Pie", acting as Christopher Russell Ostreicher, which opened on July 9, 1999, and was a box office success. The following year Klein starred in "Here on Earth" alongside LeeLee Sobieski and Josh Hartnett (2000). Klein reprised his role in "American Pie 2" (2001) and "American Reunion" (2012), but was not in "American Wedding" reportedly due to scheduling conflicts. In 2002, Klein had a role in the Mel Gibson Vietnam War film "We Were Soldiers". Klein starred in the 2002 remake of the film "Rollerball", but the film was a massive critical and financial failure. Klein has also appeared in several teen movies, including "Just Friends" (2005) and "American Dreamz" (2006).
Chris Klein (actor)
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Beginning in 1998, feature films began to be released on the internet by warez groups prior to their theatrical release. These pirated versions usually came in the form of VCD or SVCD. A prime example was the release of "American Pie". This is notable for three reasons:In October 1999, DeCSS was released. This program allowed anyone to remove the CSS encryption on a DVD. Although its authors only intended the software to be used for playback purposes, it also meant that one could decode the content perfectly for ripping; combined with the "DivX 3.11 Alpha" codec released shortly after, the new codec increased video quality from near VHS to almost DVD quality when encoding from a DVD source.
Pirated movie release types