The film also worked in the post-Animal House tradition of boys behaving badly, specifically Porky’s, which was also about nerdy high school students who make a pact to lose their virginity.
And these set pieces were the big draw, just as they were a year earlier with There’s Something About Mary, when the “hair gel” scene and the “zipper” scene were shorthand hooks that brought people to theaters, regardless of the actual premise.
Photograph: Moviestore/REX/ShutterstockĬritics were divided on American Pie’s contributions to the trend – the infamous pie, the semen in a beer cup, the mochaccino spiked with laxatives – but they were by no means the lowest of the low. Jason Biggs, Eddie Kaye Thomas and Thomas Ian Nicholas in American Pie. At the time, the Farrelly brothers hits Kingpin and There’s Something About Mary were sparking a can-you-top-this cycle of R-rated comedies that carried into the early 2000s, with titles now either forgotten (Say It Ain’t So, Slackers, Waiting …) or not worth remembering (Scary Movie, National Lampoon’s Van Wilder). In 1999, American Pie was at the end of one phase and the beginning of another, which is why it seems both dated and prescient – a relic from a randier era of cable-ready frathouse and gross-out comedies, and a look ahead to a sweeter brand of raunch, rooted in deep friendships and the possibility of a more mature, longer-lasting romance.
For male viewers especially, it’s a perverse form of escapism: they can recognize how awkward and embarrassing those first sexual encounters tend to be, but hey, at least they didn’t liken a woman’s breasts to “bags of sand” or get caught dipping their wick into a warm apple pie. The films have evolved with the culture – and frankly, a healthy shift in the rules of engagement – but they’re part of a long continuum of teen (or man-child) sex romps that deal in humiliating rites of passage. It’s being made in The 40-Year-Old Virgin, in Superbad, in Neighbors, in Booksmart, in the constant flow of cringe-inducing comedies about love and friendship among the sexually inexperienced.
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“The thing I’ve learned shooting this movie is as much as things change, things stay exactly the same,” Thomas adds.Yet 20 years later, American Pie is being made all the time. Thomas was just 16 years old when he got the role of Finch in the bawdy comedy. Two sequels followed the hit teen comedy: American Pie 2 (2001) and American Wedding (2003). The first, American Pie, was released in 1999. Written and directed by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, American Reunion is the fourth film in the teen comedy series. “He’s grown, he’s gone places, but at the end of the day, he’s the same guy he always was,” he says. Thomas, who plays Finch, the intellectual of the group who has a weakness for Stifler’s mom, tells THR what it’s been like to see this character grow up from an awkward teen to a 30-something man.
It stars Alyson Hannigan, Seann William Scott, Mena Suvari, Tara Reid, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas and Jennifer Coolidge.
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VIDEO: 'American Reunion' Full Trailer Hits the WebĪmerican Reunion, out in theaters on April 6, sees the whole gang from the American Pie movies back together for their 10-year high school reunion. “I think I might have to not wear pants for the screening and send it off to a tailor and hopefully not be too embarrassed during the party,” Thomas tells THR. “Jason Biggs just ripped my pants.”Īfter inspecting the hole in his pants, Thomas ups the raunchy factor by accusing Biggs' wife of grazing a private part of his body.īiggs tries to comfort Thomas: “You can’t see it at all because it’s really up in there.” “You just ripped my pants,” Thomas says to Biggs. STORY: Who Got Paid What for the 'American Pie' Reunionīut then, all hell broke loose. PHOTOS: Hollywood's 10 Highest-Grossing Actorsīut what stars Eddie Kaye Thomas and Jason Biggs were probably not expecting was for a little bit of chaos to hit the red carpet at the premiere for American Reunion, the upcoming fourth film in the comedy franchise.Īs Thomas, who plays Finch in the films, prepared for an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, he hopped out of the way so Biggs and his wife, Jenny Mollen, could get by. The stars of the American Pie movies are used to pranks and shenanigans on set – the cast is infamous for it.
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