American Pie Presents: Band Camp
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| American Pie Presents: Band Camp | |
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| Image:Newamericanpiebandcamp.jpg DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Steve Rash |
| Produced by | Mike Elliott |
| Written by | Adam Herz (characters) Brad Riddell |
| Starring | Tad Hilgenbrink Arielle Kebbel Jason Earles Eugene Levy Chris Owen Tara Killian |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 26, 2005 |
| Running time | 87 min. (rated) 94 min. (unrated) |
| Country | Image:Flag of the United States.svg |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $10 million |
| Preceded by | American Wedding (2003) |
| Followed by | The Naked Mile (2006) |
| All Movie Guide profile | |
| IMDb profile | |
American Pie Presents: Band Camp is a 2005 direct-to-video spinoff to the American Pie trilogy of films. It was directed by Steve Rash and written by Brad Riddell. The film centers on Matt Stifler (played by Eli Marienthal in the original films), younger brother of Steve Stifler. In this film, Matt (now played by Tad Hilgenbrink) is sent to the infamous band camp, where he meets a young woman and is compelled to change his ways.
It was released on DVD in the UK on October 31, 2005 and in the U.S. on December 26, 2005. It sold one million DVDs in its first week in the United States.
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[edit] Plot
The movie focuses on Matt Stifler, the younger brother of Steve Stifler from the previous American Pie films. Matt is eager to enter the family business of making films, so he can prove to his older brother that he is "up to the standards of the Stifmeister." Stifler and his friends play a prank on the band students during the seniors' graduation ceremony by spraying pepper spray on the mouthpieces of the band's instruments. Matt narrowly escapes getting caught and stows the can of pepper spray in his front pocket, which subsequently leaks onto his dick. The band members begin to play "Pomp and Circumstance," only to become too irritated by the pepper spray to continue. During the commotion, one of the students trips and pulls down the back curtain, which reveals Matt, who is washing his pepper spray soaked genitals in a drinking fountain, in front of the whole school.
Elyse demands that Stifler be punished for ruining their performance, stating that he always gets away with his pranks because he is the school's star football player. The school's guidance counselor Chuck Sherman ("The Sherminator") decides that a worthwhile punishment would be for Stifler to attend band camp, in the hopes that he would make friends with the bandies and not follow in the footsteps of his much-hated brother.
As Matt records the various happenings at the camp, he gradually becomes friends with some of the band members from his school and even falls in love with Elyse, who is revealed to have been a friend of Matt's in 8th grade but had a falling out after Matt started hanging around with Steve and his friends and acting like The Stifmeister. Matt is eventually caught with his movies, and his once-friends want nothing more to do with him.
After talking with Mr. Levenstein (Jim's father), camp MACRO (Morale and Conflict Resolution Officer), Matt learns that the people that Steve thought were his friends really did not like him very much. Levenstein believes that people want to like Matt, but he makes it impossible by trying to be like his brother. This is confirmed when Matt later asks Sherman, "Did everyone really hate my brother?" to which he responds with a rather sad nod.
Matt comes to realize that his brother is not as great or cool as he once thought and that following in his footsteps is not a good idea, so he deletes all the videos he recorded at band camp. He even enlists the help of the band to help Elyse get the band scholarship that Stifler accidentally made her lose in the final days of band camp.
To make it up to Elyse, Matt decides to pull the whole band together to get Elyse's scholarship. Matt writes up a forged letter on his computer and sends it to Elyse's house. Elyse gets the letter when she is with her friend Chloe. The next scene you see Elyse getting dropped off at Robards (the scholarship school) by fellow band member Oscar. When Elyse gets to the front desk she is told by the lady at the desk that the letter she has is a fake.
When Elyse turns around and hears bagpipes, she shouts out "STIFLER" in outrage. The camera then moves in to Matt who is playing the bagpipes, and the rest of the band is revealed start playing the song that Elyse wrote. When Dr Choie and her assistant come out to see what the noise is about she mistakenly believes that the entire event had been orchestrated by Elyse and is sufficiently impressed to give her the scholarship.
Elyse then thanks Matt and hugs him, who in turn gives back Elyse her picardo which he'd thought was a dildo. They then kiss.
[edit] Cast
- Tad Hilgenbrink as Matt Stifler
- Arielle Kebbel as Elyse Houston
- Eugene Levy as Mr. Levenstein
- Jason Earles as Ernie Kaplowitz
- Matt Barr as Brandon Vanderkamp
- Jun Hee Lee as Jimmy Chong
- Crystle Lightning as Chloe
- Lauren C. Mayhew as Arianna
- Angela Little as Sheree
- Chris Owen as Chuck Sherman / The Shermanator
- Omar Benson Miller as Oscar
- Dossett March as Andy
- Lily Mariye as Dr. Brian Choi
- Ginger Lynn as Camp Nurse
[edit] Soundtrack Listing
- Andrew W.K. - She Is Beautiful
- Breaking Benjamin - Forget It
- Snow Patrol - How To Be Dead
- Matt Nathanson - Laid
- Treble Charger - American Psycho
- Good Charlotte - The Anthem
- Paul Locke - Paul's Drums
- D.O.R.K - The Authority Song
- Courtesy of Associated Productions Music - Dracula Plays
- Courtesy of Associated Productions Music - Pom Pom
- Courtesy of Associated Productions Music - Piano Sonata
- Cage9 - Breaking Me Down
- Linda Perry - Get The Party Started
- D.O.R.K - Jaime
- The Penfifteen Club - Disco MF
- The City Drive - Defeated
- Robert W. Parissi - Play That Funky Music White Boy
- The City Drive - Bring Me Everything
- Christian B - Baby Got Back
- Mars Bonfire - Born to Be Wild
- Tal Bachman - Aeroplane
- Chris Rash and Jean-Paul DiFranco - Bonfire Etude
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[edit] References
American Pie series | |
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| Original series | American Pie • American Pie 2 • American Wedding |
| Spin off series | Band Camp • The Naked Mile • Beta House |
| Characters | Jim Levenstein • Chris Ostreicher • Paul Finch • Kevin Myers • Steve Stifler • Janine Stifler |
| Actors | Jason Biggs • Thomas Ian Nicholas • Chris Klein • Eddie Kaye Thomas • Seann William Scott • Alyson Hannigan • Shannon Elizabeth • Tara Reid • Mena Suvari • Natasha Lyonne • Eugene Levy • Jennifer Coolidge • Chris Owen |
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