Orange County (film)

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Orange County
Directed by	Jake Kasdan
Produced by	Scott Rudin
Written by	Mike White
Starring	Colin Hanks Jack Black Schuyler Fisk Bret Harrison Kyle Howard Catherine O'Hara Mike White John Lithgow Lily Tomlin George Murdock Lillian Hurst Chevy Chase Leslie Mann Harold Ramis
Music by	Michael Andrews
Cinematography	Greg Gardiner
Editing by	Tara Timpone
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures MTV Films
Release date(s)	January 11, 2002
Running time	82 min.
Country
Language	English
Budget	$18 million
Gross revenue	$41,032,915
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Orange County is an American movie released on January 11, 2002. The movie was distributed by Paramount Pictures and produced by MTV Films and Scott Rudin. The movie was directed by Jake Kasdan and written by Mike White. The MPAA rated the movie PG-13 for language, drug content, and sexual content.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Trivia
4 Soundtrack
5 External links

[edit] Plot

Shaun Brumder (Colin Hanks) is a local surfer kid from Orange County, California who, after the death of his best friend, becomes disillusioned with his life and looks for another path. He stumbles upon a book titled "Straight Jacket", and decides to become an author. His dreams are of going to Stanford University to study with the book's author, Marcus Skinner, and to get away from his dysfunctional household. When his application is rejected after his dim-witted guidance counselor sends in the wrong transcript, Shaun goes to great lengths to get into Stanford by any means possible, with a little help from his girlfriend Ashley (Schuyler Fisk) and his drugged-out older brother Lance (Jack Black).

[edit] Cast

Colin Hanks as Shaun Brumder
Jack Black as Lance Brumder
Schuyler Fisk as Ashley
Bret Harrison as Lonny
Kyle Howard as Arlo
R. J. Knoll as Chad
Catherine O'Hara as Cindy Beugler
Mike White as Mr. Burke
John Lithgow as Bud Brumder
George Murdock as Bob Beugler
Lily Tomlin as Charlotte Cobb
Lillian Hurst as Lupe
Chevy Chase as Principal Harbert
Olivia Rosewood as Dana
Carly Pope as Tanya
Natasha Melnick as Katie
Kevin Kline as Marcus Skinner (uncredited)
Ben Stiller as Firefighter (uncredited)

[edit] Trivia

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The scenes that were supposed to represent Orange County were actually filmed in Los Angeles County.
The scenes that were supposed to represent Stanford were actually filmed at the University of Southern California, as well as Occidental College, more than 350 miles south of Stanford.
The high school that was used in the film was Diamond Ranch High School located in Pomona, in eastern L.A. County.
The shot of the dog nipping Ashley on the nose was an accident, yet Schuyler Fisk stayed in character so director Kasdan left it in.
The movie (excluding the prologue "Dear Mr. Skinner") takes place over the course of about 24 hours, from morning Friday, April 15, to morning Saturday, April 16. However these dates in 2002 (when the film was released) fall on a Monday and Tuesday.
The name "Brumder" may have originated from the name of an administrator at Mike White's high school.
The tagline is actually a line said by Garth (Dana Carvey) at Waynestock in Wayne's World 2 in reference to the setting of Aurora, Illinois.
The American television series, The O.C., was originally supposed to be called "Orange County" but was later changed due to the release of this film. Coincidentally, Colin Hanks made an appearance in The O.C. as "Grady Bridges", star of fictional television show, The Valley. Bret Harrison, who plays Lonny in this movie, also had a guest role in 'The O.C.' playing Danny, Seth's rival for Summer's affections, in Season 1, and is also in the band Big Japan with The O.C. star Adam Brody.
Scenes from the film are shown in the Foo Fighters video for the song The One; the song is also featured on the movie's soundtrack.
At the time of release, much was made about the fact the film features several second generation Hollywood progeny: the director, Jake Kasdan, is the son of film director Lawrence Kasdan; Colin Hanks is the son of Tom Hanks; and Schuyler Fisk is the daughter of Sissy Spacek.
The SpongeBob SquarePants episode Help Wanted is seen in this movie.
The TV-series The O.C's intro uses the song California by Phantom Planet, which is also used in this movie.
Both Colin Hanks and Jack Black are reunited in the Peter Jackson film, King Kong
They are also reunited in the 2006 film Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny, although not onscreen. Hanks is seen as one of the members at the college frat party.