American Wedding

Last updated: 06/10/2006 - 15:13

The thrilling climax of the dessert-obsessed American Pie saga. Whom God would join, let no hilarious (and/or juvenile) irreverent situations put asunder...

American Pie 3: The Wedding

It was bound to happen, sooner or later. The raucous and lovable characters from the wildly successful American Pie and American Pie 2 have gone and done it...well, they’re planning on doing it. Really soon. In front of everyone they know. In a big way. Jim and Michelle are getting married!

With East Great Falls High, foreign exchange students, band camp, crazy glue and summer college vacations now a thing of the past, Jim (played once again by Jason Biggs) and Michelle’s (Buffy The Vampire Slayer’s techno-nerd turned lesbian witch Alyson Hannigan) friends and family are ready to help usher the couple down the aisle and over the threshold into adulthood.

Like all brides-to-be, Michelle wants the wedding to be perfect. Not exactly an easy task, even with everyone on their best behaviour and getting along...which probably isn’t going to happen.

Michelle’s knock-out sister, Cadence (January Jones), has flown in to help out her sis as Maid of Honour. And once Stifler (Seann William Scott) and Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas) catch sight of the lovely Cadence – and the war to woo is on. With all rules out the window, Stifler turns on his charismatic charm to nab the babe.

Hang On - Stifler? "Charismatic charm" Can this be true? Cautioned to tone it down by a nervous Jim—who already has his hands full trying to impress Michelle’s somewhat stuffy parents, Harold and Mary (Fred Willard and Deborah Rush) - Stifler abandons his customary plan of attack and becomes the charming would-be boyfriend of every nice girl’s dreams...which leaves Finch with no choice but to play the bad boy, with Cadence torn between perfect gentleman Stifler and that low-life Finch.

Jim’s Dad

It’s good for Jim that some things don’t change, as Jim’s Dad (Eugene Levy) is an ever-present constant, dispensing well-meaning (but sometimes clueless) advice to his son and future daughter-in-law, occasionally crossing the line into the land of "too much information" concerning him and Jim’s Mom (played by Molly Cheek).

Recognizing themselves in the then high school seniors’ adventures, moviegoers fell in love with the East Great Falls High gang of American Pie and stayed with them as they continued to grow up, heading to college and other new frontiers. Now Jim, Michelle and the gang return, still strongly linked by their on-going friendships...a little more mature and ready to leap into their adult lives.

Like the characters it so wonderfully captured, the American Pie franchise began as a break-out teen comedy hit—a winning combination of raucous humour and heart - and now ‘grows up’ with American Pie: The Wedding, stepping up as a worthy entry in the tradition of great wedding comedies.

Early returns from cinemas across the USA showed that American Pie 3 took over $33m over the weekend in the US. The film took a phenomenal $10,520 average from a whopping 3,172 screens, resoundingly knocking Spy Kids off the top spot.

In the summer of 1999, relative unknown Jason Biggs became one of Hollywood’s most talked about actors for his role as Jim in Universal’s blockbuster comedy, American Pie. Since the film’s release, Biggs has since become one of the most sought-after young actors in Hollywood. Biggs was most recently seen reprising his role in American Pie 2, but has been busy behind the camera with several other projects.

Woody Allen

Upcoming films include a starring role opposite Christina Ricci in the romantic comedy Anything Else, directed by Woody Allen, which is being released in the UK very soon. He will also be starring opposite Ricci in the film adaptation of Elizabeth Wurtzel’s best-selling biography, Prozac Nation, which will be released this winter.

The actor also has a starring role in Kevin (Clerks, Chasing Amy, Mallrats, Jay & Silent Bobb Strike Back) Smith’s upcoming comedy Jersey Girl, due out early next year. Previous credits include starring roles in Saving Silverman and Loser. Last year, Biggs returned to Broadway opposite Kathleen Turner and Alicia Silverstone in the stage version of The Graduate. His past television credits include co-starring roles in Drexel’s Class and Total Security. His portrayal of the character Pete Wendell on the daytime drama As the World Turns garnered him several nominations, including the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series.

For his role in American Pie, Jason was nominated for two MTV Movie Awards ('Best Comedic Performance' and 'Best Breakthrough Male Performance'), as well as for a Blockbuster Award and a Movieline Magazine Award.

The Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey native started acting at the age of five with national commercials and modelling. At age 13, he made his Broadway debut opposite Judd Hirsch in the critically acclaimed Broadway play Conversations with My Father.

Writing Credits

Eugene Levy (Jim’s Dad) is perhaps best known as ‘Jim’s Dad’, the go-with-the-flow parent he created in the classic American Pie and re-created in American Pie 2. He has also co-starred in Christopher Guest’s Best In Show, Waiting For Guffman and the recent A Mighty Wind, sharing writing credits on all three films.

Levy’s other film credits include the recent Dumb and Dumberer, Like Mike, Almost Heroes, Father of the Bride 2, Multiplicity and Once Upon A Crime. Levy was also recently seen in the hit film Bringing Down the House, starring with Steve Martin and Queen Latifah.

The veteran actor began his career as both an actor and a writer on the acclaimed comedy series SCTV, on which he starred for eight seasons, portraying a gallery of memorable characters, including Earl Camembert, Bobby Bittman, Alex Trebel and Stan Schmenge.

His other extensive television credits include: Hiller and Diller, Mad About You, The Drew Carey Show, Billy Crystal’s Don’t Get Me Started, Bride of Boogedy, The Last Polka, The Enigma of Bobby Bittman(which he also wrote and directed), Maniac Mansion (which he produced), and Showtime’s Sodbusters (which he co-wrote and directed). He recently starred in Fox television’s new series Greg the Bunny.

Here's what some of the critics made of American Pie 3: The Wedding:

"Has some gut-busting moments, but for the most part the thrill is gone from what the ads describe as the 'thrilling climax' of this gross-out franchise." - Lou Lumenick (The New York Post newspaper).

"There's a subversive sweetness that runs just beneath the surface of the American Pie movies that makes them nearly impossible to resist." - Austin O'Connor (Lowell Sun).

"American Wedding celebrates limited comic imagination with the predictable outcomes of most dead-on-arrival WB sitcoms." - Wesley Morris (Boston Globe newspaper).

"Even fans of the first two films may find the proceedings pretty tiresome, but then they made those movies into hits, so anything’s possible." - Daniel M. Kimmel (Worcester Telegram & Gazette).

"As with the first two American Pie flicks, this is the kind of movie you see again ten years later and wonder why you liked it back when you were young and dumb." - Rob Blackwelder (SPLICEDWire).

American Pie 3: The Wedding is out now on DVD.

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