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"Flunk 'em if they can't take a joke."

1994 1h 21m EN

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★6.1TMDB · 141

Comedy

Synopsis

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Nervous high school senior Tom Lawrence visits Port Chester University, where he gets a taste of politically correct college life when he's guided by fraternity wild man Droz and his housemates at The Pit. But Droz and his pals have rivals in nasty preppy Rand McPherson and the school's steely president. With their house threatened with expulsion, Droz and company decide to throw a raging party where the various factions will collide.

“Flunk 'em if they can't take a joke.”

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Cast

Jeremy Piven
Droz
Chris Young
Tom Lawrence
David Spade
Rand McPherson
Megan Ward
Katy
Sarah Trigger
Samantha
Jon Favreau
Gutter
Alex Désert
Mullaney
Gale Mayron
Cecilia

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Hart Bochner
Writers: Adam Leff, Zak Penn
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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81 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Earned back only 48% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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3 / 8

ERA

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32 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Hart Bochner, shot by Reynaldo Villalobos. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Steve Vai. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Nicholas C. Smith shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Jeremy Piven and Chris Young and David Spade carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Flunk 'em if they can't take a joke.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Hart Bochner directs. Reynaldo Villalobos behind the camera. Steve Vai scores. Nicholas C. Smith cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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181 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Earned back only 48% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
332 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Directed by Hart Bochner, shot by Reynaldo Villalobos. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Steve Vai. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Nicholas C. Smith shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Jeremy Piven and Chris Young and David Spade carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Flunk 'em if they can't take a joke.".
9IMDB entry: tt0110759 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Reynaldo Villalobos
Original score: Steve Vai
Editing: Nicholas C. Smith
Production design: Steven J. Jordan
Costume design: Mary Zophres
Makeup / hair: Linda Gill
Sound: Patrick Cyccone Jr.
Runtime: 81 min · 1h 21m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $9,000,000
Box office: $4,350,774
Return: 48% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: PCU (1994)

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GenerationofSwine2025-06-07
★ 10/10
Well, rarely has a movie predicted the future, and in this case, it predicted that a bunch of everyday people with no real political leanings, who just want to have a little fun and get on with their lives would be attacked by crazy woke liberal lunatics. This movie really does a great job of showing how 20 years later, normal liberals would become "alt-right" due to left wing cry bully insanity. These are people who, on any other day,would be liberals, just playing liberals, and now you watch it and they are the people that the Democrats, the Progressives, the woke Americans, are calling "Nazis." In 1994 it was a joke, today it's a reality. So you have a movie on just a bunch of people having every day fun, trying to throw a fun party, and are attacked on all sides by woke idiots who think that fun should be banned because of their politics. Literally, this movie and Demolition Man predicted the world we live in today... no wonder it's not available for streaming.

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