| | | Flunk 'em if they can't take a joke.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Music Video, Trailers
Tom (Chris Young), a young pre-frosh, visits Port Chester University - A.K.A. "Politically Correct University" - to see if he wants to attend in the fall. His weekend guide is Droz (Jeremy Piven), the leader of the gang living in the dorm called the Pit--the last bastion of humor and independent thinking on campus. But unless the gang raises $7,000 to cover damages to the house, the campus President will turn the house back over to the infamous preppies of the Balls & Shaft frat.
"...inspired silliness...that smartly turns up fresh laughs..." Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle
"It's a kind of Animal House for the '90s, but less exuberantly gross and, surprisingly, more insightful." Susan Stark, The Detroit News
Editor's Note
In the small, idyllic enclave of Port Chester University, there is an even smaller community of people determined to hold out against the fervent political correctness that has taken over their academic establishment. Known as the Pit, it is the fraternity house that serves as party HQ for those holdouts, who hail, incidentally, from all walks of life; it is also the building to which Tom (Chris Young) has been assigned to stay during his pre-freshman stay at the campus. Jeremy Piven plays Droz, his guide, the head of the frat whose daily activities include throwing meat at a bunch of protesting vegans. But things turn serious (kind of) when the school president hands the frat a bill for $7000 in damages, and the group decides to do the only thing it can: throw a party! Campus peace hangs in the balance as this one night will decide if everyone can put aside their differences and just have a good time. George Clinton and the P-Funk put in an appearance as performers at the party, and David Spade almost steals the show as the uptight, smarmy leader of the rival frat.
Plot Summary
In the academic bastion of political correctness, one dorm insists on their right to eat hunks of red meat, smoke incessantly and engage in the wanton exchange of bodily fluids. The leader of this lonely outpost, Droz, harks back to the good old college days when a young man could drink to excess without worrying about recycling all the beer bottles. Droz and his cronies become the target of man-hating feminists, preppy republicans and other rabid special interest groups. But these collegiate throwbacks have a few tricks up their sleeve, and they save their dorm from the PC police and the noisy university administration.
| Features | Music Video: "Pump It Up" By Mudhoney | | Theatrical Trailer | | Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Audio Commentaries By Director Hart Bochner And Jeremy Piven | | Behind-The-Scenes Featurette | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Audio: English, Spanish Dolby Digital Surround |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Foxvideo |
| Release Date: 9/2/2003 |
| Running Time: 81 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1994 | | Catalog ID: 2008679 | | UPC: 00024543086796 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen/Pan and Scan 1.85:1/1.33:1 [4:3] |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"...A laugh-propelled good time while tweaking political correctness gone amok..." 04/29/1994 p.5DVariety
"...Boisterous....Bochner shows some visual flair and a sense of tempo..." 05/02/1994 Omaha World-Herald 8 of 10
Except for the Naked Gun movies, it has been a long time since we've seen a successful motion picture spoof. Fortunately, the wait is over. PCU is a marvelous satirical effort, confidently put together by people who know what they're doing. - Jeff Bahr
Chicago Sun-Times 6 of 10
Did the original screenplay by Adam Leff and Zak Penn have more teeth to it, or was the movie always intended as a softball? Hard to say. The director, Hart Bochner, seems to think it is funny if (1) a character offends a group of people, and (2) the people rise up en masse and chase him across campus. This happens three times, I think. - Roger Ebert
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