Articles about American Pie

The Rise and Fall of the "American Blockbuster"
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The Rise and Fall of the "American Blockbuster"
Category: Analysis
Tagged: Ghostbusters, American Pie, American Beauty, The Matrix, X-men: First Class, The Simpsons Movie
A @Guardian column on audience migration away from films that ooze Americana and instead are more culturally neutral
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Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Added by on 2/7/12
Movie Title Misses
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Movie Title Misses
Category: Analysis
Tagged: Hancock, Field Of Dreams, Blade Runner, The Birth Of A Nation, Predator, The Incredibles, American Pie, Tomorrow Never Dies, Star Wars: Episode Vi - Return Of The Jedi, Drop Dead Gorgeous, E.t.: The Extra-terrestrial
A @npr collection of proposed movie titles that got passed over; "Hancock" was almost called "Tonight, He Comes" (yikes)
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Source: www.npr.org
Added by on 1/28/12
Hide Your Kids, Hide Your Wives
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Hide Your Kids, Hide Your Wives
Tagged: Pulp Fiction, American Pie, The Hills Have Eyes (2006), Original Sin, Law Abiding Citizen, Boys Don't Cry, Cliffhanger, The Godfather: Part Iii, Hard Target, Scream, Summer Of Sam, The Getaway (1994)
Fascinating @thr slideshow on 12 films that narrowly avoided a NC-17 rating, and how they ended up getting around it
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Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com
Added by on 10/20/11
"Movie Line Rhymes"
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"Movie Line Rhymes"
Category: Analysis
Tagged: The Hangover Part Ii, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Fight Club, Scarface, Dazed And Confused, American Beauty, The Godfather, Superbad, Are We There Yet? (2005), There Will Be Blood, Road To Perdition, Coming To America, Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan, Airplane!, Pee-wee's Big Adventure, American Pie, Ghost, The Graduate, The Karate Kid (1984), The Hangover, Death To Smoochy, Wedding Crashers, Half Baked, Fatal Attraction, Jerry Maguire, Little Shop Of Horrors, Tron: Legacy, A Christmas Story, The Last Starfighter, The Dark Knight, Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy, E.t.: The Extra-terrestrial, Along Came Polly, Wayne's World, The Devil's Advocate, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Jaws, Goldfinger, Full Metal Jacket, The Cooler, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Robin Hood: Men In Tights, Delirious (1991), Men In Black, Blazing Saddles, The Cable Guy, My Girl, Napoleon Dynamite
Video: Your favorite movie quotes, set to rhyme patterns and music. Total win from @ScreenWerks
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Source: www.screenwerks.tv
Added by on 8/18/11
20 Fascinating Movie Title Changes
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20 Fascinating Movie Title Changes
Category: Production
Tagged: Hancock, American Pie, Captain America: The First Avenger, Renaissance Man, Pretty Woman, Tomorrow Never Dies, The 13th Warrior, The Madness Of King George, While You Were Sleeping, Scream, Ballistic: Ecks Vs. Sever, Annie Hall, The Invention Of Lying, Blade Runner, Pirate Radio, Hitch, Unforgiven, Saturday Night Fever, Goodfellas, The Switch
What were Goodfellas, Pretty Woman and American Pie almost called? This is an article that gives us some surprising alternative movie monikers.
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Source: www.totalfilm.com
Added by on 5/17/11
The Most Sought-After Extra in Hollywood
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The Most Sought-After Extra in Hollywood
Tagged: The Social Network, American Pie, Catch Me If You Can, Spider-man, Transformers, Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
Meet Jesse Heiman, the extra who actually gets requested by the likes of Fincher and Spielberg to be in the background
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Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Added by on 4/3/11
Best Comedy of All Time | CollegeHumor
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Best Comedy of All Time | CollegeHumor
Tagged: The Wedding Singer, The Jerk, American Pie
A Top 100 list complied by CollegeHumor readers voting. Though, among other things, the number of mediocre/forgettable comedies ranked higher than The Jerk (ranked #92?!) makes the competency of this list VERY debatable.
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Source: www.collegehumor.com
Added by on 3/14/11