American Pie (movie)

American Pie
Directed by	Paul Weitz Chris Weitz
Written by	Adam Herz
Produced by	Chris Moore Chris Weitz Warren Zide Craig Perry
Starring	Jason Biggs Chris Klein Thomas Ian Nicholas Eddie Kaye Thomas Seann William Scott Alyson Hannigan Tara Reid Mena Suvari Eugene Levy Natasha Lyonne Shannon Elizabeth
Cinematography	Richard Crudo
Edited by	Priscilla Nedd-Friendly
Music by	David Lawrence
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	July 9, 1999
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$10 million
Box office	$235,483,004

American Pie is a 1999 American teen sex comedy movie that was produced by Chris Moore, Chris Weitz, Warren Zide and Craig Perry and was the directorial debut for directors Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz. American Pie is set in Michigan.

It deals with a group of teenage boys deciding to try to lose their virginity before graduation from high school. It was released on July 9, 1999 in North America. The movie is the first in the American Pie movie series. It gained mixed reviews with a 58% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 58 out of 100 from Metacritic.

It was followed by American Pie 2.

Cast

• Jason Biggs as Jim Levenstein
• Shannon Elizabeth as Nadia
• Alyson Hannigan as Michelle Flaherty
• Chris Klein as Chris "Oz" Ostreicher
• Natasha Lyonne as Jessica
• Thomas Ian Nicholas as Kevin Myers
• Tara Reid as Victoria "Vicky" Lathum
• Seann William Scott as Steve Stifler
• Mena Suvari as Heather Gardner
• Eddie Kaye Thomas as Paul Finch
• Eugene Levy as Noah Levenstein
• Jennifer Coolidge as Stifler's Mom
• Chris Owen as Chuck Sherman
• Clyde Kusatsu as English teacher
• Lawrence Pressman as Coach Marshall

Release dates

Country	Premiere
United States	9 July 1999
Taiwan	7 August 1999
Israel	19 August 1999
Sweden	27 August 1999
Hong Kong	2 September 1999
Singapore	9 September 1999
Australia	16 September 1999
Spain	17 September 1999
New Zealand	24 September 1999
Iceland	1 October 1999
South Korea	2 October 1999
Czech Republic	7 October 1999
United Kingdom	8 October 1999
Ireland	8 October 1999
Slovakia	14 October 1999
Brazil	29 October 1999
Italy	29 October 1999
Turkey	5 November 1999
Belgium	10 November 1999
Malta	10 November 1999
Mexico	19 November 1999
Thailand	19 November 1999
Hungary	2 December 1999
Switzerland	8 December 1999 (French speaking region)
France	8 December 1999
Portugal	10 December 1999
Denmark	16 December 1999
Finland	17 December 1999
Norway	17 December 1999
Switzerland	6 January 2000 (German speaking region)
Germany	6 January 2000
Argentina	13 January 2000
Greece	14 January 2000
Russia	20 January 2000
Estonia	18 February 2000
Netherlands	24 February 2000
Poland	21 April 2000
Romania	26 May 2000
Japan	1 July 2000

Other websites

• American Pie on IMDb
• American Pie at AllMovie