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Old School is a comedy motion picture released by DreamWorks SKG in 2003, about three thirty-somethings who seek to re-live their college days by starting a fraternity, and the tribulations they encounter in doing so. The film, which stars Luke Wilson (Mitch), Vince Vaughn (Beanie) and Will Ferrell (Frank), was directed by Todd Phillips and Written by Phillips and Scot Armstrong.

The movie was envisioned by director Todd Phillips as a comedy parallel to the cult-classic Fight Club.

This movie is considered a forerunner to the frat pack since three of its stars are core members of that group.

Settings

The setting of this film was at a city in New York. Most of the film involved a fictional university called Harrison University. The universities that were used to film the movie include UCLA and Harvard University. The setting includes various characters’ houses. The time period of this film is present day.

Character Analysis

Mitch Martin

Played by: Luke Wilson

Also known as “The Godfather.” He is the one who held everything together. He is a real estate lawyer. In the beginning of the movie he catches an early flight home to propose to his girlfriend. When he arrives at the house he finds out that she is being unfaithful to him. He moves out of the house, and gets house near a college campus. His friend Bernard Campbell throws Mitch a party called “Mitch-a-palooza.” This gives them enough street-credit, so his friend Bernard Campbell creates the fraternity “Lambda Epsilon Omega” for him.

Frank Ricard

Played by: Will Ferrell

Also known as “Frank the Tank”, a nickname that has followed him from his college days, much to his spouse's concern. He is the impressionable one in the trio. In the beginning of the movie he is getting married with Marissa Jones, but does not know if it is the right idea. During “Mitch-a-palooza”, he becomes drunk and streaks all over town. His wife catches him running in the street and this wrecks his whole marriage. It seems that it's a bad thing at first, but he ends up happy.

Bernard Campbell

Played by: Vince Vaughn

Also known as “Beanie”, a support group rolled into one. He is the cocky one in the trio and perhaps the real ringleader behind setting up the fraternity. He is settled and has a family and kids but remains envious of his friends' lifestyles. He meets a girl and is tempted but never goes through because he says he is married. He does not have a college education but manages to create six Speaker Cities, a chain that sells electronics. He is a salesman and ultimately a good guy.

Dean Gordon Pritchard

Played by: Jeremy Piven

Also known as “Cheese”, the Dean is removed from college life. He is the unscrupulous dean of the university. He is an overachiever who has an anger management problem. He grew up with this trio in college, who tormented him, but now he is in position to turn the tables. He tries to disband the fraternity, but fails at the end and loses his house and his job to the fraternity.

Nicole

Played by: Ellen Pompeo

The love interest of Mitch Martin after the break-up with his fiancée. It is revealed that she had a crush on him in high school. She spends most of the film involved with another man however.

Heidi

Played by: Juliette Lewis

Mitch Martin’s fiancée. She is a cute, pretty, and vacuous L.A. girl. She is caught in bed watching an adult film and this turns Mitch Martin on. When a couple comes out of her bathroom blindfolded "to double team his girlfriend", he leaves the house and they break up.

Lara Campbell

Played by: Leah Remini

Bernard Campbell’s wife. The couple has been married for a long time. She does not take any nonsense from Bernard.

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