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Orange County is an American movie released in 2002. The movie was distributed by Paramount Pictures and produced by MTV Films and Scott Rudin. The movie was directed by Jake Kasdan and written by Mike White. The MPAA rated the movie PG-13 for language, drug content, and sexuality.

Plot

Tagline: It's not just a place, it's a state of mind.

Shaun Brumder is a local surfer kid from Orange County, California who, after the death of his best friend, becomes disillusioned with his life and looks for another path. He stumbles upon a book and decides to become an author. He dreams of going to Stanford to study with the book's author, Marcus Skinner, and to get away from his dysfunctional household. When his application is rejected after his dim-witted guidance counselor sends in the wrong transcript, Shaun goes to great lengths (with a little help from his girlfriend Ashley and his drugged-out older brother Lance) to get into Stanford by any means possible. The producers most likely chose Stanford to utilize in the film because of it's reputation as a haven for intellectual, "underdog" students from highly maladaptive residencies.

Trivia

The scenes that were supposed to represent Orange County were actually filmed in Los Angeles County.
The scenes that were supposed to represent Stanford were actually filmed at the University of Southern California, more than 350 miles away.
The high school that was used to film Orange County was not in Orange County, but rather was Diamond Ranch High School located in Pomona, northeast of Orange County.
The movie (excluding the prologue "Dear Mr. Skinner") takes place over the course of about 24 hours, from morning Friday, April 15, to morning Saturday, April 16. However these dates in 2002 (when the film was released) fall on a Monday and Tuesday.
The name "Brumder" may have originated from the name of an administrator at Mike White's High School.
The tagline is actually a line said by Garth at Waynestock in Waynes World 2 in reference to the setting of Aurora, Illinois.

Cast

Colin Hanks
– Shaun Brumder
Jack Black
– Lance Brumder
Schuyler Fisk
– Ashley
Bret Harrison
– Lonny
Kyle Howard – Arlo
R.J. Knoll – Chad
Catherine O'Hara
– Cindy Beugler
Mike White
– Mr. Burke
John Lithgow
– Bud Brumder
Lily Tomlin
– Charlotte Cobb
George Murdock – Bob Beugler
Harold Ramis
– Donald Durkin, dean of admissions
Kevin Kline
– Marcus Skinner (Uncredited)
Lillian Hurst
– Lupe
Chevy Chase
– Principal Harbert
Olivia Rosewood – Dana
Carly Pope
– Tanya
Sarah Hagan
– Sarah
Ben Stiller
– Fireman (Uncredited)

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