School for Scoundrels
School for Scoundrels is a 2006 American comedy film, starring Billy Bob Thornton and Jon Heder, and directed by Todd Phillips. The film is based on the 1960 British film School for Scoundrels. The remake was released on September 29, 2006, receiving mostly negative reviews and was a box office disappointment, by grossing $23.9 million against a $35 million budget.
Plot
Roger is a downtrodden meter reader, subject to ridicule from co-workers and regular denizens. He dreams of dating Amanda, a foreign graduate student who lives in his building. To overcome his lack of self-esteem, he signs up for a course taught by Dr. P where Roger and his classmates are constantly bullied by Dr. P and his assistant Lesher, who likes to use outrageous and unethical methods on them, including humiliation. Some tasks they are required to do are quite cruel and primitive – like the task to start a conflict or even a fight with somebody they meet just to prove they are fearless. However, nobody intends to quit the course because Dr. P says he won't give a refund of $5,000 to anyone who quits or disobeys the orders given to them. The classmates even warn Roger that Dr. P will destroy him if his progress is too fast, just like he has done to one of his former students.
Cast
- Andrew Daly
- Aziz Ansari
- Ben Stiller
- Billy Bob Thornton
- Bob Stephenson
- Dan Fogler
- David Cross
- DeRay Davis
- Horatio Sanz
- Jacinda Barrett
- Jack Kehler
- Jessica Stroup
- Jim Parsons
- Jon Glaser
- Jon Heder
- Luis Gómez
- Marcella Lowery
- Matt Walsh
- Michael Clarke Duncan
- Natalie Core
- Nicole Randall Johnson
- Noel Gugliemi
- Paul Scheer
- Sarah Silverman
- Steve Monroe
- Todd Louiso
More details
| author | Scot Armstrong Todd Phillips |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Todd Phillips |
| editor | Dan Schalk Leslie Jones |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | break in build bully date defibrillator fascicle foreign exchange student foreign graduate student graduate student happen learn meet meter maid meter reader multiple identities multiple identity pass stalk stalker tennis match want |
| musicBy | Christophe Beck |
| producer | Daniel Goldberg Geyer Kosinski Todd Phillips |
| productionCompany | Dimension Films Media Talent Group Picked Last |
| publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer The Weinstein Company |
| recordedAt | California Long Beach Los Angeles |
| theme | romantic comedy trick |