Orange County
Orange County is a 2002 American comedy film starring Colin Hanks and Jack Black. It was released on January 11, 2002. The movie was distributed by Paramount Pictures and produced by MTV Productions and Scott Rudin. The movie was directed by Jake Kasdan and written by Mike White.
Plot
Shaun Brumder (Colin Hanks) is an intelligent teenager from affluent Orange County, California with little interest in his education, leading a carefree SoCal lifestyle of surfing, drinking, and partying. Shaun's best friend Lonny (Bret Harrison) is killed in a surfing accident, leading Shaun to rethink his life. He finds a novel on the beach by the author Marcus Skinner, which inspires him to become a writer. Upon learning that Skinner is an English professor at Stanford University, Shaun makes it his goal to attend Stanford and study under him.
Cast
- Alexandra Breckenridge
- Ben Stiller
- Bret Harrison
- Carly Pope
- Catherine O'Hara
- Chevy Chase
- Colin Hanks
- Dana Ivey
- Fran Kranz
- Garry Marshall
- George Murdock
- Harold Ramis
- Jack Black
- Jane Adams
- John Lithgow
- Kevin Kline
- Leslie Mann
- Lillian Hurst
- Lily Tomlin
- Lizzy Caplan
- Mike White
- Monica Keena
- Nat Faxon
- Natasha Melnick
- Sandra McCoy
- Sarah Hagan
- Schuyler Fisk
- Tom Kenny
More details
| author | Mike White |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | California |
| director | Jake Kasdan |
| editor | Tara Timpone |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | alcoholic best friend build coed drink dysfunctional family end english professor first time frat party fraternities and sororities hide high james joyce kill learn mdma misguide on the beach orange county california palo alto party pick up reject shaun t sit smoke socal southern california stanford university substance intoxication surf transcript want william faulkner write younger woman |
| musicBy | Michael Andrews |
| producer | Scott Rudin |
| productionCompany | MTV Films |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| recordedAt | Malibu |
| theme | stoner |