National Lampoon's Van Wilder is a 2002 comedy film directed by Walt Becker that stars Ryan Reynolds as the main character. The film also stars Kal Penn, Tara Reid, and Daniel Cosgrove. It features Sophia Bush's acting debut. The movie is based on Bert Kreischer. Van Wilder is an outgoing, friendly, and extremely popular student who has been at Coolidge College for seven years. For the past six semesters, he has made no effort to graduate, instead spending his time organizing parties and fundraisers, doing charity work, helping other students, and posing for figure drawing classes. But after... seven years, with no return on his investment, Van's father decides it is time to cut his losses and stops paying Van's tuition. Meanwhile, Gwen Pearson , a star reporter for the student newspaper, is asked to do an article on Van. It proves to be so popular that she is asked to write a follow-up article for the front page of the graduation issue.
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| Release date: | April 4, 2002 |
| Directed by: | Walt Becker |
| Runtime: | 92 Minutes |
| Producer: | Peter Abrams, Jonathon Komack Martin, Robert L. Levy, Andrew Panay |
| Editor: | Dennis M. Hill |
| Music by: | David Nessim Lawrence |
| Cinematography: | James R. Bagdonas |
| Screenplay by: | Brent Goldberg, David Wagner |
| Estimated budget: | $6,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |