Product Details

• Actors: Jeremy Piven, Chris Young, Megan Ward, Jon Favreau, Alex Désert
• Directors: Hart Bochner
• Writers: Adam Leff, Zak Penn
• Producers: Barry Sabath, Paul Schiff
• Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• DVD Release Date: September 2, 2003
• Run Time: 79 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (102 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00009WVSJ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,582 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• Learn more about "PCU" on IMDb

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Almost 10 years before playing a by-the-books college dean in Old School, Jeremy Piven was King Slob of an underground fraternity in this frequently amusing cult comedy. Piven is Droz, who introduces nervous freshman Chris Young to his eclectic frat-mates (which include Jon Favreau) while steering clear of vicious prepster David Spade and malevolent school head Jessica Walter. Piven's off-the-cuff humor and the capable cast help anchor the film's gleefully anarchic tone, which is refreshingly free of the cheap scatological gags that usually sink collegiate comedies. The result is a breezy, likable comedy that should please fans of cinematic campus capers. 20th Century Fox's surprisingly extra-laden DVD includes fullscreen and widescreen versions of the film, as well as commentaries by a typically wry Piven and director Hart Bochner; a short behind-the-scenes featurette; a video for Mudhoney's cover of Elvis Costello's "Pump It Up," which is featured on the soundtrack, and the original theatrical trailer. --Paul Gaita

Product Description

Welcome to Port Chester University, where the Politically Correct go head-to-head with the Party Animals in the rowdiest college comedy since "Animal House." With all the new social rules on political correctness, the only fun place left on campus is The Pit, an outlawed underground fraternity house. Here, no behavior is too offensive and no lifestyle too bizarre. These fraternity brothers and sisters are lazy, lawless and loud - and determined to turn PCU back into the party school it was meant to be!

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars A cult classic January 11, 2002

By M. G Watson TOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Format:VHS Tape|Amazon Verified Purchase

I caught this movie on video not long after it took a dive in theatres in 1994 and had no expectations for it. I was surprised how much I loved it and after half-a-dozen viewings it still holds up as one of the top "kollege skool daze" films of all-time. A sort of 1990s take on "Animal House" but adjusted to reflect the smothering, neutering, pandering effect that political correctness has had on society, and college society in particular, "PCU" is the story of a hapless perspective freshman ("prefresh") who visits the fictional Port Charles University, once a happening party school that has been spayed by its obsessively PC dean. The prefresh finds himself in the middle of a war being waged between the Order of Balls & Shaft (a button-down clan of elitist snobs led by super-smarmy David Spade) and a group of renegade misfits led by Droz (Jeremy Piven at his very best) over ownership of "the Pit" -- the decaying fraternity house occupied by Droz's band but which once housed Spade's Hitler Youth troop. The real battle on campus, however, is between those who just want to party and have a good time and various sterotypical groups (militant blacks, feminazis, potheads, vegans, gays, etc) who have made any behavior that doesn't involve protesting basically impossible. The president of the university, Garcia-Thomas (note the hyphen), so hates the "offensive" Pit-persons that she sides with Spade's group to drive them off campus even though Spade is the antithesis of all of her beliefs.... What follows is general chaos, with a hilarious performance by John Favereau (fat and wearing dreadlocks) as Gutter, a moron who fails every task given to him yet somehow gets George Clinton and his P-Funk All Stars to jam at a "Save the Pit" fundraiser. "PCU" is hardly a perfect movie, but having had an extremely crazy college career I could definetly relate to what happens in the film, and I most definetly give a "big up" (as they say in Jamaica) to the brutally anti-PC message. Simply put, I laughed my butt off at this film. It's worth at least a rental and I can't wait for the DVD so I can watch the Pit crew bombard the vegans with meat again and again. Read more ›

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best Movies You Have Never Seen September 12, 2008

By Veritas513 VINE™ VOICE

Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase

This movie takes a hilarious look at the PC (politically correct) movement that began to plague college campuses in the late 80s to early 90s. Jeremy Piven is at his best in this movie as the slacker leader of a bunch of college misfits. The story centers around a 'pre-frosh' that visits the PCU campus and has his ideas and expectations of what college life will be shattered during one crazy weekend in the 'Pit'. This movie has queitly become a college campus cult classic much like its predecessor, 'Animal House'. Highly recommended for a good laugh.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars College flick with a great cast October 27, 2007

By Beau Christensen

Format:DVD

If you like politically incorrect, and you like college movies, this one is for you. It also includes a killer cast of Jeremy Piven, Jon Favreau, David Spade, and even George Clinton!! This isn't a cookie-cutter college movie, it has it's own style.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Can you show me where the campus is? May 31, 2001

By Alex Dresko

Format:VHS Tape

One of my top 10 all time flavorite movies!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars I can't stop watching this movie.... April 15, 1999

By A Customer

Format:VHS Tape

This is possibly the most underrated comedy of all time. Don't believe any of the hack reviewers that say this movie doesen't "explore political correctness deeply enough". It's a comedy. It's an incredibly funny movie with a great cast, (Jeremy Piven has been my hero since I saw this the first time) more quotable lines then any other movie out there, AND it even has George Clinton in it. No one I know that has seen this movie said they didn't like it. See it yourself. You'll be surprised.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Funny frat house movie February 19, 2000

By A Customer

Format:VHS Tape

It's a movie about a frat that has gone down hill and is about to lose it's existence on the campus. A freshman comes in and gets trapped into a situation that he never wanted to be in. A lot of anti-Politcal correctness satire is the underlying message on top of the comedy. David Spade is hilarious. Jeremy Piven looks way too old to be a college student. But it's funny.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't be that guy December 28, 2005

By Matt

Format:DVD

Perhaps not so much on the larger scale, but to my friends and I, this is a classic college flick. The characters are unique, yet essentially based on people we all knew in college. The storyline, as previously reviewed, is not earth-moving, but I doubt it was intended to be. It's simply a movie that moves from one hilarious scene to the next, with plenty of great lines to quote.

Great movie!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Best and most relivent college movie in years! May 14, 2009

By Dave

Format:DVD

I first saw this movie on HBO in summer 1995. I didn't remember it ever having been in theaters, but the tagline on Prevue Network was "an Animal House for the 90's" and I love Animal House, so I decided to give it a try. I found it to be even better than Animal House, due to being more relevant to the times, plus just a good movie all-around. Very little bad language, no sexual situations, and a fun, lighthearted message about going against the flow and being yourself. Modern college movies could, and should, take notes. THIS is how you make a comedy.

Two thumbs up!