Accepted [P&S] DVD

Accepted
When the weight of rejection begins to set in after being denied entry to every college he has applied to, a high school burnout attempts to placate his mom and dad and win the heart of his dream girl by scheming with his friends to create a fake university in a hilarious comedy of artificial education directed by Steve Pink and starring Justin Long. Bartleby "B" Gaines (Long) is a high school senior whose street smarts just never seemed to translate into the classroom, and whose bad luck in love has left him pining for the unattainable Monica (Blake Lively). When Bartleby and his rebellious crew of outcasts find the frequent college rejection letters they have all been receiving bringing endless grief from their disappointed parents, they soon band together to create the fictional South Harmon Institute of Technology. After creating a believable façade in an abandoned psychiatric hospital, employing the talents of a close friend's brilliantly subversive uncle (Lewis Black) to pose as the dean, and creating a phony website in order to sell the school to their parents, Bartleby and friends soon realize that all of their hard work has paid off in ways than they never imagined. With a variety of college rejects attempting to enroll in classes at the ersatz university and the skepticism of some privileged students from a nearby college drawing unwanted attention to the South Harmon Institute of Technology, Bartleby and friends find their ruse becoming ever more difficult to maintain. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Cast Justin Long as Bartleby "B" Gaines Jonah Hill as Sherman Schrader Adam Herschman as Glen Columbus Short as Hands Maria Thayer as Rory Lewis Black as Uncle Ben Blake Lively as Monica Mark Derwin as Gaines, Jack Ann Cusack as Diane Gaines Hannah Marks as Lizzie Gaines Robin Lord Taylor as Abemath (A.D.D.) Diora Baird as Kiki Joe Hursley as Maurice Jeremy Howard as Freaky Student Anthony Heald as Dean Van Horne Travis Van Winkle as Hoyt Ambrose Kaitlin Doubleday as Gwynn Sam Horrigan as Mike Welsh Ross Patterson as McNaughton, Mike Artie Baxter as Mike Chambers Kellan Lutz as Dwayne Brendan Miller as Wayne Chantelle Tibbs as Confused Kid Christian Long as Sandwich Mascot York Fryer as S.H. Student in Hallway Skyler Stone as S.H. Student in Hallway Jimmy Leung as S.H. Student in Hallway Shaun Reyes as Random S.H. Student Matt Noble as Big Larry Lisa Gleave as Kiki's Best Friend Alejandra Gutierrez as Kiki's Best Friend Jim O'Heir as Mr. Schrader Darcy Shean as Mrs. Schrader Jay Harik as Family Friend Mathew Vigil as Shoe Store Boy Debbon Ayer as Shoe Store Mother Carla Jimenez as Shoe Store Manager Ned Schmidtke as Board Chairman Tim Bagley as Vice Principal Matthews Ray Santiago as Boy Going to Princeton Margaret Travolta as Academic Counselor Brian Powell as Economics Teacher Mike Daily as Stressed-Out Student Jeff Duby as Stressed-Out Student Scott Adsit as Drop-Off Dad Lindy Loundagin as Drop-Off Mom Steven E. Little as Desk Clerk Ethan Hova as Male Graduate Paraic McGann as BKE Pledge With Jacket Arthur Leo as ESL Student Criscilla Crossland as Go Go Dancer Larke Hasstedt as Go Go Dancer Holly Fielding as Autograph Student Meredith Giangrande as Glen's Party Girl Kate French as Glen's Party Girl Christina Diaz as S.H. Testimonial Student Zoe Di Stefano as S.H. Testimonial Student David Carmon as S.H. Testimonial Student Armen Weitzman as S.H. Testimonial Student Christopher Khai as S.H. Testimonial Student Stephanie St. Hilaire as S.H. Testimonial Student Shameka Banks as S.H. Testimonial Student Nicholas Garren as S.H. Testimonial Student Louie Heredia as S.H. Testimonial Student Matthew St. Clair as Fake ID Kid Jamie Leffler as Fake ID Kid Nina Nam as Fake ID Kid Wendy Waller as Fake ID Kid Ronnie Lewis, Jr. as Fake ID Kid Matthew Ching as Fake ID Kid Richard Brown as Fake ID Kid Miylika Davis as Fake ID Kid Laurie Meghan Phelps as Fake ID Kid Portis Hershey as Fake ID Kid Joe Hursley as A Ringer Joseph Robinson as A Ringer Jaime Seibert as A Ringer Joseph Stiteler as A Ringer Greg Lutzka as Pro Skater/BMX Rider Chad Fernandez as Pro Skater/BMX Rider Richard Thorne as Pro Skater/BMX Rider Mathias Ringstrom as Pro Skater/BMX Rider Ben Snowden as Pro Skater/BMX Rider Mike Crum as Pro Skater/BMX Rider Kurtis Colamonico as Pro Skater/BMX Rider Jason Jones as Pro Skater/BMX Rider

Crew Denise Hudson - Art Director Jason Wilson - Associate Producer Jonathan Watson - Associate Producer Amanda Morgan Palmer - Associate Producer Joseph Middleton - Casting Dave Scott - Choreography Genevieve Tyrrell - Costume Designer Jonathan Watson - First Assistant Director Steve Pink - Director Scott Hill - Editor Mark Perez - Executive Producer Louis G. Friedman - Executive Producer Brian Lutz - Executive Producer Mike Perez - Executive Producer Scott Allen Logan - Location Manager David Schommer - Composer (Music Score) Michael St. Hilaire - Camera Operator Stephen J. Ullman - Camera Operator Rusty Smith - Production Designer Matthew Leonetti - Cinematographer Tom Shadyac - Producer Michael Bostick - Producer Viva Wang - Set Designer John Halaby - Sound/Sound Designer Steve Cantamessa - Sound/Sound Designer Tom McComas - Stunts Coordinator Matt Kutcher - Special Effects Supervisor Louis G. Friedman - Unit Production Manager Mark Perez - Screen Story Mark Perez - Screenwriter Adam Cooper - Screenwriter Bill Collage - Screenwriter Kathy Nelson - Executive Music Producer Lisa Rodgers - Post Production Supervisor Kathleen Keller - Production Coordinator Eugene McCarthy Jr. - Properties Master Chris Carpenter - Re-Recording Mixer Andy Koyama - Re-Recording Mixer Susan Bierbaum-Owen - Script Supervisor Ryan Craig - Second Assistant Director Odin Benitez - Supervising Sound Editor Michael Hilkene - Supervising Sound Editor Timothy Marshall - Chief Lighting Technician Douglas A. Womack - Construction Coordinator Nickolaus Brown - Costumes Supervisor Shari Perry - Key Hairstylist Amy Schmiederer - Key Make-up Chris Kruize - Production Accountant Sara Andrews-Ingrassia - Set Decorator Technicolor Digital Intermediates - Title Design Voni Hinkle - Department Head Hair Nena Smarz - Department Head Makeup

Accepted
For the first 30 minutes or so, when the premise is established, Accepted is a stupid but funny throwaway teen/college comedy. The cast is spirited and the writing by Adam Cooper, Bill Collage, and Mark Perez and direction by Steve Pink is fast paced and off-center enough to make the material feel fresh. But after Bartleby Gaines (Justin Long) and his loser friends set up fake South Harmon Institute of Technology (because they fail to make the college of their choice) and unwittingly enroll a couple hundred other kids in the process, the energy suddenly deflates and the story treads water with umpteen ill-conceived party montages until the closing, when Gaines must fight for the school's accreditation against the evil dean and ruling frat of nearby Harmon College. Besides a lack of notable story developments, Accepted has a hard time figuring out whether it wants to be an irreverent skewering of overpriced, useless higher education (represented by Lewis Black as South Harmon's ranting dean) or an earnest defense of its outsider heroes against the preppy conformist institutions they are pressured into by their parents. The "if it feels good do it" ethos of South Harmon is supposed to represent the unleashed desires of real college kids, but with no visible sex, drug use, tepid drinking, and the alleged crazy awesomeness of a half-pipe on campus, it's tamer than most college campuses. The movie skirts, but seems too corporately tame to make much of, its defining subtext: that after the pressure in high school to get into college, what kids really want to do for four years is get wasted and sit on their butts. Isn't the South Harmon experience what most people already pay for and get? ~ Michael Buening, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English, English, Spanish Subtitle Options: English, French, Spanish Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel Additional Features: Deleted scenes Gag reel Reject Rejection: The Making of Accepted ...and more! DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard MPAA Rating: PG13 DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 93 min   DVD Chapters: Disc #1 -- Accepted 1. Graduation (Main Titles) [4:21] 2. Admission Denied [5:41] 3. Act of Desperation [4:42] 4. On Campus [3:29] 5. Finding Faculty [4:15] 6. Meet the Dean [4:36] 7. Student Body [5:57] 8. Welcome to S.H.I.T. [5:37] 9. Forming a Plan [5:04] 10. Comprehensive Curriculum [5:21] 11. The Sister College [4:51] 12. Course Requirements [3:27] 13. Gone Too Far [4:39] 14. Putting in for a Transfer [4:37] 15. Allegiance in Question [:02] 16. Parents' Day [1:32] 17. Education Nearing [6:49] 18. Scholastic Value [5:44] 19. Disorientation [6:11] 20. End Titles [1:57]