Orange County (2002)
Actors:
Carly Pope (actress),
Catherine O'Hara (actress),
Tom Kenny (actor),
George Murdock (actor),
Garry Marshall (actor),
Ben Stiller (actor),
John Lithgow (actor),
Harold Ramis (actor),
Kevin Kline (actor),
Desmon Heck (actor),
Jack Black (actor),
Tom Kenny (actor),
Chevy Chase (actor),
Scott Rudin (producer),
Lily Tomlin (actress),
Plot: Shaun Brumder is a local surfer kid from Orange County who dreams of going to Stanford to become a writer and to get away from his disfunctional family household. Except Shaun runs into one complication after another starting when his application is rejected after his dim-witted guidance counselor sends the wrong application. So, Shaun goes to great lengths with a little help from his girlfriend Ashley and his drugged-out loser brother Lance to get into Stanford any way they see fit.
Keywords: 911, arson, beach, beer, bonfire, book, boy, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, brother-brother-relationship, cartoon-on-tv
Genres:
Comedy,
Drama,
Taglines: It's not just a place. It's a state of mind.
Quotes:
Lance: You banged mom?
Shaun: I have to go to college.::Cindy: Why?::Shaun: Because it's what you do after high school.
Lance: Do you want me to get naked and start the revolution?
Ashley: You know how you told me that every night before you go to bed you'd pray that you'd get into Stanford?::Shaun: Yeah?::Ashley: Well the other night I prayed for something too.::Shaun: What?::Ashley: I prayed... that you wouldn't get into Stanford.::Shaun: [astonished] Why?::Ashley: Well I didn't really think it was gonna work!
Principal Harbert: People, June is just around the corner, let's talk graduation speakers. Ideas?::Shaun: Toni Morrison, she's in town that same weekend for a book signing. She's won the Nobel Prize.::Principal Harbert: Interesting... Dana, didn't you say you have a cousin who was friends with Britney spears?
Bud Brumder: A writer? What do you have to write about? You're not oppressed. You're not gay.
Shaun: Mom, you know money can't buy happiness...::Cindy: Oh grow up, yes it can!::Shaun: But you and Dad have money and you're both miserable.::Cindy: ...He's miserable?
Lonny: Dude, face the fear.
Ashley: Look Shaun, I'm sorry you didn't get into Stanford. But if you think that going here is the only way that you can be the person you want to be, well then I just feel sorry for you.
Firefighter: What's your name?::Lance: Uh, Joe... John... uh, Joe-John.::Firefighter: Your name's Joe-John?::Lance: John-ston, Johnston. Joe.::Firefighter: You wanna tell me what happened here?::Lance: Uh, there was a fire, I dunno, I came by and it's... checkin out the fire.::Firefighter: Well that lady uh, Mona? She said that you two were in the building together when the fire started.::Lance: Yeah, she's a liar, cuz I dunno her so whatever, whatever she says is a lie, so...::Firefighter: K, so you're saying you weren't in the building with that woman?::Lance: No, not I! Aright, she started it, aright? Because she was like "I hate my job, I'm gonna burn this mother down!" And I said "You better not... you better not!"::Firefighter: She said it was an electrical fire.::Lance: It was. It was a total electrical fire, it was like uh, the switches had sparks comin out, and the sockets, and uh it was like the 4th of July, man!::Firefighter: Why aren't you wearing your pants, Joe?::Lance: I tripped, and uh then I had to take 'em off to run faster out of the flames... [coughing] I think I inhaled some smoke, will you excuse me one second, I'll be right back. [runs away in the background]::Firefighter: [into walkie talkie] We got a sprinter. Five foot five, no pants, unkempt... portly.