# American Pie 4: Band Camp **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 27, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-pie-4-band-camp/323709 "2005-09-27T17:52:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-pie-4-band-camp/323709/1 "2005-09-27T17:52:10Z")
USA Today reports that _American Pie: Band Camp_ will be released direct-to-video. Apparently the only person from the original cast is Eugene Levy. So, Gene, this is for you. \*Bye, bye, Miss American Pie You gave us Eugene Levy but now Levy is dry Those other guys, got on with their lives, This’ll be the one where it dies, This’ll be the one where it dies. (Please.) \* ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-pie-4-band-camp/323709/2 "2005-09-27T22:22:35Z")
So…are we gonna fuck, or what? ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-pie-4-band-camp/323709/3 "2005-09-28T00:02:02Z")
So what is Levy’s problem, anyway? He was absolutely superb in “A Mighty Wind”. Then he’s done “Dumb and Dumberer”, “New York Minute” (the only Olsen Twins movie not direct-to-video), “The Man” and now “AP4.” Maybe we can get Earl Camembert to do an investigative piece on “What was he thinking?” ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-pie-4-band-camp/323709/4 "2005-09-28T00:13:28Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Maybe we can get Earl Camembert to do an investigative piece on “What was he thinking?” _Dumberer_ (“Jr’s college tuition”), _NYM_ (“redo the kitchen”), _The Man_ (“boats are expensive”), and _AP4_ (“wife deserves more jewelry”). ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-pie-4-band-camp/323709/5 "2005-09-28T00:32:04Z")
I wouldn’t put too much stock into this. An American Pie: Band Camp movie has been said to be in development between every installment. Well I guess that’s only twice. But still. At one point Alyson Hannigan was going to be the headlining star as a counselor. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-pie-4-band-camp/323709/6 "2006-02-21T12:47:08Z")
I saw this film last night. I rented it at one of those dollar kiosks at the grocery store. Not bad. Not good, but it had some funny moments. LOTS of gratutious nudity. The main character is Steve Stiffler’s younger brother. The premise is, he gets sent to band camp as a punishment for playing a prank on the high school band. The whole thing is over the top and totally implausible, but I liked it better than American Pie 2. Pretty decent for a $1 straight to DVD offering, but don’t spend much more than that renting it. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-pie-4-band-camp/323709/7 "2006-02-21T12:58:06Z")
Did someone say gratuitous nudity? ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-pie-4-band-camp/323709/8 "2006-02-21T14:21:41Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > Did someone say gratuitous nudity? Oh, yes. Including, but not limited to [spoiler] Four girls dancing naked in the shower. [/shower] AND Two fully naked girls rubbing lotion on each other. Direct to DVD has its advantages. Anyone know how well this DVD sold? ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-pie-4-band-camp/323709/9 "2006-02-21T14:25:40Z")
Although like most of these teen flicks, the people who get nude are just random Playboy types. Not the “real actress” hotties who are starring in the movie. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-pie-4-band-camp/323709/10 "2006-02-21T18:50:10Z")
Apparently, it sold over one million copies in the first week alone. That’s a successful straight to DVD film. Especially given the budget for that thing had to be a buck eighty. [http://www.comingsoon.net/news/dvdnews.php?id=12561](http://www.comingsoon.net/news/dvdnews.php?id=12561) ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-pie-4-band-camp/323709/11 "2006-02-21T18:54:08Z")
_adds to netflix cue for gratuitous nudity_ ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-pie-4-band-camp/323709/12 "2006-02-21T20:19:32Z")
But… but… would you rather live in the ascendancy of a civilization, or during its decline? > [@KGS](#): > > So…are we gonna fuck, or what? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-pie-4-band-camp/323709/13 "2006-02-21T21:20:05Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > Did someone say gratuitous nudity? No one expects gratuitous nudity! \*except in direct-to-video teen sex comedies \*\*and in direct-to-video teen slasher movies \*\*\*and in direct-to-cable Emanuelle movies \*\*\*\*actually, when do we _not_ expect gratuitous nudity? \*\*\*\*\*I’ll start again. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-pie-4-band-camp/323709/14 "2006-02-21T21:31:29Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > \*\*\*\*actually, when do we _not_ expect gratuitous nudity? in a Disney movie ? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-pie-4-band-camp/323709/15 "2006-02-21T22:00:38Z")
> [@detop](#): > > in a Disney movie ? 😃 We expect it…we are just disappointed when it isn’t there. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-pie-4-band-camp/323709/16 "2006-02-21T22:05:08Z")
My fella actually went to the Michigan Band Camp upon which the eponymous film is ever so loosely based ([Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp](http://www.bluelake.org/camp.html)). He even went there for band. I’m so proud! 😃