Old School
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Todd Phillips
Luke Wilson
Will Ferrell
Vince Vaughn
Ellen Pompeo
Elisha Cuthbert
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A trio of thirty-something buddies tries to recapture the outrageous, irrepressible fun of their college years by starting their own off-campus frat house. Mitch, Frank and Beanie have all reached a crossroads in their lives. They can choose to be responsible adults, with wives, families and steady jobs--or they can postpone adulthood in favor of the reckless abandon of frat house living with all the fun and none of the education. No contest.
Director
Todd Phillips
Cast
Luke Wilson
Will Ferrell
Vince Vaughn
Ellen Pompeo
Elisha Cuthbert
Patrick J Adams
Arthur Taxier
Jimi Englund
Rachel Winfree
Abdul Goznobi
Dan Finnerty
Stuart Cornfield
Gene Reed
Craig Kilborn
Kristina Hughes
Patrick Cranshaw
Noel Gugliemi
Seann William Scott
Jerry Long
Juliette Lewis
Jose Gonzales
Artie Lange
Gregory Alan Williams
Matt Walsh
David Hughes
Perrey Reeves
Nathalie Fay
Rick Gonzalez
Jesse Heiman
Bryan Callen
Sara Tanaka
Sydney Bryan
Jeremy Piven
Snoop Dogg
David Moreland
Darryl Armbruster
Jake Jarvi
James Carville
Rob Corddry
Phe Caplan
Kristen Kerr
Bob Lazar
Sara Bryan
Patrick Fischler
Jerod Mixon
Marc Thaldorf
Eddie Pepitone
Harve Presnell
Matthew Carey
Lisa Donatz
Simon Helberg
David Arana
Charles Noland
Warren G
Todd Phillips
Leah Remini
Robert Baker
Katherine Ellis
Nicholas Hosking
Raymond Ma
Corinne Kingsbury
Sarah Shahi
Charles Righetti
Ashley Aubra Jones
Chris Hendrie
Crew
Ryan Adams
Ryan Adams
William R Aldridge
James C. Alfonso
Art Anthony
Pete Anthony
Anthony J Ardolino
Don Argott
Scot Armstrong
Scot Armstrong
Michael Babcock
Scott Badgley
Tafft Baker
Marc Banich
Eric Barrier
Steve Bauman
David Beadle
Sammy Beavers
John Benson
Richard Berry
Max Biscoe
Vaughn R Bladen
Rachel Blasko
Tom Bognar
James Bolt
Ted Boonthanakit
Bob F Brown
Troy Brown
Joe Bucaro
Richard Bucher
Scott Budnick
Gary Burritt
Cliff Burton
Anthony Joseph Camaioni
Robert J Carlyle
Karen K Chang
Ken Chase
Jeffrey N Civa
Kenneth H Clarke
Robert Clivilles
Felicity Cockram
Vanessa Couron
David Coverdale
Clint Coyle
Court Crandall
Wally Crowder
Tony Cucchiari
Burt Dalton
Max Daniels
Egor Davidoff
Peter R. Davidson
Susan Deal
Jenny Dearmitt
Paul Deason
Paul Deason
Stephen P Del Prete
Patsy Deshields
Maria Devane
Matthew Devitt
Dennis Deyoung
Andy Dick
Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg
Lisa A Doyle
Andrew Ellerd
Tom Elliott
Annie Ellis
Chuck Eskridge
Debbie Evans
Joner Faulkner
Ron Finn
Carl Fischer
Nancy Fisher
Richard Foreman
Kevin Foster
Michael Foster
Robert S Frank
Vaune Kirby Frechette
Primrose Y Fukuchi
Bryan Garofalo
Paul C Gibilisco
Dan Goldberg
Franne Golde
Jeff Gomillion
Tim Gomillion
Tim Gonzales
Hector Gonzalez
Stacie Goodman
Andre Gordon
Gary Gray
Mark Graziano
Larry Groce
Dino Grossi
William G Hall
Brad Halsted
Kirk Hammett
David Hankins
Michael Nathan Hankins
Reid Harper
Riley Harper
Thomas Robinson Harper
Adam Harrison
Christie Hayes
Angela Heald
Roy Heath
James Hetfield
Freddie Hice
Mildred Hill
Patty Hill
Travis Hills
Duane Hitchings
Petur Hliddal
Lisha Hocking
Paul Patrick Hogan
Steve Holladay
Clint Holmes
Lisa Hoyle
Doug I Huete
Darryl Humber
Clark Hunter
Mark Irwin
Olga Ishkhanova
Ernie Isley
Ronald Isley
Barbara Issak
Michael Jablow
Kevin Lamont Jackson
Barry Dale Johnson
Douglas S Johnson
Nicki Johnson
James P Jones
Mike Justus
Sandy Justus
Lawrence Karman
Jonathan Karp
Jayne Marie Kehoe
R. Kelly
R. Kelly
Kevin M Kennedy
Josh Kimbel
Traci Kirshbaum
Arthur Kohlhoff
Mark Kuber
Jon Kull
Larry La Prise
Dennis Lambert
James Land
Shawn Lane
Simon Le Bon
Christopher Leps
Bridgette Lester
Pauletta Lewis
Michael E Listorti
Kerry Livgren
Anthony S Loguzzo
Janet Lonsdale
Ryan Louden
Billy Lucas
David Lujan
Marisa Lynch
Charles Macak
Jodi Macaulay
Mary Lamar Mahler
Chris Marino
Elliot Marks
Bernie Marsden
Randy Martens
Glen Marygold
W Scott Mason
Paul Massey
Tim Mccolm
Cole Mclarty
Joe Medjuck
Karl Mefford
Victor Mendez
Breckin Meyer
Joseph Middleton
David M Moir
Gail Monian
Mark Emery Moore
Bob Morgan
Cynthia Morrill
Robert Morrisey
Juan Morse
Heather Mullen
Sonja Munsterman
Alan L Myers
Michael Neale
Michael Neumann
Charles Newhart
Thomas Barr O'donnell
Kevin O'neil
James Orendorff
Ralph Osborn
Christine Paola
Mark Pappas
Sandra Park
Enrico Paronelli
Chris Peterson
William Petrotta
Film Details
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Patrick Cranshaw (1919-2005)
Born on June 17, 1919 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Cranshaw became interested in acting while entertaining the troops with the Army Air Forces during World War II. After the war, he worked in radio, and slogged his way though bit parts in a few films before landing his first notable (if still uncredited) part as a bartender in the Claudette Colbert western Texas Lady (1955). It took a while before he got his next strong part, but he was memorable in his brief scene as the fidgety bank teller in Arthur Penn's classic Bonnie and Clyde (1967); and appeared as a hayseed in some wildly bad camp fare such as Mars Need Women and Hip, Hot and 21 (also 1967).
But so what if the good movie roles weren't coming? Cranshaw, with his small, expressive eyes, crinkled smile, and scraggly white beard, made for an ideal comic foil in sitcoms; and anyone with a passing interest for spotting character actors can't help but be impressed with his resume on that medium in the '70s: (The Odd Couple, Sanford and Son, The Bob Newhart Show, Mork and Mindy); the '80s: (The Dukes of Hazzard, Growing Pains, Perfect Strangers, Night Court, Diff'rent Strokes); '90s: (Coach, Ellen, Married...with Children, Just Shoot Me!, The Drew Carey Show); and even the 21st century: (Suddenly Susan, Monk).
Most impressively, Cranshaw should serve as model for all struggling actors that sheer persistency can pay off when you're hungry for some good roles in motion pictures, for he was in well in his seventies when he started gaining some decent screen time in The Beverly Hillbillies (1993), The Hudsucker Proxy (1994), Everyone Says I Love You (1996), and Best in Show (2000). However, his most memorable moment in film came in the Will Ferrell/Vince Vaughn comedy Old School (2003). Here he played a octogenarian frat boy named Blue; and in one terrific sequence, he's dressed in his longjohns ready to wrestle two topless girls but dies of a heart attack due to overexcitement! He may have not won an Oscar® for his performance, but he developed something of cult following after that great comic turn.
Most recently, he played a Derby owner with Lindsay Lohan and Matt Dillon in Disney's Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005); and just completed the movie Air Buddies due for release next year. Cranshaw is survived by three children, Jan Ragland, Joe Cranshaw and Beverly Trautschold; his sister, Billie Gillespie; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
by Michael T. Toole
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Patrick Cranshaw (1919-2005)
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Released in United States Winter February 21, 2003
Released in United States on Video June 10, 2003
Released in United States Winter February 21, 2003
Released in United States on Video June 10, 2003