Directed by:
Jake KasdanScreenplay:
Mike WhiteCinematography:
Greg GardinerComposer:
Michael AndrewsCast:
Colin Hanks, Jack Black, Schuyler Fisk, Mike White, R.J. Knoll, Kyle Howard, Lily Tomlin, Catherine O'Hara, Chevy Chase, Carly Pope, Leslie Mann, John Lithgow (more)VOD (4)
Plots(1)
Colin Hanks stars as Shaun, a carefree California surfer dude who loses a friend to a tsunami. Shaun is contemplating his life when he finds a brilliant novel buried in the sand. He reads it and decides to become a writer himself, and study with the author, who teaches at Stanford. He's eager to leave Orange County, where he lives with his clingy alcoholic mother (Catherine O'Hara) and his burnout brother Lance (Jack Black). When Shaun's guidance counselor (Lily Tomlin) sends the wrong transcript to Stanford, Shaun needs all the help he can get from his seemingly hopeless family to salvage his dream. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Alexandra Breckenridge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/359/359122_41149b.jpg)
Alexandra Breckenridge
USA
Best movies:
Orange County (2002)
She's the Man (2006)
The Bridge to Nowhere (2009)
![Bret Harrison](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276729_f0e58e.jpg)
Bret Harrison
USA
Best movies:
Deal (2008)
Orange County (2002)
Lightning Bug (2004)
![Jane Adams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/363/162363137_f43174.jpg)
Jane Adams
USA
Best movies:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Happiness (1998)
Little Children (2006)
![Sarah Christine Smith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278922_b6bf73.jpg)
Sarah Christine Smith
USA
Best movies:
Down with Love (2003)
Scream 2 (1997)
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
![Sandra McCoy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279408_912a7b.jpg)
Sandra McCoy
USA
Best movies:
Down with Love (2003)
Orange County (2002)
Cry_Wolf (2005)
![Fran Kranz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279444_b21c51.jpg)
Fran Kranz
USA
Best movies:
Donnie Darko (2001)
Training Day (2001)
Much Ado About Nothing (2012)
Sarah Hagan
USA
Best movies:
Jess + Moss (2011)
Ally McBeal (1997) (series)
Orange County (2002)
![Nat Faxon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/400/159400669_4c3c73.jpg)
Nat Faxon
USA
Best movies:
The Way Way Back (2013)
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
The Slammin' Salmon (2009)
![Daniel Farber](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505361_7893a7.jpg)
Daniel Farber
Best movies:
Love Liza (2002)
Orange County (2002)
Sorority Boys (2002)
![Natasha Melnick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/156/158156403_658700.jpg)
Natasha Melnick
USA
Best movies:
The Parent Trap (1998)
Go (1999)
The Hillside Strangler (2004)
![George Murdock](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000155_9e7b9d.gif)
George Murdock
USA
Best movies:
The X-Files – File 11: Patient X (1998) (video compilation)
The X Files: One Son (1999) (video compilation)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Luke Barnett
USA
Best movies:
Orange County (2002)
The Scribbler (2014)
Static (2012)
Manu Intiraymi
USA
Lillian Hurst
Puerto Rico
Best movies:
The Doctor (1991)
Folle d'elle (1998)
Orange County (2002)
Tara Rice
Best movies:
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
American Pie 2 (2001)
Orange County (2002)
Desmon Heck
USA
Best movies:
Orange County (2002)
The President's Man (2000) (TV movie)