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
![Colin Hanks](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/298/164298835_6a4ae9.jpg)
Colin Hanks
USA
Best movies:
King Kong (2005)
11:14 (2003)
Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny (2006)
![Jack Black](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/360/162360673_4d41b5.png)
Jack Black
USA
Best movies:
Enemy of the State (1998)
Ice Age (2002)
Dead Man Walking (1995)
![Schuyler Fisk](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271171_edb2d3.jpg)
Schuyler Fisk
USA
Best movies:
The Long Walk Home (1990)
Restless (2011)
Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will? (1990)
![Mike White](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274034_ca8d8d.jpg)
Mike White
USA
Best movies:
The School of Rock (2003)
The Good Girl (2002)
Brad's Status (2017)
R.J. Knoll
Best movies:
Crimson Tide (1995)
Major Payne (1995)
Orange County (2002)
Kyle Howard
USA
Best movies:
Yesterday's Children (2000) (TV movie)
Orange County (2002)
Into the Dark (2018) (series)
![Lily Tomlin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/160/164160709_3d23d4.jpg)
Lily Tomlin
USA
Best movies:
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Short Cuts (1993)
Shadows and Fog (1991)
![Catherine O'Hara](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/207/163207221_cc6276.jpg)
Catherine O'Hara
Canada
Best movies:
Home Alone (1990)
Temple Grandin (2010) (TV movie)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
![Chevy Chase](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267699_84072a.jpg)
Chevy Chase
USA
Best movies:
Christmas Vacation (1989)
Vacation (1983)
Hero (1992)
![Carly Pope](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/535/166535552_51bb4f.jpg)
Carly Pope
Canada
Best movies:
Two for the Money (2005)
Elysium (2013)
Finder's Fee (2001)
![Leslie Mann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/319/164319052_cfbcd8.jpg)
Leslie Mann
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)
Last Man Standing (1996)
The Croods: A New Age (2020)
![John Lithgow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/974/163974996_d34324.jpg)
John Lithgow
USA
Best movies:
Shrek (2001)
Interstellar (2014)
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016) (theatrical recording)
![Garry Marshall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/777/166777523_237034.jpg)
Garry Marshall
USA
Best movies:
Goldfinger (1964)
Pretty Woman (1990)
A League of Their Own (1992)
![Dana Ivey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/328/162328402_28ad13.png)
Dana Ivey
USA
Best movies:
The Help (2011)
The Color Purple (1985)
The Addams Family (1991)
![Harold Ramis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267789_8587e9.jpg)
Harold Ramis
USA
Best movies:
As Good as It Gets (1997)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Ghostbusters (1984)
![Monica Keena](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272738_b3055d.jpg)
Monica Keena
USA
Best movies:
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
While You Were Sleeping (1995)
The Narrows (2008)
![Lizzy Caplan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/543/162543988_fff89f.jpg)
Lizzy Caplan
USA
Best movies:
127 Hours (2010)
Allied (2016)
Crossing Over (2009)
![Ben Stiller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/839/163839348_40134a.jpg)
Ben Stiller
USA
Best movies:
Empire of the Sun (1987)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Madagascar (2005)
![Kevin Kline](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/204/161204147_e9d40d.png)
Kevin Kline
USA
Best movies:
Cyrano de Bergerac (2008) (theatrical recording)
Chaplin (1992)
Cry Freedom (1987)
![Tom Kenny](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272647_87ee2d.jpg)
Tom Kenny
USA
Best movies:
The Animatrix (2003)
Futurama: Bender's Big Score (2007) (video compilation)
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)