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Van Wilder

National Lampoon's Van Wilder (also known as Van Wilder: Party Liaison in certain countries) is a 2002 romantic comedy film directed by Walt Becker in his directorial debut and written by Brent Goldberg and David T. Wagner. The film stars Ryan Reynolds as the titular character, alongside Tara Reid, Tim Matheson and Paul Gleason.

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Box office
$38.3 million
Budget
$5 million
Cinematography
James Bagdonas
Countries
Germany · United States
Directed by
Walt Becker
Distributed by
Artisan Entertainment (United States) Constantin Film (Germany) Myriad Pictures (Overseas)

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Van Wilder

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related to Home media · 20
Van Wilder → Artisan Entertainment, August, Bouncing Off, Burly Bear TV, Comedy Central, Drunken Idiot Kommentary, DVD, Lions Gate Home Entertainment, Mason Brown, National Lampoon, On November, Reel Comedy TV, Steven Brykman, Sugarcult, Taj, The, The DVD, The Rise, VHS, Walls
Produced by · 4
Van Wilder → Andrew Panay, Jonathon Komack Martin, Peter Abrams, Robert L. Levy
related to External links · 3
Van Wilder → Box Office Mojo, IMDbNational Lampoon's Van Wilder, National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Countries · 2
Van Wilder → Germany, United States
Production companies · 2
Van Wilder → Myriad Pictures, Tapestry Films
Starring · 2
Van Wilder → Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid
Written by · 2
Van Wilder → Brent Goldberg, David T. Wagner
related to Box office · 2
Van Wilder → Based, It
Box office · 1
Van Wilder → $38.3 million
Budget · 1
Van Wilder → $5 million

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Van WilderBox office$38.3 million1.00infobox
Van WilderBudget$5 million1.00infobox
Van WilderCinematographyJames Bagdonas1.00infobox
Van WilderCountriesGermany1.00infobox
Van WilderCountriesUnited States1.00infobox
Van WilderDirected byWalt Becker1.00infobox
Van WilderDistributed byArtisan Entertainment (United States) Constantin Film (Germany) Myriad Pictures (Overseas)1.00infobox
Van WilderEdited byDennis M. Hill1.00infobox
Van WilderLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Van WilderMusic byDavid Lawrence1.00infobox
Van WilderProduced byPeter Abrams1.00infobox
Van WilderProduced byRobert L. Levy1.00infobox
Van WilderProduced byAndrew Panay1.00infobox
Van WilderProduced byJonathon Komack Martin1.00infobox
Van WilderProduction companiesMyriad Pictures1.00infobox
Van WilderProduction companiesTapestry Films1.00infobox
Van WilderRelease dateApril 5, 2002 (2002-04-05)1.00infobox
Van WilderRunning time93 minutes1.00infobox
Van WilderStarringRyan Reynolds1.00infobox
Van WilderStarringTara Reid1.00infobox
Van WilderWritten byBrent Goldberg1.00infobox
Van WilderWritten byDavid T. Wagner1.00infobox

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