Van Wilder

PM_Mama00 · #1 04-13-2002, 11:04 AM

Ok, so I saw the commercials for this movie, and thought I saw a quatrafoil (Phi Mu symbol) fountain. I saw the movie (which is awesome!!) and there it was, a quatrafoil shaped fountain. I'm thinking that maybe there is a connection between the movie and Phi Mu. Tara Reid wears a lot of pink, and her room is pretty much pink and white. Does anyone know what school the movie was filmed at? Maybe there's a connection with that. It'd be interesting to find out, because the only other thing that Phi Mu is "connected" to are the tables at Chili's, and Steel Magnolias.

Siobhan · #2 04-13-2002, 01:04 PM

I haven't seen the movie yet, but found out the other day that I am a distant relation to the star of the movie - I knew he was from Vancouver and grew up in the same neighbourhood I did, but turns out he's my aunt's cousin's son...

AOII_Luv · #3 04-13-2002, 06:46 PM

I saw Van Wilder...the school is fictional...Coolidge College. I don't recall the fountain. I do remember the girl who pretty much lived to serve Delta Iota Kappa (DIK). She was a Sigma Theta Tau. I think it was funny how they tried to portray sorority girls, but I didn't like the fact that her letters were so close to Sigma Delta Tau. I'm not saying that she was supposed to be an SDT, but I thought that they could have been more creative with her chapter.

Other than that, the movie was hiliarious! Saw it with my boyfriend who is in a fraternity and two of my sorority sisters were there as well....it was a good time and worth it!

LeslieAGD · #4 04-14-2002, 02:50 PM

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Originally posted by PM_Mama00
It'd be interesting to find out, because the only other thing that Phi Mu is "connected" to are the tables at Chili's, and Steel Magnolias.

Just out of curiousity...what is the Phi Mu connection to Chili's tables?

PM_Mama00 · #5 04-14-2002, 10:23 PM

The owner of Chilis' daughter is a Phi Mu, and our symbol is on the little tiles on the tables. I'm not sure of the whole story, but I remember hearing that. Our symbol is an odd shape, so to see a random fountain in that shape is weird.

hoosier · #6 04-14-2002, 11:03 PM

Anyone know where it was filmed?

If it was at some single campus, it didn't get a credit.

Dionysus · #7 04-14-2002, 11:19 PM

He talks!

nucutiepie · #8 04-15-2002, 03:29 AM

Having grown up in Boston, Coolidge College was DEFINITELY somewhat based on UMass-Amherst. Saw it with my best friend from home, and he totally agreed!

lionlove · #9 04-15-2002, 05:33 AM

I have never seen or heard of the movie but I think it's really cool there is a quatrefoil shape in there. I travelled to Florence Italy a few weeks ago and in the facade of one of the cathedrals (cathedral saint croce if any phi mu sisters are ever in Florence) there was a white quatrefoil with a pink background and a face of a lion in the quatrefoil. I thought that ws really cool. I very rarely see the quatrefoil shape outside of Phi Mu because it is an odd shape.

AOIIBrandi · #10 04-15-2002, 11:21 AM

I saw the movie with my husband who is also greek, sorry I didn't notice the Phi Mu stuff, but we did think the movie was hilarious. I can laugh about things and naming the fraternity DIK was just too good. I guess they didn't have it out for the sorority,b/c I didn't notice that their letters had a double meaning

AOX81 · #11 04-18-2002, 09:45 AM

I saw the movie with my husband. I thought it was pretty funny but it could have been better.

I think it was pretty funny that Matt from 90210 was in it.

Quick question: what is the name of the guy who played Van Wilder and what other movies has he been in. I know I've seen him in something else put I just can't figure it out.

Thanks.

LeslieAGD · #12 04-18-2002, 10:11 AM

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Quick question: what is the name of the guy who played Van Wilder and what other movies has he been in. I know I've seen him in something else put I just can't figure it out.

Thanks.

The actor that plays Van Wilder is named Ryan Reynolds. He was the jock-love interest in the Melissa Joan Hart movie "Sabrina The Teenage Witch." He was also in a Nickelodeon series called "Fifteen" back in the day, which was kinda like a soap opera for young adults...does anyone else remember this???

alphaxidelta12 · #13 04-18-2002, 10:15 AM

he was also in the sitcom Two Guys and Girl

PM_Mama00 · #14 04-18-2002, 10:34 AM

OMG!!! I used to watch Fifteen all the time and that's when I like fell in love with him! He's such a hottie!

AOX81 · #15 05-03-2002, 11:06 AM

http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/ha...3/15actors.htm