American Pie Presents: Book of Love
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American Pie Presents: The Book of Love (sometimes known as American Pie and the Book of Love) is a 2009 teen comedy
Teen film
Teen films is a film genre targeted at teenagers and young adults in which the plot is based upon the special interests of teenagers, such as coming of age, first love, rebellion, conflict with parents, teen angst, and alienation...

 released directly to DVD
Direct-to-video
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. It is the seventh installment of the American Pie franchise, and the fourth in the American Pie Presents: franchise. While the preceding three films mainly focused on members of the Stifler clan, this film focuses on a group of Edgar Martinez, who just happens to know a Stifler at their school. Directed by John Putch
John Putch
John Putch is an American actor, director and screenwriter. He is best known for his recurring role as Bob Morton on the 1980s sitcom One Day at a Time and as Sean Brody in the film Jaws 3-D.-Career:...

, the film stars Bug Hall
Bug Hall
Brandon "Bug" Hall is an American actor, acting teacher and musician.-Biography:Brandon Hall, nicknamed "Bug" by his family, was born in Fort Worth, Texas on February 4, 1985. He is the second oldest in his family...

, John Patrick Jordan, Kevin M. Horton, and Brandon Hardesty
Brandon Hardesty
Brandon Allan Hardesty is an American comedic performer and actor. Hardesty posts original comedy videos as well as "uncanny" recreations of scenes from movies, playing every part himself, excluding a few of his projects, such as his Little Rascals and the original Batman movie...

.

Plot

The story takes place at East Great Falls High, 11 years after the events of American Pie
American Pie (film)
American Pie is a 1999 teen comedy film written by Adam Herz. American Pie was the directorial film debut of brothers Paul and Chris Weitz, and the first film in the American Pie film series...

. The new protagonists of this film are three brand new hapless virgins: Rob (Bug Hall
Bug Hall
Brandon "Bug" Hall is an American actor, acting teacher and musician.-Biography:Brandon Hall, nicknamed "Bug" by his family, was born in Fort Worth, Texas on February 4, 1985. He is the second oldest in his family...

), Nathan (Kevin M. Horton) and Lube (Brandon Hardesty
Brandon Hardesty
Brandon Allan Hardesty is an American comedic performer and actor. Hardesty posts original comedy videos as well as "uncanny" recreations of scenes from movies, playing every part himself, excluding a few of his projects, such as his Little Rascals and the original Batman movie...

). One night Rob accidentally sets fire to the school library, and finds "the Bible" (or Book of Love), the creation of Mr. Levenstein (Eugene Levy
Eugene Levy
Eugene Levy, CM is a Canadian actor, comedian, television director, producer, musician, and writer. He is known for his work in Canadian television series, American movies, and television movies. He is the only actor to have appeared in all eight of the American Pie films, as Noah Levenstein...

). Unfortunately for them, the book is ruined. The book had incomplete advice and sends them on a helpless journey to lose their virginity. After trying and failing for most of the time, they pledge to restore the book, and to do this, they must find Levenstein and all the other people who wrote in the book, and start the restoration.

The story begins with Rob entering his bedroom, and attempting to masturbate with a peanut butter sandwich (similar to the apple pie scenario in the first film). While he is doing this his dog, Frizzie, tries to eat the sandwich, and Rob's little brother Cody takes a video of him receiving this unwanted sexual gratification. Later, Rob meets with his friends, Nathan and Marshall Lube, at school. Nathan reveals that his girlfriend, Dana, has pledged to abstain from sex until marriage despite the fact that she has already slept with six other people. Rob talks to Heidi, a girl he is attracted to, and Stifler. Stifler states that if Rob doesn't make a move on Heidi, he will. In class, Lube has a vivid fantasy about a group of cheerleaders, particularly one named Ashley. Rob and Heidi meet later in the school library where she discloses that she is a virgin, and wishes to just "get it [sex] over with". At the school dance, Nathan tries to get to second base with Dana, but only manages to offend her due to her abstinance pledge. Rob attempts to tell Heidi how he feels about her but is interrupted by Nathan and Lube. He eventually finds her in the library about to have sex with another student, and drops a lit candle in a bin in shock. This sets the library on fire, which sets off the water sprinklers.

The next day, when Rob and Heidi are cleaning the library, Rob finds a secret compartment containing 'The Bible' (The Book of Love). He shows the book to his friends Nathan and Lube and explains that it is a sex manual that has been compiled over 40 years by the students who found it. The book is regarded as legendary, but unfortunately has been damaged by the water.

Later in the local mall, Rob attempts to test a tip in the book; 'Simple Flattery'. He approaches Ashley in a lingerie store and compliments her. Ashley leads him into a changing room, takes off her bra and top, and makes him steal a bra for her. Unfortunately Rob is caught and forced to pay for the bra with his mom's credit card. Meanwhile, Nathan goes to Dana's church service to talk to her, but accidentally broadcasts the explicit and highly personal conversation to the entire congregation on the church's PA system. Dana's father then bans Dana from seeing Nathan. When she receives her credit card bill, Rob's mom tries to talk to him about buying underwear, prompting Rob to sarcastically say that he likes wearing women's underwear. He is again filmed by his little brother, who again posts the footage on the internet for the whole school to see.

The next day, Heidi, Imogen and Dana are spectating at a school basketball game in which Rob and Stifler are playing in which they help the team win by going to the playoffs. A girl called Katie tries to talk to Stifler, but he brushes her off. Rob again attempts to tell Heidi how he feels, but is unable to. Lube discovers a page in The Bible which tells of a brothel in Canada and a prostitute, Monique, who is very experienced. The entry was written in 1975, but Lube misreads the date as 1995, and they decide to visit. When they meet Monique, the boys are disgusted, but Nathan states that they should go for it anyway. Nathan and Lube make Rob go first, but Monique dies while performing oral sex
Oral sex
Oral sex is sexual activity involving the stimulation of the genitalia of a sex partner by the use of the mouth, tongue, teeth or throat. Cunnilingus refers to oral sex performed on females while fellatio refer to oral sex performed on males. Anilingus refers to oral stimulation of a person's anus...

 on him. They panic and drive back to the States.

Rob and Heidi are once again in the library where Rob finally tells her he is attracted to her. Heidi says she feels the same, and they agree to meet at Stifler's party later. At the party Heidi hears Rob shout "Tonight, I'm getting laid!", and runs upstairs. Stifler again brushes off Katie when she tries to talk to him. Lube tells Ashley how he feels about her, giving a speech on how he guarantees sexual satisfaction, but she still turns him down. Ashley's friend is impressed with his promise and tells Lube to meet her upstairs, but when she finds an offensive text on his phone she storms out. Nathan attempts to reconcile with Dana but offends her, making her leave once again. Rob finds Heidi in bed with Stifler and leaves the room. Heidi follows him downstairs, but Rob refuses to talk to her and begins to drink heavily. He declares to Lube and Nathan that "assholes get laid!", which gets some cheers from other boys. Then he behaves crudely to a random girl, who promptly goes to bed with him. She asks him to have sex with her from behind, but he hallucinates and sees Heidi saying; "You aren't seriously going to stick your dick in that, are you?". Rob then throws up on the girl's back. The next morning his mother asks him if he drove home drunk, and shows him a film she received on her phone of Rob throwing up on the girl the night before.

In an attempt to restore The Bible, Rob and his friends resolve to find all of the people who originally wrote it in order to recreate it, starting with the original creator, Noah Levenstein. They eventually succeed in recreating the book.

Rob and his friends then go on the school ski trip. In a log cabin where a few students are playing strip poker, Katie again attempts to talk to Stifler, who again brushes her off. She bets Stifler that if she wins at poker he has to apologise to her and run naked in the snow. Stifler loses and is forced to apologise and go outside naked, where he is raped by a moose. The next day Stifler on a couch with his feet wrapped is comforted by Imogen. Heidi and Rob and Lube and Ashley are riding up the mountain in separate gondola ski lifts, but Nathan has sex with Dana in the lift control room and accidentally shut off the lifts' power. In one lift, Rob and Heidi reconcile and kiss. Ashley and Lube are in another lift, where Lube falls out when trying to go for help. When Ashley climbs down to him, Lube tells her how he really feels about her, moving her to tears. Heidi and Rob return to the cabin and have sex. Lube and Ashley also go back to the cabin and have sex.

The story ends with Rob, Nathan, and Lube returning the newly-restored Bible to where Rob found it, after Rob has added his signature to it. As a finale, Rob's brother, Cody, enters his bedroom to find an online video of him putting a vacuum cleaner on his penis
Penis
The penis is a biological feature of male animals including both vertebrates and invertebrates...

. To his horror, it has been viewed almost 10 million times. Rob ends the film with the words "Gotchaaaaa, ha ha".

Cast

  • Bug Hall
    Bug Hall
    Brandon "Bug" Hall is an American actor, acting teacher and musician.-Biography:Brandon Hall, nicknamed "Bug" by his family, was born in Fort Worth, Texas on February 4, 1985. He is the second oldest in his family...

     as Rob
  • Brandon Hardesty
    Brandon Hardesty
    Brandon Allan Hardesty is an American comedic performer and actor. Hardesty posts original comedy videos as well as "uncanny" recreations of scenes from movies, playing every part himself, excluding a few of his projects, such as his Little Rascals and the original Batman movie...

     as Lube
  • Kevin M. Horton as Nathan
  • Beth Behrs
    Beth Behrs
    Beth Behrs is an American actress. She starred in the 2009 direct-to-video comedy film, American Pie Presents: The Book of Love, and stars in the CBS sitcom, 2 Broke Girls.-Early life:...

     as Heidi
  • Melanie Papalia
    Melanie Papalia
    Melanie Rose Papalia is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Dana in American Pie Presents: The Book of Love, as well as for her roles in films such as Postal , Frankie and Alice . She currently stars as Pippa in the Showcase original series Endgame...

     as Dana
  • Jennifer Holland as Ashley
  • John Patrick Jordan as Scott Stifler
  • Louisa Lytton
    Louisa Lytton
    Louisa Lytton is an English actress born in Camden and living in Islington. She rose to fame in 2005 when joining EastEnders as Ruby Allen. After leaving EastEnders in late 2006, Lytton joined The Bill as PC Beth Green, who she played from May 2007 to March 2009. She also appeared on Strictly...

     as Imogen
  • Eugene Levy
    Eugene Levy
    Eugene Levy, CM is a Canadian actor, comedian, television director, producer, musician, and writer. He is known for his work in Canadian television series, American movies, and television movies. He is the only actor to have appeared in all eight of the American Pie films, as Noah Levenstein...

     as Noah Levenstein
  • Curtis Armstrong
    Curtis Armstrong
    Curtis Armstrong is an American actor best known for his portrayal as Booger in the Revenge of the Nerds movies, as Herbert Viola on Moonlighting, and as famed record producer Ahmet Ertegün in the film Ray.-Early life:...

     as Mr. O'Donnell
  • Sherman Hemsley
    Sherman Hemsley
    Sherman Alexander Hemsley is an American actor, most famous for his role as George Jefferson on the CBS television series All in the Family and The Jeffersons, and as Deacon Ernest Frye on the NBC series Amen. He also played Earl Sinclair's horrifying boss, a Triceratops named B.P...

     as Pastor
  • Cindy Busby as Amy
  • Naomi Hewer as Alyson
  • Adrienne Carter as Katie
  • Nico McEown as Cody
  • Edwin Perez as Gibbs
  • Kevin Federline
    Kevin Federline
    Kevin Earl Federline is an American dancer, rapper, fashion model, and actor. Previously engaged to actress Shar Jackson, Federline is best known for his two-year marriage to pop singer Britney Spears...

     as Canadian Border Guard
  • Rosanna Arquette
    Rosanna Arquette
    Rosanna Lauren Arquette is an American actress, film director, and producer.-Early life:Arquette was born in New York City, the daughter of Brenda Olivia "Mardi" , an actress, poet, theater operator, activist, acting teacher, and therapist, and Lewis Arquette, an actor and director. Her paternal...

     as Rob's mom
  • Dustin Diamond
    Dustin Diamond
    Dustin Neil Diamond is an American actor, musician, director, and stand-up comedian best known for his role as Samuel "Screech" Powers in the television shows Saved by the Bell, Good Morning, Miss Bliss, Saved by the Bell: The College Years and Saved by the Bell: The New Class.-Career:Diamond's...

     as Alumnus Guy #1
  • C. Thomas Howell
    C. Thomas Howell
    Christopher Thomas "Tommy" Howell , known by his stage name C. Thomas Howell, is an American actor and film director. He starred in the films The Outsiders as Ponyboy Curtis and in The Hitcher as Jim Halsey. He has appeared in The Da Vinci Treasure,Soul Man, Red Dawn, Secret Admirer, Gettysburg, H. G...

     as Alumnus Guy #2
  • Christopher Knight as Alumnus Guy #3
  • Tim Matheson
    Tim Matheson
    Tim Matheson is an American actor, director and producer. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of the smooth-talking Eric 'Otter' Stratton in the 1978 comedy National Lampoon's Animal House and has had a variety of other well-known roles, including providing the voice of the lead character...

     as Alumnus Guy #4
  • Steve Railsback
    Steve Railsback
    Steve Railsback is an American theatre, film and television actor, born in Dallas, Texas.-Personal life:Railsback was born Stephen Hall Railsback, in Dallas, Texas, the son of Emerett Spencer and Clyde Webb Railsback.-Career:Railsback was a student of Lee Strasberg and the Actors Studio and in...

     as Alumnus Guy #5
  • Robert Romanus
    Robert Romanus
    Robert Romanus , also billed as Bob Romanus, is an American actor and musician who has starred in film and television. He is best remembered for his role in the 1982 comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High as the ticket scalper Mike Damone, and as Natalie Green's boyfriend Snake on The Facts of Life...

     as Alumnus Guy #6
  • Bret Michaels
    Bret Michaels
    Bret Michaels is an American musician, actor, director, screenwriter, producer and reality television personality. He first gained fame as the lead vocalist of the glam metal band Poison. Besides his career as lead singer, he has several solo albums to his credit, as well as one chart single...

     as himself

Production

The Book of Love was filmed in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. The East Great Falls High was actually Centennial Secondary School in Coquitlam. The tram scene up the mountain is located at Vancouver's Grouse Mountain.

Soundtrack

  1. "Oh Yeah" by Yello
    Yello
    Yello is a Swiss electronica band consisting of Dieter Meier and Boris Blank. They are probably best known for their singles "The Race" and "Oh Yeah", which feature a mix of electronic music and manipulated vocals, as does most of their music....

  2. "Something in Your Mouth" by Nickelback
    Nickelback
    Nickelback is a Canadian rock band from Hanna, Alberta. Since 1995 the band has included guitarist and lead vocalist Chad Kroeger, guitarist and back-up vocalist Ryan Peake and bassist Mike Kroeger.. The band's current drummer and percussionist is Daniel Adair who has been with the band since 2005....

  3. "Sexy Little Thing"/"Miss Cindy" by The High Decibels
  4. "Smoke Alarm" by Freddy Rawsh
  5. "Hot N Cold
    Hot N Cold
    "Hot n Cold" is a song by American singer Katy Perry. The song was written and composed by Dr. Luke, Max Martin, and Perry for her major mainstream debut album, One of the Boys. The track was released as the album's third single...

    " by Katy Perry
    Katy Perry
    Katy Perry is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents, Perry grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child. After earning a GED during her first year of high school, she began to pursue a...

  6. "Dance, Dance
    Dance, Dance
    "Dance, Dance" is a song by American rock band Fall Out Boy and the second single from their third studio album, From Under the Cork Tree. Released in late 2005, in the United States it reached No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 2006, becoming the band's second consecutive top 10 hit single....

    " by Fall Out Boy
    Fall Out Boy
    Fall Out Boy is an American rock band from Wilmette, Illinois, formed in 2001. The band consists of vocalist, guitarist and composer Patrick Stump, bassist and lyricist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley. The band released five studio albums from 2003–2008...

  7. "Turn It Down" by Sideway Runners
  8. "Hypnotik" by Roobie Breastnut
  9. "Beer" by Ace Baker
    Ace Baker
    Alexander "Ace" Baker is an American composer and keyboardist.-Composer:Along with Clair Marlo, Baker was the series composer for American Dragster, a documentary series on ESPN from 2006-2007. *...

  10. "How Do I Know" by Wanda Bell
  11. "When You Want Some Uh Uh" by Nio Renee Wilson
  12. "Get Loose (NipJoint Remix)" by Quanteisha
    Quanteisha
    Quanteisha Benjamin, often referred to by the mononym Quanteisha, is a Juno Award winning Canadian R&B singer.-Early life:Quanteisha grew up in Edmonton, Alberta, and attended Jasper Place Composite High School...

  13. "Pauline" by The High Lonesome
  14. "Katmandu" by Sam Morrison
  15. "1969" by Dr. Hollywood
  16. "Body Language" by Isaac Hayes
    Isaac Hayes
    Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. was an American songwriter, musician, singer and actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the...

  17. "If Something's Wrong" by Aidan Hawken
  18. "Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don't)" by All Time Low
    All Time Low
    All Time Low is an American pop punk band from Baltimore, Maryland, formed in 2003.The band consists of vocalist and rhythm guitarist Alexander Gaskarth, lead guitarist and backing vocalist Jack Barakat, bassist and backing vocalist Zachary Merrick, and drummer Rian Dawson...

  19. "Hot Mess
    Hot Mess (song)
    "Hot Mess" is a song recorded by American pop punk band Cobra Starship. It was the second single released from their third studio album, Hot Mess. The song was released digitally through iTunes during October 30, 2009...

    " by Cobra Starship
    Cobra Starship
    Cobra Starship is an American synthpop band created by former Midtown bassist and lead vocalist Gabe Saporta in 2003 in New York City, New York...

  20. "Are You Ready" Crash Boom Bang
  21. "Got Me Some Love" by Keely Hawkes
  22. "Army Girl" by The Genders
  23. "Obsession" by Ace Baker
  24. "Something Wild" by The High Lonesome
  25. "Burnin' Love" by Travis Tritt
  26. "Laid" by Aidan Hawken
  27. "She Can Dance" by Billy Trudel
  28. "Monday" by Mikey & The Gypsys
  29. "In It for You" ("Catch My Fall") by The Elliots
  30. "Heartbeats" by Melinda Ortner
  31. "Say Yes
    Say Yes (Elliott Smith song)
    "Say Yes" is the final track of Elliott Smith's 1997 album Either/Or, and one of three tracks from Either/Or that was used in the soundtrack of Good Will Hunting."Say Yes" is one of Smith's widely recognized songs...

    " by Elliott Smith
    Elliott Smith
    Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Smith was born in Omaha, Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and resided for a significant portion of his life in Portland, Oregon, where he first gained popularity...

  32. "Book of Love" by Fire! Fire!
  33. "Sinner" by Big B featuring Scott Russo
  34. "Mouth to Mouth" by Kaya Jones
    Kaya Jones
    Kaya Jones August 28, 1984, Toronto, Canada) is a singer, actress, dancer, model and former member of the girl group The Pussycat Dolls from 2003-2006...


Sequel

It was reported in October 2008 that Universal Studios
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....

 was planning to produce a third theatrically released sequel to the first film. Reports resurfaced of such a project in February 2010, with "some of the original cast" expressing interest in returning. In April 2010, it was confirmed that the film was in pre-production
Pre-production
Pre-production or In Production is the process of preparing all the elements involved in a film, play, or other performance.- In film :...

, with Jon Hurwitz
Jon Hurwitz
Jonathan Benjamin "Jon" Hurwitz is an American screenwriter. He grew up on James Rd. Randolph NJ, 07869. He attended Randolph High School, where he now has a glass cabinet of his own to show how happy he is of his high school education...

 and Hayden Schlossberg
Hayden Schlossberg
Hayden Schlossberg is an American screenwriter/director/producer from Randolph, New Jersey who became well known for co-writing with Jon Hurwitz: Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, and for co-writing, co-directing, and co-producing with him "Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay."He is a...

signed on to write and direct. Universal is reportedly expecting production to begin in Summer 2010, hoping to reunite the cast of the original trilogy.

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