Loser

Year:

2000

Duration:

98 min | Finland:92 min

Genres:

Comedy | Romance

IMDB rate:

5.2

Director:

Amy Heckerling

Awards:

1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2000-07-21

Filming Locations: Bryant Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Earnings

Budget: $20,000,000

Opening Weekend: $6,008,611 (USA) (23 July 2000)

Gross: $15,464,026 (USA) (15 October 2000)

Cast

Actor

Character

Mena Suvari

Loser

Jason Biggs

Paul Tannek

Zak Orth

Adam

Thomas Sadoski

Chris

Jimmi Simpson

Noah

Greg Kinnear

Prof. Edward Alcott

Dan Aykroyd

Dad

Twink Caplan

Gena

Bobby Slayton

Sal

Robert Miano

Victor

Mollie Israel

Annie

Colleen Camp

Homeless Woman

Andy Dick

Another City Worker

Steven Wright

Panty Hose Customer

Brian Backer

Doctor

Meredith Scott Lynn

Dog Loving Girl

Stuart Cornfeld

Foreman

Taylor Negron

Photographer

Andrea Martin

Professor

Scott Thomson

Cell Phone Guy

Kedar Brown

Jay

Catherine Black

Military Jacket Girl

Rick Demas

Bouncer

Sanjay Talwar

Convenience Cashier

Tracy Dawson

Drug Saleswoman

Carolyn Goff

Kristen

Mike Beaver

Boy at Concert

Richard Blackburn

Security Guard

Billy Otis

Prisoner

Jenny Kim

Student Worker

Alison Sealy-Smith

University Official

Martin Roach

Veterinarian

Heidi Weeks

Saks Saleswoman

Daniela Olivieri

Store Tailor

Kavita Persaud

Hi Ro Student

Corwin Hall

Hi Ro Student

Andrew Storms

Hi Ro Student

Serena Lee

Hi Ro Student

Nick Bacon

Beer Store Clerk

Valerie Boyle

Aunt

Colleen Reynolds

Aunt

Jack Jessop

Grandfather

Mallory Margel

Paul's Sister

Patrick Mark

Bloody Nose Guy

Tanja Jacobs

Party Goer

Darrin Brown

Party Goer

James Barrett

Guy

Rob Tinkler

Bar Patron

Katherine Giaquinto

College Girl

Robinne Fanfair

College Girl

Clare Preuss

College Girl

Sadie LeBlanc

College Girl

Silvana Kane

College Girl

Kerri Michalica

College Girl

Geoffrey Antoine

Coffee Counter Guy

Danny Truelove

Dancing Kid

Marc McMulkin

Dancing Kid

Jonathon Fernandes

Dancing Kid

Tiffany Leonardo

Dancing Kid

Art Alexakis

Himself (uncredited)

Chantal Cousineau

Student

Alan Cumming

Himself /

Noah Danby

Principal

Greg Eklund

Himself (uncredited)

Erin Hill

Dancer /

Forest Lightbody

(uncredited)

Donna 'Chipmunk' McCusker

Student

Craig Montoya

Himself (uncredited)

Christy Patrick

Blond Everclear Fan at Concert

Paul Puzzella

T Shirt Seller

David Spade

Video Store Clerk

Kasia Vassos

High School Student

Haley Woods

College Girl

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Trivia

The character of Dora Diamond is in part inspired by Franz Kafka's girlfriend late in his life, Dora Dymant. Kafka is mentioned in the English class scene in the movie.

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Paul's dorm is called Hunt's Hall. Audiences, especially older, might take this as an allusion to actor Huntz Hall, who was born in New York City (the setting of this film). Huntz played Horace DeBussy "Sach" Jones, a lively buffoon in the Bowery Boys film series, which followed his time as a Dead End Kid in Dead End and in the subsequent Dead End Kids series. It would be an appropriate connotation, in that the Chris, Adam and Noah characters are all buffoons as well as dead end kids (hedonistic young males with no real future).

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The scene featuring David Spade was filmed in Toronto's first specialty video store Revue Video. Since the store specializes in films (Foreign Language and Classics) other than the ones feature in the scene, the whole look of the store had to be changed.

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Goofs

Though this was probably done for our benefit, while Dora is running for the "11:50" train, we hear a voice over the P.A. system say that particular train is leaving and from what track it's leaving from. Announcement are not made for departing trains in Grand Central Station.

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In the laundry room scene between Paul and Chris, Chris pranks Paul by grilling him about whether he was sleeping with his girlfriend. After fessing up to the prank, Chris says, "I'm just playing with you," but his lips are clearly saying, "I'm just fucking with you" (presumably to retain the PG-13 rating as there is another F-word mention later in the film).

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When Dora and Paul are sneaking in to the second act of a show with the smokers, they are seen watching the song "Willkommen" from the show "Cabaret". The song "Willkommen" is the very start of the show, welcoming the viewers to the Cabaret, and would not be seen at the beginning of act two.