John Tucker Must Die

John Tucker Must Die (2006)

Timing: 1:27 (87 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2006-07-27

Country

Canada, United States

Production

Dune Entertainment, 20th Century Fox, Major Studio Partners, John US Productions, Landscape Entertainment

Genre

Comedy, Romance

Budget

$18 000 000

Revenue

$68 821 644

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Director

Betty Thomas

Actors

Jesse Metcalfe, Brittany Snow, Ashanti, Sophia Bush, Arielle Kebbel, Penn Badgley, Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg, Fatso-Fasano, Kevin McNulty, Patricia Drake
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Scenario

Jeff Lowell

Producer

Michael Birnbaum, Bob Cooper, Marc S. Fischer, Karen Lunder

Operator

Anthony B. Richmond

Composer

Richard Gibbs

Artist

Audition

Editing

Matthew Friedman, Joe Hartwick Jr.
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• During the scene where Scott (Penn Badgley) and Kate (Brittany Snow) meet, they hum the song “I want you to want me” by Cheap Trick. At the end of the film, we can hear a modern rendition of this song.
• Since filming took place in a regular school during the school year, the film crew asked students for permission to rent some lockers and re-label them for the duration of the shoot.
• Filming the movie was complicated by the busy schedules of the lead actresses. Ashanti had a contract with a record label for five concerts to support her new single, and Sophia Bush was continuing filming on the series “One Tree Hill”.
• Initially, the school basketball team did not have a specific name in the script. During filming, director Betty Thomas gave the team the name “The Kodiaks”.
• Initially, Kate was supposed to make John Tucker shave his head. However, during filming, it was decided to replace the head shaving with a try-on of thong underwear and public ridicule.
• During the filming of the scene where John is publicly ridiculed in thong underwear in the hotel corridor, many extras actually photographed the naked actor, which was not in the script. However, Betty Thomas—the film's director—decided to include the filmed footage and photos in the finished version of the film.
• During the scene where Scott (Penn Badgley) and Kate (Brittany Snow) meet, they hum the song "I want you to want me" by Cheap Trick. At the end of the film, we can hear a modern rendition of this song.
• Filming was complicated by some difficulties due to the busy schedules of the lead actresses. Ashanti had a contract with a record label for five concerts to support her new single, and Sophia Bush continued filming on "One Tree Hill".
• Initially, the school basketball team didn't have a specific name in the script. During filming, director Betty Thomas gave the team the name – "The Kodiaks".