Orange County is a filmUS
comedy film starring
Colin Hanks and
Jack Black. It was released on January 14, 2002. The movie was distributed by
Paramount Pictures and produced by
MTV Films and
Scott Rudin. The movie was directed by
Jake Kasdan and written by
Mike White.
Plot
Shaun Brumder (
Colin Hanks) is a local surfer kid from
Orange County, California who, after the death of his best friend Lonny (
Brett Harrison), becomes disillusioned with his life and looks for another path. He stumbles upon a book titled "Straight Jacket", and decides to become an author. He dreams of going to
Stanford University to study with the book's author, Marcus Skinner, and to get away from his dysfunctional household. When his application is rejected after his dim-witted guidance counselor (
Lily Tomlin) sends in the wrong transcript, Shaun goes to great lengths to get into Stanford by any means possible, with a little help from his girlfriend Ashley (
Schuyler Fisk) and his drugged-out older brother Lance (
Jack Black).
Cast
