Boys and Girls (2000 film)

Infobox Film
name = Boys and Girls


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caption = Promotional poster for "Boys and Girls"
director = Robert Iscove
producer = Jay Cohen
Lee Gottsegen
Murray Schisgal
writer = Andrew Lowery
Andrew Miller
narrator =
starring = Freddie Prinze Jr.
Claire Forlani and Monica
Jason Biggs
Amanda Detmer
Alyson Hannigan
music = Stewart Copeland
cinematography = Ralf Bode
editing = Casey O. Rohrs
distributor = Dimension Films (USA)
released = 2000
runtime = 94 min.
country = U.S.A.
language = English
budget =
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amg_id = 1:196441
imdb_id = 0204175

"Boys and Girls" is a romantic comedy film that was released in 2000, directed by Robert Iscove. It has been said to be a new generation version of the movie "When Harry Met Sally".ww|date=June 2008 The two main characters, Ryan (played by Freddie Prinze, Jr.) and Jennifer (Claire Forlani), are teenagers who meet on an airplane. Although they meet several more times, they hate each other until reunited at UC Berkeley, where they fall in love. They sleep together, but Jennifer regrets it; despite their differences, they eventually get together.

ummary

Jennifer and Ryan are students at UC Berkeley, acquaintances off and on since early adolescence. She's quick, witty, ironic, literary, and independent; he's deliberate, literal, serious, studying structural engineering, always working on a plan. They take walks, they console each other over break-ups, he shares his plans. She's headed for Italy after graduation. Then, to their equal surprise, they spend a night together. Her response is to skitter away from continued intimacy and want to stay friends; he's hurt by her response, so he withdraws. Can it all get sorted out before she leaves town?

Cast

*Claire Forlani as Jennifer Burrows
*Freddie Prinze Jr. as Ryan Walker
*Alyson Hannigan as Betty
*Jason Biggs as Hunter / Steve
*Amanda Detmer as Amy
*Brendon Ryan Barrett as Young Ryan Walker
*Raquel Beaudene as Young Jennifer Burrows
*David Smigelski as Homecoming King
*Blake Shields as Homecoming Knight
*Gay Thomas as N.Y. Flight Attendant

Trivia

*The characters portrayed by Jason Biggs and Amanda Detmer wind up together by the conclusion of the film. Their characters would also meet this same fate in "Saving Silverman".
*In the Kevin Smith film "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back", Jason Biggs (playing himself) angrily questions why people solely know him from the "American Pie" movies, at one point stating, "Hey, you kicked ass in "Boys and Girls"!"

External links

*imdb title|id=0204175|title=Boys and Girls
*amg title|id=1:196441|title=Boys and Girls