''National Lampoon's Dorm Daze 2: College @ Sea'' is a 2006 American

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and the

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to ''

National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze ''National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze'' is a 2003 American romantic crime mystery comedy film directed by David and Scott Hillenbrand and written by Patrick Casey and Worm Miller. The film showcases many new and largely then-unknown actors an ...

'' (2003). Chris Owen and

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reprised their roles from the

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along with

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, James DeBello,

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, Marieh Delfino, Jennifer Lyons, and Gable Carr. Added to the

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are

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, Oren Skoog and

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. The film was directed by the brothers David and Scott Hillenbrand and written by long-time collaborators Patrick Casey and

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. The music of UK Swing Band Dominic Halpin and the Honey B's is featured in this film along with a score composed by David Hillenbrand.

Plot

The film unfolds during a Semester-at-Sea-type cruise in the

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. The class from Billingsly University are trying to put on a play to win a contest. Sexy and scheming Gerri and stoner Pete are competing for a scholarship. Newmar is trying to have sex with Violet, his

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girlfriend. Rusty is just trying to have sex with anything he can. The creepy Dante runs around planning all sorts of nefarious schemes. Meanwhile, a priceless stolen jewel is loose on the boat and everyone is after it.

Cast

Production

The film was shot on location in

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, primarily aboard the Queen Mary, docked in the

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Release

The film had its premiere screening at the

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Building in

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on June 14, 2006.

Home media

The film was released on

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September 5, 2006. It debuted at number 28 on the U.S. rental box office charts bringing in $790,000 in its first five days.

Sequel

A third film was planned but was reworked into what became ''

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'', released in 2009.

References

External links

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