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

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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 comedy, romantic Crime film, crime Mystery film, mystery comedy film directed by David and Scott Hillenbrand and written by Patrick Casey (writer), Patrick Casey and Worm Miller. ...

'' (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 ensemble are Vida Guerra,

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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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