Orange County

A brainy high school senior finds himself rejected from Stanford University when his bumbling guidance counselor accidentally sends in the wrong transcript., California college hopeful Shaun is gutted when an administrative error leaves him without a place in Stanford, so he sets off on a road trip with his wild brother to convince the dean to accept him., FilmFour premiere. With some of the cast and crew from the cult teen series Freaks and Geeks , Jake Gasdan’s film stars Colin Hanks (Tom’s son) as a high school student eager to leave surf and slacking behind him and make it to Stanford. But his flaky teacher has sent in the wrong test papers and unless he and his brother Jack Black can get the right papers to the right professor in just 24 hours, his chance will be gone., With the help of his stoner brother, a California scholar seeks an alternate route to Stanford when the usual college-admissions process doesn’t work., Hollywood’s next generation takes center stage as Colin Hanks (son of Tom) stars in this comedy from director Jake Kasdan (son of Lawrence). It’s the story of a California high-school senior (Hanks) who jumps through hoops to get into Stanford after a mishap with his transcript. Schuyler Fisk, Jack Black, Catherine O’Hara, John Lithgow, Lily Tomlin, Chevy Chase., Convinced that his discovery of a book in the sand means he’ll be a writer, Shaun is gutted when an administrative error leaves him without a college spot. So he sets off on a road trip with his wild brother to convince the dean to accept him. Slacker comedy., Some cast and crew from NBC’s highly acclaimed, little-seen series Freaks and Geeks reunite for this teen comedy that also marks the first starring role for Tom Hanks’ son, Colin. The younger Hanks plays Shaun Brumder, a high schooler eager to propel himself out of the land of surf bums and ranch homes to which the film’s title refers. He’s had his sights set on Stanford ever since he read the works of professor Marcus Skinner (Kevin Kline), and his transcript is stellar enough to gain him admission. Shaun is understandably furious, then, when he receives a rejection letter in the mail; after some detective work on his part, he realizes that his flaky counselor (Lily Tomlin) mistakenly sent the university the wrong papers. It’s up to him to get to Stanford within 24 hours to set the record straight — literally — and he enlists the help of his slacker brother Lance (Jack Black) to do so. Orange County co-stars Catharine O’Hara and John Lithgow as Shaun and Lance’s slightly unhinged parents; the film was directed by Jake Kasdan and written by Mike White, both of whom contributed to several episodes of Freaks and Geeks.