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Old School (2003)

★ 6.6 · 2,095 ratings on TMDB

All the fun of college. None of the education.

Old School poster★ 6.6

Three friends attempt to recapture their glory days by opening up a fraternity near their alma mater.

DirectorTodd Phillips
CastEllen Pompeo, Jeremy Piven, Jerod Mixon, Juliette Lewis, Leah Remini, Luke Wilson
GenresComedy
The emergence reading

Old School keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing rebellion, freedom, belonging, authority.

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Same rung, same subject

Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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