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| Film of a [[weekend]] in [[Vegas]] gone wrong. | Film of a [[weekend]] in [[Vegas]] gone wrong. | ||
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| - | Doug ([[Justin Bartha]]) is about to be married to Tracy ([[Sasha Barrese]]), and his friends — Phil ([[Bradley Cooper]]), Stu ([[Ed Helms]]), and soon-to-be brother-in-law Alan ([[Zach Galifianakis]]) — take him to [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]] for a [[bachelor party]]. Tracy's father lends them his car, a vintage [[Mercedes-Benz W108|Mercedes]] convertible for the trip. The four get a villa at [[Caesars Palace]] hotel and casino, then sneak onto the roof and toast to the night ahead. The next morning, the three groomsmen wake up in the suite with no memory of the previous night, and realize that Doug is missing. Clues abound: the suite is in severe disorder, a tiger is in the bathroom, a baby is in the closet, Stu is missing a tooth, one of the suite's mattresses is impaled on a statue outside, Phil is wearing a hospital bracelet, Stu has an $800 ATM receipt, and a valet brings them a stolen police cruiser they dropped off the night before. | ||
| - | While retracing their steps, a doctor at the hospital informs them that they had traces of [[Flunitrazepam|roofies]] in their blood, explaining their memory loss, and that they came from a wedding. They find the chapel, and learn that Stu, despite planning to propose to his controlling girlfriend Melissa, married a stripper named Jade ([[Heather Graham (actress)|Heather Graham]]), the mother of the baby in the closet. On the parking lot, they escape an attack by two armed Asian gangsters who beat up the police car yelling "where is he?". Confused, the men visit Jade's apartment and return the baby, but are taken by surprise and arrested for stealing the police cruiser. Phil negotiates their release in exchange for the three groomsmen "volunteering" as targets for a [[taser]] demonstration. They then retrieve the Mercedes from an impound lot and discover a naked Asian man in the trunk. The man attacks them and runs away, and Alan admits to spiking their drinks the night before with what he thought was [[MDMA|ecstasy]], but realizes the [[drug dealer]] must have sold him roofies instead. They return to the hotel and find former boxing champion [[Mike Tyson]] in their room, who was looking for his stolen tiger. Tyson knocks out Alan and orders them to return the pet to his mansion. They drug the tiger with roofies and transport it in the Mercedes, but before they reach Tyson's mansion, it wakes up and destroys the car's interior. Tyson plays security footage of the groomsmen's activities from the night before in an effort to help them locate Doug. | + | '''''The Hangover''''' is a 2009 American [[comedy film]] directed by [[Todd Phillips]], co-produced with [[Daniel Goldberg (producer)|Daniel Goldberg]],{{Citation needed lead|date=July 2019}} and written by [[Jon Lucas]] and [[Scott Moore (screenwriter)|Scott Moore]]. It is the first installment in [[The Hangover (film series)|''The Hangover'' trilogy]]. The film stars [[Bradley Cooper]], [[Ed Helms]], [[Zach Galifianakis]], [[Heather Graham]], [[Justin Bartha]], [[Ken Jeong]], and [[Jeffrey Tambor]]. It tells the story of Phil Wenneck, Stu Price, Alan Garner, and Doug Billings, who travel to [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]] for a [[bachelor party]] to celebrate Doug's impending marriage. However, Phil, Stu, and Alan wake up with Doug missing and [[Blackout (drug-related amnesia)|no memory]] of the previous night's events, and must find the groom before the wedding can take place. |
| - | Resuming their search, the three are confronted by the thugs, who, as it turns out, are led by the naked man they found in the trunk of their car, Leslie Chow. According to Chow, the groomsmen have $80,000 of his money, which they accidentally took the night before. Chow demands it back in exchange for Doug, whom he has kidnapped. Unable to find the money, Alan uses his knowledge of [[card counting]] to win it playing [[blackjack]]. The money is repaid, but Chow had kidnapped a different Doug, who turns out to be the drug dealer who sold Alan the roofies. After a conversation with the Doug the drug dealer, Stu remembers that hotel windows do not open in Las Vegas; he [[Abductive reasoning|infers]] that the mattress on the statue must have been thrown from the roof, that the group must therefore have been on the roof at one point, and that they likely locked a sleeping Doug there as a prank. Rushing back to the hotel, they find him with less than four hours before the wedding. Stu and Jade agree that they cannot remain married, but promise to meet the following weekend to see what develops between them. Jade also reveals that Stu had pulled out his own tooth on a dare from Alan. As they rush home and make it to the wedding, Doug reveals that he found Chow's $80,000 worth of casino chips in a bag on the roof. Doug marries Tracy, and Stu breaks up with Melissa. As the reception ends, Alan reveals a digital camera he discovered in the back seat of the Mercedes chronicling the events they were unable to remember, and the four agree to look at the pictures only one time before destroying the evidence. | + | Lucas and Moore wrote the script after executive producer Chris Bender's friend disappeared and had a large bill after being sent to a strip club. After Lucas and Moore sold it to the studio for $2{{nbsp}}million, Philips and Jeremy Garelick rewrote the script to include a tiger as well as a [[subplot]] involving a baby and a police cruiser, and also including boxer [[Mike Tyson]]. [[Principal photography|Filming]] took place in Nevada for 15 days, and during filming, the three main actors (Cooper, Helms, and Galifianakis) formed a real friendship. |
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| + | ''The Hangover'' was released on June 2, 2009, and was a critical and commercial success. The film became the tenth-highest-grossing film of 2009, with a worldwide gross of over $467{{nbsp}}million. The film won the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy#2000s|Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]], and received multiple other accolades. It is the tenth-highest-grossing worldwide film of 2009, as well as the second-highest-grossing R-rated comedy ever in the United States, surpassing a record previously held by ''[[Beverly Hills Cop]]'' for almost 25 years. It is the seventh-highest-grossing R-rated film in the U.S., behind ''[[The Passion of the Christ]]'', ''[[Deadpool (film)|Deadpool]]'', ''[[American Sniper]]'', ''[[It (2017 film)|It]]'', ''[[Deadpool 2]]'' and ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]''. | ||
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| + | A [[sequel]], ''[[The Hangover Part II]]'', was released on May 26, 2011, and a third and final installment, ''[[The Hangover Part III]]'', was released on May 23, 2013, though neither film received the same positive critical reception.{{Citation needed lead|date=July 2019}} | ||
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| + | To celebrate his upcoming marriage to Tracy Garner, Doug Billings travels to [[Las Vegas]] with his best friends Phil Wenneck, Stuart "Stu" Price, and Tracy's brother Alan, in Doug's future father-in-law Sid's vintage [[Mercedes-Benz W111]]. They spend the night at [[Caesars Palace]], where they relax in their hotel suite before celebrating with a few drinks on the hotel rooftop. The next morning, Phil, Stu, and Alan awaken to find they have no memory of the previous night. Doug is nowhere to be found, Stu's tooth is in Alan's pocket, their suite is in a state of complete disarray, a tiger is in their bathroom, a chicken is in their living room, and a baby is in the closet, whom Alan names "Carlos". They see Doug's mattress impaled on a statue outside of Caesars Palace and when they ask for their Mercedes, the [[Valet parking|valet]] delivers an [[Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department|LVPD]] police cruiser. | ||
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| + | Using clues to retrace their steps, the trio travel to a hospital where they discover they were drugged with [[Flunitrazepam|Rohypnol]], causing their memory loss, and that they came to the hospital from a chapel. At the chapel, they learn that Stu married a stripper named Jade, despite being in a long-term relationship with his abusive, domineering and unfaithful girlfriend Melissa. Outside the chapel, the trio is attacked by gangsters saying they are looking for someone. They flee and visit Jade, discovering that she is the mother of the baby, whose real name is Tyler. They are then arrested by the police for stealing the police cruiser. After being told that the Mercedes has been [[Vehicle impoundment|impounded]], the trio are released when they unknowingly volunteer to be targets for a [[taser]] demonstration. While driving the Mercedes, they discover a naked Chinese man named Leslie Chow in the trunk. Chow jumps out of the trunk, beats the trio up with a [[crowbar (tool)|crowbar]] and flees. Alan confesses that he drugged their drinks to ensure they had a good night, believing the drug to be [[MDMA|ecstasy]]. | ||
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| + | Returning to their suite, they find the boxer [[Mike Tyson]], who orders the trio to return the tiger to his mansion immediately. Stu drugs the tiger with the remaining Rohypnol, and they drive towards Tyson's home in the Mercedes-Benz. However, the tiger awakens midway and attacks them, clawing Phil on the neck and damaging the car's interior. After pushing the car the rest of the way to the mansion, Tyson shows the trio footage of them at his house to help them locate Doug. While driving, their car is intentionally [[side collision|t-boned]] by a black [[Cadillac Escalade]]. The passengers are revealed to be the gangsters from the chapel, and their boss Chow. Chow accuses the trio of kidnapping him and stealing $80,000 that was in his purse. As the trio denies this, Chow tells them he has Doug, and threatens to kill him if his money is not returned. Unable to find Chow's $80,000, Alan, with help from Stu and Jade, uses his knowledge of [[card counting]] to win $82,400 playing [[Blackjack]]. | ||
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| + | The next morning, they meet with Chow in the desert and exchange the money, only to find that "Doug" is the black drug dealer who accidentally sold Alan Rohypnol. With the wedding set to occur in five hours, Phil calls Tracy and tells her that they cannot find Doug. When "Black Doug" mentions that, "If you take Roofies, you're more likely to end up on the floor than on the roof," Stu realizes where Doug is. The trio travels back to their hotel where they find a badly [[sunburn]]ed Doug on the roof. Stu, Phil, and Alan had moved him there on his mattress the night before as a [[practical joke]], but forgot where they left him. Doug had thrown his own mattress onto the statue, in an attempt to signal help. Before leaving, Stu makes arrangements to go on a date with Jade the following week. Jade also reveals Stu had pulled out his own tooth after Alan dared him to. With less than four hours before the wedding and with no flights to L.A. available, the four quickly drive home. Along the way, Doug reveals he has possession of Chow's original $80,000. Despite their late arrival, Doug and Tracy are married, the former learns the damaged Mercedes was a wedding gift, and Stu angrily breaks up with Melissa, having grown tired of her domineering and abusive attitude. As the reception ends, Alan finds Stu's digital camera containing photos of the events they can't remember, and the four agree to look at the pictures together before deleting the evidence of their exploits. All of them, except for Alan, are traumatized by what they see. | ||
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Film of a weekend in Vegas gone wrong.
The Hangover is a 2009 American comedy film directed by Todd Phillips, co-produced with Daniel Goldberg,Template:Citation needed lead and written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. It is the first installment in The Hangover trilogy. The film stars Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Heather Graham, Justin Bartha, Ken Jeong, and Jeffrey Tambor. It tells the story of Phil Wenneck, Stu Price, Alan Garner, and Doug Billings, who travel to Las Vegas for a bachelor party to celebrate Doug's impending marriage. However, Phil, Stu, and Alan wake up with Doug missing and no memory of the previous night's events, and must find the groom before the wedding can take place.
Lucas and Moore wrote the script after executive producer Chris Bender's friend disappeared and had a large bill after being sent to a strip club. After Lucas and Moore sold it to the studio for $2Template:Nbspmillion, Philips and Jeremy Garelick rewrote the script to include a tiger as well as a subplot involving a baby and a police cruiser, and also including boxer Mike Tyson. Filming took place in Nevada for 15 days, and during filming, the three main actors (Cooper, Helms, and Galifianakis) formed a real friendship.
The Hangover was released on June 2, 2009, and was a critical and commercial success. The film became the tenth-highest-grossing film of 2009, with a worldwide gross of over $467Template:Nbspmillion. The film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, and received multiple other accolades. It is the tenth-highest-grossing worldwide film of 2009, as well as the second-highest-grossing R-rated comedy ever in the United States, surpassing a record previously held by Beverly Hills Cop for almost 25 years. It is the seventh-highest-grossing R-rated film in the U.S., behind The Passion of the Christ, Deadpool, American Sniper, It, Deadpool 2 and The Matrix Reloaded.
A sequel, The Hangover Part II, was released on May 26, 2011, and a third and final installment, The Hangover Part III, was released on May 23, 2013, though neither film received the same positive critical reception.Template:Citation needed lead
Plot
To celebrate his upcoming marriage to Tracy Garner, Doug Billings travels to Las Vegas with his best friends Phil Wenneck, Stuart "Stu" Price, and Tracy's brother Alan, in Doug's future father-in-law Sid's vintage Mercedes-Benz W111. They spend the night at Caesars Palace, where they relax in their hotel suite before celebrating with a few drinks on the hotel rooftop. The next morning, Phil, Stu, and Alan awaken to find they have no memory of the previous night. Doug is nowhere to be found, Stu's tooth is in Alan's pocket, their suite is in a state of complete disarray, a tiger is in their bathroom, a chicken is in their living room, and a baby is in the closet, whom Alan names "Carlos". They see Doug's mattress impaled on a statue outside of Caesars Palace and when they ask for their Mercedes, the valet delivers an LVPD police cruiser.
Using clues to retrace their steps, the trio travel to a hospital where they discover they were drugged with Rohypnol, causing their memory loss, and that they came to the hospital from a chapel. At the chapel, they learn that Stu married a stripper named Jade, despite being in a long-term relationship with his abusive, domineering and unfaithful girlfriend Melissa. Outside the chapel, the trio is attacked by gangsters saying they are looking for someone. They flee and visit Jade, discovering that she is the mother of the baby, whose real name is Tyler. They are then arrested by the police for stealing the police cruiser. After being told that the Mercedes has been impounded, the trio are released when they unknowingly volunteer to be targets for a taser demonstration. While driving the Mercedes, they discover a naked Chinese man named Leslie Chow in the trunk. Chow jumps out of the trunk, beats the trio up with a crowbar and flees. Alan confesses that he drugged their drinks to ensure they had a good night, believing the drug to be ecstasy.
Returning to their suite, they find the boxer Mike Tyson, who orders the trio to return the tiger to his mansion immediately. Stu drugs the tiger with the remaining Rohypnol, and they drive towards Tyson's home in the Mercedes-Benz. However, the tiger awakens midway and attacks them, clawing Phil on the neck and damaging the car's interior. After pushing the car the rest of the way to the mansion, Tyson shows the trio footage of them at his house to help them locate Doug. While driving, their car is intentionally t-boned by a black Cadillac Escalade. The passengers are revealed to be the gangsters from the chapel, and their boss Chow. Chow accuses the trio of kidnapping him and stealing $80,000 that was in his purse. As the trio denies this, Chow tells them he has Doug, and threatens to kill him if his money is not returned. Unable to find Chow's $80,000, Alan, with help from Stu and Jade, uses his knowledge of card counting to win $82,400 playing Blackjack.
The next morning, they meet with Chow in the desert and exchange the money, only to find that "Doug" is the black drug dealer who accidentally sold Alan Rohypnol. With the wedding set to occur in five hours, Phil calls Tracy and tells her that they cannot find Doug. When "Black Doug" mentions that, "If you take Roofies, you're more likely to end up on the floor than on the roof," Stu realizes where Doug is. The trio travels back to their hotel where they find a badly sunburned Doug on the roof. Stu, Phil, and Alan had moved him there on his mattress the night before as a practical joke, but forgot where they left him. Doug had thrown his own mattress onto the statue, in an attempt to signal help. Before leaving, Stu makes arrangements to go on a date with Jade the following week. Jade also reveals Stu had pulled out his own tooth after Alan dared him to. With less than four hours before the wedding and with no flights to L.A. available, the four quickly drive home. Along the way, Doug reveals he has possession of Chow's original $80,000. Despite their late arrival, Doug and Tracy are married, the former learns the damaged Mercedes was a wedding gift, and Stu angrily breaks up with Melissa, having grown tired of her domineering and abusive attitude. As the reception ends, Alan finds Stu's digital camera containing photos of the events they can't remember, and the four agree to look at the pictures together before deleting the evidence of their exploits. All of them, except for Alan, are traumatized by what they see.
