The Hangover
The Hangover is a 2009 American comedy film directed by Todd Phillips 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 (Cooper), Stu Price (Helms), Alan Garner (Galifianakis), and Doug Billings (Bartha), 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 $2 million, Phillips 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 5, 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 million. The film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, and received multiple other accolades. It became the highest-grossing R-rated comedy ever in the United States, surpassing a record previously held by Beverly Hills Cop for almost 25 years. The film was followed by two sequels: The Hangover Part II (2011) and The Hangover Part III (2013). Both were commercial success, but neither were well-received critically.
Whose fucking baby is that? Alan, are you sure you didn't see anyone else in the suite? Yeah, I checked all the rooms. No one's here. Check its collar or something. Shh. Shh. - It's okay, baby. - Stu, we don't have time for this. Let's go hook up with Doug, we'll deal with the baby later. Phil, we're not gonna leave a baby in the room. - There's a fucking tiger in the bathroom. - It's not our baby. Yeah, I gotta side with Stu on this one. All right, fine. Okay, we'll take it with us. Could you at least just find some pants?
The Hangover
I can't have juice right now. Okay. All right. Let's just track this thing. [PHIL COUGHS] What's the last thing we remember doing last night? Well, the first thing was we were on the roof... ...and were having those shots of Jäger. [RETCHES & COUGHS] And then we ate dinner at The Palm. Right? That's right. And then we played craps at the Hard Rock, and I think Doug was there. That sounds right. No, no. He definitely was. You know what, guys? I don't even remember going to dinner. What the fuck? I don't think I've ever been this hung-over. After the Hard Rock, I blacked out. It was like emptiness. [LAUGHS] Okay. We have up until 10 p. M... ...so that gives us a 12-hour window where we could have lost him. ALAN: What is this? - Oh, my God. That is my tooth. Why do you have that? What else is in your pockets? This is a good thing. No. Check your pockets. Check your pockets. Do you have anything? I have an ATM receipt from the Bellagio. Eleven-oh-five for $800! I am so fucked. I have a valet ticket from Caesars. Looks like we got in at 5:15 a.m. Oh, shit. We drove last night? [ALAN LAUGHS] Driving drunk. Classic. [LAUGHS]
The Hangover