Question: What year was the first Eddie Kaye Thomas featured American Pie film released?

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Theo Avgerinos: Theo Avgerinos (born September 22, 1978 in New York City) is a feature film director who directed, "Fifty Pills", an independent, features Lou Taylor Pucci, Kristen Bell, John Hensley, Nora Zehetner, Michael Peña, Jane Lynch, Monica Keena, and Eddie Kaye Thomas.  Theo's current next feature to date is "Zoe", starring Eliza Dushku, Freddie Prinze, Jr., and Thom Bishops.

Eddie Kaye Thomas: Eddie Kaye Thomas (born October 31, 1980) is an actor who rose to prominence as Paul Finch in the "American Pie" film series.  He is also known for his roles as Andy Rosenberg in the "Harold & Kumar" series and as Jeff Woodcock in "'Til Death".  He is currently starring in the CBS show "Scorpion" as Dr. Tobias "Toby" Curtis.

American Pie Presents: The Book of Love: American Pie Presents: The Book of Love (also known as American Pie: The Book of Love) is a 2009 sex comedy film released directly to DVD.  It is the fourth and final installment in the "American Pie Presents" series and the seventh installment in the "American Pie" franchise.  Directed by John Putch, the film stars Bug Hall, John Patrick Jordan, Kevin M. Horton, Brandon Hardesty, and Eugene Levy.  This was Sherman Hemsley's final film appearance before his death on July 24, 2012.

American Pie (film series): American Pie is a series of sex comedy films.  The first film in the series was released in 1999, by Universal Pictures, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, cult following.  The second and third films were released at two-year intervals, whereas the fourth film was released in 2012.  From 2005 to 2009, four spin-off films were released and the fifth VOD sequel is in pre-production.

Nature of the Beast (2007 film): Nature of the Beast is a television film starring Autumn Reeser and Eddie Kaye Thomas.  It premiered on ABC Family in 2007.  It was directed by Rodman Flender.  This television film was shot in Toronto, Ontario.

Sweet Friggin' Daisies: Sweet Friggin' Daisies is a 2002 American film directed and written by Jesse Wigutow The film stars Zooey Deschanel (The Good Girl, Almost Famous) and Eddie Kaye Thomas (American Pie).

New York University in popular culture: New York University (NYU), one of the most renowned and influential universities in the world, and one of the world's premier residential research and teaching institutions, has been the subject of numerous aspects of popular culture.  NYU is often portrayed in a variety of television shows, motion pictures, literature, and other media.  This is a partially sorted list of NYU's representation in various films and television programs.  Fictional NYU students and faculty include Kramer's intern Darren in "Seinfeld", who helps him run "Kramerica Industries"; a student reporter in a different episode of Seinfeld who interviews Jerry; Theo Huxtable (Malcolm-Jamal Warner) from "The Cosby Show", who graduates from NYU in the series finale; Ross Geller (David Schwimmer) from "Friends", who becomes an NYU professor in Season 6; Character Tom Collins from "Rent", who taught there; Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen) in the movie "Wall Street" (1987); Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas) from the "American Pie" films; Paul Tannek (Jason Biggs) in "Loser" (2000); Alex Foreman (Scarlett Johansson) in "In Good Company" (2005); Jack Campbell (Nicolas Cage) in "The Family Man" (2000); Clark Kellogg (Matthew Broderick) in "The Freshman" (1990); Justin Cobb (Lou Taylor Pucci) in the film version of "Thumbsucker" (2005), who secretly applies and is accepted to NYU; the songwriter Albert Peterson in the musical "Bye Bye Birdie" who promises his sweetheart Rosie to start studying at NYU and become an English teacher; and the characters Blair Waldorf, Dan Humphrey, Vanessa Abrams and Georgina Sparks in "Gossip Girl".  In the 1998 film "Stepmom (film)", the character Isabel (Julia Roberts), in a scene says that she attended NYU.  In the 1999 film "The Bone Collector", an NYU student gets abducted.  In the Hindi film "Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na", the lead character decides to go to the USA to study film-making at New York University.

American Wedding: American Wedding (known as American Pie 3: The Wedding or American Pie: The Wedding, in some countries) is a 2003 American sex comedy film and a sequel to "American Pie" and "American Pie 2".  It is the third (originally intended final) installment in the "American Pie" theatrical series.  It was written by Adam Herz and directed by Jesse Dylan.  Another sequel, "American Reunion", was released nine years later.  This also stands as the last film in the series to be written by Herz, who conceptualized the franchise.

American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile: American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile (also known as American Pie: The Naked Mile) is a 2006 American sex comedy film released by Universal Pictures.  It is the second installment in the "American Pie Presents" series and the fifth installment in the "American Pie" franchise.  The film begins a story arc that concludes with "" (2007).  John White stars as Erik Stifler, a high school senior who is given a "guilt free pass" by his girlfriend, Tracy Sterling (Jessy Schram), and so visits the Beta House fraternity led by his cousin, Dwight Stifler (Steve Talley), to run a mile naked.  Christopher McDonald co-stars as Erik's father, Harry, and Eugene Levy once again plays Jim's Dad, who turns out to be a family friend of both Erik's and Tracy's.  Also, it is in this film that his name is revealed to be "Noah Levenstein".

Chris Owen (actor): Chris Owen (born September 25, 1980) is an American actor and photographer.  He is best known for his role as The Sherminator in the "American Pie film franchise", appearing in "American Pie", "American Pie 2", "" and "American Reunion".  Aside from Eugene Levy, he is the only actor from the theatrical features to appear in the ""American Pie Presents:"" direct-to-video spin-off movies.

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Answer: 1999