A Good Old Fashioned Orgy

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***A Good Old Fashioned Orgy*** is a 2011 American comedy film written and directed by Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck. It stars Jason Sudeikis, Leslie Bibb, Lake Bell, Michelle Borth, Nick Kroll, Tyler Labine, Angela Sarafyan, Lindsay Sloane, Martin Starr, Lucy Punch and Will Forte. The main plot follows Eric, who, having thrown parties at his father's house for years, decides to have one last party when the house is to be sold: an orgy.

The world premiere of *A Good Old Fashioned Orgy* was held at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City on April 29, 2011. The film received a limited theatrical release in the United States on September 2, 2011.

## Plot

Eric (Jason Sudeikis) is a 30something perpetual adolescent who lives to party, holding lavish theme-events with his friends using his father's large house in the Hamptons. On July 3, Eric throws a bash party attended by his friends Sue (Michelle Borth), Adam (Nick Kroll), Mike (Tyler Labine), Laura (Lindsay Sloane), Kate (Lucy Punch), Glenn (Will Forte), Doug (Martin Starr) and his girlfriend Willow (Angela Sarafyan), Alison (Lake Bell) and her boyfriend Marcus (Rhys Coiro). Eric meets Kelly (Leslie Bibb) at the party. The following morning, Eric's father (Don Johnson) arrives and informs him that he is selling the house. The next weekend, the group arrive back at the house and find it for sale by Dody (Lin Shaye) and Kelly.

Eric and Mike decide to throw a last ultimate party at the house on Labor Day weekend. Lamenting the more liberal sex attitude of the younger generation that passed over his own, Eric suggests having an orgy. When they present the idea to their friends, they are all reluctant, but when Mike and Eric argue that afterwards everyone will be moving away from each other and that this might be their last real time all together, Sue agrees to join. Laura joins the plan to improve her self-esteem, and is later joined by Alison after she breaks up with Marcus. Sue has feelings for Eric from high school, but Eric pursues a relationship with Kelly, to attempt to interfere with her selling the house. Doug and Willow join the orgy, hoping it will make him more confident. At Kate and Glenn's wedding, a drunken Adam reveals he has lost his job because Eric destroyed his phone at the bash, and agrees to join the orgy. Glenn finds out about the orgy and informs Kate, causing the pair to fall out with the group for not including them.

Eric and Mike go to an underground sex club to research orgies, and gain advice from Mike's uncle Vic (David Koechner). Later, during a date with Kelly, she asks Eric to meet with her friends on Labor Day, to which he reluctantly agrees. Eric admits to Mike that he is developing feelings for Kelly and is no longer sure about taking part in the orgy. The week before Labor Day, Kate and Glenn ask to join the orgy but the group refuses because the couple have a child. Kelly tells Eric that she has asked Dody to slow the house sale down until the end of the summer.

The Labor Day weekend arrives and the group prepare for the orgy. Doug decides to back out at the last minute, causing the group to descend into arguments, culminating when Alison publicly reveals Sue's feelings for Eric, and Doug accuses Mike of being Eric's "pet". Glenn and Kate arrive uninvited, intending to gatecrash the orgy, but they end up having sex in their car. Eric decides to leave and go to Kelly's home, but discovers she is on a date. Eric returns to the party where the group reconcile, and the orgy finally begins. In true Shakespearean tradition, the orgy consists of four men and four women (not counting the couple that has sex outside of the orgy) although the sex couples are not clearly defined.

On Labor Day, Doug gives Mike a copy of his finished album, having finally found the confidence to pursue his music career. Sue gets over her feelings for Eric, Adam and Laura enter into a relationship, and Eric reconciles with Kelly. Kelly tells Eric that the house deal fell through and it will now take longer to sell. Eric begins planning a party for Memorial Day.

## Cast

The cast includes:

* Jason Sudeikis as Eric Keppler, Jerry's son. Sudeikis was confirmed to star in the film in May 2008.
* Leslie Bibb as Kelly, the real estate agent selling the house and object of Eric's affections. Bibb was confirmed to star in the film in May 2008.
* Lake Bell as Alison Lobel, Marcus’ girlfriend and a psychologist who agrees to the orgy after breaking up with her boyfriend Marcus, and in the orgy has sex with Mike, Sue and Eric. Bell joined the film in June 2008.
* Michelle Borth as Sue Plummer, one of the friends who has feelings for Eric. In the orgy she has sex with Eric, Alison and Adam. Borth joined the cast in May 2008.
* Nick Kroll as Adam Richman, a hypochondriac workaholic.
* Tyler Labine as Mike McCrudden, Eric's best friend and Vic's nephew.
* Angela Sarafyan as Willow Talbot, Doug's girlfriend.
* Lindsay Sloane as Laura LaCarubba, a school teacher and Eric's shy friend. Joins the orgy to confront her body image issues. Sloane was initially reluctant to take the role, stating "I got the script and saw the title and immediately put it down".
* Martin Starr as Doug Duquez, Willow's boyfriend and a law student and wannabe musician.
* Lucy Punch as Kate, Glenn's wife who wants to take part in the orgy.
* Will Forte as Glenn, Kate's husband who wants to take part in the orgy. Forte was confirmed to star in the film in May 2008.
* Lin Shaye as Dody Henderson, Kelly's real estate coworker and underground sex-club member.
* Rhys Coiro as Marcus, Alison's German boyfriend, who prefers European football over baseball, and breaks up with Alison because of her shaven vagina, and does not participate in the orgy.
* David Koechner as Vic George, Mike's uncle from whom Mike gets orgy advice at an underground sex-club.
* Don Johnson as Jerry Keppler, Eric's father.

Gregory and Huyck cameo in the film as a pizza delivery man and a date of the character Kelly, respectively.