The Real Cancun
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| The Real Cancun | |
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 DVD cover for The Real Cancun |
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| Directed by | Rick de Oliveira |
| Produced by | Rick de Oliveira |
| Written by | Brian Caldirola |
| Music by | James Brown Doug Carrion Snoop Dogg |
| Editing by | James Gavin Bedford |
| Distributed by | New Line |
| Release date(s) | April 25 2003 |
| Running time | 96 min |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $7.5 million |
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The Real Cancun is a 2003 American documentary film released on April 25, 2003 in the U.S.
Inspired by the reality television genre, this film followed the lives of 16 Americans from March 13, 2003 to March 23, as they celebrated spring break in Cancún, Mexico and experienced romantic relationships, emotional strife, or just had a good time.
The film was widely considered a box office bomb and was a nominee for Worst Picture at the 2003 Golden Raspberry Awards.
However, the film was notable for several reasons. It was released to movie theaters only a month after filming was completed, and was released on DVD and home video only a couple of months after that, marking one of the fastest turnarounds ever, from production to theatrical release to home video. The movie is also notable for being one of the first American mainstream, major studio releases to show unsimulated sexual intercourse between "cast members," although nothing explicit is shown on screen. The DVD release contained additional footage, but the producers chose not to include any explicitly pornographic images. One of the most memorable moments was when a vacationer was stung by a jellyfish during a bungee jump.
The movie took in $3,825,000 domestically and $1,520,000 Internationally, coming well short of its $7,500,000 production cost. This ended concerns by screenwriters of an era of reality movies. [1]
Some early media reports suggested that this film was a theatrical spin-off of The Real World reality series, but in fact there was no direct link between the two productions.
The Real Cancun was directed by Rick de Oliveira and written by Brian Caldirola.
