The Skulls

2000
15
1h 46m

IMDb RATING

5.6/10

34K

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Joshua Jackson and Paul Walker in The Skulls (2000)

A senior at an ivy league college, who depends on scholarships and working on the side, gets accepted into the secret society The Skulls. He hopes it betters chances at Harvard but The Skulls is not what he thought and comes at a price.

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A senior at an ivy league college, who depends on scholarships and working on the side, gets accepted into the secret society The Skulls. He hopes it betters chances at Harvard but The Skull... Read allA senior at an ivy league college, who depends on scholarships and working on the side, gets accepted into the secret society The Skulls. He hopes it betters chances at Harvard but The Skulls is not what he thought and comes at a price.A senior at an ivy league college, who depends on scholarships and working on the side, gets accepted into the secret society The Skulls. He hopes it betters chances at Harvard but The Skulls is not what he thought and comes at a price.

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IMDb RATING

5.6/10

34K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

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Trivia
The Skull-and-Bones Society (on which this movie was based) actually gives out watches to each class of skulls, though not necessarily with the whole branding ceremony. After the movie was filmed, Joshua Jackson acquired one of the actual watches and gave it to director Rob Cohen.

Goofs
It is not possible for a plastic oar lock (like the ones on the shell) to break as shown.

Quotes
Will Beckford: If it's secret and elite, it can't be good.

Alternate versions
The DVD version includes deleted scenes showing: Luke working as a singing flower delivery boy; a longer bar scene; after the bar scene they stop off at the news office; what happens after they fall off the roof; judge Mandrake blackmailing Luke; judge Mandrake convincing Caleb to "confess".

Connections
Featured in Spotlight on Location: The Skulls (2000)

Soundtracks
Something About a Ceiling
Written by Dave Bassett, Brian Keitz, Casey Dolan
Performed by 3 Day Wheely
Courtesy of DreamWorks Songs

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Featured review

A great movie!

I just saw The Skulls and I loved it! The characters were very believable in my opinion. After reading most of these reviews, I think a lot of people are overanalyzing so they never really got to sit back and enjoy the movie for what it was.

Joshua Jackson did a good job as Luke McNamara. He could have done it a little better, but all in all, his acting was very well done.

Leslie Bibb did a neat job as well. She was an awesome female character and looked nice on screen with Joshua.

Paul Walker did an amazing job of adding that complex aura to Caleb Mandrake. I think he was the best part of this movie. He has always done a really wonderful job of expressing emotions through those beautiful eyes and he did it again in The Skulls.

I'd give it a 9/10