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| director = Ryan Shiraki

| producer = Rick Berg<br>Larry Kennar

| writer = Ryan Shiraki (screenplay)<br/>Ryan Shiraki & [[Rachel Dratch]] (story)

[[Rachel Dratch]]

| starring = [[Amy Poehler]]<br>[[Parker Posey]]<br>[[Rachel Dratch]]<br>[[Amber Tamblyn]]<br>[[Seth Meyers]]<br>[[Sophie Monk]]<br>[[Jonathan Sadowski]]<br>[[Missi Pyle]]<br>[[Jane Lynch]]

| music = [[Deborah Lurie]]

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| distributor = [[Warner Premiere]]

| released = {{Film date|2009|01|16|Sundance|2009|06|02|United States}}

| runtime = 84 minutes<ref>{{cite web| url= http://festival.sundance.org/2009/film_events/films/spring_breakdown |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129224454/http://festival.sundance.org/2009/film_events/films/spring_breakdown |title= Spring Breakdown |archive-date=January 29, 2009 |website= [[Sundance Film Festival]] | accessdate=2002-04-April 14, 2022}}</ref>

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $12 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0814331/ |title=Spring Breakdown - Box office |website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref>

| budget = $12.3 million

| gross =

}}

'''''Spring Breakdown''''' is a 2009 American [[comedy film]] directed by Ryan Shiraki and starring [[Amy Poehler]], [[Parker Posey]], and [[Rachel Dratch]].

The movie was originally filmed in 2006 and was then sold to [[Warner Independent Pictures]], where it sat on the shelf. The company was shut down by [[Warner Bros.|its parent company]] in 2008, who decided to then release the film [[direct-to-video]] in 2009, three years after [[principal photography]].

==Plot==

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==Production and release==

The script was developed by [[Rachel Dratch]] and Ryan Shiraki, who were colleagues on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 13, 2009 |title=The Ladies Make Him Laugh |url=https://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/articles/2009-05-13/the-ladies-make-him-laugh |access-date=April 14, 2022 |website=Brown Alumni Magazine |language=en}}</ref> ''Spring Breakdown'' was filmed in 2006 and was initially created by [[Rogue Pictures]] as an "R-rated [[spring break|spring-break]] [[farce]]"; it was then sold to [[Warner Independent Pictures]] as a PG-13 film and underwent a long [[post-production]] period.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Keeps |first=David A. |date=January 22, 2009 |title=Ryan Shiraki’s ‘Spring Breakdown’ is his big break |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-jan-22-et-sundance22-story.html?_ga=2.107683968.322378966.1649955344-552815845.1649955343 |access-date=April 14, 2022 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> The ''Los Angeles Times'' described the film’s post-production:<blockquote>“''Spring Breakdown''” might be a case study of recession-era managed expectations and the sometimes-uneasy alliance between independent auteurs and bottom-line-fixated studios. The script about three women attempting a college “do-over” -- which might be neatly described as “''[[Where the Boys Are]]''” meets “''[[Revenge of the Nerds]]''”…endured a long post-production period, and then sat on the shelf awaiting release.<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>The score to ''Spring Breakdown'' was composed by [[Deborah Lurie]] who recorded her score with the Hollywood Studio Symphony conducted by Blake Neely and recorded by Greg Dennen at the Eastwood Scoring Stage at [[Warner Brothers]].<ref name="scoring">{{cite news |author=Goldwasser |first=Dan |date=July 24, 2008 |title=Deborah Lurie scores ''Spring Breakdown'' |work=ScoringSessions.com |url=http://www.scoringsessions.com/news/149 |url-status=dead |access-date=April 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422105657/http://scoringsessions.com/2008/07/24/deborah-lurie-scores-spring-breakdown/ |archive-date=April 22, 2016}}</ref>

In April 2008, co-star [[Missi Pyle]] believed the box-office performance of [[Baby Mama (film)|''Baby Mama'']] would determine whether Warner Bros. released this film theatrically.<ref>{{cite web |last=Beck |first=Marilyn |author2=Smith, Stacy Jenel |date= |title='Baby Mama' & Future of Femme Movie Comedies |url=http://channels.isp.netscape.com/celebrity/hollywoodexclusive.jsp?feature=ce_hol_04092008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413012209/http://channels.isp.netscape.com/celebrity/hollywoodexclusive.jsp?feature=ce_hol_04092008 |archive-date=April 13, 2008 |access-date=April 14, 2022 |work=[[AOL News]]}}</ref>

The film was screened at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] in January 2009 as part of [[List of films at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival#Park City at Midnight|Park City at Midnight]] before going [[direct-to-video]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Noel |date=May 31, 2009 |title=A ‘Road’ that led nowhere |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-may-31-ca-new31-story.html?_ga=2.112463750.322378966.1649955344-552815845.1649955343 |access-date=April 14, 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

==Reception==