>the Weitz Brothers

When Chris and Paul Weitz first took their new film to Hollywood ratings board, they were immediately told: bye-bye, American Pie. The raunchy tale of randy teens—sort of a Porky's 2000—got a kiss-of-death NC-17 rating from the Motion Picture Association of America before the filmmakers (Paul directed; Chris produced) made cuts to get an R. "APG-13 movie about kids and sex," says Chris, "doesn't fly."

Sons of fashion designer and raconteur John Weitz and actress Susan Kohner, Manhattan reared Chris, 29, and Paul, 33, previously worked on family-friendly screenplays {Antz, Madeline). Paul, who lives in the Hollywood Hills with his longtime girlfriend, writer Miranda Thompson, and the unattached Chris, who lives in Beverly Hills, may be this year's Farrelly Brothers (the-guys who brought you There's Something About Mary): Hollywood smells a hit despite Pie's no-name cast. Already, says Paul, "our casting director told us he can't get the [actor] kids on the phone now."