From band camp to forever friends! American Pie became an instant classic upon its July 1999 release, in which viewers watched a quartet of high school seniors plot to lose their respective virginities before graduation day. "I didn't hear for a long [time]," Jason Biggs, who portrayed lead Jim Levenstein, exclusively told Us Weekly in November 2017 of his "excruciating" audition process. "I wanted it so badly! I knew I did well.