Buying the Cow

Buying the Cow
Buying the Cow
	DVD cover
Directed by	Walt Becker
Written by	Walt Becker; Peter W. Nelson;
Produced by	Bradley Jenkel; Dan Etheridge;
Starring	Jerry O'Connell; Bridgette Wilson; Alyssa Milano; Ryan Reynolds; Annabeth Gish;
Cinematography	Nancy Schreiber
Edited by	Tony Lombardo
Music by	Andrew Gross [de]
Distributed by	Destination Films
Release date	2002;
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Buying the Cow is a 2002 American screwball comedy film directed by Walt Becker and starring Jerry O'Connell, Ryan Reynolds, Alyssa Milano and Bridgette L. Wilson.

Plot

David is too afraid to commit to his girlfriend Sarah, who is pressuring him to get married. While she goes away to New York for work for two months, David's friends persuade him to experience the dating scene one more time. Meanwhile, David's womanizing friend Mike gets drunk one night and mistakenly believes he has had sex with a man, and afterwards makes several awkward attempts to come out of the closet, even though he is not really gay.

Cast

Jerry O'Connell as David Collins
Bridgette L. Wilson as Sarah
Alyssa Milano as Amy
Ryan Reynolds as Mike Hanson
Annabeth Gish as Nicole
Bill Bellamy as Jonesy
Jon Tenney as Andrew Hahn
Ron Livingston as Tyler Carter Bellows
Erinn Bartlett as Julie Madison
Scarlett Chorvat as Katie Madison
David DeLuise as Frat Guy
Sonya Eddy as Security Woman
Alma Beltran as Hispanic Woman

Release

The film was originally scheduled to be released in the fall or holiday season of 2000,^[1] but ended up being released in late 2002,^[2] after Van Wilder had already been released.