Production
Filming started in early 2004 in Miami, Florida before Hilton started filming her theatrical debut House Of Wax. Filming finished later that same year and a trailer was released on the movie's official website. However, producers wanted Pledge This! to have an R-rating, which would allow more nudity in the movie. Paris Hilton disagreed with the proposal. More scenes with nudity were filmed pushing the movie back to mid-2005.
Post production was finalized at World Entertainment - LA in Los Angeles by Edward Oleschak.
Due to the hurricanes that hit Florida in 2005 filming was delayed and then ultimately moved. This pushed the movie back to early 2006. Fans were confused that the trailer had proclaimed this movie as "Paris Hilton's film debut" yet she had already appeared in 2005's House of Wax. Finally in spring of 2006 it was announced that National Lampoon's Pledge This! would be released as an unrated DVD on December 19, 2006. It was also released on a rated R edition. Hilton missed the premiere of the movie at the Cannes Film Festival in protest to the addition of the aforementioned nude scenes. Hilton said, "I was so angry I snubbed my own premiere." In August 2008, Worldwide Entertainment Group Inc. sued Hilton in the Miami District Court, alleging she did not honor her contractual agreement to provide "reasonable promotion and publicity" for the film.
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