Adventureland (film)

Adventureland
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGreg Mottola
Written byGreg Mottola
Produced bySidney Kimmel
Anne Carey
Ted Hope
Starring
CinematographyTerry Stacey
Edited byAnne McCabe
Music byYo La Tengo
Production
companies
Distributed byMiramax Films
Release date
  • April 3, 2009 (2009-04-03)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$9.8 million[2]
Box office$17.2 million[3]

Adventureland is a 2009 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Greg Mottola. It stars Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Martin Starr, and Margarita Levieva. In the film, recent college graduate James Brennan (Eisenberg) takes a job at a run-down local amusement park to save for a trip to Europe.

The theme park is loosely based on the "Adventureland" local theme park in Farmingdale, New York. Released on April 3, 2009, the film received positive reviews and earned $17.1 million worldwide at the box office. It was nominated for "Best Ensemble Cast Performance" at the 19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards.

  1. ^ "Adventureland (2009)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Adventureland (2009) - Financial Information". the-numbers.com. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
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