Wet Hot American Summer

Not to be confused with Wet Hot American Summer (franchise) or Wet Hot American Bummer.

Wet Hot American Summer
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDavid Wain
Written by
Produced byHoward Bernstein
Starring
CinematographyBen Weinstein
Edited byMeg Reticker
Music byTheodore Shapiro
Craig Wedren
Production
companies
  • Eureka Pictures
  • North Coast Group
Distributed byUSA Films
Release dates
  • January 23, 2001 (2001-01-23) (Sundance)[1]
  • July 27, 2001 (2001-07-27) (New York City)
Running time
92 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.8 million[3][4]
Box office$295,206[5]

Wet Hot American Summer is a 2001 American satirical comedy film directed by David Wain from a screenplay written by Wain and Michael Showalter. The film features an ensemble cast, with Janeane Garofalo and David Hyde Pierce starring alongside Molly Shannon, Paul Rudd, Christopher Meloni, Showalter (and various other members of the sketch comedy group The State), Marguerite Moreau, Ken Marino, Michael Ian Black, Zak Orth, A. D. Miles, Amy Poehler, Bradley Cooper (in his film debut), Marisa Ryan, Kevin Sussman, Joe Lo Truglio, and Elizabeth Banks. It takes place during the last full day at a fictional summer camp in 1981, and spoofs the sex comedies aimed at teen audiences of that era.

The film was a critical and commercial failure, but has since developed a cult following,[6] and many of its cast members have gone on to high-profile work. Netflix revived the franchise with the release of an eight-episode prequel series starring most of the film's original cast, on July 31, 2015; and an eight-episode sequel series, set ten years after the original film, on August 4, 2017.

  1. ^ Harvey, Dennis (January 30, 2001). "Wet Hot American Summer". Variety. Archived from the original on October 8, 2024. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  2. ^ "Wet Hot American Summer". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on October 8, 2024. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
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  5. ^ "Wet Hot American Summer (2001)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Archived from the original on June 17, 2017. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
  6. ^ Tobias, Scott (June 11, 2008). "The New Cult Canon: Wet Hot American Summer". The AV Club. Archived from the original on March 1, 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2011.