Wet Hot American Summer
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.
Plot
The film shows the last full day of a 1981 summer camp named Camp Firewood, located near Waterville, Maine, concentrating on the experiences of the camp counselors, most of whom are students aged around 16. The interleaved story threads meet in the evening at the camp talent show:
Cast
- A. D. Miles
- Amy Poehler
- art director
- Bradley Cooper
- Christopher Meloni
- David Hyde Pierce
- David Wain
- dialogue writer
- Elizabeth Banks
- H. Jon Benjamin
- Jake Fogelnest
- Janeane Garofalo
- Joe Lo Truglio
- Judah Friedlander
- Ken Marino
- Kerri Kenney
- Kevin Sussman
- Kyle Gallner
- Marguerite Moreau
- Marisa Ryan
- Michael Ian Black
- Michael Showalter
- Molly Shannon
- Paul Rudd
- Peter Salett
- Samm Levine
- Zak Orth
More details
| author | David Wain Michael Showalter |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Maine |
| director | David Wain |
| editor | Meg Reticker |
| events | summer camp program |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | associate professor astrophysics atmospheric entry bond camp counselor date deorbit even food hall group psychotherapy group therapy lifeguard machine married morning nerd nervous breakdown raft river skylab sleep space debris summer camp talent show talk train vietnam war war veteran |
| musicBy | Craig Wedren Theodore Shapiro |
| nomination | Open Palm Award |
| producer | Howard Bernstein |
| productionCompany | Eureka Pictures |
| publisher | Focus Features |
| theme | black comedy independent romantic comedy satirical |