Wet Hot American Summer
Wet Hot American Summer is a 2001 American teen comedy film directed by David Wain from a screenplay written by Wain and Michael Showalter. The film features an ensemble cast, including Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Molly Shannon, Paul Rudd, Christopher Meloni, Michael Showalter (and various other members of the sketch comedy group The State), Elizabeth Banks, Ken Marino, Michael Ian Black, Bradley Cooper (in his film debut), Amy Poehler, Zak Orth, and A.D. Miles. 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
In 1981, Camp Firewood, a summer camp located near Waterville, Maine, is preparing for its last day of camp. Counselors have one last chance to have a romantic encounter with another person at Camp Firewood. All the while, Ben and Susie, two overzealous drama instructors, attempt to produce and choreograph the greatest talent show Camp Firewood has ever seen. Beth, the camp director, struggles to keep her counselors in order—and her campers alive—while falling in love with Henry, an astrophysics associate professor at Colby College. Henry has to devise a plan to save the camp from a piece of NASA's Skylab, which is falling to Earth.
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 |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | astrophysics camp counselor colby college falling in love last chance last day nasa skylab talent show talk unfaithful boyfriend virginity |
| musicBy | Craig Wedren Theodore Shapiro |
| nomination | Open Palm Award |
| producer | Howard Bernstein |
| productionCompany | Eureka Pictures |
| publisher | Focus Features |
| theme | black comedy independent lgbt-related romantic comedy satirical |