Wet Hot American Summer
2001 American comedy film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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, 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.
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Directed by | David Wain |
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Produced by | Howard Bernstein |
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Cinematography | Ben Weinstein |
Edited by | Meg Reticker |
Music by | Theodore Shapiro Craig Wedren |
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Distributed by | USA Films |
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Running time | 92 minutes[2] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1.8 million[3][4] |
Box office | $295,206[5] |
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.