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Wet Hot American Summer

Wet Hot American Summer

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 27, 2001

Runtime

1h 37m

Genres

Comedy

User Score

63%

Original Title

Wet Hot American Summer

Production Companies

Eureka Pictures, Universal Pictures

Director

David Wain

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue

$295,206

Description

The setting is Camp Firewood, the year 1981. It's the last day before everyone goes back to the real world, but there's still a summer's worth of unfinished business to resolve. At the center of the action is camp director Beth, who struggles to keep order while she falls in love with the local astrophysics professor. He is busy trying to save the camp from a deadly piece of NASA's Skylab which is hurtling toward earth. All that, plus: a dangerous waterfall rescue, love triangles, misfits, cool kids, and talking vegetable cans. The questions will all be resolved, of course, at the big talent show at the end of the day.