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Wet Hot American Summer

Year:

2002

Duration:

97 min

Genres:

Comedy | Romance

IMDB rate:

6.7

Director:

David Wain

Awards:

1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2002-04-11

Filming Locations: Honesdale, Pennsylvania, USA

Earnings

Budget: $5,000,000

Opening Weekend: $17,481 (USA) (29 July 2001)

Gross: $292,102 (USA) (7 October 2001)

Cast

Actor

Character

Elizabeth Banks

Wet Hot American Summer

Amy Poehler

Wet Hot American Summer

Kevin Sussman

Kyle Gallner

Janeane Garofalo

Beth

David Hyde Pierce

Henry Newman

Michael Showalter

Gerald 'Coop' Cooperberg

Marguerite Moreau

Katie

Michael Ian Black

McKinley

Zak Orth

J.J.

A.D. Miles

Gary

Paul Rudd

Andy

Christopher Meloni

Gene

Molly Shannon

Gail von Kleinenstein

Ken Marino

Victor Kulak

Joe Lo Truglio

Neil

Bradley Cooper

Ben

Gideon Jacobs

Aaron

Liam Norton

Arty 'The Beekeeper' Solomon

Marisa Ryan

Abby Bernstein

Gabriel Millman

Keith - Caped Boy

Kevin Thomas Conroy

Mork Guy

Christopher Cusumano

Melvin - Medieval Kid

Cassidy Ladden

Mallrat Girl

Madeline Blue

Cure Girl

Nina Hellman

Nancy

Peter Salett

Guitar Dude

Judah Friedlander

Ron von Kleinenstein

Jacob Shoesmith-Fox

Bert 'Moose' Flugelman (as Jacob Shoesmith Fox)

Whitney Vance

Valerie

Benjamin Coppola

Bobby

H. Jon Benjamin

Can of Vegetables (voice) (as Jon Benjamin)

Jake Fogelnest

Silas

Ian Helfer

Bear Claw Coach

Jordan MacLean

Alexa (as Jordan Maclean)

Avi Setton

Standup Comic

Kathleen Pandolfo

Godspell Girl

Zachary Montgomery-Wicks

Gail's Boy Camper

Danny Hopkins

Raft Camper #1

Christopher Connors

Raft Camper #2

Matt Carmeci

Bunk Boy

Stephen O'Brien

Juke Box Kid #1

Timothy Gasiewski

Juke Box Kid #2

Angel Berlane

Friends - Friends Girl #1

Christi Berlane

Friends - Friends Girl #2

Bob Walz

Drug Dealer

Joseph Kariuki

Kenyan Runner

Donna Mitchell

Gene's Wife

Joe Bryan

Counselor

Christine Loebsack

Counselor

Sandra Kennedy

Counselor

Keith Oney

Counselor

Josh Bodwell

Camp Counselor (uncredited)

Mike Carrera

Extra (uncredited)

Ashlee Rose Gaughan

Whistle Girl (uncredited)

Joe James

Junkie Squatter (uncredited)

Kerri Kenney

Paco's Wife (uncredited)

Greg Korin

Andy's Dad (uncredited)

Samm Levine

Arty (voice) (uncredited)

David Wain

Paco (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

While Coop is listing for Katie all the reasons he loves her, one of the things he says is "I love it that sometimes for no reason you're late for shul." "Shul" is a Yiddish term that refers (sometimes colloquially) to a Jewish house of worship (also known as a synagogue or a temple).

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In late 2014, Netflix announced that they would shoot and air a miniseries continuation of this movie featuring nearly all of the same actors. However, instead of being a sequel, the new miniseries would be a prequel, with the actors (most of whom were already up to a decade too old to play their teenage characters back in 2001) playing even younger versions of the same characters they portrayed in the first movie.

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This movie was based on Camp Modin (Belgrade, Maine), the summer camp director David Wain went to.

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Goofs

Most of the cars and trucks (including the camp pick up truck) seen in this movie were built after 1981. With the exception of the camp van, and a few other vehicles.

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Katie's necklace while Katie and Beth talk on the porch about improving Beth's look.

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The raft on top of the van that Victor is driving to Moose river disappears and reappears.

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Quotes

Beth: Hey, you; penny for your thoughts.

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Henry: Oh, fuck my cock!

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Gene: Now finish up them taters; I'm gonna go fondle my sweaters.

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Faq

Where was the movie filmed?

Camp Towanda in Wayne County, PA

Was it based on a specific camp?

The movie was largely based on the experiences the writers had at the camps they went to as kids: Camp Modin in Maine (David Wain) and Camp Mohawk in the Berkshires (Michael Showalter)

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