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Wet Hot American Summer
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R,1hr 37min
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January 19, 2001
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USA Films
Synopsis: 1980s teen comedies finally get the parody they so richly deserve with Wet Hot American Summer, the first feature film from writer/director David Wain and co-screenwriter Michael Showalter, formerly of the sketch comedy troupe the State. It's the last day of the summer season at Camp Firewood, and as camp director Beth (Janeane Garofalo) prepares to wrap things up, the staff of teenage counselors realize this is their last chance to do something about the summer romances that have been brewing for ... Full Synopsis
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The movie is so hilariously sly about something so fetishistically trivial that at times it appears to take in an entire culture through a lens made of cheese. Full Review
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42
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Featured Cast
Professor Henry Neuman
Coop, Alan Shemper
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Michael Showalter at the Sundance Film Festival 2001 - Wet Hot American Summer
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