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Release Date:
11 April 2002 (Czech Republic)
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High Times. Hard Bodies. Soft Rock. more
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Summer camp hijinks, set in 1981. full summary | add synopsis
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1 nomination
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(53 articles)
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Janeane Garofalo | ... | Beth | |
| David Hyde Pierce | ... | Henry Newman | |
| Michael Showalter | ... | Gerald 'Coop' Cooperberg / Alan Shemper | |
| 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 | |
| Amy Poehler | ... | Susie | |
| Bradley Cooper | ... | Ben | |
| Gideon Jacobs | ... | Aaron |
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Rated R for strong sexual content, language and a drug sequence.
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97 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:PA (Manitoba) |
Portugal:M/12 |
Iceland:16 |
Australia:MA (DVD rating) |
Finland:K-15 |
Germany:16 |
New Zealand:R13 |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
Australia:M |
Canada:R (Ontario) |
Canada:13+ (Québec)
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It rained 25 out of 29 days during filming of this movie.
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Continuity: Katie's necklace while Katie and Beth talk on the porch about improving Beth's look.
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Harden My Heart
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Wet Hot American Summer is without question, the funniest movie to come out in years, and certainly among the funniest I've ever seen. The reason you might not have heard of it is because it isn't as advertised as other movies, because it doesn't have the type of budget to advertise itself. It breaks my heart that horribly made, unfunny, unoriginal movies, such as American Pie 2, were in more theaters and are more available to rent or buy.
The humor in WHAS is not comparable to humor in any other movie that comes to mind. The humor is a lot like the what you would see on The State (because it was written/directed by State cast members). Many scenes are just so ridiculous that you have to laugh, and if you don't, its because you are taking the movie too seriously.
The day this movie came out on video, my friends and I watched it as many times as we could manage to, in one day. Every time we watched, we noticed something new, and still laughed hysterically at the stuff we noticed the first time. It has the type of replay value that should make you go out and buy it, rather than rent it.