Wet Hot American Summer is a 2001 satirical comedy film written by David Wain and Michael Showalter, and directed by Wain. The film takes place during the last day at a fictional Jewish summer camp in 1981, before closing for the summer. It stars Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Michael Showalter , Marguerite Moreau, Paul Rudd, Molly Shannon, Christopher Meloni, Elizabeth Banks, Michael Ian Black, Bradley Cooper, Amy Poehler, Zak Orth, and A.D. Miles. The film was a commercial and critical flop, but has since received a cult following. The film's events take place almost exclusively on... August 18, 1981, at Camp Firewood, a Jewish summer camp located near Waterville, Maine. It is the last day of summer camp, and the last day of camp means the last day for each camper and counselor to find someone to kiss at the end of the big talent show that night. Beth , the camp director, struggles to keep her counselors in order — and her campers alive — while falling in love with Henry , an astrophysics associate professor at the local college.
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