Wet Hot American Summer
“High times. Hard bodies. Soft rock.”
It's the last day of Camp Firewood's season, but there's still time for the big talent show, a little romance… and for everyone to be wiped out by the piece of NASA's Skylab that's hurtling toward Earth.
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Cast
55 people
Janeane Garofalo
Beth
Known for
Ratatouille
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
David Hyde Pierce
Henry
Known for
Frasier
Treasure Planet
Michael Showalter
Coop / Alan Shemper
Known for
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
Signs
Marguerite Moreau
Katie
Known for
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
Queen of the Damned
Paul Rudd
Andy
Known for
Ant-Man
The 40 Year-Old Virgin
Zak Orth
J.J.
Known for
Revolution
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
Christopher Meloni
Gene
Known for
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Oz
A.D. Miles
Gary
Known for
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
Hoops
Molly Shannon
Gail
Known for
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Hotel Transylvania
Gideon Jacobs
Aaron
Known for
Home Alone 4
Everyone's Hero
Ken Marino
Victor
Known for
Marvel's Agent Carter
The Residence
Joe Lo Truglio
Neil
Known for
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Monsters at Work
David Wain Director · Michael Showalter Screenplay Theodore Shapiro Composer
Worldwide gross $295K · Budget $5M · United States release July 27, 2001
Box office
Budget
$5,000,000
Worldwide gross
$295,206
Gross vs. budget
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Production
Eureka Pictures
Production
North Coast Group
Production
Universal Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 23, 2001
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · July 27, 2001
Limited theatrical
United States · January 15, 2002
Physical · DVD
United States
August 14, 2026 · Theatrical · 25th anniversary re-release
Australia
August 13, 2002 · Physical · DVD
Czechia
April 11, 2002 · Theatrical
Germany
November 5, 2002 · Theatrical
Hungary
September 2, 2005 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
September 30, 2002 · Theatrical
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