Movie Of The Week - 3

Ah our third installment. I hope that everyone has been enjoying the films that I have been recommending. This week I'm going to do a little change up from the usual doom and gloom films.

This weeks movie is...


Man, if you haven't seen this film you are so missing out!

Synopsis:

The setting is Camp Firewood, the year 1981. It's the last day before everyone goes back to the real world, but there's still a summer's worth of unfinished business to resolve. At the center of the action is camp director Beth, who struggles to keep order while she falls in love with the local astrophysics professor. He is busy trying to save the camp from a deadly piece of NASA's Skylab which is hurtling toward earth. All that, plus: a dangerous waterfall rescue, love triangles, misfits, cool kids, and talking vegetable cans. The questions will all be resolved, of course, at the big talent show at the end of the day.

Directed By:
David Wain

Cast:
Janeane Garofalo
David Hyde Pierce
Michael Ian Black
Paul Rudd
Christopher Meloni
Molly Shannon
Amy Poehler

Some Interesting Trivia:

Although called wet hot, the credits thank the crew for surviving a cold, wet Pennsylvania spring. You can also see the actors' breaths at points during the movie.

The owners of Camp Towanda (where the movie was filmed) were told that this was going to be a family comedy. They were mortified when they saw the final cut of the film.

It rained 25 out of 29 days during filming of this movie.

During the scene where Beth (Janeane Garofalo) is announcing which campers need to put their trunks out for an early bus, Janeane Garofalo improvised most of the names. You can hear her call for "David Ben-Gurion," who was the first Prime Minister of Israel.


Opening Sequence: