"WET HOT" HISTORY:

"Wet Hot American Summer" was filmed in 28 days, May & June 2000 in Pennsylvania.

Days after completion, it played to sold out crowds at all four screenings at the January 2001 Sundance Festival.

The film subsequently played at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado, the Cleveland International Film Festival, the Athens (Greece) Film Festival, the Newport Film Festival, the New York Comedy Film Festival and the Beck's Incredible Film Festival in New Zealand.

USA Films (now Focus Features) released the movie theatrically in North America. It premiered in New York City on July 27, 2001 and subsequently played in Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Boston, Washington, Seattle, San Francisco, Cleveland, Toronto, Salt Lake City, Austin, Athens GA, Chapel Hill NC, Champange IL, Lafayette IN, Abilene TX, Providence RI, Langley WA, Wilton NH, Madison WI, Bellingham WA, Tryon NC, Atlanta GA, Columbia MO, Minneapolis MN, Portland OR, and Nashville TN.

The DVD/VHS was released on January 15, 2002.

Midnight screenings began in New York and other cities August of 2003. Friday/Saturday midnight screenings at the Village East in Manhattan ran from October 03 to April of 04.

	Some of the cast at the 'Wet Hot' Sundance party (left to right): Elizabeth Banks, David Hyde Pierce, Peter Salett, co-writer Michael Showalter, Jake Fogelnest, Janeane Garofalo, A.D. Miles, director/co-writer David Wain, Zak Orth, Molly Shannon, Bradley Cooper, Joe Lo Truglio

 

	David Hyde Pierce, Molly Shannon, Michael Showalter, Janeane Garofalo and David Wain at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival

 

	Director/co-writer David Wain at Sundance screening with cast members Marguerite Moreau, Joe Lo Truglio, Jake Fogelnest, Nina Hellman, Janeane Garofalo, Zak Orth, Bradley Cooper, A.D. Miles, Molly Shannon.

 

	"Wet Hot" musicians at the premier Sundance party: Amy Miles, Peter Salett, Craig Wedren and Mr. Blue.

 

"Ticket" Magazine (New Zealand) cover story about Beck's Incredible Film Fest, May 2003.

 

Cast reunion at Makor, NYC, June 2003. (click on photo to enlarge). Click HERE for photos from Labor Day 2003 NYC midnight screenings.

 

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