'Wet Hot American Summer': The raunchy 2000s teen movie that was actually about a space station falling to Earth
Reminiscing about the summer camp Skylab disaster movie on its 25th anniversary.
On a Saturday evening in Los Angeles, acclaimed actor Elizabeth Banks participated in a 25th anniversary screening of the cult classic film Wet Hot American Summer. The event showcased the film's bizarre and raunchy summer camp setting, which is actually about a space station falling to Earth. David Wain and Michael Showalter created the movie, which features a star-studded cast including Banks, Bradley Cooper, Paul Rudd, and Amy Poehler.
The film, originally released in 2001, follows Camp Firewood, a sleepaway summer camp set in 1981, and its cast of young campers who team up with an astrophysicist to stop a falling piece of Skylab from crashing into the talent show. While initially a box office bomb, the movie has since become a beloved cult classic, often watched during nostalgic summer camp reenactments.
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