Set on the last day of camp, in the hot summer of 1981, a group of counselors try to complete their unfinished business before the day ends.Set on the last day of camp, in the hot summer of 1981, a group of counselors try to complete their unfinished business before the day ends.Set on the last day of camp, in the hot summer of 1981, a group of counselors try to complete their unfinished business before the day ends.
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- GoofsMany of the continuity "mistakes" were included intentionally by the filmmakers and were meant to be subtle and funny, including Neil's hair in the motorcycle chase scene and the differing level of completion of the blanket that Nancy is knitting when she gives Beth and Henry the library advice.
- Crazy creditsAfter the credits is a "10 years later" epilogue.
- Alternate versionsDVD contains several deleted scenes.
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Written by Dave Freiberg, Jim McPherson, Paul Kantner and Craig Chaquico
Performed by Jefferson Starship
Courtesy of The RCA Music Group, a Unit of BMG Entertainment
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This movie defintely has its high and low points, the plot concerns the last day of camp in 1981 at a small Jewish summer camp in Maine. It's meant as a parody of all those late 70s, early 80s teen sex romps like Porky's and Meatballs, and while some of the parodies are dead on, others fall rather flat. Perhaps the funniest moment concerns some of the counselors "hour-long" trip into town which starts out innocently but then degrades into a drugged-out parody where the kids start out smoking cigarettes and quickly go to robbing old ladies to feed their newfound cocaine and heroin addictions. Other high points include the Vietnam veteran cook, the loony arts & crafts instructor, and even the children deciding not to play baseball against the anonymously evil-rival camp because they just don't feel like it. A lot of the movie seems more like a bunch of strung together sketches, which adds to its weakness. However, it is fun to see the return of the bad haircuts, too-short shorts, and high socks that made up that era, along with some great early 80s rock hits.
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- Гаряче американське літо
- Filming locations
- Honesdale, Pennsylvania, USA(Camp Towanda)
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Box office
- Budget
- $5,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $295,206
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $17,481
- Jul 29, 2001
- Gross worldwide
- $295,206
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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