For those in the Los Angeles area, the gloriously zonked-out Wet Hot American Summer will screen at the Nuart Theatre this Friday, July 27 at midnight. A brilliant send-up of 1980s summer camp flicks like Meatballs, the movie charts an entire summer of pent-up sexual frustrations, unresolved
post-traumatic stress, pending separations and of course, talent shows, all of which weigh heavily on the minds and groins of counselors and campers alike. At once a parody, subversion and lovingly detailed, bear-hug embrace of the summer
camp genre, director David Wain’s movie — starring Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, Paul Rudd, Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Molly Shannon, Zak Orth, Christopher Meloni and Amy Poehler — is an underappreciated gem of 2001, and definitely deserves to be seen… even if on the big screen, where one can’t appreciate the extra DVD audio track with more farts. For tickets and more information, click here.