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Hot Tub Time Machine
Sign in to save2010 American science fiction adventure comedy film directed by Steve Pink
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Hot Tub Time Machine is an American science fiction buddy and screwball comedy film directed by Steve Pink, written by Sean Anders and John Morris, and produced by John Cusack, who also starred alongside Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson and Clark Duke. Its main subject is time travel, with cinematography by Jack N. Green and a score by Christophe Beck, filmed in Vancouver and California.
Made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and United Artists and released in 2010, it carried a budget of 36,000,000 dollars and earned 64,780,213 dollars in revenue. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Netflix and Disney+ on video on demand, and it was followed by Hot Tub Time Machine 2.
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6.0Four pals are stuck in a rut in adulthood: Adam has just been dumped, Lou is a hopeless party animal, Nick is a henpecked husband, and Jacob does nothing but play video games in his basement. But they get a chance to brighten their future by changing their past after a night of heavy drinking in a ski-resort hot tub results in their waking up in 1986.
Cast
- John Cusack as Adam
- Craig Robinson as Nick
- Rob Corddry as Lou
- Clark Duke as Jacob
- Sebastian Stan as Blaine
- Chevy Chase as Repairman
Themes
- poison
- time travel
- one-night stand
- singer
- forty something
- snow skiing
- ski resort
- 1980s
- butterfly effect
- 80s throwback
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Steve Pink
- Screenplay by
- Josh Heald Sean Anders John Morris
- Story by
- Josh Heald
- Produced by
- John Cusack Grace Loh John Morris Matt Moore
- Starring
- John Cusack Rob Corddry Craig Robinson Clark Duke Crispin Glover Lizzy Caplan Chevy Chase
- Cinematography
- Jack N. Green
- Edited by
- George Folsey, Jr. James Thomas
- Music by
- Christophe Beck
- Production companies
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer United Artists New Crime Productions
- Distributed by
- MGM Distribution Co. (North America and select international territories), Lakeshore International (International)
- Release date
- March 26, 2010 ( 2010-03-26 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 99 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $36 million
- Box office
- $64.6 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Hot Tub Time Machine 2
- Main subject
- time travel
- Director
- Steve Pink
- Screenwriter
- John Morris
- Composer
- Christophe Beck
- Producer
- John Morris
- Production company
- United Artists
- Cinematographer
- Jack N. Green
- Filming location
- California
- Duration
- 101
- FilmAffinity ID
- 885301
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.mgm.com/#/our-titles/2387/Hot-Tub-Time-Machine
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- publication date
- 2010-09-30
- film editor
- George Folsey Jr.
- title
- Hot Tub Time Machine
- distributed by
- Disney+
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 63/100
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Encyclopedic overview
Hot Tub Time Machine is a 2010 American science fiction comedy film directed by Steve Pink and written by Josh Heald, Sean Anders, and John Morris. John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, and Clark Duke star in the film as four men who accidentally time travel back to 1986 using a hot tub and must find a way to return to 2010. The supporting cast includes Sebastian Stan, Crispin Glover, Lizzy Caplan, and Chevy Chase.
The film was released on March 26, 2010 by MGM Distribution Co. in the United States, with Lakeshore International releasing in other territories. It received positive reviews and grossing $64.6 million against a claimed budget of $36 million. A sequel, Hot Tub Time Machine 2, was released on February 20, 2015.
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