In the summer of 1987, a college graduate takes a 'nowhere' job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.In the summer of 1987, a college graduate takes a 'nowhere' job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.In the summer of 1987, a college graduate takes a 'nowhere' job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.
- Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations total
Barret Hackney
- Munch
- (as Barrett Hackney)
Vanessa Hope
- Ronnie Connell
- (as Vanessa Wanger)
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Adventureland is an amusement park and it's also a world where anything may happen and where many different people can meet and perform different actions and have different reactions and where funny things, sad things and adventurous things can happen. James is a boy that has just graduated from high school and whose dream is to go to university in New York City after a trip to Europe. For that he must avail himself of the summer holidays to earn the necessary money for the trip and stay by working at the park like assistant at a games sideshow. Of course we can see that alcohol, weed smoking, sex, profanity and discotheques take an important part on these young people lives but this movie shows also that teen agers are also capable of good and pure sentiments such as true love, friendship, loyalty and comradeship. James falls in love with a co-worker who is also having an adulterous intercourse with a married man from before they have met. James is a boy who shows a certain insecurity and indecision in terms of sentiments and feelings and that brings him a few troubles. All the young actors and actresses do a good job and create excellent and realistic teenagers types. It's not a very deep movie but a good to be seen one.
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- TriviaKristen Wiig and Bill Hader were only on set for four days. All scenes with their characters, Paulette and Bobby, had to be condensed and shot quickly due to their commitments to Saturday Night Live.
- GoofsWhen James and Joel are driving in New York, James smiles and looks out the car window. If you look above the car, you can see an advertisement for 'Sonny with a Chance' - a Disney show which wasn't even made until 2009.
- Quotes
Sue O'Malley: What are you majoring in?
Joel: Russian literature and Slavic languages.
Sue O'Malley: Oh wow, that's pretty interesting. What career track is that?
Joel: Cabby, hot dog vendor, marijuana delivery guy. The world is my oyster.
- Crazy creditsA commercial for the Adventureland amusement park can be seen during the end credits.
- SoundtracksBastards of Young
Written by Paul Westerberg
Performed by The Replacements
Courtesy of Sire Records
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
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- Adventureland: Un verano memorable
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $16,044,025
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,722,039
- Apr 5, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $17,164,820
- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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