Taglines: Kick some past.
In 2010 Los Angeles, three friends are dissatisfied with their lives. Adam (John Cusack) has been dumped by yet another girlfriend, and his video-game-obsessed nephew Jacob (Clark Duke) lives in his basement. Lou (Rob Corddry) is a party guy way past his prime who is ridden with debt, divorce and a family that wants nothing to do with him. Nick (Craig Robinson) has a dead-end job at a dog spa and a controlling wife named Courtney (Kellee Stewart) who had an affair.
Lou almost dies from carbon monoxide poisoning in what his friends think is a suicide attempt. Adam and Nick impulsively take him and Jacob to the site of some of their most memorable weekends, the Kodiak Valley Ski Resort, “where no one got carded”. However, upon arrival they see that Kodiak Valley has fallen on the same hard times as the four men.
During a crazy night of drinking in a hot tub, they spill a can of an illegal Russian energy drink called “Chernobly” (named in reference to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the 1986 nuclear disaster) on the hot tub’s controls. The next day, they wake up in 1986. They can see each other as their 2010 age and appearances, but in their reflections and to other people, they appear as they did in 1986.
Jacob, who has not even been born yet, somehow is still a full-grown man as he was in his 2010 state. They arrive during “Winterfest ’86,” the weekend when Poison played to a huge crowd at the then-thriving Kodiak Resort. At first, the guys do not think that they have traveled back in time but are convinced when they find out that Michael Jackson’s skin has not become lighter yet.
Hot Tub Time Machine is a 2010 American comedy film directed by Steve Pink and starring John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, Crispin Glover, Lizzy Caplan, Kellee Stewart, Crystal Lowe, Collette Wolfe and Chevy Chase. The film was released on March 26, 2010. A sequel, Hot Tub Time Machine 2, was released on February 20, 2015.
Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
Directed by: Steve Pink
Starring: John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, Crispin Glover, Lizzy Caplan, Chevy Chase, Sebastian Stan, Lyndsy Fonseca, Collette Wolfe, Charlie McDermott, Crystal Lowe
Screenplay by: Josh Heald
Production Design by: Bob Ziembicki
Cinematography by: Jack N. Green
Film Editing by: George Folsey Jr., James Thomas
Costume Design by: Dayna Pink
Set Decoration by: Johanne Hubert, Jill Sprayregen Henkel
Art Direction by: Kelvin Humenny, Jeremy Stanbridge
Music by: Christophe Beck
MPAA Rating: R for Strong crude and sexual content, nudity, drug use and pervasive language.
Distributed by: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Release Date: March 26, 2010
