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Hot Summer Nights

Hot Summer Nights

One summer can change everything.

20186.61h 47m

Overview

In 1991, a sheltered teenager comes of age during a wild summer on Cape Cod, getting rich from selling pot to gangsters, falling in love for the first time, partying, and eventually realizing that he's in way over his head.

Directed by Elijah Bynum
Written by Elijah Bynum
Produced by Ryan Friedkin, Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas
Box Office0Revenue: $246K

Top Cast

Timothée Chalamet

Timothée Chalamet

Daniel Middleton

Maika Monroe

Maika Monroe

McKayla Strawberry

Alex Roe

Alex Roe

Hunter Strawberry

Maia Mitchell

Maia Mitchell

Amy Calhoun

Thomas Jane

Thomas Jane

Sergeant Calhoun

Emory Cohen

Emory Cohen

Dex

William Fichtner

William Fichtner

Shep

Jack Kesy

Jack Kesy

Ponytail

Thomas Blake, Jr.

Thomas Blake, Jr.

Taylor

Kimberly Battista

Kimberly Battista

Vice Principle Finney

Themes & Keywords

drug dealersummer residencemassachusettscoming of agemarijuanadrug dealingsummercape codsummer romance1990sillicit tradeteenager

About Hot Summer Nights

Hot Summer Nights is a drama, crime film released in 2018 exploring themes of drug dealer, summer residence, massachusetts, coming of age, marijuana, drug dealing. Directed by Elijah Bynum, it stars Timothée Chalamet, Maika Monroe, Alex Roe. In 1991, a sheltered teenager comes of age during a wild summer on Cape Cod, getting rich from selling pot to gangsters, falling in love for the first time, partying, and eventually realizing that he's in way over his head.

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