Additional information for Adventureland, which has a domestic theatrical release set for April 3, 2009. The film is being distributed by Miramax Films and has not yet been rated. Adventureland has a total running time of 107 minutes.
R
USA
16
Argentina
15
UK
15
Ireland
14A
Canada
M
New Zealand
12
Iceland
R-18
Philippines
M18
Singapore
M
Australia
15
South Korea
K-11
Finland
18PL
Malaysia
16
Netherlands
107min
45min
Adventureland
Italy
Adventureland
Portugal
Adventureland - Job d'été à éviter
France
Adventureland - Kalandpark
Hungary
Adventureland - Un verano memorable
Argentina
Adventureland - pöörane suvi
Estonia
Férias Frustradas de Verão
Brazil
Ljetna avantura
Croatia
Piedzivojumu zeme
Latvia
Yaz aski
Turkey
Zabavny park
Czech Republic
Zemlja avanture
Serbia
Zoi... san luna park
Greece
January 19, 2009
USA
March 15, 2009
USA
March 27, 2009
Argentina
March 28, 2009
Hungary
April 03, 2009
Canada
April 03, 2009
USA
May 22, 2009
Turkey
May 28, 2009
Australia
May 29, 2009
Iceland
June 04, 2009
Argentina
June 12, 2009
South Africa
June 21, 2009
UK
July , 2009
Ireland
July 01, 2009
Estonia
July 10, 2009
Italy
July 10, 2009
Romania
July 16, 2009
Hungary
July 22, 2009
Philippines
July 24, 2009
Ecuador
July 30, 2009
Germany
September 11, 2009
Ireland
September 11, 2009
UK
September 20, 2009
Greece
September 24, 2009
Spain
October 13, 2009
Poland
October 21, 2009
France
October 25, 2009
Austria
April 21, 2010
Japan
July 08, 2010
Slovenia
July 19, 2010
Netherlands
November 30, 2011
Sweden
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In the summer of 1987, a college grad 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.
It is the summer of 1987 and James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg) has just graduated with a comparative literature degree from Oberlin College. He is looking forward to touring Europe for the summer and going to Columbia University for graduate school in journalism when his parents (Wendie Malick and Jack Gilpin) announce they won't be able to help him financially.James looks for summer jobs, but can only find one, at Adventureland, a local amusement park in his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where his childhood friend Frigo (Matt Bush), who has a habit of punching James in the testicles, works. James is hired immediately by the assistant manager, Bobby (Bill Hader), and is assigned to the games area. He meets some of his co-workers: the dry and sarcastic Joel (Martin Starr), Bobby's wife and manager of Adventureland, Paulette (Kristen Wig), Sue O'Malley (Paige Howard), Mark (Mark Miller), Lisa P. (Margarita Levieva), and the park's repairs technician Mike Connell (Ryan Reynolds), who is a part-time musician and claims to have once jammed with Lou Reed.James meets another games worker, Emily "Em" Lewin (Kristen Stewart), after she saves him from being stabbed by a disgruntled customer. She later invites him to a party at her house. During the party, Em invites him to join her in the pool. After the party ends, it's revealed that Em has been having an affair with Connell, although he is married. James goes out to a bar for a drink with Em, and while they are talking at the bar, Em is surprised to learn James is still a virgin. Connell arrives at the bar and Em wants to leave, so they go to one of Pittsburgh's three rivers close to one of the city's bridges where James kisses her. The following day, James tells Connell about his strong feelings for Em, which Connell reports to Em. Em later tells James she wants to take it slow.The next morning, Lisa P. asks James out on a date, but only lets a few people know. After James returns from the date, he learns Em had called to tell him that she regrets having rejected his feelings on their past date. James gives Em some of his marijuana to bake pot cookies to cheer her up. After a pot-induced game-playing streak, Joel is attacked by an angry customer who learns the games are rigged. When Em steps in, the customer pushes her and James defends her by punching him in the balls. The customer's friend starts chasing James who hides in Bobby's office, who then scares the customer off by threatening him with a baseball bat. Em tells James that she doesn't want to lose him.Joel sees them walking together and decides to quit. James tries to talk him out of it but Joel is angry at James for dating Lisa P. when he already loves Em. James wants to be honest and tells Em about the night he went out with Lisa P. Shocked by his honesty, Em goes to Connell's house that night to end their affair. Prompted by Frigo, the park's mentally challenged parking official tells James he saw Em and Connell doing "push-ups without any pants on" in the back of Connell's car a few weeks earlier. James goes to Connell's house and sees Em leaving, having just broken up with Connell. When James confronts Em, she is so shocked to see him there that she becomes tongue-tied and does not explain; James becomes angered by the assumed betrayal, and leaves after Em calls herself an "idiot". Later, James tells Lisa P. about the affair, but asks her not to tell anyone.Lisa P. tells her friend Kelly, and soon everybody in the park has found out and Em quits. James is heartbroken and drunkenly crashes his dad's car into a tree and passes out. The next morning, his mother wakes him up and tells him that he has to pay to fix all the damage. After getting his last paycheck, Connell tells James that he has not spoken to Em since she quit. James doesn't have enough money to go to graduate school, but heads for New York anyway. In New York City, James waits outside Em's apartment. She's surprised to see James waiting for her and is reluctant to talk to him, feeling she has ruined everything between them. James tells her that he sees her in a different way than she sees herself, that he sees the girl who saved him from getting knifed, the girl who stood up for Joel, the girl who introduced him to psychotropic cookies, and the girl who doesn't make apologies for herself. Touched, Em brings James up to her apartment. Once there, James gets out of his wet clothes, and finds she still has an Adventureland shirt. They kiss and begin to take their clothes off as the film ends, and James presumably finally loses his virginity to Em.
Greg Mottola
Director(s)
Greg Mottola
Writer(s)
Declan Baldwin
co-producer
Anne Carey
producer
Scott Ferguson
line producer: additional photography
Ted Hope
producer
William Horberg
executive producer
Sidney Kimmel
producer
Bruce Toll
executive producer
Producer(s)
Yo La Tengo
Composer(s)
James Brennan
Jesse Eisenberg
Arlene
Kelsey Ford
Eric
Michael Zegen
Brad
Ryan McFarland
Mr. Brennan
Jack Gilpin
Mrs. Brennan
Wendie Malick
Tommy Frigo
Matt Bush
Velvet Touch Manager
Todd Cioppa
Rich
Stephen Mast
Paulette
Kristen Wiig
Bobby
Bill Hader
Joel
Martin Starr
Adult Contestant
Adam Kroloff
Em Lewin
Kristen Stewart
Molly Hatchet T-Shirt Guy
Kevin Breznahan
Panda Con Dad
Marc Grapey
Mike Connell
Ryan Reynolds
Sue O'Malley
Paige Howard
Pete O'Malley
Dan Bittner
Loud Kid #1
Moe Slinger
Loud Kid #2
Jesse Slinger
Barfing Kid
Jack Baldwin
Munch
Barret Hackney
Lisa P.
Margarita Levieva
Kelly
Kimisha Renee Davis
Foreigner Tribute Band Singer
Russell Steinberg
Foreigner Tribute Band Member
Andrew Ransom
Foreigner Tribute Band Member
Joe Sanderson
Foreigner Tribute Band Member
Cliff Chien
Foreigner Tribute Band Member
Rob Orr
Foreigner Tribute Band Member
Eric Schaeffer
Ronnie Connell (as Vanessa Wanger)
Vanessa Hope
Mr. Lewin
Josh Pais
Francy
Mary Birdsong
Nicky
Gennaro DiSilvio
Nicky's Girlfriend
Alexis Ferrante
Nicky's Pal
Joe Pawlenko
Joel's Younger Brother
Zachary Palmer
Male Customer
Declan Baldwin
Wealthy Prepster
Ian Harding
Director(s)
Writer(s)
co-producer
Anne Carey
producer
Scott Ferguson
line producer: additional photography
Ted Hope
producer
William Horberg
executive producer
Sidney Kimmel
producer
Bruce Toll
executive producer
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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