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Hot Tub Time Machine

Hot Tub Time Machine

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Hot Tub Time Machine

"Forget the present. Change the future. Kick some past."

2010

1h 41m

6.0(2779 votes)

Science Fiction

Comedy

Adventure

Overview

Four 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.

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Amazon Video

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Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

New Crime Productions

United Artists

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

John Cusack

John Cusack

Adam

Craig Robinson

Craig Robinson

Nick

Rob Corddry

Rob Corddry

Lou

Clark Duke

Clark Duke

Jacob

Sebastian Stan

Sebastian Stan

Blaine

Chevy Chase

Chevy Chase

Repairman

Crispin Glover

Crispin Glover

Phil

Lyndsy Fonseca

Lyndsy Fonseca

Jennie

Lizzy Caplan

Lizzy Caplan

April

Collette Wolfe

Collette Wolfe

Kelly

Creative team

Directed by: Steve Pink
Written by: Josh Heald
John Morris
Produced by: Grace Loh
Matt Moore

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