Hot Tub Time Machine

Four pals are stuck in a rut in adulthood: Adam has just been dumped, Lou is a hopeless party animal, Craig 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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Credits: TheMovieDb.

Film Cast:

  • Adam: John Cusack
  • Nick: Craig Robinson
  • Lou: Rob Corddry
  • Jacob: Clark Duke
  • Blaine: Sebastian Stan
  • Phil: Crispin Glover
  • Jennie: Lyndsy Fonseca
  • April: Lizzy Caplan
  • Kelly: Collette Wolfe
  • Rick: William Zabka
  • Repairman: Chevy Chase
  • Chaz: Charlie McDermott
  • Young Nick: Aliu Oyofo
  • Young Adam: Jake Rose
  • Young Lou: Brook Bennett
  • Zoe: Crystal Lowe
  • Tara: Jessica Paré
  • Courtney: Kellee Stewart
  • Lucy: Julia Maxwell
  • Dr. Jeff: Geoff Gustafson
  • Nick’s Band Member: Austin Warren
  • Nick’s Band Member: Adam Sabla
  • Nick’s Band Member: Jocelyn C. Waugh
  • Nick’s Band Member: Curtis Santiago
  • Nick’s Band Member: Ryan Guldemond
  • Nick’s Band Member: Jeremy Page
  • Nick’s Band Member: Anthony Dallas
  • Young Courtney: Odessa Rojen
  • Courtney’s Dad: Viv Leacock
  • Massive Cell Phone Guy: Jamie Switch
  • “Poison” Tribute Band – Unskinny Bop: Chad Garner
  • “Poison” Tribute Band – Unskinny Bop: Donald MacDonald
  • “Poison” Tribute Band – Unskinny Bop: Chad MacDonald
  • “Poison” Tribute Band – Unskinny Bop: Anthony Pagni
  • MC: Blaine Anderson
  • Manager: Michael Roberds
  • Receptionist: Daren A. Herbert
  • ‘Where’s the Beef’ Girl: Megan Holmes
  • Girl at Club: Ecstasia Sanders
  • Beer Luge Guy: Eddie Ruttle
  • Beer Luge Guy: Heathcliffe Scaddan
  • Beer Luge Guy: Peter Wilson
  • Blaine’s Crony: Brent Lister
  • Blaine’s Crony: Lars Anderson
  • Blaine’s Crony: Paul Dzenkiw
  • Blaine’s Crony: Rhys Williams
  • Hot Tub Girl: Amy Esterle
  • Hot Tub Girl: Natalia Dawn
  • Candy Girl: Ava Leemet
  • Fancy Ski Guy: Willy Lavendel
  • Fancy Ski Girl: Crystal Tisiga
  • Winterfest Bartender: Marie West
  • Manager: Josh Heald
  • Adam’s Secretary (uncredited): Lynda Boyd
  • Gunnar (uncredited): Jacob Blair
  • Stewart (uncredited): Rob LaBelle
  • Mr. Wang (uncredited): Robert Wu
  • Customer (uncredited): Thomas Lennon
  • Rick’s Wife (uncredited): Diora Baird
  • Hot Tub Bear (uncredited): Luke Ryan
  • Hot Tub Girl (uncredited): Eli Jane
  • Vince Neil’s Video Girl (uncredited): Amber Hay
  • Guy in Kodiak Restroom (uncredited): Cole Carson
  • Kodiak Club Guy (uncredited): Keith Roenke
  • Kodiak Club Girl (uncredited): Adrienne Rusk

Film Crew:

  • Director of Photography: Jack Green
  • Producer: John Cusack
  • Music Supervisor: Steve Pink
  • Art Department Assistant: Bill Cusack
  • Editor: George Folsey Jr.
  • Music Editor: Kevin Crehan
  • Supervising Dialogue Editor: Victoria Rose Sampson
  • Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Tony Lamberti
  • Production Design: Bob Ziembicki
  • Additional Editing: Brad Wilhite
  • Set Decoration: Johanne Hubert
  • Casting: Susie Farris
  • Music: Christophe Beck
  • Special Effects Makeup Artist: Charles Porlier
  • Art Direction: Jeremy Stanbridge
  • Supervising Sound Editor: Michael Hilkene
  • Unit Production Manager: Michael Nelson
  • Production Sound Mixer: Michael T. Williamson
  • Hair Department Head: Kathrine Gordon
  • Producer: Matt Moore
  • Production Manager: Brian Leslie Parker
  • Assistant Art Director: John Alvarez
  • Producer: Grace Loh
  • Screenplay: Sean Anders
  • Music Supervisor: Dana Sano
  • Screenplay: John Morris
  • Set Designer: Peter Stratford
  • Story: Josh Heald
  • Second Assistant Director: James Bitonti
  • Costume Design: Dayna Pink
  • Stunt Coordinator: Doug Chapman
  • Associate Producer: John Albanis
  • “A” Camera Operator: Gilles Corbeil
  • ADR Editor: Christopher T. Welch
  • Camera Loader: Joshua Kjorven
  • Key Grip: Dillard Brinson
  • Makeup Department Head: Linda Dowds
  • Art Direction: Kelvin Humenny
  • Construction Coordinator: Peter Grace
  • Foley Artist: Dan O’Connell
  • Music Editor: Dan DiPrima
  • Foley Artist: John T. Cucci
  • Location Manager: Rino Pace
  • Foley Supervisor: Willard Overstreet
  • Set Designer: Sheila Millar
  • Dialogue Editor: Bernard Weiser
  • Property Master: Grant Swain
  • Still Photographer: Rob McEwan
  • Visual Effects Supervisor: Ray McIntyre Jr.
  • Art Department Coordinator: Carie Wallis
  • Chief Lighting Technician: John Dekker
  • Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Michael Minkler
  • Makeup Artist: Candice Stafford
  • Music Editor: Terry Wilson
  • Supervising Sound Effects Editor: Jeff Sawyer
  • Unit Publicist: Joe Everett
  • First Assistant Editor: Cecilia Hyoun
  • Makeup & Hair: Lisa Taylor Roberts
  • Set Designer: Angela O’Sullivan
  • Script Supervisor: Stephanie Rossel
  • Editor: James Thomas
  • Additional Editing: Charles Kaplan
  • Costume Supervisor: Christine Coutts
  • Scenic Artist: Mark N. Tompkins
  • Color Timer: Dan Muscarella
  • Assistant Costume Designer: Alison Fraser
  • First Assistant Director: Josh King
  • Boom Operator: Rick Bold
  • Foley Mixer: James Ashwill
  • First Assistant “B” Camera: Timothy Robin Spencer
  • Production Accountant: Janet Lonsdale
  • Post Production Supervisor: Isabel Henderson
  • Foley Editor: Thomas W. Small
  • Assistant Costume Designer: Tabitha Johnson
  • “B” Camera Operator: Ryan Green
  • Makeup Artist: Rebecca Lee
  • Extras Casting: Sandra Couldwell
  • Makeup Artist: April Boyes
  • Third Assistant Director: Megan Shank
  • Production Coordinator: Adrienne Sol
  • Best Boy Grip: Rick Stadder
  • Grip: Ron MacLeay
  • Production Supervisor: Christine White
  • First Assistant “A” Camera: Larry Portmann
  • First Assistant Sound Editor: David Marcus
  • Second Assistant “B” Camera: Laird Pierce
  • Graphic Designer: Loree Cameron
  • Tailor: Savino Peragine
  • Grip: Ian Gariepy
  • Assistant Production Coordinator: Kimberly Buckham
  • First Assistant Accountant: Barbara Mercer
  • Second Assistant “A” Camera: Harold Bernard
  • Payroll Accountant: Jill Anderson
  • Music Coordinator: Elizabeth Umstead
  • Hairstylist: Beverly K. Sewers
  • Art Department Assistant: Nadine Sekora
  • Post Production Accountant: Marge Rowland
  • Hairstylist: Dean Scheck
  • Assistant Set Decoration: Alida Jung
  • Craft Service: Diane Berezay
  • Construction Foreman: Mike Sorochuk
  • Grip: Ken Hemphill
  • Grip: Jeff Bonny
  • Hairstylist: Rebekah Zantingh

Movie Reviews:

  • John Chard: The Bubble Bath Boys.

    I guess when push comes to shove, it is what it is and achieves its aims by pleasing the intended target audience.

    Plot finds 40-something pals John Cusack, Craig Robinson and Rob Corddry stuck in ruts and magically transported back to 1986 courtesy of a hot tub. So basically the guys, still in their 40 something bodies get to relive 86 knowing what they know already, if you get my meaning?

    What follows is a load of raucous behaviour, man child histrionics and crudeness as the mid-life crisis’ come thundering out in a wave of bad hair, iconic 80s dudes and teen angst. The laughs are plenty, if a touch juvenile, and there is at least an air of regressive reflection trying to make its point amongst the testosterone.

    It does a job, just. 6/10

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