<P> The film was a critical and commercial failure, but has since developed a cult following, as many of its cast members have gone on to high - profile work . Netflix released an eight - episode prequel series starring most of the film's original cast on July 31, 2015 . An eight - episode sequel series, set ten years after the original film, was released on August 4, 2017 . </P> <P> In 1981, Camp Firewood, a summer camp located near Waterville, Maine, is preparing for its last day of camp . Counselors have one last chance to have a romantic encounter with another person at Camp Firewood . The summer culminates in a talent show . </P> <P> Beth (Janeane Garofalo), the camp director, struggles to keep her counselors in order--and her campers alive--while falling in love with Henry (David Hyde Pierce), an astrophysics associate professor at Colby College . Henry has to devise a plan to save the camp from a piece of NASA's Skylab, which is falling to Earth . </P> <P> Coop (Michael Showalter) has a crush on Katie (Marguerite Moreau), his fellow counselor, but has to pry her away from her rebellious, obnoxious, and obviously unfaithful boyfriend, Andy (Paul Rudd). Only Gene (Christopher Meloni), the shell - shocked Vietnam war veteran and camp chef, can help Coop win Katie--with some help from a talking can of mixed vegetables (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin). </P>

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