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Hot Summer Nights is a 2017 American neo-noir coming-of-age crime drama film written and directed by Elijah Bynum, in his directorial debut. It stars Timothée Chalamet, Maika Monroe, Alex Roe, Maia Mitchell, William Fichtner, Thomas Jane, and Emory Cohen.
Mar 27, 2017 · Mar 27, 2017. At one point in time, Elijah Bynum thought nobody would make his movie. After being passed around nearly all of Hollywood, Hot Summer Nights made the 2013 Black List. While everyone loved the script, executives wouldn't take a chance on it.
- Emily Buder
May 23, 2017 · Without sounding too hyperbolic, Bynum’s work on Hot Summer Nights is absolutely prodigious. Given the scope, the style, and the weight of this film — not to mention, its two-hour runtime — it’s unreal that he was able to pull it off given his empty resume.
Jul 25, 2018 · Set to the backdrop of a looming hurricane in 1991, Hot Summer Nights follows an awkward but endearing teen (Chalamet) who is spending the summer after graduating high school with his aunt in Cape Cod. He befriends the local drug dealer, falls for said drug dealer’s sister, and soon his relationships with both become explosive.
- Anna Klassen
In 1991, a sheltered teenage boy comes of age during a wild summer he spends on Cape Cod getting rich from selling pot to gangsters, falling in love for the first time, partying and eventually realizing that he is in over his head. Director. Elijah Bynum.
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- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Elijah Bynum
- 2018-07-27
Jul 26, 2018 · Interview: Elijah Bynum on Keeping His Cool Making “Hot Summer Nights”. The first-time director discusses working with Timothee Chalamet on this Cape Cod-set thriller and making a film as memorable as the true story that inspired it.
Jul 26, 2018 · Tune in for a conversation with Elijah Bynum, director of the film "Hot Summer Nights" starring Timothee Chalamet. Learn about how Elijah got his first two screenplays on the Black List in the same...
