500 Days of Summer Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn't.

Amy Renner

Last modified: Oct. 22, 2009

500 Days of Summer

Release Date: Friday, July 17, 2009 Limited

Director: Marc Webb

Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt • Clark Gregg • Zooey Deschanel • Minka Kelly • Rachel Boston

PG-13 Comedy 1 hr, 35 m

4.08 / 5.0

73% WILL SEE 27% WON'T SEE

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Plot – What's the story about?

Plot: This is a story of boy meets girl, begins the wry, probing narrator of "500 Days of Summer", and with that the film takes off at breakneck speed into a funny, true-to-life and unique dissection of the unruly and unpredictable year-and-a-half of one young man’s no-holds-barred love affair.

Tom, the boy, still believes, even in this cynical modern world, in the notion of a transforming, cosmically destined, lightning-strikes-once kind of love. Summer, the girl, doesn’t. Not at all. But that doesn’t stop Tom from going after her, again and again, like a modern Don Quixote, with all his might and courage. Suddenly, Tom is in love not just with a lovely, witty, intelligent woman – not that he minds any of that -- but with the very idea of Summer, the very idea of a love that still has the power to shock the heart and stop the world.

Comedy Romance

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Who stars in 500 Days of Summer – Cast List

Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Inception, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Clark Gregg
Good Night, and Good Luck: Live From Broadway, The Avengers
Zooey Deschanel
Merv, Elf
Minka Kelly
Champagne Problems, Lee Daniels' The Butler
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Rachel Boston
I Hate Kids

Who is making 500 Days of Summer – Crew List

A look at 500 Days of Summer behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Marc Webb last helmed Snow White and The Only Living Boy in New York. The film's writer Scott Neustadter last penned Rosaline and The New Mutants.

Director: Marc Webb
Screenwriters: Scott Neustadter
Michael H. Weber
Producers: Mason Novick
Jessica Tuchinsky
Mark Waters

Studios: Searchlight Pictures
Production Company: Watermark Pictures

Production – What we know about the 500 Days of Summer

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Jan 2009

Completed

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for sexual material and language
Runtime: 1 hr, 35 m
Tagline: Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn't.
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

500 Days of Summer Trailers and Clips

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500 Days of Summer Release Date: When was the film released?

500 Days of Summer was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, July 17 , 2009. There were three other movies released on the same date, including Death in Love, Homecoming and The Age of Stupid. As a limited release, 500 Days of Summer was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.