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Nothing makes you realize summer isnt actually all that special quite like your first summer job.

The result is a quieter, more contemplative, and altogether more successful film.
Despondent, he roams town submitting applications to a handful of dead-end gigs.
Its the same existential malaise that hangs over the last days of summer before school starts again.
For the Adventureland employees, their whole season is the last day of summer.
Mottola drew on his experiences working a summer gig at a Long Island theme park.