(500) Days of Summer is a 2009 American romantic comedy film. It was written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, directed by Marc Webb, produced by Mark Waters, and stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel. Principal photography began in April 2008 in Los Angeles, California. The film made its debut at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and was a hit with festival audiences. It was picked up for distribution by Fox Searchlight Pictures and opened in US and Canadian limited release on July 17, 2009, later expanding to wide release in the US on August 7, 2009. The film was also released on September 2, 2009, in the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom, and opened in Australia on September 17, 2009. The film is presented in a nonlinear narrative; this summary is a linear version of the events of the film. On January 8, Tom Hansen (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) meets Summer Finn (Zooey Deschanel), the new assistant to his boss (Clark Gregg). Tom trained as an architect but works as a writer at a greeting card company, living in Los Angeles. One month later, following a karaoke night, Tom's co-worker, McKenzie (Geoffrey Arend), lets slip that Tom is attracted to Summer. Over the