Camp Nowhere (1994)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Jonathan Prince

Writers (WGA):

Andrew Kurtzman (written by) &
Eliot Wald (written by)

Release Date:

26 August 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Adventure | Comedy

Tagline:

No parents, no counselors, no rules.

Plot:

Morris "Mud" Himmel has a problem. His parents desperately want to send him away to summer camp. He hates going to summer camp...

Plot Keywords:

Summer Camp | Friend | Mud | Answering Machine | Teenage Rebellion

Cast

John Putch	...	Neil Garbus
Peter Scolari	...	Donald Himmel
Romy Windsor	...	Nancy Himmel (as Romy Walthall)
Jonathan Jackson	...	Morris 'Mud' Himmel
Joshua Gibran Mayweather	...	Walter Welton (as Joshua G. Mayweather)
Andrew Keegan	...	Zack Dell
Devin Oatway	...	Tim
Kellen McLaughlin	...	J.D.
Brian Wagner	...	Lenny
Marnette Patterson	...	Trish Prescott
Melody Kay	...	Gaby Nowicki
Christopher Lloyd	...	Dennis Van Welker
M. Emmet Walsh	...	T.R. Polk
Ray Baker	...	Norris Prescott
Kate Mulgrew	...	Rachel Prescott

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:All | USA:PG | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Golden Oak Ranch - 19802 Placerita Canyon Road, Newhall, California, USA

Company:

Hollywood Pictures

Trivia:

In the early trailers, the make your own omelet scene included the invention of the popcorn omelet. It grew into a ball then exploded sending kids flying out the windows. This scene was cut from the final film and removed from future trailers.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: When the two girls are arguing over whether to blow up Minneapolis or Milwaukee they finally settle on Milwaukee. But when they blow it up, the TV shows a shot of northern Minnesota.

Quotes:

Gaby: [on Dennis Van Welker] Last year, he tried to do 'Silence of the Lambs' as a musical.

Movie Connections:

References Rocky IV (1985)

Soundtrack:

TOMORROW

A Masterpiece in Family Cinema

This movie is great! I saw it when it came out in 1994 and I still rent it on video.

The movie is about a group of young kids who are fed up with the camps their parents are making them go to. Trish is being sent off to theater camp, Gaby is being sent to a camp for fat people, Zach is being sent to military school, and Mudd is being sent to computer camp. When walking home from school one day, Mud and the others come up with a plan to create a camp of their own. But the only problem is that they have no adult to supervise them. So they turn to Dennis Van Welker played by Christopher Lloyd. He agrees to stay with them for the summer as long as they pay him. Everything is all set except for when the word gets around school about their plan. So now, they have to take anyone who wants to come. While at the camp, they have a ton of fun, but the town sheriff is on their case and begins to get suspicious about them. The big surprise comes at the end when they discover their parents are expecting parents day. So now they are all together in putting together a precise parents day without screwing up.

I think that this movie is a masterpiece in family cinema. It has a good script, good actors, and good fun!! It's suitable for ages 8 and up. Rent the movie on VHS. Hopefully there will be a DVD available for it soon. 4 stars for Camp Nowhere!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!