Camp Nowhere (1994)

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:

Camping | Summer Camp | Bully | Electric Guitar | First Love

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

Color:

Color (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:

Continuity: When Mud and Gaby are in the bus, they are talking about growing up and dating. In the front shots Mud is laying back in his bean bag, but in the reverse angle shots, he is sitting upright on the edge of the bean bag.

Quotes:

Fein: Back in the 60's, some hippies came here and turned the place into a commune. You know, sex, and drugs, and debauchery.
Dennis Van Welker: Knew I'd been here before.
Gaby: Eww! You did that stuff here?
Dennis Van Welker: No... not *here*.
[Takes a step to the right and nods]

Movie Connections:

Features "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990)

Soundtrack:

THE CREATOR HAS A MASTER PLAN

Another wouldn't it be neat movie.

This is another of those films made about and starring kids where adults are really rewriting history in a fantasy way.

Wouldn't it be neat if we had taken the money that mom and dad spent on camp and conned them into sending us to an unsupervised camp run by kids?

Well, the story is enjoyable enough, the parents are simple (stupid) enough and the kids all get something they really wanted (without recognizing it beforehand)

Not a great movie but an ok time. I'd be surprised if the critical reviews of this film don't mostly come from kids (or soon to be ex kids) who think its dumb. But that silliness is part of what makes this light comedy enjoyable.