Poison Ivy (TV 1985)

Two teenage summer camp counselors struggle with their younger campers, providing a variety of humorous situations and romantic encounters.

Director:

Larry Elikann

Writer:

Bennett Tramer

Stars:

Michael J. Fox, Nancy McKeon, Caren Kaye

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael J. Fox	...	Dennis Baxter
Nancy McKeon	...	Rhonda Malone
Caren Kaye	...	Margo Klopper
Adam Baldwin	...	Ike Dimick
Robert Klein	...	'Big Irv' Klopper
Joe Wright	...	Jerry Disbro
Thomas Nowell	...	Brian Firestone (as Tommy Nowell)
Matthew Shugailo	...	Toby Kaplan
Derek Googe	...	Bobby Novak
Cary Guffey	...	Timmy Mezzy
Cameron Arnett	...	Steve Sawyer
Ryan Langhorne	...	Martin Blair
David Wasman
Shanna Stewart	...	Irene
Carol Chambers	...	Nurse Blanche Zucko

Storyline

It's summer once again and kids flock from everywhere to go to Camp Pinewood in Clifton, Maine (originally filmed in Georgia). Dennis Baxter is the new camp counselor who has the hots for Rhonda, the new nurse. Timmy is the shy kid with no self esteem who takes every chance to run away; Tody is the overweight kid who wants to be a comedian; Brian is the poet; Bobby is the athletically gifted one; and Jerry is the slick talking, high dealing city boy from Philadelphia. The camp is lead by the fearless Big Irv.

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Plot Keywords:

summer | camp counselor | nurse | poet | summer camp | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 February 1985 (USA)

Also Known As:

Das total ausgeflippte Sommercamp

Filming Locations:

Hard Labor Creek State Park - Fairplay Road, Rutledge, Georgia, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

NBC Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The name of the main female character (Rhonda Malone) was changed to "Sandra" in the Hungarian version of this film - "Rhonda" means "ugly" in Hungarian.

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Quotes

Timmy Mezzy: Brave guys don't rat. Ever.

User Reviews

A little gem!

As a child of the 1980's I remember this movie vividly, although I haven't seen it in years. Michael J. Fox, (right before "Back to the Future") and Nancy McKeon, ("The Facts of Life" still had 'life') were romantically linked. Robert Klein has always been an underrated comedian, Adam Baldwin has gone on to many film roles since, ("Independence Day", "Predator 2") and young Carey Guffy was the little tyke in the Spielberg classic "Close Encounters". The rest of the cast is good and so's the whole pacing of the nominal story, ("This is color war! Your friend could be your enemy!"). It's a curious little movie, although I doubt Mr. Fox would like it if some talk show host dragged the footage out! Forget "Meatballs", if you can find this on video or TV, (Ted Turner used to run this a lot during the summer as I remember), it will be worth your time. If you like summer camp films, that is.

Final rating: 6.75/10 "An above average film. Well made and enjoyable, but nothing to 'write home about' (get it?)."