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Ernest Goes to Camp (1987)

PG 92 min  -  Family | Comedy  -   22 May 1987 (USA)
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A group of juvenile criminals is sent for vacation to Kamp Kikakee. The clumsy Ernest has to care for them... See full summary »

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John R. Cherry III (screenplay), Coke Sams (screenplay), and 2 more credits »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jim Varney ...
Victoria Racimo ...
Nurse St. Cloud
John Vernon ...
Sherman Krader
Iron Eyes Cody ...
Lyle Alzado Lyle Alzado ...
Bronk Stinson (Foreman)
Gailard Sartain ...
Jake (Chef #1)
Daniel Butler Daniel Butler ...
Eddie (Chef #2)
Patrick Day ...
Bobby Wayne
Scott Menville ...
Crutchfield
Jacob Vargas ...
Butch 'Bubba' Vargas
Danny Capri Danny Capri ...
Danny
Hakeem Abdul-Samad Hakeem Abdul-Samad ...
Moustafa 'Moose' Hakeem Jones
Todd Loyd Todd Loyd ...
Chip Ozgood
Andrew Woodworth Andrew Woodworth ...
Pennington
Richard Speight Jr. ...
Brooks
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Storyline

A group of juvenile criminals is sent for vacation to Kamp Kikakee. The clumsy Ernest has to care for them, although he doesn't even know how to take care of himself. The other children at the camp show enmity against them, but the group knows very well how to defend themselves. They do also help the Indian owner of the camp when a brutal mining corporation wants to tear down the camp to mine a rare mineral. Written by Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>  

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Genres:

Family | Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

A Trilha do Bravo See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$6,171,957 (USA) (25 May 1987) (1 Screen)

Gross:

$23,509,382 (USA)
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Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

The middle initial in Ernest P. Worrell fittingly stands for "Powertools". See more »

Goofs

Continuity: In the first exploding lantern sequence, the lantern has a diffuser bulb installed. When it launches into the air and crashes to the ground, the diffuser bulb has been shattered. Ernest carries it away, and in the next scene, the bulb is back in place on the lantern. See more »

Quotes

Butch 'Bubba' Vargas: Ernest, um... we've been thinking.
Crutchfield: Yeah, we ain't got much of a chance but we got a plan.
Bobby Wayne: If we stop those miners then there will be a Camp Kikakee.
Ernest P. Worrell: Boys, we can't stop those miners, look what they did to me and that was just one of them.
Chip Ozgood: Come on Ernest, that don't sound like no path of the brave to me.
Moustafa 'Moose' Hakeem Jones: I don't want to go back to no institution, I want to stay right here with you.
Bobby Wayne: Yeah we all do, Ernest.
Chip Ozgood: Come on, Ernest, we can get them.
Bobby Wayne: Hey, it's the path of the brave.
Crutchfield: Let's go for it, we can do it, Ernest.
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Connections

Referenced in "How I Met Your Mother: Duel Citizenship (#5.5)" (2009) See more »

Soundtracks

"GEE I'M GLAD IT'S RAININ'"
Lyrics by Alice Keister
Music by Shane & Alice Keister
Performed by Jim Varney See more »