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:

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

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:

This was Jessica Alba's first film. She was initially hired as two-week extra, with no lines. Later, she had to fill in for a principle character and received her first on-screen credit.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Gabby's mom comes to the camp, Gabby's hair alternates from straight down the side of her face to in front of her ear between shots.

Quotes:

"Mud": Who's this?
Dennis Van Welker: Winston Churchill. Jimi Hendrix of the spoken word.
"Mud": Who's Jimi Hendrix?
Dennis Van Welker: Michael Jordan of the electric guitar.

Movie Connections:

References Rocky IV (1985)

Soundtrack:

WORKING ON IT

this movie is so awesome!

I saw this movie the day it came out on video 5 years ago, i was 10 or 11. Of course, being a kid, I loved it. Any kid could love this movie. I then rented again 5 years later, 15 year old. I love it still!! How can you NOT love this movie?? It's full of light-hearted comedy and a fantasy every kid has but never enough nerve to fufill. "Camp Nowhere" is about 4 kids being forced to go to camp, Zach, the troublemaker, has gone to military camp since birth probably. Trish is forced to go to acting camp, Gabby is forced to go to fat camp(even though she is not fat at all), and finally Mud has to go to computer camp. They seek help from the eccentric former drama teacher Dennis(Christopher Lloyd) and they pull off an alternative camp where they can be free all summer. The word gets out and they have no choice but to bring along 30 other kids. But after weeks of a funfilled summer, it backfires and the parents are persistent about visiting. So they have 2 days to pull of the greatest scam of all time. Fun for the whole family. Starring: Christopher Lloyd of the Back to the Future movies, Jonathan Jackson of "General Hospital", Andrew Keegan of "10 Things I hate About you" and Wendy Makkena of "sister act". I give Camp Nowhere 10 stars!!