Bushwhacked (1995)

Director:

Greg Beeman

Writers (WGA):

John Jordan (story) &
Danny Byers (story) ...
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Release Date:

4 August 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Family | Mystery

Tagline:

Wenn er auftaucht, steht die Wildnis Kopf. (If he appears, the wildness stands head.)

Plot:

On the run from authorities, a sleazy courier poses as a scout leader on a camping trip. But he has no idea what he's in for when he has to lead a group of kids.

Plot Keywords:

Backpack | Forest | Children | Cave | Mistaken Identity

Cast

Daniel Stern	...	Max Grabelski
Jon Polito	...	Agent Palmer
Brad Sullivan	...	Jack Erickson
Ann Dowd	...	Mrs. Patterson
Anthony Heald	...	Reinhart Bragdon
Tom Wood	...	Agent McMurrey
Blake Bashoff	...	Gordy
Corey Carrier	...	Ralph
Michael Galeota	...	Dana
Max Goldblatt	...	Barnhill
Ari Greenberg	...	Milton Fishman
Janna Michaels	...	Kelsey Jordan
Natalie West	...	Mrs. Fishman
Michael P. Byrne	...	Mr. Fishman
Michael O'Neill	...	Jon Jordan
Jane Morris	...	Beth Jordan
Christopher Curry	...	Trooper
Kenny Johnson	...	State Patrolman
Robert Donley	...	Proprietor
Sue Kwon	...	TV newscaster
Reed Clark Means	...	Kid
Harley Kelsey	...	Forest ranger
Cesarina Vaughn	...	Businesswoman
Cory Buck	...	Tricycle kid
Theodor Scott Owens	...	Businessman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paul Ben-Victor	...	Dana's father (uncredited)
Art Evans	...	Marty (uncredited)
Carolyn Renee Smith	...	Reporter (uncredited)

Directed by
Greg Beeman

Writing credits (WGA)
John Jordan		(story) &
Danny Byers		(story)
John Jordan		(screenplay) &
Danny Byers		(screenplay) and
Tommy Swerdlow		(screenplay) &
Michael Goldberg		(screenplay)

Produced by
Paul Schiff	....	producer
Daniel Stern	....	executive producer
Charles B. Wessler	....	producer
David Wisnievitz	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Bill Conti

Cinematography by
Theo van de Sande		(director of photography) (as Theo Van de Sande)

Film Editing by
Ross Albert

Casting by
John Brace
Linda Lowy

Production Design by
Mark W. Mansbridge
Sandy Veneziano

Art Direction by
Bruce Crone

Set Decoration by
Joe D. Mitchell

Costume Design by
Mary Zophres

Makeup Department
Sheryl Blum	....	assistant makeup artist
Lisa Crawford	....	assistant hair stylist
Pauletta O. Lewis	....	key hair stylist
Angela Moos	....	key makeup artist
Julie Socash	....	assistant makeup artist
Gail Gulino	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Susan Dukow	....	production supervisor
David Wisnievitz	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
George Bamber	....	second assistant director
Patrick Burns	....	first assistant director: second unit
Tom Davies	....	first assistant director
Freddie Hice	....	second unit director
Barbara M. Ravis	....	second assistant director: second unit
Mark Tobey	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Bruce Di Valerio	....	construction coordinator: Los Angeles
David Scott	....	property master
Michael William Shaules	....	assistant property master
Randall D. Wilkins	....	set designer
Michael R. Barnard	....	shop manager (uncredited)
Robert Misetich	....	set painter (uncredited)
Ken Scaife	....	construction coordinator (uncredited)
Mark Wieringa	....	carpenter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Alfred Ainsworth	....	cable person
Todd Bassman	....	boom operator
Anna Behlmer	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jim Brookshire	....	dialogue editor
Scott Burrow	....	adr supervisor
Ted Caplan	....	assistant sound editor
Virginia Cook-McGowan	....	adr editor
Tim Cooney	....	sound mixer
Scott Curtis	....	foley editor
Linda Di Franco	....	assistant sound editor
Don Givens	....	foley recordist
Don Hall	....	supervising sound editor
Ellen Heuer	....	foley artist
Scott A. Jennings	....	sound effects editor
David Jobe	....	foley mixer
Adam Kopald	....	sound effects editor
Vanessa Lapato	....	sound effects editor
Christopher Moriana	....	foley artist
Andy Nelson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jeffrey J. Osmer	....	assistant sound editor
Michele Perrone	....	adr editor
David Spence	....	dialogue editor
Donald Sylvester	....	foley editor
Donald Sylvester	....	foley supervisor
Paul Urmson	....	sound effects editor
Gayle Wesley	....	technical sound supervisor
Roy Seeger	....	assistant adr editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
John Richardson	....	special effects supervisor
Chris Evans	....	special effects (uncredited)
Steve Fink	....	special effects makeup (uncredited)
Rick Thompson	....	special effects foreman (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Craig Barron	....	visual effects supervisor: Matte World
Mat Beck	....	visual effects supervisor
Scott Shields	....	visual effects coordinator
Krystyna Demkowicz	....	executive in charge of production: Matte World (uncredited)
Paul McGhee	....	film scanning and recording (uncredited)
Stuart Mintz	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)
Paul Rivera	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Edson Williams	....	visual effects supervisor (uncredited)

Stunts
Brian Brown	....	stunts (as Brian Lee Brown)
Danny Costa	....	stunts
Kerrie Cullen	....	stunts
Freddie Hice	....	stunt coordinator
Clint Lilley	....	stunts (as Clint 'Burkey' Lilley)
Bob MacDougall	....	stunts
Steve Martin	....	stunts (as Steve E. Martin)
Bobby McLaughlin	....	stunts (as Bobby [Mac] McLaughlin)
Douglas Neithercut	....	stunts
Erin Ricotti	....	stunts
James Rider	....	stunts
Lori Lynn Ross	....	stunts
Birgit K. Schier	....	stunts
Robin Tracey Sherwood	....	stunts
Dianne L. Wilson	....	stunts
Jason Ybarra	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Bob Amerian	....	electrician
John Archibald	....	best boy grip
Bret Bagley	....	dolly grip
Gregory Beard	....	grip
Perry Beckham	....	rigger
Edgar Boyles	....	camera operator: second unit
Don Cerrone	....	key grip
Stephen C. Confer	....	camera operator: second unit
Bob Cooke	....	second second assistant camera
Slater Crosby	....	second assistant camera
Eugene D'Pasquale	....	grip
Scott Drinon	....	dolly grip
David Emmerichs	....	camera operator
Sol Feldhouse	....	electrician
Ben Felthouse	....	electrician
Steve Gilbert	....	grip
Tony Guerin	....	first assistant camera
Frederick Irving	....	electrician
J.J. Johnson	....	camera loader
John M. Kelly	....	electrician
Greg Kittelson	....	rigging gaffer
Jono Kouzouyan	....	gaffer
Jeffrey Laszlo	....	camera operator: second unit
Kurt A. Lehr	....	electrician
Pat Liampetchakul	....	grip
Scott Mauricio	....	electrician
Onofrio Nino Pansini	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Jim Pisano	....	electrician
R. Bruce Prochal	....	best boy electric
Scott Ransom	....	director of photography: second unit
Wendy Schmidt	....	grip
Jeff Scott	....	grip: second unit
John Spezzano	....	grip
Stephen Vaughan	....	still photographer
Mark Volpe	....	grip
Kevin Wadowski	....	grip
Mike Booth	....	grip (uncredited)
Glenn Fishel	....	grip (uncredited)
Robert Ruiz	....	first assistant camera (uncredited)
David Schmalz	....	video assist operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Lisa S. Beasley	....	extras casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jacqueline Aronson	....	costumer
Eden Clark Coblenz	....	costume supervisor
Nancy Collini	....	costumer
Cookie Lopez	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Laura Behary	....	assistant editor
Peter Fandetti	....	assistant editor
Katie Hedrich	....	assistant editor
Michael Matzdorff	....	lightworks consultant
Jim Passon	....	color timer (uncredited)
Ann Trulove	....	lightworks assistant (uncredited)

Music Department
Jeff Carson	....	supervising music editor
Tom Villano	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Shawn Coulter	....	transportation (uncredited)

Other crew
Kokayi Ampah	....	location manager
Perry Beckham	....	safety supervisor
Helen Caldwell	....	script supervisor
Ann Christman	....	production assistant
Scott Cosgrave	....	safety climber
Robert Dawson	....	title designer
Ellen Dumouchel	....	assistant: Mr. Wessler
Sandy East	....	safety climber
Dave Fulton	....	safety climber
Henry J. Golas	....	production associate
Michael Haro	....	assistant location manager
Larry K. Johnson	....	script supervisor: second unit
Shawn Kautz	....	safety climber
Jim Leabeater	....	river safety coordinator
Ted Leonard	....	office production assistant
Stuart Lippman	....	script supervisor: second unit
Steve Martin	....	animal trainer
Jon Mayer	....	helicopter pilot
Karen L. McFadden	....	production coordinator
Nate Rangel	....	river safety coordinator
John D. Sarviss	....	helicopter pilot
Drew Smith	....	craft service
Nicolas Stern	....	assistant: Mr. Schiff
Michael Weis	....	safety climber (as Mike Weis)
John P. Crowley	....	craft service (uncredited)
Linda DaSilva	....	production secretary (uncredited)
Sharon Evans	....	animal trainer (uncredited)
Derrick Goulet	....	assistant: Mr. Beeman (uncredited)
Edward Hodges	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Jay Roberts	....	first assistant accountant (uncredited)
Dan Shimer	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Johanna Stein	....	assistant: Mr. Stern (uncredited)
Sharon Vise	....	assistant accountant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1995) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (1995) (Germany) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003) (UK) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2001) (USA) (VHS)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Abril Vídeo (Brazil) (video)
• Fox Video (199?) (USA) (VHS)
• RTL Entertainment (2003-) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Germany (2003) (Germany) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (199?) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Makeup Effects Laboratories
• Matte World Digital
• Pacific Ocean Post Digital Film Group (additional visual effects)

Other Companies

• El Dorado/Tahoe Film Commission  special thanks
• Pacific Studios Inc.  chromatrans background
• Tomkats Catering  catering
• Varèse Sarabande  score album released by (limited edition)

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude dialogue

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:PG | Germany:12 | Portugal:M/6 | UK:PG (video premiere) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #33654) | USA:PG (edited for re-rating) | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Netherlands:6 (re-rating) | Netherlands:AL (original rating) | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Alta, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

While the films young cast had to undergo training sessions for the swimming and rock climbing sequences, Daniel Stern deliberately avoided any exercise, as he felt it would better enhance just how out-of-his-element his character was.

Goofs:

Continuity: At Alta Store the cars pull in front first, but after the glue scene they don't back out, the cars are already turned around.

Quotes:

[Boys are peeing off of a ledge]
Max:Shake your lizards, let 'em drain. Move your hips and...
Everyone:Spell your name!
Max:Send it straight, send it hard. Now a sword fight, go...
Everyone:On guard!
Max:Eat your veggies, eat your starches. Lean back boys...
Everyone:Golden arches!
Max:Alright! Now flip them and zip them and let's get going!

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Saturday Night Fever (1977)

Soundtrack:

Stayin' Alive

Funny and enjoyable

Daniel Stern was hilarious in BUSHWHACKED. The acting was alright, but I loved the plot, and being a former Boy Scout, I liked that part too. The funniest part was with "The Birds and the Bees" (for those of you who have seen it you know what I mean). I liked how the plot twisted at the end and just thought this was a fun movie. If you're a former or current scout you may like it. So go see it. 7/10