Happy Campers (2001)

Director:

Daniel Waters

Writer (WGA):

Daniel Waters (written by)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

The excitement is In-tents!

Plot:

When a summer camp director gets injured, the diverse group of college freshmen counselors take charge and spice up the everyday routine of the camp. |

Plot Keywords:

Camp | Summer Camp | Summer | College | Nerd

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Brad Renfro	...	Wichita
Dominique Swain	...	Wendy
Keram Malicki-Sánchez	...	Jasper
Emily Bergl	...	Talia
Jordan Bridges	...	Adam
Jaime King	...	Pixel (as James King)
Justin Long	...	Donald
Peter Stormare	...	Oberon
Graham Frye	...	Charlie The Cook
Ryan Adams	...	Bad Boy Billy
Ashley Banks	...	Nasty Natalie
Monica Bugajski	...	Millie
Trevor Christensen	...	Wichitaesque Wes
Elizabeth Dray	...	Hayley
Xavier Hernandez	...	Upper Income Lawrence
Margaret Ivey	...	Muttering Molly
Alison Johnson	...	Sheila the Sleepwalker
Daniel Kumatz	...	Red-Capped Rick
Amir Lamei	...	Sammy the Street Kid
Rachel Leming	...	Bombshell Yvette
Keeley Locke	...	Amorous Amber
Cliff Moore	...	Don't Touch Me Todd
Candi Pranke	...	Bombshell Barbie
Dustin Rubin	...	Quirky Quentin
Ryan Triebold	...	Golden Boy Gus
Kiara Tucker	...	Epileptic Eve
Bradley Waters	...	Terrible Twin #2
Mathew Waters	...	Terrible Twin #1
Joe Worthen	...	T-Shirt Tommy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Trista Michelle LaPrade	...	(uncredited)
Lauren Schaffel	...	(voice) (uncredited)
Amber Wallace	...	Wendy Girl (uncredited)

Directed by
Daniel Waters

Writing credits (WGA)
Daniel Waters		(written by)

Produced by
Peter Czernin	....	associate producer (as Pete Czernin)
Denise Di Novi	....	producer
David Rubin	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Rolfe Kent

Cinematography by
Elliot Davis

Film Editing by
Dan Lebental

Casting by
Richard Hicks
Ronnie Yeskel

Production Design by
Amy Beth Silver

Art Direction by
Burton Rencher

Set Decoration by
Valerie Fann

Costume Design by
Caroline B. Marx

Makeup Department
Caryn Brostoff	....	key makeup artist
Janet Carey	....	makeup artist
Bernhard Eichholz	....	special makeup effects artist
Bill Fesh	....	special makeup effects artist
Karen Lovell	....	key hair stylist
Suzanne Mill	....	hair stylist
Sandra S. Orsolyak	....	makeup artist (as Sandra Orsolyak-Allen)
Rita Parillo	....	key hair stylist
Stephanie Williams	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Beth DePatie	....	unit production manager
Carla Fry	....	executive in charge of production
Ric Keeley	....	post-production supervisor
Fabian Marquez	....	post-production supervisor
Jay Vinitsky	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
George Bamber	....	first assistant director
Kathleen 'Bo' Bobak	....	additional second assistant director
Seth Edelstein	....	second assistant director
John J. Hermansen	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Peter Battistelli	....	construction coordinator
Jane Beck	....	art department coordinator
Donna Bender	....	painter
Wayne Copolillo	....	art department production assistant
Geoff Cormier	....	lead greensman
Stephen I. Erdberg	....	property master
Victor M. Giarrusso	....	art department production assistant
George W. Harding III	....	greens foreman (as George Harding III)
Jeffrey A. Hughes	....	set dresser
Tim Hunley	....	painter
Jake Ippolito	....	set dresser
David H. Jackson	....	gang boss
Gerald Kern	....	propmaker
Richard Forest Kern	....	assistant carpenter (as Richard Forrest Kern)
Mark D. Knezevic	....	painter
Becky Lenard	....	stand-by painter
Adolfo Martínez Pérez	....	storyboard artist
James Mendolia	....	props buyer
Jessica Milazzo	....	art department production assistant
Randall Milazzo	....	lead man (as Randall R. Milazzo)
Manny Serrano	....	props assistant
Timothy 'Montage' Shaughnesey	....	greens assistant
'Jungle Jim' Shaughnessy	....	on-set dresser (as 'Jungle' Jim Shaughnessy)
Franklin H. Spears	....	propmaker
Greg Spencer	....	propmaker
Robert Testerman	....	lead painter (as Robert W. Testerman)
Kurt Thoresen	....	assistant property master
Ralph Woollaston	....	general foreman (as Ralph A. Woollaston)

Sound Department
Douglas Axtell	....	sound recordist (as Doug Axtell)
Javier Bennassar	....	sound effects editor
Tim Boggs	....	dialogue editor
Mark Choi	....	sound effects editor
Mark DeSimone	....	adr mixer
Jed M. Dodge	....	dialogue editor
Matt Dubin	....	transfer engineer
Jenny Elsinger	....	cableperson
Lisle Engle	....	sound effects editor
David Lee Fein	....	foley artist (as David Fein)
Alan Freedman	....	adr mixer
Frank Gaeta	....	supervising sound editor
Jason George	....	dialogue editor
David Grant	....	dialogue editor
George Haddad	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kevin Hamilton	....	adr editor
Michael Hertlein	....	dialogue editor
Chato Hill	....	assistant sound editor
Craig Jurkiewicz	....	foley editor
Derek Marcil	....	sound re-recording mixer
Diane Marshall	....	foley artist (as S. Diane Marshall)
Robert Maxfield	....	boom operator (as Robert K. Maxfield)
Yuri Reese	....	sound re-recording mixer
Susan Shin	....	adr supervisor
Alec St. John	....	sound editor
Lucy Sustar	....	foley mixer
Johanna Turner	....	transfer engineer

Special Effects by
Michael Dean Kiesling	....	special effects (as Michael Kiesling)
Walter Kiesling	....	special effects leadman
Todd Masters	....	special makeup effects supervisor
Michael Schorr	....	special effects coordinator
Stacy Scofield	....	special makeup effects coordinator
Stuart Ward	....	special effects

Stunts
Kurt Bryant	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Adam Alphin	....	camera loader
Art Bartels	....	key grip
Neil Beard	....	electrician (as Neil G. Beard)
Raymond Benthall	....	set electrician
Ronald M. Betts	....	rigging electrician
David Burnett	....	best boy electric (as David R. Burnett)
Simon Carey	....	additional electrician
Thomas H. Dean	....	rigging gaffer
Tom Dean	....	rigging gaffer
Don Duffield III	....	second assistant camera (as Don Duffield)
R.U. Freeman	....	grip
Leslie Gordon	....	grip
Bob Gorelick	....	Steadicam operator
Bob Gorelick	....	camera operator
Geoff Herbert	....	dolly grip
Michael Lange	....	best boy grip
Michael W. Maynard	....	rigging electrician
Chris McFeely	....	grip
Mike Moyer	....	gaffer
Tony Nagy	....	first assistant camera
Doug Robinson	....	rigging electrician
Zade Rosenthal	....	still photographer
Art Schultz	....	set lighting technician
Doug Schwarz	....	electrician
Art Shultz	....	electrician
Robert Van Apeldoorn	....	generator operator
Bob Williams	....	grip

Casting Department
Julie Chavez	....	casting assistant
Tona B. Dahlquist	....	extras casting
Tona B. Dahlquist	....	location casting (as Tona Dahlquist)
Christine Dowling	....	extras casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Georgia Fletcher	....	costumer
Anna Grainger	....	costume production assistant
Vanessa Jenik	....	key set costumer (as Vanessa Carin Jenik)
Joyce Marling	....	set costumer
Kate Sawyer	....	set costumer
Pauline White-Kassulke	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Gordon Antell	....	assistant editor (as Gordon Antel)
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Steven Gerrior	....	assistant editor
Michael Hatzer	....	color timer
Dawn Michelle King	....	first assistant editor: avid (as Dawn M. Gerrior)
Jody Levin	....	executive in charge of post-production
Staci Pontius	....	assistant editor
Sandra Torres	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Tony Blondal	....	orchestrator
Charles Bouis	....	music recordist
Paul Broucek	....	music executive
Keram Malicki-Sánchez	....	composer: additional music
Jeff Martin	....	composer: additional music
Ralph Sall	....	music supervisor
Rachel Santoy	....	music production coordinator
Erin Scully	....	music executive
Nick South	....	music editor
William T. Stromberg	....	conductor (as William Stromberg)
John Whynot	....	score mixer

Transportation Department
John W. Brewster	....	transportation co-captain
Jeff Couch	....	transportation captain
A. Welch Lambeth	....	transportation coordinator
Tom Moore	....	transportation co-captain (as Thomas B. Moore)

Other crew
Julie Adams	....	dialogue coach
Dana Belcastro	....	production executive
Linda Biondo	....	assistant: David Rubin
Adam Chandler	....	accounting production assistant
Brad Davis	....	production accountant
Maureen Poon Fear	....	assistant: Denise Di Novi
Emily Glatter	....	supervising production coordinator
Rachel Good	....	production office assistant (as Rachel H. Good)
Andrew Hart	....	production office assistant
Nancy Hayes	....	production office assistant
T. Ryan Hill	....	set production assistant
Devin Lee Ihme	....	stand-in
Sean Illgen	....	set production assistant
Marc Jacobs	....	production resources
Harri James	....	script supervisor (as Harriet James)
Jamie Kemp	....	chef
Jason Leith	....	stand-in
Pat Loveall	....	projectionist
Christine Marino	....	assistant: Daniel Walters
Sherry Marshall	....	production coordinator
Ginny Martino	....	business affairs liaison
Elizabeth Maxwell	....	caterer
Michael Maxwell	....	caterer
David Meeks	....	animal handler
Ralph B. Meyer	....	location manager
Emily Mueller	....	set production assistant
Sacha W. Mueller	....	set production assistant (as Sacha Mueller)
Lee Nesbitt	....	assistant production coordinator
Stephanie Pecuch	....	assistant: Dana Belcastro (as Stephanie Pecuch-Cathell)
Colin Penney	....	production assistant
John M. Pisani	....	publicist
Tracey Pitts	....	first assistant accountant
Danielle Probst	....	production secretary: Los Angeles
Molly Proctor	....	payroll accountant
Paul Prokop	....	production controller
Kristian Ransonnet	....	post-production accountant (as Kristyan Ransonnet)
Skip Ratner	....	location assistant
Gary 'Pino' Tomaro	....	set production assistant
Laura Torrance	....	studio teacher
Elizabeth A. Wilson	....	stand-in
Andrew Winograd	....	set production assistant
Sean Jordan	....	interactive media (uncredited)

Production Companies

• DiNovi Pictures

Distributors

• New Line Cinema
• PlayArte Home Vídeo (200?) (Brazil) (VHS)
• WB Television Network, The (2002) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Custom Film Effects

Other Companies

• Custom Film Effects  titles and opticals
• Digital Sound & Picture  post-production sound
• Filmtools  expendables
• Hollywood Rental Company  grip and electric equipment
• Home on the Range  catering
• Kona Cutting  negative cutting
• Lightnin' Production Rentals  transportation equipment
• PC&E  camera cranes
• Ronnie Yeskel Casting  casting
• Zingo Craft Service  craft service

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MPAA:

Rated R for nonstop crude sexual content involving minors, and for language and drug use

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Portugal:M/12 | Italy:VM14 | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Australia:MA (cable rating) | Iceland:L | Germany:16 | South Korea:15 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

North Carolina, USA

Company:

DiNovi Pictures

Trivia:

Pivotal scenes that take place in the woods are tinted blue, same as the woods scenes in Heathers (1988). In one scene Wichita says, "If you ever find yourself turning into one of those, eat some Drano." In Heathers (1988), Heather Chandler died from drinking Drano.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the end of the movie when Wendy misses the bus, it switches to the inside of the other bus and in the top left corner when they show Witchita on the bus, you can see Wendy standing at the back of the bus before she gets on at it all.

Quotes:

Talia:Here's where we tell you that this was the summer we lost our innocence.
Donald:But really, it's the summer we got it back.
Jasper:Excuse the cheese, but love matters, respect matters, and causing pain is never cool.
Pixel:Actually causing pain is about the coolest thing you can do, but cool isn't what it used to be.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Be Kind Rewind (2008)

Soundtrack:

Softer Side

One of my favourite movies

Happy Campers has to be in my top ten and probably right at the top! I don't know what it is, but it really is one of life's good movies. To me anyway, to everyone else its utter nonsense! It has even inspired me to fly to America when I'm old enough and be a camp counselor!! I love the soundtrack, and if anyone knows how I can get hold of the song titles on the movie, (so far I've failed!) please email me a website or song titles and artists; anything would help!!! Wichita & Wendy: their flourishing romance, Pixel's floopiness and hot fashion, all the counsellors and their completely opposite personalities and backgrounds...and of course all the happy campers. Each scene brings out a new idea, a new perspective that leads to the end result. And listen to what they say - its so true. Their philosophy and story telling is blissfully blunt and simple. I Anyway, 10/10!!! See it!!! And if you have, watch it again!!! God knows I have!!!