- Camp Nowhere
Infobox Film
name = Camp Nowhere
caption = The official movie poster for "Camp Nowhere".
director =Jonathan Prince
producer = Michael Peyser
writer = Andrew KurtzmanEliot Wald
starring = Jonathan JacksonChristopher Lloyd Melody Kay Andrew Keegan Marne Patterson Wendy Makkena
music = David Lawrence
distributor =Hollywood Pictures
released = flagicon|USAAugust 26 , 1994
runtime = 96 min.
language = English
imdb_id = 0109369"Camp Nowhere" is a 1994
film directed byJonathan Prince , written by Andrew Kurtzman andEliot Wald , and starring Jonathan Jackson,Christopher Lloyd ,Melody Kay ,Andrew Keegan , andMarne Patterson . The film also featuresJessica Alba in one of her first film roles.Plot
Morris "Mud" Himmel has a problem. His parents desperately want to send him away to summer camp. He hates going to summer camp, and would do anything to get out of it. Talking to his friends, he realizes that they are all facing the same sentence: a boring summer camp. Together with his friends, he hatches a plan to trick all the parents into sending them to a camp of his own design, which would actually be a parent-free paradise. Blackmailing former drama teacher Dennis Van Welker into helping, they must convince the parents that the camp is genuine, and that they aren't allowed to visit.
Cast
*Jonathan Jackson - Morris "Mud" Himmel
*Christopher Lloyd - Dennis Van Welker
*Melody Kay - Gaby Nowicki
*Andrew Keegan - Zack Dell
*Marnette Patterson - Trish Prescott
*Wendy Makkena - Dr. Celeste Dunbar
*Thomas F. Wilson - Lt. Eliot Hendricks
*Hillary Tuck - Betty Stoller
*Devin Neil Oatway - Tim
*Allison Mack - Heather
*Jessica Alba - Gail
*Ian Christopher Scott - Warren
*Peter Scolari - Donald Himmel
*Romy Windsor - Nancy Himmel
*M. Emmet Walsh - T.R. Polk
*Ray Baker - Norris Prescott
*Kate Mulgrew - Rachel Prescott
*Burgess Meredith - Fein
*Jonathan Frakes - Bob Spiegel
*Genie Francis - Mrs. SpiegelTrivia
*This film features a young
Jessica Alba as Gail, in her first film role.
*This was the fourth film starring bothChristopher Lloyd and Tom Wilson. Previously the two actors worked together in the "Back to the Future trilogy ".
*One of the kids mentions if the concept they are doing for a summer camp could work for a college as well. This concept would be realized in the 2006 film "Accepted "
*Judging by the fact they went through a car wash in Shamokin, it implies that the camp is located in Pennsylvania'sCoal Region . In the scene where Polk goes to "Chez Cheez", trying to locate Dennis Van Welker, he finds a postcard on the company bulletin board, which Denis sent from vacation. It indicates that the location of Chez Cheez, and possibly the entire movie is in Pittsfield, PA.
*At the end of the movie Mud and Dennis talk about doing this again, in ten years. Sort of implying that there may be a sequel. The ten year anniversary took place in 2004. There has been no mention of a sequel, however, never rule out a reprise or adaptation with cameos from the first movie. [cite web
url = http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=pittsfield,+pa&ie=UTF8&ll=41.83427,-79.384804&spn=0.030504,0.079823&z=14&iwloc=addr&om=1
title = Pittsfield, PA
publisher = Google
date = 2007-11-28
accessdate = 2007-11-28]
*This film contains cameos from twoStar Trek alumni:Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek the Next Generation) andKate Mulgrew (Star Trek Voyager).
*This film features Mud wearing a t-shirt that says "Lucky" on it, this is a reference to the character he played on General Hospital.References
External links
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* Unofficial Website: http://www.campnowhere.com/
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