Happy Campers (2001 film)

Infobox Film
name = Happy Campers


caption =
director = Daniel Waters
producer = Denise Di Novi
writer = Daniel Waters
starring = Brad Renfro
Dominique Swain
Keram Malicki-Sanchez
Emily Bergl
Jaime King
Justin Long
Peter Stormare
music = Rolfe Kent
cinematography = Antonio Calvache
Eliot Davis
editing = Dan Lebental
distributor = New Line Cinema
released = January 21, 2001
runtime = 94 min.
country = flagicon|USA
language = English
imdb_id = 0210094

"Happy Campers" is a 2001 comedy film from New Line Cinema about college freshman and summer camp and is directed and written by "Heathers" writer Daniel Waters. Happy Campers is a sophisticated black comedy.

Plot

When the rule-enforcing camp director at Camp Bleeding Dove gets struck by lightning, the counselors find themselves in sole charge of their campers, and themselves. The diverse group of college freshmen counselors create a camp experience that their campers will never forget. They stray from the rules and create a fun, yet crazy and often irresponsible environment. Each counselor, and some of the campers, find themselves maturing in their own way, yet are still able to create an interesting bond with each other that can only happen at summer camp.

Cast

*Brad Renfro as Wichita
*Dominique Swain as Wendy
*Keram Malicki-Sanchez as Jasper
*Emily Bergl as Talia
*Jaime King as Pixel
*Justin Long as Donald
*Jordan Bridges as Adam
*Peter Stormare as Oberon
*Isaac Neil as Food Fighter #2
*Alex Colgan as "Meatball-nose"
*Ryan Adams as "Bad Boy Billy"

Pop culture references

*"Heathers" (1989) - Same writer on both films, in this one there's a joke about chugging Draino, which was a plot point of Heathers.
*"The Breakfast Club" (1985) - Referenced in dialogue.
*"Friday the 13th" (1980) - Dialogue about how most camps have a serial killer.
*The movie was filmed in Hendersonville, North Carolina, which was also the setting for "Heavyweights".

Quotes

*Oberon: Nobody tells you how to be an adult. You just keep getting older anyway.
*Wendy: Isn't fun great?
*Donald: Life sucks - in a good way. Falling in love, falling in hate, getting laid, getting hurt - what's one without the other? When it comes to the ritual of growing up, sometimes you smile because you're happy. Other times, you smile just because you've survived. But hey, a smile is a smile.
*Wendy: Wichita and I were a dream come true, but you know, we have a lot more dreams left. I mean, really, who wants happily ever after when you're nineteen? Before you can be the love of someone's life, you have to have a life first.
*Jasper: You see, love conquers all and Wichita didn't want to be conquered.
*Wichita: I don't know, it's like between family, friends, Playstation, internet, it's possible for a person to go their whole lives without ever listening to their soul.

External links

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* [http://www.dvdwolf.com/templates/dsp_movie.php?u_movieid=73590 "Happy Campers" at DVDwolf]