Camp Nowhere Page #3

Synopsis: 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 realises 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...
Director(s): Jonathan Prince
Production: Buena Vista Pictures
 
IMDB:
6.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
18%
PG
Year:
1994
96 min
697 Views


Wooo!

~~ Well, I'm gonna raise a fuss

and I'm gonna raise a holler ~~

~~ 'Cause I've been workin'

all summerjust tryin'to raise a dollar ~~

- ~~ Every time I call my baby

I try to get a date ~~

- Way cool.

- ~~ The boss says "No dice, son

You gotta work late" ~~

- Fresh.

- ~~ Sometimes I wonder

what I'm a-gonna do ~~

- [Chanting] Jump! Jump!

~~ There ain't no cure

for the summertime blues ~~

- [Shouting]

- [Kids Cheering]

Here I go!

[Screaming]

[Dennis]

Welcome to your own...

personal slice of paradise,

Mudster.

- So where you gonna be?

In the cabin by the lake?

- You betcha.

- See ya in eight weeks.

- All right.

Hey!

Have fun.

See ya.

~~ Gonna take two weeks

Gonna have a fine vacation ~~

~~ I'm gonna take my problem

to the United Nations ~~

~~ Well, I asked my congressman

He said quote ~~

- [Sighs]

- ~~ "I'd like to help you, son

but you're too young to vote"~~

~~ Sometimes I wonder

what I'm a-gonna do ~~

~~ There ain't no cure

for the summertime blues ~~

~~ Oh, yeah ~~

~~ Summertime blues ~~

~~ Oh, yeah ~~

- ~~ Summertime blues ~~

- [Chattering]

- Yo!

- [Chattering Continues]

- Hey, listen up, people!

- [Chattering Continues]

- Hey, shut up!

- [Gasps]

There's some important

stuff I gotta tell ya.

Mud.

Okay.

There's three important

things I need to say.

Louder!

[Chuckles]

Number one:
Letters home to your parents,

once a week, so they don't get suspicious;

and two:
If anybody in town asks,

you don't speak English;

and three:
Guys, this is

very important, all right?

Please, report to me immediately

if anybody finds a Taco Bell, all right?

- [5... 15 Flyby]

- [Gasping]

Oh, I, uh...

forgot one thing.

[Boy]

Try rubbing them together.

- Maybe if you get it warm first.

- Will you just let me work?

It's getting late, Walter!

[Grunts]

- Is it too late to go to a motel?

- What if we can't get it going?

- There. Got it.

- [All Sighing]

- Thank God!

- Yeah, that was close.

If I don't see Dylan,

I die.

I wanna make a toast.

Here is to diet shakes.

- [All Cheering]

- Yeah!

And I say here's to

Rodgers and Hammerstein.

[All Cheering]

Here's to swimming.

Right, Betty?

[All Laughing,

Scoffing]

I gotta say...

- This is major cool! Yes!

- [All Cheering]

All right!

It's gonna be

a great summer.

[Boy]

Here's to computer manuals.

[All Shouting]

[Boy]

Here's to anything with bran!

[Boy]

Hey, Steve, throw in your cello.

[All Chanting]

Cello! Cello! Cello! Cello!

Yes! Yes!

[All Whooping]

[Chanting]

Nowhere! Nowhere!

[All Chanting]

Nowhere! Nowhere!

Nowhere! Nowhere!

Nowhere! Nowhere!

Nowhere! Nowhere!

Nowhere! Nowhere!

[All Cheering,

Shouting]

[Crickets Chirping]

[Walter]

Got you, Betty.

I wasn't playing,

Walter.

- Hey, you're it. I got you.

- Shut up, Walter!

- Come on, Betty. I got you.

- Shut up. No way.

- It's 2:
00 in the morning.

- Cool.

[All Shouting]

- [Zack] Hey, Trish, watch this.

- [Boy] Stay away from me!

[Shouting Continues]

[Banging]

- [Steve] Ow! I hit something.

- [Gaby] What is it?

- It's a car!

- What a wreck!

- It's not a wreck. It's a classic.

- A classic?

Yeah, we could rebuild the whole thing.

But it's gonna cost.

How much money

we got, Mud?

Well, I didn't exactly

count it or anything.

- [Gasps]

- Geez, Mud, how much you got in there?

It's a lot. It's everybody's money for

the whole summer. I thought I'd hold on till...

Yeah, right. I think I'll just hold

onto my own, midget.

No, Tim, I don't think

that's such a good idea.

Money, Mud.

Money, Mud.

Money, Mud.

- [Together] Money, Mud.

- Money, Mud.

[Together]

Money, Mud. Money, Mud.

Money, Mud.

Money, Mud.

Money, Mud.

[All Chattering]

Look, you, guys. Come on.

Be careful how you spend it because

it's gotta last through summer.

Besides, we don't want to call

attention to ourselves.

We're not gonna do

anything stupid.

I mean, we're not

complete morons.

~~ I live by the groove ~~

~~ I live by the groove ~~

~~ lf I can't feel it, baby

I can't move ~~

Aw, guys! That goes in Mud's cabin.

Come on.

- ~~ I live by the groove ~~

- Aw, great!

- It's better than the cello.

- Definitely!

Take it straight

on up, okay?

I don't know, Betty.

Didn't Mud say to keep a low profile?

Well, no one'll find us

if we're inside watching TV.

Well, gee, don't ya wanna do some swimmin'?

The lake's really warm this time of year.

No, I don't wanna do

any swimming.

Nice one, guys. Ever think about

how you're gonna get it inside?

- [Chain Saw Starting]

- Who ordered the chain saw?

~~ It's the law, baby

It's the golden rule ~~

~~ I live by the groove ~~

~~ I live by the groove ~~

~~ Hey, hey, hey

Ahhh ~~

~~ I live by the groove ~~

~~ lf I can't feel it, baby

I can't move ~~~~

- [Laughing]

- [Mud] Geez, you guys!

[Tim] Here, I'll give it back to you.

Oops, oops, oops, oh.

[Tim Chuckling]

Nice hat, pud.

- You wanna go shoot some hoops?

- So I can kick your butt.

- I'll get your hat back later.

- Thanks.

You remember how Tim used to cry when we

wouldn't let him pitch in Little League?

- Yeah, yeah, I do...

- He was a lot easier to deal with

before he had that growth spurt.

[Trish]

Hi, guys.

- Hey, Trish.

- Hey.

Um, there's a 30%% off sale at the mall.

You guys want anything?

The mall?

Again?

You guys are never gonna make it

through the summer...

if you keep spending all

your money on clothes.

[Radio]

- [Tightening Bolt]

- So, I don't get it.

How come you're fixing a car

if you can't drive?

In Tijuana you can drive

when you're 14.

Oh, right. They're gonna let you get out

of class early to take Driver's Ed in Mexico?

Who said I was

gonna be in school?

You're dropping out?

Maybe.

Why?

Would you miss me?

No.

No, huh?

Well, maybe.

Maybe?

No.

Hmph!

- [Bangs Car]

- Damn!

- Honey, this one's from Morris.

- Oh, read it out loud.

[Chuckling] "Dear Mom and Dad,

I'm having a great time at computer camp.

- And you were right, Dad."

- [Mud] I'm learning lots of

valuable skills for the future.

[Both Shouting,

Laughing]

"We're currently hard at work on some

challenging high-level computer simulations."

Scramble the jets.

We're taking out Milwaukee.

- Minneapolis!

- Milwaukee!

- Minneapolis!

- Milwaukee!

But Grandma lives

in Milwaukee.

[Together]

Milwaukee!

[Mud] You wouldn't believe

how hard we work up here.

We really get hungry, so they always feed us

a long, long lunch.

[All Shouting]

~~ Party at ground zero

and the movie star in you ~~

- ~~ And the world will turn

to floating papers too ~~

- All right.

- ~~ Waa-aaah ~~

- [Shouting]

Don't... even...

think about it.

- [Laughs]

- Walter!

[Mr. Himmel, Mud Together]

"Today's July Fourth, but don't worry, Mom.

We won't be playing

with caps or sparklers."

[Mud] We'll sing patriotic

songs and watch a film about

the Declaration of Independence.

~~Party at ground zero

and the movie star in you ~~

~~And the world will turn

to floating papers too ~~

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