Wacky hijinks of counselors and campers at a less-than-average summer camp.Wacky hijinks of counselors and campers at a less-than-average summer camp.Wacky hijinks of counselors and campers at a less-than-average summer camp.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 6 nominations
- Hardware
- (as Matt Cravenn)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAccording to legend, the running gag of calling Camp Northstar director Morty by the name of Mickey instead is an arcane reference to Mickey Mouse's original name, Mortimer Mouse.
- GoofsWhen they are in the K-Mart parking lot picking up the campers, the buses are Chevrolets and GMC makes. When they get to Camp North-Star the buses have changed to Fords and a Dodge.
- Quotes
Tripper: And even if we win, if we win, HAH! Even if we win! Even if we play so far above our heads that our noses bleed for a week to ten days; even if God in Heaven above comes down and points his hand at our side of the field; even if every man woman and child held hands together and prayed for us to win, it just wouldn't matter because all the really good looking girls would still go out with the guys from Mohawk because they've got all the money! It just doesn't matter if we win or we lose. IT JUST DOESN'T MATTER!
Rest of group: IT JUST DOESN'T MATTER! IT JUST DOESN'T MATTER...
- Alternate versionsThe music played during the second half of the Olympiad is different in the U.S. and Canadian versions of the film. On the U.S. release, there are additional lyrics: "Go team go, Fight team fight..." etc. These lyrics are absent on the Canadian theatrical and VHS releases. The soundtrack is mostly instrumental. You can hear this alternate music on the French soundtrack of the region 1 DVD.
- SoundtracksAre You Ready for the Summer?
Sung by The North Star Kids Chorus
Written by Norman Gimbel and Elmer Bernstein
This is just one of those movies that got into my brain when I was in junior high, and stayed with me all these years. Every time I feel geeky, I mumble "Spaz. Spaz. Spaz. Spaz." Or when we're hiking in the brush in the forest, I tell my husband, "I'm Wudy da Wabbit." (He doesn't get it). "It just doesn't matter. It just doesn't matter." I mean, this stuff is classic!
Disappointed with the DVD, though. Wish there were special features, maybe a commentary or a making-of. But the movie itself is a perfect snapshot of life as an adolescent in the late '70s. Maybe not MY life... You can't help but want to run around out in the woods in shorty shorts and knee-high socks and feathered hair every time you see this movie.
- highlandcreekgirl
- Feb 5, 2005
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Babyspeck und Fleischklösschen
- Filming locations
- Camp White Pine, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada(Camp North Star, Camp Mohawk)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- CA$1,600,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $43,046,003
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $77,170
- Jul 1, 1979
- Gross worldwide
- $43,046,003