Ernest Goes to Camp Review

Ernest Goes to Camp


Release Date: 17th September 1987 - Australia


Production Companies
Emshell Producers
Silver Screen Partners III (in association with)
Touchstone Pictures

Distribution

Walt Disney Studios Motion

Pictures Australia

Genre: Comedy

Rating: PG

Runtime: 92 minutes


Budget: $3,500,000

Box Office Gross: $23,509,382 (USA)

Plot Summary

Ernest, a handyman at Kamp Kikakee, achieves his greatest ambition of becoming a camp counsellor when assigned to a gang of juvenile delinquents from the Midstate Boys Detention Center! Apart from wrangling these troublesome youths, Ernest has to save the camp from being torn down by a giant mining company.

Cast

Jim Varney - Ernest P. Worrell

Victoria Racimo - Nurse St. Cloud

John Vernon - Sherman Krader

Iron Eyes Cody - Old Indian

'Chief St. Cloud'

Lyle Alzado - Bronk Stinson (Foreman)

Gailard Sartain - Jake
Daniel Butler - Eddie

Patrick Day - Bobby Wayne
Scott Menville - Crutchfield
Jacob Vargas - Butch 'Too

Cool' Vargas

Danny Capri - Danny

Todd Lloyd - Chip Ozgood

Hakeem Abdul-Samad - Moustafa "Moose" Hakeem Jones

Andrew Woodworth - Pennington

Richard Speight Jr. - Brooks

Jeffrey Buckner Ford - Attorney Elliott Blatz

Larry Black - Mr. Tipton

Eddy Schumacher - Counselor Stennis

Hugh Sinclair - Counselor Sparks

Johnson West - Counselor Puckett

Jean Wilson - State Supervisor

Ivan Green - Mr. Stewart

Christian Haas - Molly Stewart

Brenda Haynes - Mrs. Stewart

Crew

Screenplay/Director - John R. Cherry III
Screenplay/Creative Consultant/
Second Unit Director - Coke Sams
Additional Dialogue - Steve Leasure and
Glenn Petach

Executive Producers - Martin Erlichman

and Elmo Williams
Producer - Stacy Williams

Art Director/Set Decorator/

Property Master - Kathy Emily Cherry
Directors of Photography - Harry Mathias

and Jim May

First Assistant Director - Patrice Leung

Stunt Coordinator - Keith Tellez

Special Effects Consultant - Jaime Bird

Supervising Sound Editor - William Carruth

Supervising Re-Recording Mixer - Mark Berger

Recording Mixers - Jim Austin and

Todd Boekelheide
Editor - Marshall Harvey

Lyrics: Songs/Music Production Assistant -

Alice Keister
Music/Synclavier Programming - Shane Keister


Review

While it's not the first movie of the Ernest series, Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam is the first. ERNEST GOES TO CAMP undeniably turned Jim Varney into a movie star and introduced his lovable character, Ernest P. Worrell, to the big screen. It has the sentimentality and glitter of accidental laughs. This family comedy is good, especially when seemingly goofy and lighthearted in its story setting. Aside from the comical mischief, two things stand out, including John Vernon's character portrayal of the villain Sherman Krader and the poignant moment of Ernest singing "Gee, I'm Glad It's Raining".

Some of you believe most features of Ernest are corny, but I beg to differ. It's the wackiest and most refreshing movie of 1987 and the best instalment of the comedy series PERIOD!

Star rating: (5/5) Best Movie Ever

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