Camp Stories
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Herbert Beigel
Elliott Gould
Zachary Taylor
Chris Elsewhere
Paul Sand
Jerry Stiller
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
It's 1958, the year of seismic world changes--the Hungarian Revolution, Sputnik, Elvis Presley, and the New York Giants' departure from their home field at the old Polo Grounds--but the only thing on fifteen-year-old David Katz's mind is the summer he must spend at Camp Ararat, an Orthodox Jewish camp in the Poconos. Katz, a young movie buff, would rather spend his days inside cool, dark theatres. But his middle-class parents, having received a summer scholarship for their son, feel that David should learn more about his religion within the strict learning tradition that Camp Ararat can provide. Armed with personal charm, a healthy disrespect for authority, and a quick mind that can find answers to any dilemma within old movie memories, David leads a motley group of underachievers through the timeless dramas of adolescence.
Director
Herbert Beigel
Cast

Elliott Gould
Zachary Taylor
Chris Elsewhere

Paul Sand

Jerry Stiller
Susan Vanech
Richard Council
Scott Cohen
Ted Marcoux
Talia Balsam
Ben Schenkman
Jason Briggs
Nancy Freeman
Brett Barsky
Andrew Barlow
Susan Bruce
Crew
Kerry Barden
Herbert Beigel
Kristen Coyna
Kara Cressman
Randy Fletcher
Paul Gibson
Scott Macaulay
Brian Miksis
Richard Miller
Roy Nathanson
Kathryn Nixon
Robin O'hara
Meg Reticker
Deana Sidney
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States April 18, 1997
Released in United States February 28, 1997
Released in United States June 1, 2004
Released in United States on DVD June 1, 2004
Released in United States Winter February 28, 1997
One additional day of principal photography took place in New York early October 1995.
Began shooting August 14, 1995.
Completed shooting September 25, 1995.
Shown in New York City (Walter Reade) as part of series "Independents Night!" March 21, 1996.
35mm
color
Released in United States February 28, 1997 (Laemmle's Music Hall; Los Angeles)
Released in United States Winter February 28, 1997
Released in United States April 18, 1997 (Cinema Third Avenue; New York)
Released in United States June 1, 2004
Released in United States on DVD June 1, 2004