- published: 12 Oct 2008
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Camp is a 2003 independent musical film written and directed by Todd Graff, about an upstate New York performing arts summer camp. The film is based on Graff's own experiences at a similar camp called Stagedoor Manor.
The film centers on the experiences of several teenagers at Camp Ovation, a summer theatre camp. The campers are a mishmash of youngsters from different backgrounds and dealing with different issues, but all feel most comfortable while performing. School is out, and the campers reunite as they prepare to board the buses to Camp Ovation. Shy, self-conscious Ellen Lucas happily greets her friends, recovering from an embarrassing situation where she desperately tried to land a prom date, and ended up asking her brother. Nerdy Fritzi Wagner attempts to befriend icy diva Jill Simmons, but ends up toting her luggage instead. Returning camper Jenna Malloran laments that her parents forced her to have her jaw wired shut in order to lose weight. Upon arrival to Camp Ovation, the kids settle in. Ellen converses with her friend Michael Flores, a gay teenager who was violently beaten by his classmates after showing up to his junior prom in drag. The campers are struck dumb with the arrival of Vlad Baumann, a handsome new camper who is, as a staff member marvels, "an honest-to-god straight boy."
Actors: Emily Booth (actress), Jonathan Ross (actor), Robert Black (actor), Eileen Daly (actress), David Warbeck (actor), Mark Lamarr (actor), Alex Chandon (writer), Alex Chandon (actor), Alex Chandon (director), Jason Moola (actor), Shend (actor), Howard J. Ford (actor), Geraldine Geraghty (producer), Geraldine Geraghty (actress), François Evans (composer),
Plot: This is the story of the beautiful young Pervirella. Set in the mythical English land of Condon, the grotesque, power-mad Queen Victoria builds a wall around the country and establishes a "Monarchy of Terror." Intellectuals and "pervs" are prosecuted and killed, or driven underground to form the "Cult of Perv." Their leader, the Demon Nanny gives birth to a possible savior, then dies. The infant Pervirella grows to maturity with supernatural speed and shows amazing abilities, including raging nymphomania whenever her magical necklace is removed. Pervirella is sought by various rebels, agents of Victoria, the Cult of Perv, and a trio of witches. Eventually she teams up with Amicus Reilly, a James Bond spoof played to stiff, campy perfection by the late David Warbeck. Wild adventures ensue!
Keywords: character-name-in-title, female-nudity, independent-film, lesbian, orgy, queen, sex, tyrantActors: Roger Young (director), Roger Young (writer), Roger Young (writer), Richard Bellis (composer), Casey Sander (actor), Carol Sutton (actress), Adrienne Barbeau (actress), John McConnell (actor), Robert Carradine (actor), Danny Trejo (actor), Dennis Hopper (actor), G.W. Bailey (actor), Richard Jenkins (actor), Steve Hinton (miscellaneous crew), Benjamin A. Weissman (editor),
Plot: Based on a true story, this made-for-cable film tells about Barry Seal, a pilot who was a drug smuggler for the infamous Medellin cartel out of Colombia. He was caught by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and decided to turn over and help the DEA break the cartel. However, he got caught in the middle of the Reagan/Bush administration efforts to topple the Nicaraguan government in the '80s, in which Nicaraguan rebels called "contras" were allowed to smuggle cocaine into the US in exchange for their fighting against the leftist Nicaraguan government. Eventually Seal was murdered by his former Medellin employers, and some critics say it was with the tacit, if not implicit, connivance of the US administration.
Keywords: cocaine, drugs, mafia, nicaraguaActors: Treat Williams (actor), Ferenc Némethy (actor), David R. Ginsburg (producer), Jacqueline Saint Anne (costume designer), Christopher Young (composer), Philip Saville (director), Ági Margitai (actress), Zoltán Gera (actor), Alice Krige (actress), Martin Landau (actor), Péter Kertész (actor), Skip Schoolnik (editor), János Kulka (actor), Jodhi May (actress), Jonny Phillips (actor),
Plot: Based on the fact-based novel by Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal based on his 1962 prosecution of the head of a Polish factory whom he learns was a murderous labor camp commandant. To be able to take him to justice, he must find witnesses who can help him. This leads him to Max Rosenberg, a still tormented individual who lost his wife, Helen, in the camps. Initially Max refuses to cooperate, but gradually his story unfolds beginning before the Holocaust.
Keywords: based-on-book, based-on-true-story, character-name-in-title, holocaust, jewishActors: Richard Widmark (actor), Lee Garlington (actress), Faye Dunaway (producer), Neil Patrick Harris (actor), Samantha Mathis (actress), Jay O. Sanders (actor), Faye Dunaway (actress), Frances Fisher (actress), John M. Jackson (actor), Alex Van (actor), Danny Nelson (actor), Ed Grady (actor), Tim Ware (actor), Jane Robinson (costume designer), Brad Fiedel (composer),
Plot: Handsome May-December romantic drama set in a sleepy Southern town at the turn of the century. An independent lady from up North causes a scandal when she decides to wed the local general-store owner just three weeks after he's been widowed.
Keywords: age-difference, americana, based-on-book, community, general-store, love, may-december-romance, nostalgic, small-town, son[hook]
if we were kids
i'd want to give you everything that you would want
those other boys
they gave you toys, but all they wanna do is
keep up
keep up, keep up, keep up
that's all i want, keep up
keep up with me, keep up
keep up
keep up, keep up, keep up
that's all i want, keep up
keep up with me, keep up
[verse 1]
i guess i'm fucking now
i'm getting used to it
it's cause i shine, and i ain't gotta use a crucifix
fuck the fussing and fighting and arguing to this and that
and “why you bein' mean to me donald?” i never texted back
i know it's comin' quick, wishin' i could fast forward
tell these nice girls they're the reason that i'm an asshole
omega to alpha male because of that dollar bill
when i worked the mail room i ain't have a shot in hell
i called her ass for two months and heard shit from her
these girls couldn't care less when the chips under
the chips are up and on my shoulder, you heard me?
i take it out on girls who don't even deserve it
the girls i tried to hit last year, i still might
karmas a bitch who doesn't suck, but i still like
if we were kids i had the black k-swiss and reebok
if we were kids i wouldn't act like this but we not
[hook]
[verse 2]
you made a mistake
these dudes man you bathing in apes
finding you is like finding asians i hate
but they say i got a fetish, nah i'm skipping all of it
black and white girls come with a lot of politics
that's all i was saying
i'm a proud man
they wanna holla when they see your name on soundscan
her name mercedes but she push a brown focus
and she's doing coke in front of me, but act like i don't notice
“there any breakage in that trojan?”
she see what she wanna see
so i make her take plan b in front of me
women talk shit on men like all day
but it's pete wentz, goes both ways
they too busy stabbing hoes like oj
they too busy trapping pros like kobe
the only thing i put before me is do re
if you had told me the truth we'd be ok
[hook]