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Armed with no knowledge of the great outdoors, a dilapidated facility, and a motley group of campers, it doesn’t take long before things get out of control. Up against threats of foreclosure and declining enrolment, Charlie is forced to call on his estranged father, Col Buck Hinton (Richard Gant) to help bring the camp together and teach everyone about teamwork, perseverance and the power of forgiveness. HollywoodJesus.com SYNOPSIS

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Cuba Gooding Jr. ... Charlie Hinton Paul Rae ... Phil Ryerson Josh McLerran ... Dale Lochlyn Munro ... Lance Warner Richard Gant ... Col. Buck Hinton Spencir Bridges ... Ben Hinton Talon G. Ackerman ... Jack Mayhoffer Tamala Jones ... Kim Hinton Brian Doyle-Murray ... Uncle Morty Taggart Hurtubise ... Carl HollywoodJesus.com CAST

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CUBA GOODING Jr (Charlie Hinton) is best known for his Academy Award winning portrayal of the charmingly arrogant professional football player Rod Tidwell in JERRY MAGUIRE. He was also honoured with the Screen Actors Guild Award, the Broadcast Film Critics Award, The Critics Choice Award, and the Chicago Film Critics Award for this role. HollywoodJesus.com CAST

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LOCHLYN MUNRO (Lance Warner) most recently appeared in the films DECK THE HALLS, THE TOOTH FAIRY, COMPLETE GUIDE TO GUYS, THE BENCHWARMERS, and FINAL MOVE. His history of working with the Wayans brothers led him to roles in LITTLE MAN, SCARY MOVIE, and WHITE CHICKS. HollywoodJesus.com CAST

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Directed by Fred Savage Original Music by James Dooley Cinematography by Geno Salvatori Film Editing by Michel Aller Production Design by Eric Weiler Art Direction by Mark J. Mullins Costume Design by Carolyn Leone HollywoodJesus.com CREW

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FRED SAVAGE (Director) is making his feature film directorial debut with DADDY DAY CAMP. His directing credits in television include episodes of such series as: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Kim Possible, Zoey 101, Phil of the Future, Hannah Montana, Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide, Crumbs, Unfabulous, That’s So Raven, What I Like About You, Kitchen Confidential, Drake and Josh, Oliver Beene, Even Stevens, All About Us, and the TV movie Stephen’s Life. HollywoodJesus.com CREW

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The filmmakers, in their search for a location to replicate “any city USA,” chose Utah for its beautiful parks and camps. “Utah really has the sort of summertime wilderness feel where you could get lost,” says producer Jason Shuman. “It could be anywhere in the country, and we wanted our location to embody that quality so that everyone could relate.” Aside from the cold (nights rang in at forty degrees), the location proved perfect. “I felt bad for the kids sometimes,” he continues. “it was forty degrees at night and we would say ‘okay, take your jackets off now kids, it’s time to pretend its ninety degrees and summer!’ But they were real troopers.” HollywoodJesus.com DID YOU KNOW?

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Charlie Hinton (Cuba Gooding Jr) and Phil Ryerson (Paul Rae) are in over their heads. Summer is coming and after running the very successful Daddy Day Care, they are losing half the group to graduation and the rest to the local day camps. Their own kids want to go to camp too, but Charlie and Phil have other plans for them. Since both men had some traumatic experiences of their own as childhood campers, they are hoping to spare their sons the pain they went through and spend the summer doing father-son stuff. Until the wives step in. The next thing they know, Charlie and Phil are driving their kids to summer camp. HollywoodJesus.com THE STORY

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If their sons are going to go to camp, they can at least attend their dads’ alma mater, Camp Driftwood. When they arrive, they find a beaten and run down Uncle Morty (Brian Doyle-Murray) inside a beaten and run down camp. Uncle Morty, who has owned the place since the men were boys, has run Camp Driftwood into the ground and given up on any kind of revival thanks to Camp Canola just across the lake. Complete with valets, waiters, beautiful boats and the top-of-the-line jet skis, Camp Canola will serve as a summer day camp/pseudo spa to the richest, most pampered and spoiled of local kids. HollywoodJesus.com THE STORY

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Not only that, but Camp Canola is now being run by Charlie’s arch nemesis, Lance Warner (Lochlyn Munro), whose sole mission in life was to torment Charlie as a child. When Charlie learns that Camp Driftwood is about to be foreclosed upon, he decides to buy the camp and restore it to its original charm and beauty... and hopefully beat his rival once and for all. HollywoodJesus.com THE STORY

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Uncle Morty takes off before the ink on sales agreement is dry; and Charlie and Phil start work on their inherited problems with the help of their inherited counsellor Dale (Joshua McLerran), who proves to be no help at all since it is his first day on the job. Nothing is going as planned. Even the latrine blows up when they try to use it. The men have bitten off more than they can chew. With nowhere else to turn, Charlie has no choice but to call the one person he vowed never to ask for help, his father, Marine Corps Colonel Buck (Richard Gant). HollywoodJesus.com THE STORY

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Charlie and his father don’t have the best relationship. His dad was a little hard on him as a kid, and the strain has put some distance between the two. A military man all of his life, Buck was consumed with his work. He even called Charlie “soldier,” much to Charlie’s chagrin. But now Buck is retired and realizing what is more important. His son’s olive branch could be the very thing he needs to repair their relationship, while helping to repair the heart and soul of Camp Driftwood. HollywoodJesus.com THE STORY

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The goal of the film is to “teach everyone about teamwork, perseverance and the power of forgiveness.” But, it does so in such an uninteresting manner. The potentially great talent here goes unused! Too bad, because our culture could use a good story of teamwork, perseverance and the power of forgiveness I think Will Crain of The San Francisco Chronicle sums it up best: “It's a bit sad to see this talented, Oscar-winning actor reduced to taking Murphy's cast-off parts, but Gooding does fine with what the movie gives him.” HollywoodJesus.com SPIRITUAL CONNECTIONS

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FINDING THE GOOD IN A LOW RATED FILM Actor Richard Gant said: “I learned the joy of naiveté. We often lose this quality as we get older, and being around the energy and naiveté of these kids was so refreshing for me.” HollywoodJesus.com SPIRITUAL CONNECTIONS

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Actor Gooding said: “I enjoyed seeing emerging talent in some of the kids.” FINDING THE GOOD IN A LOW RATED FILM HollywoodJesus.com SPIRITUAL CONNECTIONS

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FINDING THE GOOD IN A LOW RATED FILM Producer Jason Shuman said: “They’re pretty uninhibited and they come to us sort of raw, with no real methods of doing things, they just are who they are with all of their little personalities.” HollywoodJesus.com SPIRITUAL CONNECTIONS