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Plot summary
Camp Ovation, a summer theater camp in upstate New York, draws young performers who did not fit in at home. Ellen Lucas is shy, and her friend Michael Flores was beaten by classmates after he wore drag to his junior prom. Fritzi Wagner hopes to befriend Jill Simmons but is handed her luggage to carry. Jenna Malloran's parents had her jaw wired shut to lose weight. The campers are startled by Vlad Baumann, a handsome new arrival who is straight. Bert Hanley, a composer whose play The Children's Crusade was his only hit many years ago, joins the camp as a guest counselor. Ellen and Vlad flirt after rehearsal one day.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Camp (2003)
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- Todd Graff drew the story from his own summers at Stagedoor Manor, a real performing arts camp, and then shot many of the film's scenes at that same camp.
- The film was the screen debut of Anna Kendrick, later an Academy Award nominee, and of Robin de Jesus, since nominated for three Tony Awards, along with singer Sasha Allen and Broadway performers DeQuina Moore, Steven Cutts, Tracee Beazer and Brittany Pollack.
