Ernest Goes to Camp (1987) on Netflix
Kamp Kikakee's handyman, Ernest P. Worrell, hopes to become a counselor there. A group of juvenile delinquents arrives, and a mining company wants the land beneath the camp.
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Plot summary
Ernest P. Worrell keeps Kamp Kikakee running as its maintenance man, though what he wants is to be a counselor there. He is useful to the owner, Chief St. Cloud, because he knows Plains Indian Sign Language and the Chief does not speak English. A small group of juvenile delinquents called the Second Chancers arrives for the summer, and Head Counselor Tipton puts Ross Stennis, Kikakee's most experienced counselor, in charge of them. Nurse St. Cloud, the Chief's granddaughter, works at the camp. Sherman Krader's mining corporation wants the petrocite under Kikakee, and the Chief refuses to sell the land.
Cast
- Danny Caprias Danny
- Hakeem Abdul-Samadas Moustafa 'Moose' Hakeem Jones
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Ernest Goes to Camp (1987)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Disney executives Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg got the idea for the film after watching Jim Varney, as Ernest P. Worrell, upstage Mickey Mouse during a parade at the Indianapolis 500.
- Varney was reluctant to make the film for fear of being typecast, and despite going on benders leading up to production, he maintained a professional and cordial attitude on set.
- A romantic subplot between Ernest and camp nurse St. Cloud, played by Victoria Racimo, was cut because Disney didn't find it suitable.
- About 150 Boy Scouts from the local area were hired as extras, so many of the young campers on screen are real scouts rather than actors.
