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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Adult Humor, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 2001 DVD Release: 06/18/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 34 mins Studio: New Line Home Video Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Comedy, Teen Movie, Sex Comedy

Screenwriter Daniel Waters, who up-ended the traditional teen comedy with his cult classic Heathers, makes his directorial debut with this darkly humorous teen romp. It's summer at Camp Bleeding Dove, and when the teenaged counselors aren't busy watching their young charges or being verbally browbeaten by camp director Oberon (Peter Stormare), they're engaged in an ongoing game of musical cots, with nervous Talia (Emily Bergl) crazy about bad-boy Wichita (Brad Renfro), Wichita lusting after neat-freak Wendy (Dominique Swain), Wendy taking a longing look at Pixel (James King), and Pixel opting to pair off with Adam (Jordan Bridges), while lonely Donald (Justin Long) and Jasper (Keram Mailicki-Sanchez) watch from the sidelines. In the midst of all this hormonal overdrive, the various counselors barely have time to think about the campers, but suddenly they're forced to when Oberon is severely injured in an accident, leaving it up to them to run the camp and organize the activities -- which suddenly take a sharp turn off the straight and narrow. Happy Campers was screened as a last-minute entry at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, shortly after New Line Cinema, which financed the project, opted to turn the film back over to its producers. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Brad Renfro - Wichita
Dominique Swain - Wendy
Emily Bergl - Talia
James King - Pixel
Jordan Bridges - Adam

It's back to the woods for sex and romance in the Brad Renfro vehicle Happy Campers. New Line has done a very good job at producing a sharp-looking 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer. Sporting solid colors and dark black levels, this is a very pleasing image that includes only the slightest amount of edge enhancement. Also included on this disc is a 1.33:1 full-frame version of the film as well. The audio is presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround and Dolby 2.0 Surround, both in English. While the Dolby 5.1 soundtrack is crystal clear, the directional effects are generally kept to a bare minimum. The bulk of this mix is filtered mainly though the front and center speakers. Also included on this disc are English subtitles. Fans of Happy Campers certainly won't feel elated when they find out that the disc doesn't include a single, solitary extra feature. ~ Patrick Naugle, All Movie Guide