Daddy Day Camp The Movie in Wheeling, WV

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• Genre: Comedy
  
  Synopsis:
  Chaos reigns when two clueless fathers (Cuba Gooding Jr., Paul Rae) take charge of a dilapidated summer camp and its ill-behaved attendees.
  
  Release Date: -0/08/2007
  Running Time: 89
  
  Rating: PG - Parental Guidance Suggested
  
  http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/daddydaycamp/
  
• Cast:
  Cuba Gooding Jr., Lochlyn Munro, Paul Rae, Richard Gant, Tamala Jones, Josh McLerran, Spencir Bridges, Brian Doyle-Murray, Talon Ackerman, Dallin Boyce, Telise Galanis, Taggart Hurtubise, Molly Jepson, Tad D'Agostino
  
  Crew:
  Director - Fred Savage, Writer - David Weiss, Writer - Geoff Rodkey, Writer - J. David Stem, Cinematographer - Geno Salvatori, Film Editor - Michel Aller, Original Music - Jim Dooley, Executive Producer - John Davis, Executive Producer - Matt Berenson, Executive Producer - Derek Dauchy, Executive Producer - Richard Hull, Executive Producer - Chris Emerson, Executive Producer - Nancy Kirhoffer, Executive Producer - Jefferson Richard, Producer - William Sherak, Producer - Jason Shuman, Production Design - Eric Weiler, Casting - Lindsey Kroeger, Casting - David Rapaport, Costume Designer - Carolyn Leone, Art Director - Mark Mullins, Set Decoration - Mark Mullins
  
  Production Companies:
  Blue Star Pictures, Davis Entertainment
  
  Distributors:
  Sony Pictures Entertainment
  
  Notes:
  - Notes provided by Sony Pictures Entertainment. - This hilarious sequel to the smash hit "Daddy Day Care" finds dads Charlie Hinton (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) and Phil Ryerson (Paul Rae) in another zany adventure as they take over running a summer day camp. 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 enrollment, 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. Tri Star Pictures and Revolution Studios present Daddy Day Camp, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., Lochlyn Munro, Richard Gant, Tamala Jones, Paul Rae, Joshua McLerran, Spencir Bridges and Brian Doyle-Murray. The film is directed by Fred Savage. The executive producers are John Davis, Matt Berenson, Derek Dauchy, Richard Hull and Chris Emerson, Nancy Kirhoffer and Jefferson Richard. Producers are William Sherak and Jason Shuman. The story is by Geoff Rodkey and Joel Cohen & Alec Sokolow. The screenplay is by Geoff Rodkey and J. David Stem & David N. Weiss. The director of photography is Geno Salvatori. The production designer is Eric Weiler. The film is edited by Michel Aller. The music is by Jim Dooley and the music supervision is by Manish Raval and Tom Wolfe. The casting is by Lindsey Hayes Kroeger and David H. Rapaport. Daddy Day Camp is rated "PG" for Mild Bodily Humor and Language 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. 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. 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. 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 counselor 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). 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. Daddy Day Camp picks up where the highly successful Daddy Day Care left off. Producer Jason Shuman had been with the film since its development and helped to bring Fred Savage to the project to direct. Savage, a new dad himself, had been spending the past several years directing a lot of kids' comedy. He read the script and jumped at the chance. Savage explains, "I was in the right mindset for this film since I've been entrenched in the young comedy world lately." Savage, who has enjoyed numerous years both in front of the camera as an actor, and behind it as a director, has had the opportunity to direct for such networks as Nickelodeon, Disney and the Disney Channel, among others; names strongly identified with family entertainment. "I enjoy working on kids' projects," he adds. "There is always going to be a market for quality family movies, and not just the animated ones, but the live action films where you can relate to actual people who kind of look and act like you." But what Savage really responded to was the core message of the story. "At the center of the script is really a story about a father-son relationship - both with Ben, who is Charlie's son, and with Buck, who is Charlie's father," explains the director. "There is a lot of fun and high jinx, but it's really about fathers trying to bridge the gap with their sons. Cuba's character is trying to connect with his son; that's why he started this whole camp thing to begin with. He brings Buck in to try to connect with the kids and through that, he reconnects with his own father." Cuba Gooding, Jr. was attached to the role before Savage came on as director. He recalls "The studio came to me with a list of directors, and I know that the first name on the list is always the one they are most interested in. When I saw Fred Savage on the top of the list, I said `why do I know that name?' They reminded me he was from Wonder Years and all I could think of was him as a little boy directing a motion picture! And then I learned about how much work he's done since then, going to film school, directing television and films, so I sat down with him. I talked to him about aspects of the story and how he would deal with them as a director and I realized that he was absolutely the most amazing choice we could have made. He studied it, he lived it, and he grew up around it. Who better to direct?" As a young actor, Fred Savage knew what he responded to in a director and without knowing it, had been absorbing directorial technique since he started acting. "I know how I liked being talked to and getting notes and having things explained to me," recalls the director. "As a young actor, I worked with a variety of directors who had a variety of styles and so I think over the years, I learned what I liked and now I apply it to the kids I work with." And directing seems to be the path he is on at the present. "I really prefer directing right now," he says. "I love the collaborative nature of it. As an actor, you go home and you learn your lines and then you sit in your dressing room until they call you and then you go do it. And then you go back to your dressing room and wait for the next take or next scene or next set up. So it's kind of a solitary pursuit. When I direct, I love constantly sharing ideas with other people. Exchanging and building on ideas is what makes this process so exciting." Professional admiration goes both ways between director and lead. "Cuba Gooding, Jr. comes to set and just raises the level of every scene he is in," says Savage. "To have someone on set doing incredible comedic work, incredible physical work and incredible dramatic work brings such a great vibe to the entire set. He is so patient with the other actors, especially with the kids who didn't always get it right off the bat. He would work with them. He would run lines with them. He was such a pleasure." Choosing Gooding's sidekick would prove to be a great challenge, until the filmmakers met Paul Rae. "Paul is an undiscovered gem," says Jason Shuman. "He has the lovability you want in a sidekick character and that quality was our goal in casting. Cuba has such physicality and we always thought it was a great comedic pairing to cast a loveable big guy. Paul embodies that so wonderfully." "I didn't know a lot about Paul Rae before this film," adds Savage. "He came in and did a phenomenal audition. He played the funny scenes funnier than everybody else, and the sensitive moments with such heart. He is very dry and understated. Paired with Cuba's energy, there is a great balance." "My character, Phil, is a big, loveable bear of a guy who doesn't like confrontation," explains Paul. "He likes his food and his rest and he cares a lot about the kids and Charlie. He's one of those guys you want to be your best friend because he's the guy that will lie around and eat hot dogs and watch the game with you, but if something were to go down, he'd have your back 100 percent." "I chose this movie because I liked the relationship between Phil and Charlie," he continues. "They're just big kids who have been friends since they were young. Plus, I get to dress up like a woman. What could be more fun than that?" Casting the all-important role of Colonel Buck would be essential to the film. Richard Gant was suggested by Cuba, who had just worked with him on the movie "Norbit." "As soon as Cuba came on board, he called me and said that we had to hire Richard Gant," recalls producer Jason Shuman. "I knew who he was all the way back from "Rocky V" and as soon as Cuba suggested him, I knew he was our Colonel Buck. I could never see anyone else in that role from that point on." "We had done "Norbit" together," explains Gooding. "I read the script and had always pictured him in the part as my father because of the energy and the dynamic that he brings to roles. With comedy, you really have to find that actor whose timing clicks, and with drama you have to find that pace to get the emotional effect, and Richard Gant does both. It's nice to have a guy who has one leg in theater and the other in comedy. To have that marriage come together in that role is just wonderful." "Richard Gant was the only person I could picture as Buck while I read the script," says Savage. "He brings a dignity and class to the character that just works. Off-screen, he stayed in character as a drill instructor and he had a lot of fun with the kids off the set. He had the kids saluting him and marching and doing about-faces and they really listened to him! There were times when I would turn to Richard to get them to listen to me and he would get them to pay attention and fall in. He's amazing." "The Colonel is everyone's grandfather," says Gant of his character. "I relate to reuniting with family. I relate to the fact that career has been everything to him and he doesn't know what to do now that it's time to start considering other things. Not that you're going to stop with your career, but there's a whole bunch of other life issues and circumstances and dramas that you need to be involved in. I definitely related to that part of this story when I read the script." The opportunity to share the screen with Cuba once again was a major influence in Gant's decision to join the cast. "Cuba is a very giving actor," says Gant. "He's always right there for you and if you don't watch out, you'll find yourself watching him rather than being in the scene. He has that ability. We had one scene at the train station, sitting on a bench, when Charlie comes to get his father and ask him to come back and work with the kids again because they need him. It was such a moving moment and I almost caught myself watching Cuba. He's that good." The next role to be set would be the antagonist -- Lance Warner. "I'm basically there to butt heads with Cuba," says Lochlyn Munro. "My camp is filled with all the toys and all the materialistic things. My character doesn't even LIKE kids but I make money doing it, so I do it. Lance is sort of fed from the silver spoon a bit. I think his parents probably bought him this camp because he's so narcissistic and self competitive that this would be his way of always being the man. Bossing kids around would be his joy. I'd like to say he's misunderstood, but he's not. He's just a jerk!" "Lochlyn Munro plays the perfect villain," says Shuman. "He has done it before, but I don't think he's done it quite like this!" "He brings intelligence to a real doofus of a character," adds Savage. "He makes Lance Warner seem a little smarter than he is which makes him even dumber." Joshua McLerran would take on the role of Dale, the head (and only) counselor at Driftwood. "Dale is a good guy. He's happy," says the actor. "He's trying the best he can, but he really doesn't know what he's doing either. If Dale didn't have this job working at a summer camp, he'd probably be living in his parents' basement not really doing anything. He's kind of a slacker. He cares about the kids and the camp, but at the same time if things get a little bit too troublesome, he'll just slip out the back. "You never know what to expect when you're working with that many kids," says Jason Shuman. "I would do things to keep them calm, like try to keep them away from the sugar. But that didn't work because the craft service table was right in the middle of everything and was right at their height! So they would sneak stuff when we weren't looking. That's what's great about them. 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. And they are who they are playing on screen and they all fit so perfectly together as a group. We've been very fortunate." Not only did the kids learn from their fellow actors and their director, but it seems that the actors learned a bit from the kids themselves. "I learned the joy of naiveté," says Richard Gant. "We often lose this quality as we get older, and being around the energy and naiveté of these kids was so refreshing for me." Gooding concurs. "I enjoyed seeing emerging talent in some of the kids. Like Spencir Bridges who plays my son. When I first saw Spencir's screen test, I knew that kid had something special and it's been such a pleasure to work with him." When asked what their favorite part of working on this movie was, the kids had some interesting things to say.... "There's one scene where you got to eat candy. I liked that the best." -- Spencir Bridges (Ben) "I'm the bully in this movie. It kind of fits my personality so it was easy for me." -- Tyger Rawlings (Billy West) "I got to puke on Cuba's feet. That was the fun part." -- Talon Ackerman (Jack Mayhoffer) "I got to be in the clique of popular kids who know it all and are too cool for everybody and so it was really fun to play because it just was." -- Katie Fisher (The Clique Girl) "We got to learn jokes. My favorite is - What'd you have for breakfast? PEA GREEN SOUP. What'd you have for lunch? PEA GREEN SOUP. What'd you have for dinner? PEA GREEN SOUP. What'd you do all night? PEE GREEN SOUP" -- Sean Patrick Flaherty (Bobby J) "I realized that I want to be either a movie star or a soccer player." -- Zachary Allen (Mullet Head). "I liked acting. I would like to act in the future. But I don't know if I want to be famous or anything. I want to be known, but maybe not a total movie star or whatever." -- Telise Galanis (Juliette). "Fred and Cuba are my new favorite actors" -- Taggart Hurtubise (Carl). "I knew Fred Savage from GOLDMEMBER. He had the mole on his face. And he walked into the audition room and I was like `that's the mole guy' and my mom was like `that's Fred Savage.' He was cool. -- Tad D'Agostino (Robert). "My favorite part of making the film was pfff...I don't know. I just liked it." -- Molly Jepson (Becca). "Someone told me Adam Sandler was directing this." -- Dallin Boyce (Max Ryerson). Daddy Day Camp was filmed on location in Utah in 25 days, mostly outside. Although the filmmakers were constantly dealing with the weather: rain, clouds, and all of the elements Mother Nature handed them, their toughest challenge was the clock. Stunts, gags, explosions, crashes and people falling down made for quite a lively set. The filmmakers, in their search for a location to replicate "any city U.S.A.," 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." "I think the relationship between Cuba's character and his father, and the grandfather to the grandson is really the backbone of the movie and it's very endearing," he continues. "But combined with that, there is a laugh every three seconds in this movie and I think audiences both old and young are going to love it!" Gooding agrees, "People should come ready to have a ball!" 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. Starring opposite Tom Cruise in the Cameron Crowe-directed film, Gooding solidified his position as one of Hollywood's most talented actors. In addition to the Oscar®, he was also honored with the Screen Actors Guild Award, the Broadcast Film Critics Award, The Critics Choice Award, and the Chicago Film Critics Award for this role. Born in the Bronx in 1968 to parents Cuba Gooding, Sr. (of R&B group The Main Ingredient) and Shirley Gooding (of the Sweethearts), Gooding was exposed to the entertainment industry early in his life. He began as a dancer and break-dancer, performing at the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Olympics with Lionel Ritchie. Gooding's break-out movie role was in the 1991 John Singleton coming-of-age classic BOYZ N THE HOOD. Gooding has gained recognition in films including the Oscar® nominated A FEW GOOD MEN (1992), staring opposite Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson and Demi Moore, WHAT DREAMS MAY COME with Robin Williams, AS GOOD AS IT GETS, opposite Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt, and the critically acclaimed MEN OF HONOR, with Robert DeNiro. Gooding often shows his versatile acting chops by taking on roles that are diverse and eclectic, as recently exhibited by his turns in both the independent heartfelt comedy WHAT LOVE IS, with Matthew Lillard and Anne Heche as well as the family comedy NORBIT, starring Eddie Murphy. Come November, Gooding will appear alongside Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe in Ridley Scott's newest crime drama, AMERICAN GANGSTER. Perhaps one of the busiest actors in Hollywood, Gooding recently finished shooting the drama HERO WANTED with Ray Liotta and Jean Smart, and in August he will begin filming HAROLD, a Napoleon Dynamite-esque comedy. In 2002, Gooding received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame honoring his achievements as an actor. Cuba Gooding, Jr. now resides in Los Angeles with his wife and three children. 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. Munro has also appeared in CHASING GHOSTS, DIRTY LOVE, THE KEEPER, THE WILD GUYS, BEHIND THE SMILE, FREDDY VS. JASON, HEART OF AMERICA, NET GAMES, A GUY THING, and GLOBAL HERESY. Other credits include Wes Craven's DRACULA 2000, the Leslie Nielsen comedies CAMOUFLAGE and KEVIN OF THE NORTH, SPIN CYCLE, BLACKTOP, SCREWED and the independent feature KILL ME LATER starring Selma Blair. A native of British Columbia, Lochlyn's early plans for a career in hockey were thwarted by a leg injury. While doing improv theatre in Vancouver, he was spotted by an agent and subsequently won a role on the 21 Jump Street series. He went on to become a regular on the long running Canadian hit series Northwood. Although he appeared in Clint Eastwood's Oscar®-winning UNFORGIVEN, his Hollywood breakthrough came with his starring role in DEAD MAN ON CAMPUS. Additional film credits include A NIGHT AT THE ROXBURY and DUETS. Television credits include regular roles on Hawkeye and Two. He has also appeared on several episodes of Charmed as "Jack Sheridan." In addition he starred in the made-for¬television movie The Investigation directed by Anne Wheeler and based on the infamous serial killer "Clifford Olsen." RICHARD GANT's (Buck) most recent film credits include the upcoming COVER along with NORBIT, EZRA, HOOD OF HORROR and KINGDOM COME. His other film credits include THE NUTTY PROFESSOR II: THE KLUMPS, GODZILLA, SOUR GRAPES, THE BIG LEBOWSKI, BEAN, THE GLIMMER MAN, ED, CITY HALL, JASON GOES TO HELL: THE FINAL FRIDAY, POSSE, CB4, STONE COLD, ROCKY V, THE FRESHMAN, SUSPECT and KRUSH GROOVE. Gant was an active member of Berkeley's Saint Paul AME church and graduated from Berkeley High School. After his graduation, he joined the United States Air force and was stationed in Texas, North Dakota and Iowa. Following his governmental duty, he re-entered Merritt College where he fell in love with black literature and theatre and discovered his life's work. This led to further studies at California State University at Hayward and graduate studies at San Francisco State University, Goddard College and The Film School of Half Moon Bay. He subsequently taught theatre at Laney College in Oakland and served as the Founder/Artistic Director of his own company, the Black Performing Arts Troupe. During that time, Gant not only directed numerous plays, among them The Third Arm (the first musical production to be presented in the new Paramount Theater) and El Hajj Malik, but appeared throughout the Bay Area in innumerable plays and pioneering works, the majority of these directed by UC Berkeley's Wes Robinson. Gant also began a long association with Buriel Clay and appeared with The San Francisco Black Writers Workshop. In New York, Gant joined Harlem's 127th Street Repertory Ensemble as an actor and later assumed the job of administrative director. Undoubtedly it was this pivotal experience that initiated his selection as a National Fellow with the Theater Communications Group funded by the Rockefeller Brothers Foundation. His managerial placement was Company Manager to the Alvin Ailey American Dance Company. During his 16-year stay in New York, Gant directed and acted in some 20 off-Broadway productions, among them the Obie award-winning La Grima Del Diablo, and was also cast in the original Broadway production, The Mighty Gents. To augment his stage work, Gant also had recurring roles on the long running soap operas The Guiding Light and Ryan's Hope. In 1990, Gant moved to Los Angeles to dedicate his career to film and television. Since then, Gant has guest starred in over 70 television shows, including General Hospital; How I Met Your Mother; Vanished; Deadwood; In Justice; Eve; JAG; Yes, Dear; Charmed; Smallville; Titus; The District; Providence; The Job; Moesha; For Your Love; Any Day Now; Family Law; NYPD Blue; ER; The Steve Harvey Show; Babylon 5; Friends; Raven; Diagnosis Murder; The Parent `Hood; Chicago Hope; Touched by an Angel; The Client; The Marshal; Picket Fences; Living Single; Martin; Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman; Wings; Seinfeld; Empty Nest; L.A. Law; Murphy Brown; Roc; Beverly Hills, 90210; MacGyver; Miami Vice and The Cosby Show, among others. Gant has also had recurring roles on Eve and HBO's Deadwood. Gant was recently presented with the Keys to the City by Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown. Gant continues to be involved with political and social progress, particularly in regards to West Africa, where he was formerly the campaign manager for the federal elections in the country of Nigeria. Gant is not only an artist, activist and father, but also a great humanitarian. TAMALA JONES (Kim Hinton) will soon be seen in WHO'S YOUR CADDY, SHOW STOPPERS, AMERICAN DREAM, and THUG PASSION. Currently, she can be seen in CONFESSIONS and WHAT LOVE IS. Jones entered the world of features with a small role in HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT and had her first starring film role in BOOTY CALL. After appearing in BLUE STREAK and THE WOOD, Jones began to gain momentum with roles in Ice Cube's NEXT FRIDAY and the Tim Meadows SNL vehicle THE LADIES MAN. She would later share the limelight with a talented cast in KINGDOM COME. Other film credits include LONG DISTANCE, NORA'S HAIR SALON, HEAD OF STATE, ONE THE LINE, TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME, THE BROTHERS, HOW TO KILL YOUR NEIGHBOR'S DOG, TURN IT UP, and CAN'T HARDLY WAIT. Jones launched her career as a model, appearing in magazine ads and television commercials, before landing her first acting job on an episode of the preteen sitcom California Dreams. As a young woman, she guest starred on series ranging from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air to ER to The Wayans Brothers. Her first regular television role was playing a student in the ABC network's short-lived drama Dangerous Minds. Jones' other television appearances include: My Name is Earl; CSI:Miami; Ghost Whisperer; Flirt; Love, Inc., Nadine in Date Land; One on One; The Tracy Morgan Show; Rendez-View; Couples; ER; Cedric the Coach; City of Angels; Little Richard; Veronica's Closet; For Your Love; Malcolm & Eddie; Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man; JAG; and The Parent `Hood. PAUL RAE's (Phil Ryerson) big screen credits include the kid's hit AIR BUDDIES, along with NEXT, COACH CARTER, SOUTH OF PICO, and THE LAST LULLABY. Rae began his career in the commercial world booking campaigns for companies including KFC, Sprint and Sony. His acting career soon began to take shape with guest starring roles on Las Vegas, Desperate Housewives, CSI, and Monk; as well as recurring roles on The West Wing, Malcolm in the Middle and The Closer, which features Rae as a Homeland Security Agent. Since moving to Los Angeles, Rae has worked in film production, beaten cancer (in remission for 9 years), and successfully opened and sold a restaurant. He is a native of New Orleans, and studied Drama and played for the football team at LSU. BRIAN DOYLE-MURRAY (Uncle Morty) has appeared in such films as NEARING GRACE, SNOWDOGS, BEDAZZLED, DROWNING MONA, STUART LITTLE, AS GOOD AS IT GETS, WAITING FOR GUFFMAN, JURY DUTY, CABIN BOY, CONEHEADS, GROUNDHOG DAY, WAYNE'S WORLD, JFK, NOTHING BUT TROUBLE, CHRISTMAS VACATION, HOW I GOT INTO COLLEGE, GHOSTBUSTERS II, THE EXPERTS, SCROOGED, CLUB PARADISE, LEGAL EAGLES, THE RAZORS EDGE, SIXTEEN CANDLES, NATIONAL LAMPOONS VACATION, MODERN PROBLEMS, CADDYSHACK, and FUZZ. His television work includes Yes Dear, Lucky, Family Guy, King of the Hill, Seinfeld, Ellen, The Martin Short Show, Married with Children, Roseanne, Bakersfield P.D., among others. In addition, Doyle-Murray has appeared on over 50 episodes of Saturday Night Live. JOSHUA MCLERRAN (Dale) was born an 18th generation Virginian (his ancestors helped settle Jamestown) in Charlottesville, VA, where he grew up. When he was 12, he was rock climbing with his father who slipped and fell 95 feet to the rocks below. Joshua called 911, and contributed in saving his father's life. The story was consequently picked up by the TV show Rescue 911, which was Joshua's first taste of acting before a camera. He loved it. He did a few other things, but eventually every¬day life got the better of acting until he was no longer pursuing it at all. When he was 25, he moved to the Philippines for 2 years where he was a missionary. He learned several of the dialects there, of which he is completely fluent in at least 3. When he returned to the U.S., he had a new focus: Acting. McLerran moved to Salt Lake City, where he landed the role in DADDY DAY CAMP. McLerran's other film appearances include THE LAST SIN EATER, DEEP WINTER, UNACCOMPANIED MINORS, and SOMMERSBY. Television credentials include Read it and Weep and Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father. SPENCIR BRIDGES (Ben Hinton) As the son of actor and Diff'rent Strokes star Todd Bridges, Spencir Bridges already has a lifetime of entertainment experience at the young age of 9 years old. His father Todd Bridges recently directed and co-starred with Spencir in the feature films FOSTER BABIES and BIG BALL'N. They previously appeared together in BLACK BALL. He has worked with James Earl Jones in the Hallmark movie THE READING ROOM, and he made his film debut in the 1999 Trinity Broadcasting Network film BUILDING BRIDGES. In addition to starring in numerous commercials, Bridges has appeared in the TV series ER, and he portrayed Blair Underwood's son in the NBC series LAX. FRED SAVAGE (Director) is making his feature film directorial debut with DADDY DAY CAMP, though Savage is no stranger to the world of directing. His directing credits in television are impressive and 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. Savage is a 20-year entertainment industry veteran. Beginning with commercials as a young child in Chicago, Savage expanded to television and feature films such as VICE VERSA, THE LAST RUN, and THE PRINCESS BRIDE. In 1988, he began a six-year run as Kevin Arnold on the hit television show The Wonder Years, a role that earned him many accolades and awards, including several Emmy® nominations for Best Actor in a Comedy Series. His second series, Working, ran for two seasons on NBC from 1998 to 2000 and gave him his first opportunity to direct. Other acting work includes rol