SLEEPAWAY CAMP REUNION APRIL 8 2001
transcribed by sc83x
[Introduction of cast has been omitted, as well as Robert Hiltzik's announcement for Return To Sleepaway Camp]

Q I've heard this asked before, but I've heard different things. Is there stuff that was shot for Sleepaway Camp that didn't end up in the movie?
Robert Hiltzik No, everything that was going to be in the movie was shot and it was in the movie.

Q [inaudible]
Robert Hiltzik Where was it shot? Upstate New York around the Glens Falls area.

Q Who has the penis?
Felissa Rose That would be me. In fact, I'm going to take my pants down right now, just so, you know, to let you all see it. It's a lot bigger than it looked on film, OK, just for the record. I want you guys to know.
Robert Hiltzik Now how come your blushing? You're not embarresed about any of that, are you?
Felissa Rose No, I love my penis!
Robert Hiltzik So don't we all.

Q [inaudible]
Robert Hiltzik That was the anonymous penis man. He wasn't an actor, and he's probably scarred for life now. Let's put it this way, he had many beers before doing that scene.

Q [inaudible]
Robert Hiltzik Movie magic.
Fan You said that on the DVD!
Robert Hiltzik We may do something like that in the next movie. So after the next movie, I'll let you know.

Q [inaudible]
Robert Hiltzik Uh.. you'll have to see the movie.

Q [inaudible]
Robert Hiltzik [inaudible]
Jonathan Tierston Actually, the... That stuff was all off the cut. By the way, that was Robert just antoginizing me. If you catch me in a bar around ten o'clock tonight, you'll probably hear the rest of it.

Q Was there an original shot of Angela holding Paul's head instead of the knife?
Felissa Rose Are you saying there were two shots, with the knife and with the head?
Robert Hiltzik Well she was stroking his head, and then she stood up.
Felissa Rose I'd have to say the only shot there was- I think that was just a rumor. That was just with the head. We never shot with the knife.*
Fan [inaudible]
Felissa Rose Someone who hated us!
Robert Hiltzik Just lucky.
Fan [inaudible]
Felissa Rose Special like retarded?
Fan [inaudible]
Felissa Rose I'm gonna talk to you later buddy! Meet me at the waterfront after the social!

[Tape was edited, so I don't know what was said between these two points]

Robert Hiltzik Well, I almost did, and then I did some other things.Had a family. And now, getting ready to come back.

Q [inaudible]
Desiree Gould I think it was my natural wackiness. And I had the best director. Robert Hiltzik was the best director. He guided me the whole way through.
Fan [inaudible]
Desiree Gould [She thanks the fan for his comments]
Fan [inaudible]
Desiree Gould Do I look like a woman now?
Fan Yes! [more comments which cannot be heard]
Desiree Gould Oh, thank you!
Fan [comments on fingers]
Desiree Gould I had piano fingers. I still have them.

Q I'd like to know if the website's address is available, and if the first three films are available.
Robert Hiltzik Available where?
Fan Well, I can't seem to find the URL to the website. And my friend and I are trying to [something about the series]
Jeff Hayes The website is actually www.sleepawaycampmovies.com, and what was it about the sequels?
Fan [inaudible]
Jeff Hayes Two and three are out of print right now so the best spot to find them is probably eBay. It's kind of hard. Right now it is in the works. Anchor Bay is thinking about putting the sequels out on DVD sometime in the near future.

Q [inaudible]
Robert Hiltzik I don't think eBay cut anything from the DVD.* I think the master that they had, and they didn't realize it, the master they used to make the DVD was missing those pieces that we all love and hold dear to ourselves.

Q [inaudible]
Felissa Rose I think that Pam Springsteen kicks serious ass. I think she's awesome. I never met her. I wish, I'd love to. She was great. And I'm gonna kick Tom VanDell's ass right now, so if anybody wants to see me in the lobby, I'll be there.

Q [inaudible]
Robert Hiltzik Return To Sleepaway Camp is going to be the sequel to the original Sleepaway Camp.
Fan [inaudible]
Robert Hiltzik Well, Michael Simpson was brought on. He didn't produce the film. The other producers involved wanted to do a, what they did was, I believe they did two video movies. They went straight to video tape. And I really didn't have much to do with those.

Q [inaudible]
Felissa Rose Actually I was, yea, I met with Jerry Silva who was the producer on part one, and two, and three. But he said they were going to be in Atlanta for six months, and I had just gotten into school so I was kind of like, I don't know.
Fan [inaudible]
Felissa Rose Well, the characters are like, so completely different. It would've been wierd.

Q Is Frank Vinci's music ever going to be available from the movie? Does he still have those recordings? The soundtrack?
Robert Hiltzik Is Frank Vinci's music going to be available?
Fan Yea, does he still have the original recordings?
Robert Hiltzik I'll have to ask him that. I don't know whether it was ever put on a disc or anything.

Q I saw Sleepaway Camp back in the late eighties.. How did it do [inaudible]
Robert Hiltzik Well, it was released in the major cities. When it opened in New York, it was the top grossing film for the weekend. It beat out Barbara Streisand's Yentil, and it also beat out Amityville 3D the same weekend. And it did similarly as well in Los Angeles at it's opening. So it did pretty well. And it's just released on DVD. It has been very popular overseas.

Q [inaudible]
Robert Hiltzik I had no idea what was going on until Jeff here got in touch with me about a year ago, and showed me everything that was going on.
Jonathan Tierston I think the only way we knew that something was wierd about Sleepaway Camp was, even when we were there it was like being at camp. That whole atmosphere, the entire time we were shooting was like being at camp. We knew that something wierd was going on.

Fan [inaudible comments]
Jeff Hayes Thank you
Felissa Rose Jeff Hayes is awesome

Q [inaudible]
Felissa Rose I do alot of theater in New York, and I'm married.

Q [inaudible]
Jonathan Tierston What am I doing? That's the question? I did, I brought some CD's with me. They are available.

[the rest of the reunion was a stupid Q and A session. The prize for answering a question correctly? A stupid Return To Sleepaway Camp tee-shirt. The real stuff was the meet and greet autograph session after the reunion on stage. But that can't be transcribed. Sorry!]

*That was not a typing error. That was Felissa Roses' mistake, not mine. That was not a typing error. That was Robert Hiltzik's mistake, not mine.

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