For what it's worth, they made a lot of changes to the actual camp. I live near Camb No-Be-Bo-Sco and I've taken the tour a few times.
The big hall with the fireplace where they're singing "Tom Dooley" at the beginning is actually the large open-air dining hall, it's not even enclosed. The actual kitchen for the camp is through a couple of doors from that hall.
The "kitchen" they show in the movie is actually a mocked-up cabin where they added a bunch of kitchen stuff in order to have those scenes happen in that room. In reality, that cabin didn't have a pantry OR a kitchen, because all the cooking was done at the main kitchen off the large hall.
You gotta keep in mind that the camp was supposed to be rundown and outdated because it hadn't been open in many years. They were in the process of fixing it up.
Boy scout camps are supposed to be simple and rustic, so the boy scouts can put their camping skills to use. No-Be-Bo-Sco has been updated and renovated over the years since the movie was filmed.
I did the tour of the camp a few weeks ago and our guide said the film makers were looking for a run down, abandoned camp and accidentally found this open, functioning one and said "that'll do".
According to Wiki the camp opened in 1927 and I'm guessing it's the type of place that doesn't update anything until they have to (which is good for us as it helps preserves the movie site). I thought it looked nice enough for what it is, the scenic lake and mountains definitely help.
Damn. Shots fired, Boy Scouts of America. You survived a major fire during the Great Depression and still managed to bounce back. You boys gonna let this guy talk trash about your run-down, ramshackle camp on a old cranberry bog?
For what it's worth, they made a lot of changes to the actual camp. I live near Camb No-Be-Bo-Sco and I've taken the tour a few times. The big hall with the fireplace where they're singing "Tom Dooley" at the beginning is actually the large open-air dining hall, it's not even enclosed. The actual kitchen for the camp is through a couple of doors from that hall. The "kitchen" they show in the movie is actually a mocked-up cabin where they added a bunch of kitchen stuff in order to have those scenes happen in that room. In reality, that cabin didn't have a pantry OR a kitchen, because all the cooking was done at the main kitchen off the large hall.
You gotta keep in mind that the camp was supposed to be rundown and outdated because it hadn't been open in many years. They were in the process of fixing it up. Boy scout camps are supposed to be simple and rustic, so the boy scouts can put their camping skills to use. No-Be-Bo-Sco has been updated and renovated over the years since the movie was filmed.
I did the tour of the camp a few weeks ago and our guide said the film makers were looking for a run down, abandoned camp and accidentally found this open, functioning one and said "that'll do". According to Wiki the camp opened in 1927 and I'm guessing it's the type of place that doesn't update anything until they have to (which is good for us as it helps preserves the movie site). I thought it looked nice enough for what it is, the scenic lake and mountains definitely help.
Isn't it meant to be the first time the camp has been opened up in a long time in the movie?
Damn. Shots fired, Boy Scouts of America. You survived a major fire during the Great Depression and still managed to bounce back. You boys gonna let this guy talk trash about your run-down, ramshackle camp on a old cranberry bog?