Butch Camp (1996)

Interesting facts

Butch Camp is a 1996 American comedy film directed by Alessandro De Gaetano, starring Paul Denniston, Judy Tenuta, Jason Terisi, Jordan Roberts and Bill Igraham.

Production

Alessandro De Gaetano wrote the script in 1991, four years prior to production. Tenuta agreed to do the film after the script was rewritten to enlarge her role. She was labeled as "The Star" in the film's press kit despite her role being secondary. Tenuta's name recognition and the producers staging a reading of scenes from the movie in the spring of 1996 successfully resulted in investors providing the $300,000 needed to complete the project.

The film was shot around Chicago in about a month and was completed on schedule and on budget despite unfavorable weather and a camera breakdown.

A rough cut was shown at gay and lesbian film festivals in Chicago and Sydney where it was well received at the former and even more popular at the latter. The producers Sabo and Gellman had to deal directly with movie theatre chains to get domestic distribution due to the lack of financial backing from any of the major Hollywood studios. They selected Sony over Cineplex Odeon for the film's debut in Chicago.

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