Boot Camp (film)

"Punishment (film)" redirects here. For similarly named films, see Punishment (disambiguation).
Boot Camp
Directed byChristian Duguay
Written byJohn Cox
Agatha Dominik
Produced byChad Oakes
Michael Frislev
Christian Duguay
StarringMila Kunis
Gregory Smith
Peter Stormare
Christopher Jacot
Tygh Runyan
Colleen Rennison
Regine Nehy
Grace Bauer
CinematographyChristian Duguay
Edited bySylvain Lebel
Music byNormand Corbeil
Production
companies
CD Films
Edgey Productions
Nomadic Pictures
Distributed byMGM Home Entertainment
Release dates
  • April 18, 2008 (2008-04-18) (Greece)
  • August 25, 2009 (2009-08-25) (United States)
Running time
95 minutes[1]
CountriesCanada
United States
LanguageEnglish

Boot Camp, also released in the UK as Punishment,[2] is a 2008 psychological thriller film written by Agatha Dominik and John Cox and directed by Christian Duguay.[3][4][5]

The film's working title was Straight Edge[6][7] and it was shot in Fiji as the first film to utilize the southwest Pacific Ocean island country's five-year-old incentive program that had been designed to create jobs while building a film production infrastructure.[8][9] It is about teenagers sent to a rehabilitation camp (in Fiji) who are then abused and brainwashed.[3] The film stars Mila Kunis, Gregory Smith and Peter Stormare.[3] The filming began on October 2, 2006, in Fiji[10] and then continued in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.[11]

The film was released on DVD internationally in 2008 and in the U.S. on August 25, 2009.[3]

  1. ^ "Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment - Title Details". Archived from the original on 2009-02-06. Retrieved 2009-01-26. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, details for Boot Camp, accessed 01-25-2009
  2. ^ "Punishment [DVD]: Amazon.co.uk: Mila Kunis, Gregory Smith, Peter Stormare, Regine Nehy, Alejandro Rae, Christopher Jacot, Tygh Runyan, Matthew Smalley, Colleen Rennison, Barbara Gates Wilson, Christian Duguay: DVD & Blu-ray". Amazon.co.uk. 23 September 2013. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  3. ^ a b c d "[DVD Review]When tough love doesn't work-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily". Joongangdaily.joins.com. 2009-01-16. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  4. ^ reelzchannel.com Archived February 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. Boot Camp, accessed 01-24-2009
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  6. ^ "Finding the Straight Edge in Fiji | News | Dark Horizons". www.darkhorizons.com. Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Boot Camp (2009) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  8. ^ "CBSi". FindArticles.com. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  9. ^ Kenny, Glenn (2008). "Movie Reviews - The New York Times". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2008-05-14. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  10. ^ Sports Shooter Archived 2013-02-03 at archive.today, by Chris Large (January 30, 2007), "Boot Camp in Fiji", freelance photographer Chris Large writes of his adventures for Sports Shooter, accessed 01-25-2009
  11. ^ Hollywood Up Close Archived February 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Boot Camp, accesses 01-24-2009