The Baby.
Abandoned. Lost and Alone. So much promise. |
The Babysitter.
Is he really bi-polar? |
The Mom.
Needs help. Now. |
The Eyes...
...that are the only hope! |
Colby.
He can help. Will he have the courage?
(actor Nick Whitaker) |
Hatchett.
He can ruin it all. And time is on his side.
(actor Chris Kendrick) |
The Dogcatchers.
Lizard Tongue is messin' with them bigtime!
(actors Randall Newsome and Duane Stephens) |
Lizard Tongue.
One-dog demolition team.
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The Fort in the woods.
What's the mystery? |
The Deputy.
Why doesn't he trust his instincts?
(actor Nate Bynum) |
The Source.
How do Harvard and salami go together?
(actor Carlton Bluford) |
The Old Abandoned House.
The secret it holds is the key to it all. |
The Curmudgeon.
Does he really hate dogs?
(actor Neal Barth) |
Or does he just need a friend? |
The Boss.
Why is she pushing the envelope?
(actress Melinda Haynes) |
The Nuisance Reporter.
He'll stop at nothing to get the story.
(actor Lincoln Hoppe) |
The Other Mom.
She needs help too. Will it come too late?
(actress Christy Summerhays) |
The Hero.
It doesn't come easy. |
| Behind the Scenes |
Benji's creator and director, Joe Camp, gets a kiss from his favorite star.
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Director Joe Camp checks a dolly shot across the many puppies in Hatchett's cages. At the camera, first assistant Rick Page, Director of Photography Don Reddy, and dolly grip Rick (Barney) Maxey. |
Genny Kerns, Benji's trainer, finds herself in many weird spots to get the needed shot. Roger Schumacher, trainer to Shaggy and Benji's mom, brushes Benji before the shot. |
Benji's dad and director tosses Benji and Shaggy from a crane while the camera (under the crane) records the event. The scene is the splashing result of Benji saving Shaggy's life by body-blocking him off a high cliff seconds before he would've been tranquilized by the world's ditzy-most dogcatchers. |
Sheldon and Livingston, dogcatchers extraordinaire, survive a big splat in a Mississippi mud puddle. |
And Lizard Tongue (aka Shaggy) is to blame. Above, he peers down from high atop a fence, blowing Benji's cover yet again! He's a lovable, happy-go-lucky dufus who appoints himself Benji's unwanted sidekick and wrecks every effort of Benji's to rescue his mom from a backyard breeding farm. |
Director/Producer Joe Camp talks over the schedule with his son, Co-Producer Joe Camp III |
Benji attempts to open his mama's cage latch. |
Benji's unwanted side-kick, Lizard Tongue (Shaggy), reads the trades between takes. |
Director Joe Camp shows ditsy dogcatchers Sheldon and Livingston (see below) how to fall into the mud without really falling into the mud. |
Producers Margaret Loesch and Joe Camp with their canine superstar. |
Colby (Nick Whitaker) is fed up with Hat chett's puppy farming. |
Hatchett (Chris Kendrick) is not a nice character. |
But he does smile when the camera's not rolling. |
Director Joe Camp speaks to Livingston and Sheldon (actors Randall Newsome and Duane Stevens), two of the most inept but well-meaning dogcatchers ever to chase a stray. Benji Off the Leash was filmed in Sony/Panavision's new 24p High Definition format, the same process used by the latest Star Wars movie. |
Colby (Nick Whitaker) and his movie mom (Christy Summerhays) laugh between takes. |
Benji and Merlin eavesdrop at a window. |
Benji relaxes for a moment on set with his daddy. |
