Indian Summer

"A Comedy About Eight Friends Who Return To The Best Summer Of Their Lives!"

1993 1h 37m EN

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6.3

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60%

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6.6

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★6.3TMDB · 76🍅60%Rotten Tomatoes●51Metacritic★6.6IMDB · 6,853

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A group of childhood friends, now in their thirties, reunite at Camp Tamakwa. Only a few of the original campers show up, but they still have a good time reminiscing. The people share experiences and grow while at the camp. They are dismayed to discover that the camp's owner, Unca Lou, is going to close the camp down.

“A Comedy About Eight Friends Who Return To The Best Summer Of Their Lives!”

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Cast

Alan Arkin
Unca Lou Handler
Bill Paxton
Jack Belston
Diane Lane
Beth Warden / Clair Everett
Matt Craven
Jamie Ross
Julie Warner
Kelly Berman
Elizabeth Perkins
Jennifer Morton
Kevin Pollak
Brad Berman
Sam Raimi
Stick Coder

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mike Binder
Writers: Mike Binder
Languages: English
Countries: Canada, United States of America

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ERA

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33 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Canada, United States of America.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Mike Binder, shot by Newton Thomas Sigel. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Miles Goodman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Adam Weiss shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Alan Arkin and Bill Paxton and Diane Lane carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "A Comedy About Eight Friends Who Return To The Best Summer Of Their Lives!".

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IMDB entry: tt0107212 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Mike Binder directs. Newton Thomas Sigel behind the camera. Miles Goodman scores. Adam Weiss cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Canada, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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133 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2International production across 2 countries: Canada, United States of America.
3Directed by Mike Binder, shot by Newton Thomas Sigel. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Miles Goodman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Adam Weiss shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Alan Arkin and Bill Paxton and Diane Lane carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "A Comedy About Eight Friends Who Return To The Best Summer Of Their Lives!".
8IMDB entry: tt0107212 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 76 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
10Classified under 11 themes, including "summer camp", "camping", "nostalgia", "relationship".

The technical file

Cinematography: Newton Thomas Sigel
Original score: Miles Goodman
Editing: Adam Weiss
Production design: Craig Stearns
Costume design: Jane Robinson
Makeup / hair: Laura Connolly
Sound: Leslie Shatz
Stunt coordinator: Steve Lucescu
Runtime: 97 min · 1h 37m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Indian Summer (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes: 60% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 51/100
IMDB rating: 6.6/10 · 6,853 votes
MPAA: PG-13
US box office: $14,904,910

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Wuchak2025-06-15
★ 6/10
“Friday the 13” fifteen years later, but without Jason Seven people in their early 30s reunite at the summer camp they attended two decades earlier as tweenagers or thereabouts. The owner still watches over them (Alan Arkin) and informs them of his plan to retire. Sam Raimi is on hand as his assistant who seems slightly mentally impaired. "Indian Summer” (1993) was based around the writer/director’s summer camp experiences at Camp Tamakwa, which Raimi also attended as a kid. It’s similar to “Meatballs,” just with adults and only quick flashbacks of them as children at the camp. It’s sometimes designated as a comedy, but that’s inaccurate. This is a drama in the mold of "Return of the Secaucus Seven" or “The Big Chill.” As with those movies, the amusing bits are organic to the setting. They’re cabin-in-the-woods flicks, just without a boogeyman. You have to be an adult or, at least, mature-minded to appreciate some of the material, such as when Jennifer (Elizabeth Perkins) looks in the mirror and remarks to herself. The writer/director obviously wanted to keep everything believable and lowkey, which is fine, but this will make the film boring to some. Those who are nostalgic over summer camp will likely find more to appreciate. In my opinion, “Return of the Secaucus Seven” is the best of the three with the later “3 Nights in the Desert” (2014) being equal in quality in its unique way. Kimberly Williams-Paisley is notable in the feminine department as the one attendee who wasn’t present 20 years earlier and was actually only 1 year-old back then. Along with the aforementioned Perkins, Diane Lane and Julie Warner are also on hand. Perkins’ character comes across a little loud-mouthed and edgy. On the masculine side of things, Bill Paxton is on hand as sorta an early 90s’ version of Jim Morrison. It runs 1 hour, 37 minutes, and was shot at Camp Tamakwa in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, which is a 3 hour, 10 minutes, drive north of Toronto. GRADE: B-

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