{"id":67914,"date":"2024-03-16T19:39:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T23:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=67914"},"modified":"2024-03-16T19:40:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T23:40:58","slug":"joe-camp-writer-director-of-benji-dies-at-84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/16\/joe-camp-writer-director-of-benji-dies-at-84\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Camp Writer &#038; Director of BENJI, Dies at 84."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67916\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/joe_camp-with-benji2.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"681\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/joe_camp-with-benji2.webp 681w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/joe_camp-with-benji2-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/>Camp died at his home in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, about 55 miles south of Nashville, his son, Brandon Camp, said in a statement, filmmaker and writer of the 2018 \u201c<em><strong>Benji<\/strong><\/em>\u201d reboot, Brandon Camp.<\/p>\n<p>Before \u201c<em>Benji<\/em>,\u201d Camp\u2019s only Hollywood experience was playing an extra in \u201c<em>Home From the Hill<\/em>\u201d (1960) starring Robert Mitchum. But he managed to raise $500,000 to make \u201c<em>Benji<\/em>.\u201d The first film follows a stray mixed-breed dog who rescues two kids from kidnappers, a la \u201cLassie.\u201d Camp coaxed doc actor Higgins out of retirement, following roles in projects including \u201cPetticoat Junction,\u201d to play the title role.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2805271377\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67917\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/joe_camp-with-benji.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"547\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/joe_camp-with-benji.webp 547w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/joe_camp-with-benji-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/>After showing it to every studio in Hollywood and getting rejected by each one, Camp formed Mulberry Square Releasing in Dallas to independently distribute the feature film in October 1974. It grossed nearly $40 million, which translates to around $250 million today.<\/p>\n<p>Camp directed 11 films over the course of his career, including comedies like <em>Hawmps<\/em> (1976) and <em>The Double McGuffin<\/em> (1979), but he was best known for his many<em> Benji<\/em> projects. When he decided to make the original movie, he had no experience working in Hollywood. He raised around $500,000 and got Higgins, the canine performer, out of retirement to star in the movie.<\/p>\n<p>While he also wrote a series of books about horses, including the popular <em>The Soul of a Horse<\/em> and <em>Why Horses Are Barefoot<\/em>, Camp\u2019s most enduring contribution to Hollywood was and remains the beloved and heroic mutt introduced in Camp\u2019s independently financed 1973 family film <em>Benji<\/em>. 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