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| Directed by | Ivan Reitman |
| Produced by | John Dunning Daniel Goldberg André Link Lawrence Nesis |
| Written by | Len Blum Daniel Goldberg Janis Allen Harold Ramis |
| Starring | Bill Murray Harvey Atkin Kate Lynch Russ Banham |
| Music by | Elmer Bernstein |
| Cinematography | Donald Wilder |
| Editing by | Debra Karen |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) |  June 28, 1979 June 29 |
| Running time | 99 min. Ivan Reitman (born October 27, 1946) is a Canadian film producer and director John Dunning may refer to John Dunning (film editor (1916–1991 American film editor John Dunning 1st Baron Ashburton (1731–1783 Harold Allen Ramis (born November 21, 1944) is an American actor director and writer specializing in comedy For the British actor see Billy Murray (actor. William James "Bill" Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an Harvey Atkin (born December 18, 1942 in Toronto Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian Actor who has worked in feature films and Kate Lynch is a Genie Award -winning actress whose career spans four decades Russ Banham (born September 20 1954) an American writer and reporter formerly with The Journal of Commerce and later a freelance journalist writing for Elmer Bernstein ( April 4 1922 - 18 August 2004) was an Academy and two-time Golden Globe award winning American Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,600,000 |
| Gross revenue | $43,046,003 |
| Followed by | Meatballs Part II |
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Meatballs is a 1979 Canadian comedy film. This article primarily discusses cinema in English Canada For information on French Canadian cinema see also Cinema of Quebec. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Meatballs Part II was an American comedy film released in 1984. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Comedy film is a genre of Film in which the main emphasis is on humor. It was the first film appearance of Bill Murray and, though not his first film, launched Ivan Reitman into a career of light comedies. For the British actor see Billy Murray (actor. William James "Bill" Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an Ivan Reitman (born October 27, 1946) is a Canadian film producer and director It introduced child-actor Chris Makepeace in the role of Rudy Gerner. The term child actor is generally applied to a Child Acting in motion pictures or Television, but also to an Adult Christopher Makepeace (born April 22, 1964) is a Canadian film and television actor It was considered somewhat raunchy in its day, but has since become a classic. It was followed by several unsuccessful sequels, of which only Meatballs III: Summer Job had any connection to the original film. Meatballs III Summer Job (1986 is the third installment in the Meatballs film series
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Plot summary
The film followed the antics and foibles of head counsellor Tripper Harrison (Bill Murray) and the counsellors-in-training (CITs) at Camp North Star, a cut-rate summer camp somewhere in the "North Woods". Summer camp is a supervised Program for Children and/or Teenagers conducted (usually during the Summer Months in some countries The characters range from reasonably sane, to zany, to screwball.
The main part of the plot involves Rudy Gerner (Chris Makepeace), a lonely kid with a workaholic father who is sent away for the summer to attend camp, and how he befriends Tripper. A workaholic, colloquially is a person who is addicted to work Each morning, Tripper and Rudy go jogging and bond as friends. Tripper helps Rudy gain confidence in trying and Rudy gives Tripper the courage to be with Roxanne (Kate Lynch), the female head counsellor.
A parallel part of the plot deals with a rivalry with Camp Mohawk, another summer camp across the lake – one with a richer clientele – and Camp Northstar's attempt to come away with, if not outright victory, then at least its very own perverse version of pride, from the yearly "Olympiad" held between Camp Northstar and Camp Mohawk.
The last event is a marathon race in which Rudy is chosen as North Star's runner. Because of the time Rudy spent in the mornings jogging Tripper throughout the film, he wins the race. The film ends with all of the CITs gathered around a campfire in which everyone says a final goodbye to each other and hopes to see them again next summer.
Cast
- Bill Murray as Tripper Harrison
- Harvey Atkin as Morty
- Kate Lynch as Roxanne
- Chris Makepeace as Rudy Gerner
- Russ Banham as Crockett
- Kristine DeBell as A. For the British actor see Billy Murray (actor. William James "Bill" Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an Harvey Atkin (born December 18, 1942 in Toronto Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian Actor who has worked in feature films and Kate Lynch is a Genie Award -winning actress whose career spans four decades Christopher Makepeace (born April 22, 1964) is a Canadian film and television actor Russ Banham (born September 20 1954) an American writer and reporter formerly with The Journal of Commerce and later a freelance journalist writing for Kristine DeBell (born December 10, 1954 in Chatham, New York) is an American film actress and former fashion model L.
- Sarah Torgov as Candace
- Cindy Girling as Wendy
- Keith Knight as Larry "Fink" Finkelstein
- Jack Blum as "Spaz"
- Elmars Sebrins as "Spaz"'s father
- Matt Craven as "Hardware"
Filming locations
The film was made at Camp White Pine, and other locations in and around Haliburton, Ontario, Canada, and features a number of Canadian personalities, notably the aforesaid Chris Makepeace, and also Harvey Atkin as the long-suffering Morty, who is always the butt of some rather unkind practical jokes, made possible by his tendency to sleep very deeply. Sarah Torgov is a Canadian actress who was born in Toronto. She appeared in popular movies in the 1980s including Meatballs, If You Could See What I Hear Keith Edgar Knight Jr (born August 24 1966 in Malden Massachusetts) is an American Cartoonist and Musician. Matt Craven (born 10 November 1956) is a Canadian actor Craven was born Matthew John Crnkovich in Port Colborne, Ontario Camp White Pine is a traditional residential summer camp for boys and girls aged 7 to 16 located in Haliburton Ontario. The United Townships of Dysart Bruton Clyde Dudley Eyre Guilford Harburn Harcourt and Havelock (shortened to Dysart et al or Dysart and others) is a township Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Harvey Atkin (born December 18, 1942 in Toronto Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian Actor who has worked in feature films and A practical joke or prank is a stunt or trick to purposely make someone feel foolish or victimized usually for humor
Music
The original music was written by Elmer Bernstein, and musicians contributing to the soundtrack included Mary MacGregor, who performed "Good Friend", David Naughton, performing "Makin' It", and Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots, who performed the title theme. Elmer Bernstein ( April 4 1922 - 18 August 2004) was an Academy and two-time Golden Globe award winning American Mary MacGregor (born 6 May 1948) is an American Singer, best known for singing the 1976 Song " Torn Between Two Lovers David Walsh Naughton (born 13 February 1951) is an American Actor and Singer, perhaps best known for starring in the 1981 Horror " Makin' It " was a 1979 pop song performed by David Naughton. Rick Dees is an American comedic performer entertainer and radio personality best known for his #1 internationally syndicated radio show The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Countdown The former two songs made the Billboard pop charts. Session musicians on the theme included Ed Green on drums and Ron Cook on electric guitar.
Other facts
- One character in the film, a stereotypical nerd character named "Spaz", struck a chord with viewers, though not always in a positive way. Nerd is a term often bearing a derogatory connotation or Stereotype, that refers to a person who passionately pursues Intellectual activities Esoteric The character wore a broken pair of eyeglasses, fastened together at the bridge with a white piece of tape. In a number of schools there were reports of eyeglass-wearing children being taunted with the name "Spaz". "Spaz"'s father, played in the movie by Elmars Sebrins (a local pharmacist), was also depicted with tape-bearing eyeglasses.
- In filming of the movie during the summer of 1978, Camp White Pine continued business as usual, resulting in many campers and staff members being used as extras and secondary characters in the film. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Camp White Pine is a traditional residential summer camp for boys and girls aged 7 to 16 located in Haliburton Ontario. An extra is a Performer in a Film, Television show, stage musical opera or ballet production who appears in a nonspeaking nonsinging or nondancing capacity
- An actual Camp North Star exists in Poland Spring, Maine.
- In the DVD release of the film, all of the music remains intact save for the title track, which seems to have been slightly re-dubbed by Bill Murray and the pace changed to a faster tempo.
- In one scene Bill Murray is seen wearing a Chicago Blackhawks jacket. Murray is a native of Wilmette, IL, a Chicago suburb. Wilmette is a village in New Trier Township, Cook County, Illinois, United States. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States.
- According to the DVD commentary, all the scenes involving the first day of camp was the first day of shooting for Bill Murray. He, at the time, was not signed on to doing the film just yet because he was still committed to doing Saturday Night Live. Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City His outfit, the Hawaiian shirt and red shorts, were his own clothes that he showed up on set with.
- Chris Makepeace started going through puberty during filming. In one case he started to grow a bit of a beard so Bill Murray helped him out with his very first shave.
- Kate Lynch was chosen for the role as Roxanne because she did not look like a supermodel and would be taken more seriously.
Home video and DVD
Meatballs was first released on DVD in 1999 by HBO (although Paramount Pictures was behind the original theatrical release and the first VHS and Selectavision release in the 1980s, and also continue to hold international video rights. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. The Capacitance Electronic Disc (or CED) was a video playback system developed by RCA, in which video and audio could be played back on a TV using a special analog ) Sony Pictures has since acquired the rights and issued a special-edition DVD (with an anamorphic transfer, a director's commentary, and a "Making of" featurette) on June 5, 2007. Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc ( SPE) is the television and Film production/distribution unit of Japanese Media conglomerate Sony However, the sequels did not receive the same treatment.
Sequels
Meatballs was followed by three unsuccessful sequels: Meatballs Part II, Meatballs III: Summer Job, and Meatballs 4. Meatballs Part II was an American comedy film released in 1984. Meatballs III Summer Job (1986 is the third installment in the Meatballs film series Meatballs 4 is the fourth installment to the Meatballs franchise
Nielsen Ratings phone surveys have asked people if they would enjoy seeing a remake of Meatballs giving rumors that a remake is in the works. Nielsen Ratings are audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the Audience size and composition of television
A remake of the film is in development with Lionsgate. John Whitesell is directing with Sean Anders and John Morris screenwriting.
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