A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Featuring:
Bill Murray, Harvey Atkin, Kate Lynch
Written by:
Len Blum
Daniel Goldberg
Janis Allen
Directed by:
Ivan Reitman
Release Date:
June 28, 1979
Original Title:
Meatballs
Alternate Titles:
Almôndegas
Babyspeck und Fleischklößchen
Meatballs I
Summer Camp
瘋狂夏令營
미트볼
Genres:
Comedy
Production Companies:
Canadian Film Development Corporation
Famous Players
Haliburton Films
Production Countries:
Canada
Ratings / Certifications:
AU: PG CA: PG DE: 6 ES: 12 GB: 12 US: PG
Runtime: 92
Tripper is the head counselor at a budget summer camp called Camp Northstar. In truth, he's young at heart and only marginally more mature than the campers themselves. Tripper befriends Rudy, a loner camper who has trouble fitting in. As Tripper inspires his young charges to defeat rival Camp Mohawk in the annual Olympiad competition, Rudy plays matchmaker between Tripper and Roxanne, a female counselor at Northstar.
Rudy goes to summer camp full of rowdy teenagers. The head counselor is Tripper Harrison, the prank pulling, girl seducing, fun lover, teasing both his boss and the counselors at the nearby rich kids camp. He and everyone else are sick and tired of always losing the Camp Olympics every year, and Tripper must encourage all campers to try their hardest, and even convince young Rudy that this may be his chance to feel better about himself.
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| Internet Movie Database | 6.2/10 |
|---|---|
| Rotten Tomatoes | 73% |
| Metacritic | 60/100 |
| Awards Won: | 3 wins & 6 nominations total |
Art Direction:
David Orin Charles
Assistant Director:
Gordon Robinson
Assistant Editor:
Michaël Karen
Rit Wallis
Assistant Sound Editor:
David Evans
Best Boy Electric:
Terry Davenport
Boom Operator:
Abe DiCesare
Camera Operator:
Albert J. Dunk
Casting:
Jack Blum
Linda Russell
Sally Dennison
Continuity:
Tatiana Mihailoff
Costume Assistant:
Larry S. Wells
Mary E. McLeod
Costume Design:
Judith R. Gellman
Director:
Ivan Reitman
Director of Photography:
Donald Wilder
Editor:
Debra Karen
Executive Producer:
André Link
John Dunning
First Assistant Camera:
Michael Szucs
Gaffer:
Roger Dean
Genetator Operator:
Brian Woodroof
Grip:
John Russ
Key Grip:
Andrew Mulkani
Michael Kohne
Location Coordinator:
Kay Armatage
Makeup Artist:
Carol Davidson
Music Editor:
Else Blangsted
Orchestrator:
Peter Bernstein
Original Music Composer:
Elmer Bernstein
Producer:
Daniel Goldberg
Production Accountant:
Leo Gregory
Production Assistant:
Robert Wertheimer
John Blackwood
David Bailey
Production Coordinator:
Nick Sweetman
Lynda Haller
Production Manager:
Robert Baylis
Production Secretary:
Mary Guilfoyle
Property Master:
Gerry Deschenes
Second Assistant Camera:
Ernie Kestler
Second Assistant Director:
David Shepherd
Sound Editor:
Peter Thillaye
Sound Mixer:
Richard Lightstone
Sound Recordist:
Gary C. Bourgeois
Still Photographer:
Joshua Nefsky
Third Assistant Director:
Michael MacDonald
Transportation Captain:
Don Retzer
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