Meatballs [videorecording] / Paramount ; a Dunning/Link/Mount Royal production ; an Ivan Reitman film ; written by Len Blum ... [et. al.] ; produced by Dan Goldberg ; directed by Ivan Reitman.
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FilmPublisher number: 32013 | LionsgateLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English, Spanish Publication details: Santa Monica, CA : Lionsgate, c2012.Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits: - Director of photography, Don Wilder ; editor, Debra Karen ; music, Elmer Bernstein.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | COMEDY Meatball | Checked out | 05/20/2024 | 33111008280428 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Set at a low-end summer camp and aimed squarely at a teen audience, Meatballs is a light screwball comedy that turned its low-budget Canadian roots into a very profitable box-office run. The biggest reason for the film's success is Bill Murray who stars as Tripper, the head counselor who runs things at Camp Northstar with the help of his love interest Roxanne (Kate Lynch) and the camp's director Morty (Harvey Atkins), who is affectionately known as Mickey. Camp opens with Tripper and Morty preparing the misfit counselors-in-training -- Spaz, Fink, Crockett, A.L., Candace, Wendy, and Wheels among them -- for the arrival of their hyperactive little charges. After settling in, kids and counselors begin their activities with a soccer game in which depressed 11-year-old Rudy (Chris Makepeace) accidentally loses the game. Cast out by the other children, Rudy runs away only to come across Tripper, who befriends the boy and makes him his running partner. Romance, sexy fun, and comic hijinx -- usually with the heavy-sleeping Morty as their target -- lead up to an annual Olympiad in which Camp Northstar battles the wealthier and athletically superior residents of Camp Mohawk. The challenging events include cup stacking, potato-sack racing, and a nauseating hot dog-eating contest in which the portly Fink devours his way to victory. With the two-day event tied up, it comes down to the cross-country run, in which Tripper enters Rudy. Meatballs was the first major directorial effort by multi-talented filmmaker Ivan Reitman, whose name has since become synonymous with the comedy genre. ~ Patrick Legare, Rovi
Originally released as a motion picture in 1979.
Special features: Audio commentary with director Ivan Reitman and co-writer/producer Dan Goldberg; trailer gallery.
Title from container.
Director of photography, Don Wilder ; editor, Debra Karen ; music, Elmer Bernstein.
Bill Murray, Harvey Atkin, Kate Lynch, Russ Banham, Kristine DeBell, Sarah Torgov, Chris Makepeace.
Murray plays Tripper, the wisecracking, rule-bending head counselor at Camp North Star. Whether playing pranks on Camp North Star's clueless director, wooing a female counselor, or scheming against the rich brats of a rival camp, Tripper delivers fun and mayhem in a laugh-filled summer his campers will remember forever!
Rating: PG.
DVD, widescreen (16x9, 1.79:1) presentation; 2.0 Dolby Digital.
Closed-captioned.
English dialogue; English or Spanish subtitles.