Meatballs
Are you ready for a good time?
1979 | 92m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Ivan Reitman |
|---|---|
| Writer: | Daniel Goldberg, Janis Allen, Harold Ramis, Len Blum |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 28, 1979 |
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| Director: | Ivan Reitman |
| Writer: | Daniel Goldberg, Janis Allen, Harold Ramis, Len Blum |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | summer camp, underwear on flagpole, famous speech, burp, french fries, toothpick, girl in swimwear, ketchup, panty raid |
| Production Companies | Canadian Film Development Corporation, Famous Players, Haliburton Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $1,207,520 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Bill Murray | Tripper Harrison |
| Harvey Atkin | Morty |
| Russ Banham | Crockett |
| Kristine DeBell | A.L. |
| Todd Hoffman | Wheels |
| Matt Craven | Hardware |
| Kate Lynch | Roxanne |
| Sarah Torgov | Candace |
| Keith Knight | Fink |
| Chris Makepeace | Rudy |
| Jack Blum | Spaz |
| Cindy Girling | Wendy |
| Margot Pinvidic | Jackie |
| Norma Dell'Agnese | Brenda |
| David Shore | Kid Eating Crackers |
| Elmars Sebrins | Spaz's Father |
| Keith O'Derek | Camper |
| Keith Nicol | Camper |
| Michael Code | Camper |
| Brett Baxter Clark | Camp Mohawk Basketball Player |
| Doreen MacCormack | Woman wearing sunglasses |
| Larry Solway | Interviewer |
| Bill Kishonti | Jeffrey |
| Hadley Kay | Bradley |
| Patrick Hynes | Andrew |
| Allan Levson | Peter |
| Valerie Fersht | Liza |
| Alison Diver | Carla |
| Ruth Rennie | Jody |
| Heather Preece | Patti |
| Jim McLarty | Horse |
| Vince Guerriero | Rhino |
| Ron Barry | Lance |
| Greg Swanson | Phil |
| Michael Kirby | Eddy |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Tatiana Mihailoff | Continuity |
| David Orin Charles | Art Direction |
| Daniel Goldberg | Writer |
| David Shepherd | Second Assistant Director |
| Ernie Kestler | Second Assistant Camera |
| Debra Karen | Editor |
| Judith R. Gellman | Costume Design |
| Gordon Robinson | Assistant Director |
| Michael Szucs | First Assistant Camera |
| Abe DiCesare | Boom Operator |
| Brian Woodroof | Genetator Operator |
| Peter Thillaye | Sound Editor |
| Joshua Nefsky | Still Photographer |
| Andrew Mulkani | Key Grip |
| Larry S. Wells | Costume Assistant |
| Linda Russell | Casting |
| Nick Sweetman | Production Coordinator |
| Janis Allen | Writer |
| Donald Wilder | Director of Photography |
| Carol Davidson | Makeup Artist |
| Robert Baylis | Production Manager |
| Albert J. Dunk | Camera Operator |
| Richard Lightstone | Sound Mixer |
| Terry Davenport | Best Boy Electric |
| Rit Wallis | Assistant Editor |
| Michael Kohne | Key Grip |
| Don Retzer | Transportation Captain |
| Michael MacDonald | Third Assistant Director |
| Robert Wertheimer | Production Assistant |
| Leo Gregory | Production Accountant |
| Kay Armatage | Location Coordinator |
| Roger Dean | Gaffer |
| Gerry Deschenes | Property Master |
| Michaël Karen | Assistant Editor |
| David Evans | Assistant Sound Editor |
| John Russ | Grip |
| Mary E. McLeod | Costume Assistant |
| Sally Dennison | Casting |
| Lynda Haller | Production Coordinator |
| Mary Guilfoyle | Production Secretary |
| John Blackwood | Production Assistant |
| Else Blangsted | Music Editor |
| David Bailey | Production Assistant |
| Ivan Reitman | Director |
| Elmer Bernstein | Original Music Composer |
| Harold Ramis | Writer |
| Len Blum | Writer |
| Gary C. Bourgeois | Sound Recordist |
| Jack Blum | Casting |
| Peter Bernstein | Orchestrator |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Daniel Goldberg | Producer |
| André Link | Executive Producer |
| John Dunning | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 23 | 35 | 14 |
| 2024 | 5 | 25 | 44 | 16 |
| 2024 | 6 | 21 | 37 | 10 |
| 2024 | 7 | 23 | 40 | 13 |
| 2024 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 12 |
| 2024 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 15 |
| 2024 | 10 | 27 | 44 | 15 |
| 2024 | 11 | 23 | 43 | 12 |
| 2024 | 12 | 39 | 67 | 26 |
| 2025 | 1 | 124 | 199 | 18 |
| 2025 | 2 | 19 | 30 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 900 | 900 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 475 | 740 |
Amusing and harmless misadventures at summer camp with Bill Murray Bill Murray (who was 28 during shooting) stars as an eccentrically droll camp counselor at Camp North Star who “trains” CITs, counselors-in-training, as they oversee the hordes of kids and face challenges with teams from preppy Ca ... mp Mohawk. “Meatballs” (1979) is a fun and innocuous summer camp flick. It’s not great but it’s entertaining enough, although if I’m going to view a summer camp film I prefer the Friday the 13th movies (practically any of them), mainly because they feature superior women. Here, Cindy Girling as curvy blonde Wendy is by far the most alluring, although Sarah Torgov as Candace is decent. In light of the license plates, the camp is presumably located in upstate New York, but was shot in Camp White Pine, Haliburton, Ontario, which is only about 125 miles from the New York border. The movie runs 1 hour, 34 minutes. GRADE: B/B-