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28/06/1979 Comedy 1h 32m
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Overview

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.

  1. Ivan Reitman

    Director

  2. Daniel Goldberg

    Writer

  3. Len Blum

    Writer

  4. Janis Allen

    Writer

  5. Harold Ramis

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Bill Murray

    Tripper Harrison

  2. Harvey Atkin

    Morty

  3. Russ Banham

    Crockett

  4. Kristine DeBell

    A.L.

  5. Matt Craven

    Hardware

  6. Kate Lynch

    Roxanne

  7. Sarah Torgov

    Candace

  8. Keith Knight

    Fink

  9. Chris Makepeace

    Rudy

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2018-10-07
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 Camp 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, Cind...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,207,520.00

Revenue
$0.00

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