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Product Details:
Actors:
Bill Murray, Harvey Atkin, Kate Lynch, Russ Banham, Kristine DeBell
Director:
Ivan Reitman
Format:
AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language:
English
Subtitle:
English, Spanish, French
Number of Discs:
1
Studio:
Sony Pictures
Run Time:
94 minutes
DVD Release Date:
June 05, 2007
Average Customer Rating:
based on 67 reviews
Description:
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.
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NostalgicDec 16, 2008 I was surprised at how young bill Murray looked. It was also strange to see all those old cars and hair cuts that I once remembered as new. As a historical remembrance Meatsballs was much more interesting that otherwise viewed outside that context.
Overall meatballs was still kind of funny with a couple of real gems in there. The "It just doesn't matter" chant was fantastic, as well as Bill Murray protending to be the other camps director.
I also noticed the film seemed to have more of a romantic innocence than many modern day films. Though the counselors seemed to always be trying to get some, in the end they were portrayed as romantic with long term interest. I felt this more healthy than many T.V. sitcoms where the characters jumped from relationship to relationship.
In short Meatballs is the type of film you view every ten years and laugh at a couple of really good scenes, smirk your way through the rest, and marvel at how old you must be getting.
Spaz, Spaz, Spaz, Spaz, Spaz, Spaz, Spaz, SpazAug 20, 2008 This should be or perhaps it is a cult classic. This is one of my favorite older movies. Bill Murray while he's no super funny in Meatballs, his humor shines along with the cast of mostly non-stars. Harvey Atkins is the Camp Director Morty (Not Mickey!) Melnick who tries to keep order at Camp North Star while at the same time his counselors and counselors-in-training (CIT's for short) keep their hormones and hijinks in check. Naturally the leader of his counselors on the male side is Tripper Harris (Bill Murray) and on the female side you have Roxanne who Trip loves but the feeling isn't mutual. Throw in the fact that Morty/Mickey constantly finds himself waking up in unpleasant fashion. Whether it's high on a tree (including his side table with his alarm clock) or floating on a raft on a lake out in the middle of nowhere. But who is responsible?
Hijinks are plenty in this 70's classic. This leads up to the Camp Olympics between the very rich Camp Mohawk and the not-so-rich Camp North Star. Camp Mohawk always seem to beat there near neighbor, Camp North Star. Will they defeat North Star again? Will Trip win over Roxanne? WIll Morty/Mickey be able to sleep in peace?
The special addition adds director Ivan Reitman's commentary, the making of the movie Meatballs, and support for 5.1 audio. It's in widescreen format and the picture looks great, even for a 30 year old movie. It stars a very young Bill Murray, Chris Makepeace, Kate Lynch, Kristine DeBell, and Harvey Atkin.
Great Memories of the '70'sJun 17, 2008 The story of a summer camp and it's head counselor played by Bill Murray. Some really funny scenes regarding the camp director, they all call him Mickey, his name is Morty.
But the best part of all is that "It just doesn't matter " speech that Bill Murray improvises before the big contest between Murray's camp and the rich kids camp down the road. It's a moment on film when you could see the mind that developed his great characters on SNL.
I was in college and the University of Wisconsin was not having the best football seasons. WE often cheered " It JUST DOESN'T MATTER, IT JUST DOESN'T MATTER" between body passing and the band flashing out on the field.
Great movie and a lovely love song "Moondust by Terry Black" . Even if you hate this type of movie, watch it just to listen to this song. It's worth it.
Plus who doesn't like a movie about kids and camp.......
Shenanigans at summer camp???Apr 13, 2008 This is easily the best of the summer camp movies. In fact, few of the others are even fair, let alone anywhere near as entertaining as this one is.
The film is just simply out to have some good, clean, fun. Many people who went to summer camp as kids will see that it is presented here faithfully to the way it usually was, but with slapstick comedy mixed in. Bill Murray, as the chief counselor of the camp, Tripper, leads a fine ensemble cast, and is usually at the center of the riotous nonsense. Tripper has great one-liners throughout, usually broadcasting his jokes as pseudo-announcements over the camp's public-address system.
Several great supporting actors played the campers and counselors to build a myriad of fun and interesting subplots, all the while sprinkled amongst the many incidents of camp hi-jinx. Spaz (Jack Blum) and Fink (Keith Knight) were two characters particularly well done. The adventures (and misadventures) of these two are hilarious. Each has classic lines, and they are characters you like and root for. Look for Spaz in the scene of disco dance pandemonium.
The girls in the story are realistic characters, too. They're not dumb, naive, freakish, oversexed, nervy, or any of the other overused, abominable teen character stereotypes. Kristine Bell, Kate Lynch, Cindy Girling, and others make these characters believable.
The requisite pranks abound, usually at the expense of camp director Morty (Harvey Atkin). The nature of these pranks start at outrageous and progress from there. However, with all the silliness going on, Tripper and the others have their serious sides. For example, Tripper befriends a shy, lonely kid, Rudy(Chris Makepeace), and takes him under his wing.
The story culminates with a sports competition against a rival camp. It's a great "root for the underdogs" finale. When the chips are down, Tripper's motivational "It just doesn't matter" spiel is inspired, and one of the best moments in the movie. And get ready to root: "Spaz. Spaz! Spaz!!!" And if you don't like it, you can get the Fu@k out...
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A true coming-of-age movie!Feb 08, 2008 When I first saw this movie years ago, I used to work as an usher in the theatre it was playing in! I enjoyed it back then, and I still enjoy it now. Bill Murray and the supporting cast members are excellent. It is truly a funny, sensitive, and heart-warming movie.
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