Meatballs Movie Summary and Review

Movie Review for Meatballs

Meatballs Movie Brief

Bill Murray stars in this ’70s movie, which was directed by Ivan Reitman. The movie was to launch Reitman’s career as a director of screwball comedies.

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DVD Release For Meatballs

The DVD for the movie Meatballs runs 94 minutes , was released on June 5, 2007 by Sony Pictures and is rated PG Click To Buy.

Film Plot For Meatballs

Meatballs is a screwball comedy movie starring Bill Murray as the hip camp counselor at a summer camp filled with geeks and weirdos.

The camp in the movie is called Camp North Star, and it is directly across from a summer camp for rich kids, Camp Mohawk. The central conflict is between the two camps. Will Camp North Star be able to come away with a shred of dignity in the end, if not outright victory? There is only one way to find out – watch Meatballs, one of the most beloved film comedies of the ‘70s!

Cast of Meatballs Film

Tripper Harrison – Bill Murray
Morty – Harvey Atkin
Roxanne – Kate Lynch
Crockett – Russ Banham
A.L. – Kristine DeBell

Meatballs Movie Trivia Items

Meatballs was Bill Murray’s feature film debut.

Meatballs was filmed at an actual summer camp, Camp White Pine, in Ontario, Canada. Many of the film’s extras were actually camp counselors and campers belonging to that camp.

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70's Film Facts:

The Film Meatballs was released on June 29, 1979 by Paramount Pictures, and earned $43,000,000 in ticket sales in US theatres.

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