Meatballs is a 1979 Canadian comedy film. It is noted for the first film appearance of Bill Murray in a starring role and for launching director Ivan Reitman into a distinguished career of financially successful comedies including Stripes and Ghostbusters. The film also introduced child-actor Chris Makepeace in the role of Rudy Gerner. Considered somewhat raunchy in its day, today the film is considered a classic. It was followed by several seque...
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Meatballs is a 1979 Canadian comedy film. It is noted for the first film appearance of Bill Murray in a starring role and for launching director Ivan Reitman into a distinguished career of financially successful comedies including Stripes and Ghostbusters. The film also introduced child-actor Chris Makepeace in the role of Rudy Gerner. Considered somewhat raunchy in its day, today the film is considered a classic. It was followed by several sequels, of which only Meatballs III: Summer Job had any connection to the original.
The title of the movie refers to an epithet used in the film, which is not further explained.
The film follows the antics and foibles of head counsellor Tripper Harrison (Bill Murray) and the counsellors-in-training (CITs) at Camp North Star, a cut-rate summer camp located in the "North Woods." The characters range from reasonably sane to zany and screwball.
The main plot involves Rudy Gerner (Chris Makepeace), a lonely kid who is sent to summer camp by his father ...
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