Meatballs (film)
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Meatballs is a 1979 movie comedy from Canada. It was the first film appearance of Bill Murray and, though not his first film, launched Ivan Reitman into a career of light comedies. It introduced child-actor Chris Makepeace in the rôle of Rudy Gerner. It was considered somewhat raunchy in its day. It was followed by several sequels, including Meatballs 2.
Plot Summary
The film followed the antics and foibles of the counsellors-in-training (CITs) at Camp Northstar, a cut-rate summer camp somewhere in the "north woods". The characters range from reasonably sane, to zany, to screwball.
Filming locations
The film was made at Camp White Pine, and other locations in and around Haliburton, Ontario, Canada, and features a number of Canadian personalities, notably the aforesaid Chris Makepeace, and also Harvey Atkin as the long-suffering Morty, who is always the butt of some rather unkind practical jokes, made possible by his tendency to sleep very deeply.Music
The original music was written by Elmer Bernstein, and musicians contributing to the soundtrack included Mary MacGregor, who performed "Good Friend", and Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots, who performed the title theme.Trivia
One character in the film, a stereotypical nerd character named "Spaz", struck a chord with viewers, though not always in a positive way. The character wore a broken pair of eyeglasses, fastened together at the bridge with a white piece of tape. In a number of schools there were reports of eyeglass-wearing children being taunted with the name "Spaz".During the filming of the movie, Camp White Pine continued business as usual, resulting in many campers and staff members being used as extras and secondary characters in the film.
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