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Release Date: 1979

Cast: Kate Lynch, Bill Murray, Norma Dell'Agnese, Russ Banham, Cindy Girling, Michael Kirby, Sarah Torgov, Matt Craven, Chris Makepeace, Harvey Atkin, Margot Pinvidic, Keith Knight ...MORE

Cast: Kate Lynch, Bill Murray, Norma Dell'Agnese, Russ Banham, Cindy Girling, Michael Kirby, Sarah Torgov, Matt Craven, Chris Makepeace, Harvey Atkin, Margot Pinvidic, Keith Knight, Jack Blum, Kristine DeBell ...LESS

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Meatballs is a 1979 Canadian comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman. It is noted for the first film appearance of Bill Murray in a starring role and for launching Reitman into a distinguished career of financially successful comedies including Stripes (1981) and Ghostbusters (1984), both starring Murray. The film also introduced child actor Chris Makepeace in the role of Rudy Gerner. It was followed by several sequels, of which only Meatballs III: Summer Job (1986) had any connection to the original. The title of the movie refers to an epithet used in the film regarding the idiocy of one... MORE

Meatballs is a 1979 Canadian comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman. It is noted for the first film appearance of Bill Murray in a starring role and for launching Reitman into a distinguished career of financially successful comedies including Stripes (1981) and Ghostbusters (1984), both starring Murray. The film also introduced child actor Chris Makepeace in the role of Rudy Gerner. It was followed by several sequels, of which only Meatballs III: Summer Job (1986) had any connection to the original. The title of the movie refers to an epithet used in the film regarding the idiocy of one character, which is not further explained but which could perhaps refer to the unconventionality of the counsellors-in-training (CITs) and campers of the main summer camp in the story. The film follows the antics of head counsellor Tripper Harrison (Bill Murray) and the CITs at Camp North Star, a cut-rate summer camp. The main plot involves Rudy Gerner (Chris Makepeace), a lonely kid who is sent to summer camp by his father. Rudy is depressed and has trouble getting along with the other campers. His situation is magnified when he makes a mistake that causes his team (coached by overly competitive LESS