Amusing and harmless misadventures at summer camp with Bill Murray Bill Murray (who was 28 during shooting) stars as an eccentrically droll camp counselor at Camp North Star who “trains” CITs, counselors-in-training, as they oversee the hordes of kids and face challenges with teams from preppy Camp Mohawk. “Meatballs” (1979) is a fun and innocuous summer camp flick. It’s not great but it’s entertaining enough,…
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Tripper is the head counselor at a budget summer camp called Camp Northstar. In truth, he's young at heart and only marginally more mature than the campers themselves. Tripper befriends Rudy, a loner camper who has trouble fitting in. As Tripper inspires his young charges to defeat rival Camp Mohawk in the annual Olympiad competition, Rudy plays matchmaker between Tripper and Roxanne, a female counselor at Northstar.
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Bill Murray
Tripper Harrison
Harvey Atkin
Morty
Russ Banham
Crockett
Kristine DeBell
A.L.
Matt Craven
Hardware
Kate Lynch
Roxanne
Sarah Torgov
Candace
Keith Knight
Fink
Chris Makepeace
Rudy
Jack Blum
Spaz
Cindy Girling
Wendy
Margot Pinvidic
Jackie
Norma Dell'Agnese
Brenda
David Shore
Kid Eating Crackers
Elmars Sebrins
Spaz's Father
Keith O'Derek
Camper
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What is Meatballs about?
Tripper is the head counselor at a budget summer camp called Camp Northstar. In truth, he's young at heart and only marginally more mature than the campers themselves. Tripper befriends Rudy, a loner camper who has trouble fitting in. As Tripper inspires his young charges to…
When was Meatballs released?
Meatballs was released in 1979.
What genres does Meatballs belong to?
Meatballs is categorised as Comedy.
Who stars in Meatballs?
The cast of Meatballs includes Bill Murray, Harvey Atkin, Russ Banham, Kristine DeBell, Matt Craven.