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Meatballs is a 1979 movie comedy. It starred Bill Murray and was directed by Ivan Reitman. It introduced child-actor Chris Makepeace in the rôle of Rudy Gerner.

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.

The main part of the plot involves the rivalry with Camp Mohawk, another summer camp across the lake – one with a richer clientele – and Camp Northstar's attempt to come away with, if not outright victory, then at least its very own perverse version of pride, from the yearly "Olympiad" held between Camp Northstar and Camp Mohawk.

Filming locations

The film was made in and near 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".

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