Meatballs (film)
1979 film by Ivan Reitman / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Meatballs is a 1979 Canadian comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman. It is noted for Bill Murray's first film appearance in a starring role and for launching the directing career of Reitman, whose later comedies include Stripes (1981) and Ghostbusters (1984), both starring Murray.
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Directed by | Ivan Reitman |
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Produced by | Daniel Goldberg John Dunning (exec.) André Link (exec.) |
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Cinematography | Donald Wilder |
Edited by | Debra Karen |
Music by | Elmer Bernstein |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Budget | $1.6 million or $1.2 million[1] |
Box office | $70 million[2] |
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The film was the highest-grossing Canadian film of all time in the United States and Canada, winning the Golden Reel Award. It is the first of six film collaborations between Murray and Harold Ramis and several sequels, of which only Meatballs III: Summer Job (1986) had any connection to the original.